The Girl Whose Dashiki-Style Prom Dress Went Viral Is Taking Her Designs To New York Fashion Week
Kyemah McEntyre, the young designer whose handmade prom dress broke the Internet in 2015, will be showcasing her collection during New York Fashion Week.
You might remember Kyemah McEntyre from back in 2015, when photos of her in her elegant, one of a kind dashiki-print prom dress broke the Internet.
Her dress was the highlight of the year's prom season, and news that, the then, 18-year-old student had designed it herself made the dress all the more astonishing.
Here's the awe-inspiring dress in case you somehow managed to forget:
Kyemah's been designing her unique style of African-inspired garments ever since. She was admitted to the prestigious Parson's School of Design (she created a dress out of braiding hair for a final project, y'all!), she designed another dashiki-styled red carpet gown for a celebrity client, and she appeared in a number of publications as part of Dove's natural hair campaign, Konbini reports.
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First day back at Parsons. May my ancestors be with me. ?????? pic.twitter.com/e9P7fJdBvF
— KYEMAH MCENTYRE (@KyeTheCreator) January 24, 2017
As if all of that wasn't impressive enough, she's now— at the age of 19—set to have her very first collection displayed during New York Fashion Week. Her designs will showcase "at the Harlem Fashion Week Runway Show on February 12, 2017 at 9:30 PM at the Museum of the City of New York," reports New York Fashion Week Live. "A portion of the proceeds from HFW will go to the restoration project of La Maison des Esclaves (The House of Slaves Museum on Goree Island in Senegal).”
Kyemah is clearly a fashion icon in the making.
Never underestimate the power of a good dress, and never deny the power of a Black girl with a creative mind.
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