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K.NGSLEY Fashion Designer, Kingsley Gbadegesin, on Getting Started

By Keisha P. Crabtree 3 weeks ago
  • K.NGSLEY is a genderless fashion label launched by Kingsley Gbadegesin.
  • A year after its launch, it’s snapped up celebrity clients and a Teen Vogue cover. 
  • This is part of Insider’s entrepreneur series Star, Rising, which highlights early entrepreneurs.

Name: Kingsley Gbadegesin

Age: 28

Location: Brooklyn, New York

Business: A genderless clothing line that celebrates Black, queer, femme bodies.

Backstory: Despite his decade of fashion experience, Kingsley Gbadegesin found himself filing for unemployment last year as creative jobs began to dry up. Meanwhile, the pandemic was ravaging communities, and Black Lives Matter protests were sweeping the nation.

Gbadegesin decided to take his fashion experience, his leftover money, and new free time to launch a clothing line that highlights and caters to the Black and LGBTQ communities. 

Three people sit modeling sweaters

Product imagery of KINGSLEY

Kingsley Gbadegesin


So, in September 2020, he launched the K.NGSLEY fashion label, becoming one of more

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The 20 Best Designer Sneakers for Men and Women, According to Fashion Experts

By Keisha P. Crabtree 1 month ago

Sneakers are a bonafide wardrobe staple for men and women, not only for casual moments but also for dressy and even formal occasions. However, there’s a distinct difference from, say, the Chuck Taylor’s or Vans you’ve relished since youth and the best designers sneakers for women and men. Indeed, the eased cool factor of sneakers is one characteristic that separates the popular shoes from the rest of your footwear collection, including the most comfortable sneakers and walking shoes for women. But trendy sneakers of 2021 from top designers like Gucci, Balenciaga and Prada boast an esteemed and pragmatic air that’s unmatched. The luxuriousness is, of course, covetable, as is the inherent dignity you assume from wearing a high-end label. But the fashionable nonchalance of designer sneakers thoroughly sets them apart from all the others. In an instant, any outfit accessorized with a designer sneaker goes from adequate to lust-worthy.

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Fashion designer Virgil Abloh dies of cancer at 41

By Keisha P. Crabtree 2 months ago

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FILE – Designer Virgil Abloh walks backstage prior to his Off-White ready to wear Fall-Winter 2019-2020 collection, that was presented in Paris, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. Abloh, a leading fashion executive hailed as the Karl Lagerfeld of his generation, has died after a private battle with cancer. He was 41. Abloh’s death was announced Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021 by LVMH Louis Vuitton and the Off White label, the brand he founded. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File )


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AP

NEW YORK

Virgil Abloh, a leading designer whose groundbreaking fusions of streetwear and high couture made him one of the most celebrated tastemakers in fashion and beyond, has died of cancer. He was 41.

Abloh’s death was announced Sunday by the luxury group LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy) and Abloh’s own Off-White label, which he founded in 2013. Abloh was the artistic director for Louis Vuitton’s menswear, but his ubiquitous, consumer-friendly

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Spencer Costume Designer on Princess Diana’s Fashion

By Keisha P. Crabtree 2 months ago

Would you dare to reinvent a fashion icon’s wardrobe? Spencer costume designer Jacqueline Durran was tasked with representing Princess Diana’s style in the new film starring Kristen Stewart, but not recreating anything precisely (a la The Crown). For a celebrity whose looks are so legendary they require little description—the wedding gown, the revenge dress, the black sheep sweater—obscuring her outfits so that they are a dreamlike version of themselves is no small feat, even for a costume designer who has two Oscars under her belt.

“Before our first meeting, I went through hundreds and hundreds of photos of Diana’s outfits from 1988 to 1992, when the film takes place. The hype is not overblown by the way, she really was chic. I began to identify what she gravitated to the most, like bright colors, contrasting lapels, and asymmetry. Then I began to rebuild based on those motifs,”

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