This look deserved 3 pics 💁🏽‍♀️ during, before, after, narcissism, and scene. Dressed in @laquan_smith, from @novaocto for the @15percentpledge. The dress code was Black Tie, Black Designer. The dress code alone opens your eyes to the gap in access, resources, and distribution black founders (in this case, designers) face. The @15percentpledge is doing immediately, tangibly impactful work to shift real dollars from major national retailers into black founded businesses - $10bn so far, up to $1tn in opportunity. And while the @15percentpledge does that structural work, we can work to put our dollars into those businesses. A few founders and brands who were in attendance to go buy now: @byamicole by @diarrhaxo @golde by @trinitymouzon @worldofchriscollins @beautystat by @ronrobinsoncosmeticchemist @brothervellies by @aurorajames @imancosmetics by @the_real_iman