Kerby Jean Raymond’s location choice for his first-ever Pyer Moss couture show is historic as it is symbolic. The designer—whose Thursday show was postponed by a rainstorm and rescheduled for Saturday ...

On July 10th, fashion designer Kerby Jean-Raymond held the very first couture show for his brand, Pyer Moss, making for a historic moment in his career. Naturally, it only made sense that an equally ...

Villa Lewaro was built in 100 years ago by Madam C.J. Walker, who made millions with her line of hair-care products for African-American women. Zandy Mangold When Madam C.J. Walker first rolled into ...

One year before women had the right to vote in America, Madam C.J. Walker of Irvington became the first female self-made millionaire in the country. In 1918, at age 50, Walker moved into a 34-room, 20 ...

More than a century after Madam C.J. Walker’s move to Irvington’s Villa Lewaro, we explore the history of the African American millionaire. Known as the country’s first female self-made millionaire, ...

A century-old Italianate villa-style house in Irvington, New York, built for Madam C. J. Walker, who made her fortune by selling beauty and hair products to black women and was eulogized as the first ...

Due to the deeply rooted racism that has been a part of this country since its founding, gentrification and centuries of deliberate erasure of African diaspora culture and history, many physical ...