Bernard James

The 2025 Met Gala may have come and gone, but for those of us who use the annual benefit as a discovery platform for innovators in fashion, the best part is arguably just beginning. To aid your research, we did a little digging only to learn many of the evening’s most discussed red carpet moments…

Recent history has reminded us of the necessity of supporting small, minority-owned businesses. According to a report by the Office of Advocacy, minority business owners in the U.S. were disproportionately impacted by the pandemic in 2020, with Black-owned businesses showing the greatest losses in earnings. COVID-19 only widened existing inequalities for minority business owners, but…