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103 Black-Led Fashion Brands You Should Have on Your Radar
Shop vibey loungewear, elegant loafers, and everything in between.
One of the best parts about writing about menswear is getting to familiarize myself with all the dope
menswear brands out there.Obviously, there are thousands—everything from accessories to footwear to outerwear to basics has its own niche, and within all of those niches are fantastic Black-owned business to shop from and support.
Historically, the
fashion industry has been a fickle friend to the Black community.Despite Black culture and designs propelling trend after trend for generations, from the highest echelons of fashion to the newest, trendiest styles you’re seeing on your TikTok For You Page, institutionalized racism within the fashion community hasn’t allowed Black designers to have the same recognition as their non-Black counterparts.This list of Black-owned menswear businesses, which we’ll continue to update, is not exhaustive.
It is, however, a starting point for those looking to support Black-owned and Black-led brands, and, in the process, add some really damn great styles to their own wardrobes.
No matter what your personal style is, there are some excellent brands below to familiarize yourself with.Celebrity-led labels ranging from Paper Planes to Members of the Rage offer dope, contemporary streetwear looks, while menswear icons like
Blackstock & Weber, Brother Vellies, and Vinny’s are producing timeless, high-quality wardrobe staples.Whether you want to dress it up or dress it down, keep scrolling for over 100 of the best Black-owned brands out there.
AllCaps Studio
AllCaps Studio brings its seasoned eye for creative direction to product drops that make good on the brand’s knack for nailing the details by incorporating its signature, graphic-heavy look.
ALL CAPS STUDIO
Everything is in caps! But with everything from graphic tees to sweats to bottoms (and some ceramic mugs!) to choose from, we really aren’t complaining.
Balmain
In 2011, at just 25 years old, Olivier Rousteing was named the creative director of the storied couture house Balmain.Throughout his tenure, the French-born designer bolstered the brand’s menswear business, bringing his signature skinny pants, gilded hardware details, and pronounced double-breasted blazers onto the runways and, eventually, into the homes of rock legends, pop stars, and any man that digs super-fitted cuts with a Parisian flair.
Bianca Saunders
Bianca Saunders’ idiosyncratic take on modern masculinity references her Jamaican background and the guys she grew up around to great effect, often in the form of surprisingly vulnerable collections.
Billionaire Boys Club
Pharrell Williams, the chart-topping musician, and Nigo, the maestro behind A Bathing Ape, are two fellas that are categorically cool.The same thing is true of Billionaire Boys Club, a fashion brand the duo founded in 2003, which blends luxury and quality streetwear with a dollop of quirk.
It’s for boys who know the value of a dollar.
Black Boy Knits
Black Boy Knits is making knitwear that reexamines and redefines the very concept.The independent, Brooklyn-based design studio makes unique knit pieces, emphasizing Black, queer, and immigrant storytelling in fashion-forward designs.
Blackstock and Weber
https://www.blackstockandweber.com/ is the Brooklyn-based footwear brand that happens to make some of the most handsome loafers in the Tri-State Area—and well, the whole damn world.
Bric
Founded with the intent of providing premium-quality clothes in Big and Tall sizes (Big and Tall being two different fits), Bric is the purveyor of sleek, chic menswear for larger sizes.
The brand’s Tall sizes run from LT-4XT, while the Big sizes range from 2XL-5XL.Whether you’re in search of tees, sweaters, or even hats, this is the place to look.
Bricks & Wood
Bricks & Wood’s location in South Central L.A.
is central—pun intended—to the brand’s mission.The area informs the burgeoning label’s designs and serves as inspiration for its cut-and-sew collections.
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