The Black Accessory Designers Alliance (BADA), founded by handbag designer Wilbur Pack, Jr. of SK Wilbur handbags and jewelry designer, Velvet Lattimore showed their wares at New York Fashion Week this past February to focus attention on emerging black designers.
Interior Designer Ursallie Smith, owner of Rococo Design Interiors, revealed her sophisticated, yet bold use of color, pattern, and texture with her display of decorative pillows and Louis XV chairs.
Ronnetta J. Coleman, owner/designer of Ronnetta J. Coleman Jewelry & Accessories, proved that there is nothing better than the gold standard with opulent molded wire bracelets and necklaces to die for!
Wilbur Pack, Jr. showed “Collage,” his newest mixed media handbag collection in which anything goes with leather, fur, denim and metal.
Velvet Lattimore, who served as the evening’s presenter, and whose popular shop, Vedazzling Accessories Boutique is located at 145 Front Street in Brooklyn’s DUMBO, featured items from a swath of independent emerging black accessory designers.
Style influencers and fashion aficionados were treated to a wine tasting provided by Brooklyn’s black-owned Bed-Vyne Wine. The shop, located at 370 Tompkins Avenue, specializes in finding the right wine for the individual with an inventory that not only reflects the diversity of the neighborhood, but also has low, medium and high price points in each category.
Attendees were also treated to the delicious culinary delights of pastry chef Charnelle McMillan of Designs-n-Delights.
I was unable to attend but am honored to show you some of these designs and, as much as I’d like to maintain a level of professionalism and keep my personal feelings out of this post, I’m going to let that go. And here’s why – I’ve known Wilbur Pack for a few years now. He is an incredibly talented designer and a wonderful man who exudes an energy that is positive, uplifting, warm and absolutely terrific. This “energy,” for lack of a better word, is evident in his beautiful, sometimes whimsical and always head-turning designs which, by the way, are currently carried by several NY-based retailers as well as on his website. It is my pleasure to watch his star ascend in the fashion world and it wouldn’t surprise me one bit if one day soon, when fashionistas the world over are asked what handbag they’re carrying say, “It’s a Wilbur Pack.”
The next BADA event will be in September during New York Fashion Week. Keep reading EverBeautiful.com to learn more about it. In the meantime, a picture is worth a thousand words so below, more of SK WILBUR handbags by Wilbur Pack, Jr.
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