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“To be strikingly daring, unmistakably beautiful and unabashedly daring in a time when society ignored the vital impact you would have on an industry is true 80s-90s fashion inspiration Connie Fleming. Connie Fleming, a black trans woman, called after her name, has labeled everything but what she was, has become the muse of many fashion figures. From countless shots of Steven Miesel storming the Thierry Mugler runway, the very sacred Connie Fleming showed me what it means to be bold, what it means to be resilient and what it means to be a proud Black Trans Woman despite what the checklist says.
Nigella Miller, Celebrity Hairstylist, Hairstylist and Founder of Nigella Hair Studio
“I really admired Mrs. CJ Walker in the middle of my career and now years later. She literally changed my mindset about what I should be doing as a black woman in this industry.
It is extremely important for me to stay black as a small business and as a big business. I have to stay true to my art and my culture, especially the black hair culture. It’s not easy, but it’s worth every moment for me as a black hairstylist, hairstylist, and entrepreneur. I feel like staying black, everything to us as a people is just as important then as it is today. What [Walker] believed for black women is what we see today and it continues to grow successfully. My favorite quote from her is: “Girls and women of our race should not be afraid to take over the business and, through patient industry, narrow economy, determined effort and narrow application to business. , snatch success from a number of business opportunities that lie on their doorstep.
Mahisha Dellinger, Founder and CEO of CURLS Beauty
