Held during Milan Fashion Week and organized by the Afro Fashion Association, the event recognized 10 leaders of change.
Edward Buchanan, who was among the event’s supporters and also received the Leader of Change Legacy award alongside chef Victoire Gouloubi, shared his experience in coming to Italy 27 years ago to helm Bottega Veneta as a fresh graduate from Parsons School of Design and the racial bias he experienced at the airport, while Angela Haisha Adamou, founder and general manager of NaturAngi, a brand claiming the dignity of natural curly and Afro hair, detailed how beauty – and by extent fashion and...
The audience cheered as winners and hosts shared their personal paths and encouraged attendees to stand up for their rights and dreams. Social media personality Tamu McPherson hosted the soirèe and unveiled the 10 awards across the five categories of culture, legacy, creativity, community and entrepreneurship. The five winners selected by a jury led by the Afro Fashion Association’s Michelle Francine Ngonmo included Fred Kuwornu, David Blank and Andi Nganso in addition to Buchanan and Gouloubi.
The remaining five awards, selected via online voting and dubbed People’s Choice, went to Khaby Lame, Sarah Kamsu, Daphne Di Cinto, Tia Taylor, Nadeesha Uyangoda.“Celebrating all stories, this is what we are doing through the Black Carpet Awards,” said Ngonmo. “Very often we feel comfortable comparing ourselves with people who share our same background or our same opinion, but the different perspectives are enriching.
As the founding committee joined Ngonmo on stage before the event turned into a party, designer Stella Jean – who a few weeks ago, president of the Camera Nazionale Della Moda, for allegedly pulling support to the We Are Made in Italy, or WAMI, collective of Black, Indigenous and designers of color in Italian fashion – invited him on stage “as a promise that he will do more next time to support it,” she said.
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