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

PS: As a proud HBCU grad, how did your experience at an HBCU shape your style and the woman you are today?

Kahlana Barfield Brown: Growing up in Seattle, my style was always different, and when I got to Howard, it was the first time I saw other Black girls who spoke the same fashion language as me. Everyone represented their regional style to the fullest — students from NYC to the Midwest to the West Coast. I was influenced and inspired to put my best foot forward every day. And we always walk across the yard in stilettos, no matter what.

Pictured: Kevin Warren, Shaq, Nola, Chelsea Grays, Shiona Turini, Alexander-Julian Gibbson, Kahlana Barfield Brown, and Undra Duncan