All have or have had fashion design careers that really took them places and essentially steered the course of American fashion for much of the past century. But one fact is pretty clear, as you look back.
The vast majority of these people are either a sort of generic white, or sometimes Jewish, but almost never is there any publicity about designers from clear visible minorities.
With fashion designers like Kevan Hall and Patrick Robinson, that pendulum is also finally swinging for black Americans in the industry. Hall has had his own fashion collection since 2002 and Robinson since about 1997, while Robinson is also the head designer for Gap, Inc.
Each has had a very successful career in fashion, and these and others in their ethnic community have been getting well earned recognition in the past few years.
It's about time that the accomplishments of fashion designers from visible minorities are recognized. Partly because they are minorities, they have had to fight some degree of racism and even family expectations to get where they are.
But even more than that, they should be recognized for their own fashion design careers, and not just because they come from a minority group. All great designers should be acknowledged for their accomplishments, no matter who they are.
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