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03/28/2026

Our second Billboard Displayed the debut of our Hat collection Sidàn Rèn.
Sidàn Rèn
Southern elegance… crowned in history.

The Sidàn Rèn collection rises from the rich cultural soil of the American South, where grace, style, and quiet strength have always lived in the posture of Black women. With sweeping brims, radiant color, and feathers that dance in the light, each piece carries the softness and sophistication of Southern elegance.

But look again.

These are not simply hats.
They are crowns.

Sidàn Rèn is inspired by the legacy of the Tignon tradition of Louisiana, when Black women were legally required to cover their hair. What was meant to silence beauty became a masterpiece of resistance. With vibrant fabrics, bold styling, and unshakable pride, those women transformed a symbol of restriction into one of dignity and power.

“Sid” honors the Southern roots of that story.
“Rèn,” meaning queen, declares who those women truly were.

Every Sidàn Rèn crown carries that spirit forward—
elegance, royalty, and the timeless defiance of women who refused to be diminished.

Because sometimes the most powerful crowns are the ones history tried to hide.






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03/27/2026

week is complete, and the journey is alive! Introducing the 2026–2027 color palette: Oya’s Dawn. Over the coming weeks, I’ll be sharing exclusive behind-the-scenes content on TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram Live, giving you a first look at the making of this 90-piece collection. The inspiration, the energy, the story of wind, light, and transformation—it’s all in these pieces. And to celebrate, Oya’s Dawn promotional merchandise is on the way! Come along for the ride and witness the dawn of creation.”

03/27/2026

So just in case you missed them, our billboard displays went up this past February and March. I’m gonna post the first one here these billboards feature photos from some of my favorite models. I will tag them in the post along with the photographer. Thanks guys so much for all of your help in bringing this collection and this billboard to life.

03/27/2026

Presenting the “The Lily” A mesmerizing Kemetic cloth gown that has also been featured as “The Golden Orchid” in Harper’s Bazaar Magazine. This gown possesses an enchanting allure that complements every skin tone. It effortlessly blends warmth, earthiness, and a graceful flow, creating a harmonious masterpiece for women who appreciate elegance and simplicity. The gown is meticulously crafted with three layers of cloth, including the gown itself, an inset layer, and a lining, all elegantly held together by an exaggerated satin bow. The Golden Orchid gown is available in a range of captivating colors such as white, ivory, avocado, and sunflower. It is currently offered in sizes 6 to 10, ensuring a perfect fit for various body types.

02/26/2026

Oya’s Dawn

Not every sunrise is soft.
Some arrive with wind.

This is the hour of shift —
when the air changes,
when the sky deepens before it glows,
when something unseen begins to move.

Oya’s Dawn is a study in becoming.
In shedding.
In standing at the edge of what was
and stepping — quietly, powerfully —
into what will be.

Not loud.
Not forced.
Just inevitable.

02/26/2026

The official color Palette for 2026!

02/16/2026

(Part 2)
The T-shirt says “DOE EYES FULL LIPS WIDE NOSE” on the front, on the back it reads “IMAGINE BEING HATED AND WANTED AT THE SAME TIME. Now, let’s talk about the hat. The hat is absolutely a crown! The hat was inspired by the” Tignon Law of Louisiana. A law that forced both free and enslaved black women to cover their hair. (More on that in another post). The hat, a Fedora. The original fedora was used by slaves in the field to keep out the sun, it was believed that it would make the slave work longer and later turned into a hat, more recognized in Spanish culture but in the 20s-50s became a stable of fashion in eras like the Harlem Renaissance, and dandyism to name a couple. In the 1920s during the zoot era, the hat was made with a wider brim seen here the band around the hat is a cotton canvas with indigo flowers painted into the fabric and it was beaded with pollisanto and lapis lazuli anchored by a silver buckle. The feathers, peacock and a blue dyed pheasant feather. The peacock feathers is assemble of beauty, resilience, and pride the pheasant feather symbolizes, the beauty of melanin and the blue of water. Blue is an important color. Synonymous with what’s Indian, Caribbean, and Gullah cultures. It is also a color that is celebrated by people of color of every culture. So as you can see the entire piece is symbolism. Some start to finished to some, it may appear lazy or unfinished but, that’s the point,

02/16/2026

THIS IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH!!! I AM A DESIGNER WHO USES HER ART NOT ONLY TO CREATE BUT, ALSO TO TEACH!!! Everything that you see on the model and the others is an archive, in archive of the transatlantic slave trade, and the black experience.
Let’s start with the boots. During this time. Boots were worn predominantly in the south not just by overseers but female, Male, and often children slaves in the fields as well. some were worn out textured and faded. Sturdy and rough. I chose the color black because I wanted something dark that was synonymous with pain darkness, and anger. I chose the boo because this is a vessel that touches the ground with no identity or or humanity This is , the journey in this country that we have had to walk in for over 400 years. During slavery in the south Carolinas in Gullah Geechee territories along with many parts of Arkansas, North Carolina and Mississippi as well you had indigo plantations where slaves were forced to process indigo using scaling hot water and crude oil to process. The indigo flower crude oil was used as a bonding agent to make the color translucent so are third and fourth generation grandmothers and grandfathers were left with blue hands stain from a color that never washed off because this is something that they did every day. This color process is the way that denim got its color and let’s talk about what denim is made of.COTTON! Cotton is 100% mostly associated with slavery have our slaves processed indigo, rice, sugarcane, and to***co as well. Most people disassociate and don’t realize the connection between those pair of jeans and the transatlantic slave trade but trust me it was never about a relaxed fit now let’s talk about the T-shirt for a second . I chose a plain sparkling white cotton T-shirt because I wanted you to see the cotton and the whiteness of the flower and remember what it was made of, COTTON! Now the message was written on the T-shirt and plain black marker not because I was being lazy or didn’t have the time. I wrote it by hand because I wanted you to see the humanity in it. Slaves were not allowed to read and very few knew how to write well so I wanted it to be raw. C’tnd in post 2…

02/15/2026

I have always dreamed of dining the famous Russian Tea Room. When I was in Design School and dreaming of getting to New York City there were four places that I wanted to go. The Russian Tea Room, the metropolitan Museum of Art, Harlem Dance Theatre ,and striver’s Row, an entire street in Harlem that where Black Families that could not buy homes in other areas of Harlem that were only permitted for middle class white families. Last night thanks to my youngest I was able to have an amazing Dinner, met my new met the amazing staff and had and Amazing time. It was nice to meet you Mario and thanks for my birthday wish Aba ❤️ Happy 55th birthday to me!

02/03/2026

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They tried to hide their beauty but made it even MORE stunning ...