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A 2004 women's advertisement from hip-hop's first high-end fashion designer, Maurice Malone, features a giant lady in an all-buttoned skirt sitting on top of a building in New York City.

Growing up hip-hop in Designer Fashion

Unless you were a member of the international fashion media and press near the end of 2003, you probably never saw this video, which was produced and distributed at our...

Growing up hip-hop in Designer Fashion

Unless you were a member of the international fashion media and press near the end of 2003, you probably never saw this video, which was produced and distributed at our...

Pictured right to left 90s black hip hop designers Maurice Malone, April Walker, Kenya Abdul-Hadi, Kiki Peterson and Bariq Cobbs at the Fashion Institute of Technology opening of the "Fresh, Fly, Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip Hop Style" exhibition.

Nearly, "Fresh, Fly, Fabulous: Fifty Years of H...

From right to left Maurice Malone, April Walker, Kenya Abdul-Hadi, Kiki Peterson and Bariq Cobbs I went to the Fashion Institute of Technology (F.I.T.) museum to see the "Fresh, Fly, Fabulous:...

Nearly, "Fresh, Fly, Fabulous: Fifty Years of H...

From right to left Maurice Malone, April Walker, Kenya Abdul-Hadi, Kiki Peterson and Bariq Cobbs I went to the Fashion Institute of Technology (F.I.T.) museum to see the "Fresh, Fly, Fabulous:...

Photo of 90s hip hop fashion designer and entrepreneur Maurice Malone

Destination Style: 90s Hip Hop Fashion Designer...

Destination Style was a popular fashion television series that aired from 1999 to 2001. I'd like to take you back to a show we did around 1999, when the crew...

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Destination Style: 90s Hip Hop Fashion Designer...

Destination Style was a popular fashion television series that aired from 1999 to 2001. I'd like to take you back to a show we did around 1999, when the crew...

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Designer Maurice Malone talks about his fall 2004 collection in an interview with Fashion Television

Maurice Malone Fall 2004 collection interview -...

Breaking down barriers is hard work. However, the sore shoulders that come from all those who come to stand on them is a well-worth reward.

Maurice Malone Fall 2004 collection interview -...

Breaking down barriers is hard work. However, the sore shoulders that come from all those who come to stand on them is a well-worth reward.

Friend Joyce Black with African American denim designer Maurice Malone, who may have started the first black-owned denim brand and been the first black denim designer of notoriety in the 1980s.

Has any African American done denim longer?

In the early 1980s, since high school, my studio was my mom's basement in Oak Park, Michigan. My cutting table was the pool table covered in plastic. Patterns-in-work taped to...

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Has any African American done denim longer?

In the early 1980s, since high school, my studio was my mom's basement in Oak Park, Michigan. My cutting table was the pool table covered in plastic. Patterns-in-work taped to...

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African American denim designer and business owner Maurice Malone, photographed by Andres Sebastian.

Interview: Talent In The Raw

A great article and April 2021 cover story by the Fashion Mannuscript magazine.

Interview: Talent In The Raw

A great article and April 2021 cover story by the Fashion Mannuscript magazine.