In the fashion industry, Black bloggers, content creators, and influencers have long been leading voices in promoting racial justice, diversity, and body-positivity. Now, more than ever, their voices need to be lifted, and their feeds spotlighted.
In addition to donating, protesting, learning, and circulating resources about police brutality and racism in America, amplifying Black voices is instrumental to change. And it's long overdue.
Ahead, click through our growing list of Black influencers in fashion to follow and support today and every day going forward. For a list of Black fashion designers to support, click here.
To help bring attention to the police killing of George Floyd, you can sign the Change.org petition here, or donate to local organizations like Black Vision Collective or Reclaim the Block via the Minnesota Freedom Fund here.
NYC-bred Yaminah Mayo started her blog in the summer of 2015 to appease her mother, who thought she needed some mode of expressing herself. Since then, Mayo has amassed over 25k followers on Instagram. Known for her bold taste in fashion and makeup, Spicy Mayo is a one-stop-shop for content that's, yes, spicy, stylish, and always colorful.
All The Pretty Birds founder Tamu McPherson was born in Jamaica, raised in New York, and now lives in Milan. Not only does McPherson helm All The Pretty Birds, a multi-ethnic fashion and wellness editorial platform, but she also continuously keeps her 270k Instagram followers enthralled on her personal account, be it through highlighting new brands or showcasing her great style.
Anyone who regularly follows fashion month's street style scene has probably spotted one of Ellie Delphine's many colorful ensembles. The model and style influencer has a knack for showcasing new designers and brands, as well as showing her 67k followers how to put together one hell of an outfit.
Mecca James-Williams really does do it all. A stylist, consultant, editor, influencer, and activist, James-Williams' feed has your style needs covered with content that ranges from what stories to read up on to what brands to buy, and so much more.
A Sydney-based Ghanaian, Lillian Ahenkan, a.k.a. FlexMami, will likely be the most colorful account on your entire feed. In addition to having incredible style, Ahenkan is also a DJ, podcaster, model, and author.
LA-based blogger and model Simone Mariposa is passionate about a lot of things: fashion, travel, culture, and wellness, to name a few. But of all the areas she puts energy toward, creating a size-inclusive space for her community of followers to share their style is the most important one. In her effort to uplift women of all sizes, Mariposa created the hashtag #WeWearWhatWeWant, which has since accumulated over 56k submissions.
Christy and Shelcy Joseph are sisters with a passion for storytelling. They share their style, Haitian culture, and lives in New York via video blogging on YouTube, documenting their outfits on Instagram, and in print on their mutual blog NYC x Clothes.
Known for designing sell-out collections for her legion of adoring fans (763k followers and counting), including her lingerie line for Playful Promises and 13 (!) separate swimwear collections for Swimsuits4All, Gabi Gregg — or as her followers know her, @gabifresh — is a force to be reckoned with.
A psychotherapist in training, this Louisiana-based style blogger is known for celebrating her curves, educating her followers on important topics ranging from mental health to Black Lives Matter, and being an all-around uplifting presence on social media. All that while having an incredible sense of style.
This NYC-bred style enthusiast has over eight years of blogging experience. But writing isn't all Kelly Augustine excels at. She also founded her own multi-brand boutique August Raye which specializes in supporting small brands that offer sizes 10 and up.
Plus-size influencer and advocate Kellie Brown has a lot on her plate. Not only is she the founder of And I Get Dressed, a source of size-inclusive style inspiration, she also created #FatAtFashionWeek and AIGD Home, a line of vintage home goods.
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