It’s 30 minutes of A.B.C as broadcaster and journalist Brenda Emmanus OBE catches up with two celebrated fashion designers to talk accolades, Black history and couture.
Multi award-winning young menswear designer Saul Nash and seasoned couturier and Fashion Consultant Avis Charles weave through their career journeys with our host, and stitch together their shared experiences rooted in their Caribbean heritage.
This marriage of youth and experience takes the audience from tales of creating a couture dress for Oprah Winfrey to producing a celebrated collection of outfits inspired by a passion for dance and movement.
Denim may be the most democratic of materials worn by the working class and the wealthy, but Avis Charles reveals the role this popular material plays in the omission of the Black experience from fashion history.
Tailor your time to tune in to this episode of Kiss My Black Side for some smart talk from some sharp minds.
Host: Brenda Emmanus OBE:
Brenda Emmanus OBE is a television presenter and journalist working across print, radio and television. She has established her career across a range of genres - news and current affairs, popular factual, travel, fashion and the arts. Brenda has presented features and documentaries on a broad range of subjects from Princess Diana to African Fashion. She has interviewed some of the biggest names in arts and entertainment - from Oprah Winfrey and Maya Angelou, to Sir Elton John and Tom Cruise. Brenda was awarded an OBE in 2019 for services to Broadcasting and Diversity.
Guests:
Saul Nash - Fashion Designer
Multi award-winning Menswear fashion designer and choreographer. In the past three years alone he has been named an LVMH Prize semi-finalist, a NEWGEN recipient, a member of Highsnobiety's THE NEXT 20 list, and most recently received both the International Woolmark Prize 2022 (won by some of the biggest names in fashion) and Queen Elizabeth II’s award for British Design in the same week.
Avis Charles – Couturier and Fashion Consultant
Avis Charles was a graduate of the London School of Fashion and has spent 40 years in the industry, building her own consultancy agency and having the likes of Oprah Winfrey and Victoria Beckham as clients.
She works with The Prince’s Trust, has her own silk scarves range and also finds time to mentor teenagers and design entrepreneurs.
Web Pages
Sadler's Wells - Well Seasoned
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