"There's been much talk about black models in the last few months, but little has been said about black designers. Stephen Burrows, probably America's most famous black designer—a three-time Coty Award winner, member of the Fashion Walk of Fame, and recipient of a CFDA Lifetime Achievement Award. In recent years, some of Burrows' collections have been justly criticized for being a bit mired in the past—specifically the seventies, the designer's disco heyday. But this collection, titled "Afro Summer," was his best and most forward-looking in a long time. Asked about the title—and the invitation, which came with an Afro pick—the designer said that he wasn't making a political statement so much as an artistic one: He equated the "naturalness" of unstraightened black hair with the natural cottons and silks he used. Fluidity—what he calls a "feeling for softness"—is still at the core of the designer's work, but this time he sought it through "wovens." The focus was on a truly smart series of khaki pieces—including one dress with grommets and another in red with top-stitching and a crumb-catcher collar—that were quintessentially American, fresh, and wearable." - Style.comRead more on Stephen Burrows Fashion Week review and see the rest of the collection here.
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