La La Anthony and Kahlana Barfield Brown on Celebrating HBCUs and Black Designers

PS: What was your first experience with fashion, and why do you love it?

KBB: I was 3 years old when my fascination with fashion began. I always wanted to stand out, so I'd turn my shirts into dresses and my dresses into tops. My parents would gas me up and always encourage me, and my grandma was my fashion idol. She was that person that always said, "Your sense of style is a reflection of you." That's what people see first. It's your image.

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