mint pastel wears for prom

From i-D : "At 20 years old, # KyemahMcEntyre is best known for her prom dress, a # Dashiki -printed, custom-made gown that immediately went viral when she posted a photo of it on Instagram. Within weeks, actress mint pastel wears for prom Naturi Naughton had commissioned her to whip up a dress to wear to the BET Awards in June 2015. Eventually, Melissa Harris-Perry reached out; McEntyre was invited onto the former MSNBC host's show and dressed her for last month's Girls Write Now Awards honoring # ZadieSmi ... th . And in the meantime, McEntyre has been featured in a Dove ad, tapped to appear in Teen Vogue , and cited in # NewYorkTimes as the woman who has driven scores of her peers to turn to traditional # Africanprint for their own # prom dresses. In February 2017, she showed her first collection at # NewYorkFashionWeek ."

OH and the best part: Kyemah's prom-slayer dress is on view now at the Fowler Museum's # AfricanPrintFashionNow through July 30 before traveling across the country to three more museums.

# Vlisco # textiles # angelinaprint # promqueen # globalfashion

kyemah mcentyre's journey from viral prom star to visionary designer | read | i-D
kyemah mcentyre's journey from viral prom star to visionary designer | read | i-D
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