Five teenagers from Detroit’s Boys & Girls Club exhibited their own line of menswear during NYFW after an intense program that required them to learn and be mentored by some of the top Black entrepreneurs, influencers, and designers in America. Now the hard part begins.
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The next generation of fashion designers debuted their Social Justice Collection, designed by youth in the first Industry Club of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan (BGCSM).
“The program provides the youth access and resources to dive into different industries and the first industry that we started is the fashion merchandising industry. This is to ensure that all of our kids are career start up and homeowner ready,” Antonice Strickland, senior director of marketing and public relations for the Industry Club, told The Final Call.
“We launched the Industry Club last summer in partnership with Bedrock Detroit and Detroit is New Black as well as a number of other partners and sponsors. We want to make sure they have the economic, cultural and social capital needed to become college and career as well as business start up and homeowner ready down the line,” she said.