Editor’s Letter: #AFWT2019 Beauty Overdose
This issue was not premeditated. If you haven’t noticed, Neri has been on a content hiadus. We’ve been (heavily) preparing to relaunch for the #2020Vision issue in January. For the past 6 months we’ve been focused on fine tuning our marketing strategies, securing editors and working on Neri Media’s brand imaging projects. Then all of […]
Belle of the Ballroom: Zna.K African Fashion
Listen to this interview on The Neri Magazine Podcast Immediately following the beauty extravaganza that was African Fashion Week Toronto (#AFWT2019), Neri Media debuted The Neri Magazine Podcast by having an intimate chat with one of Canada’s leading African fashion designers. Zeena Kay‘s work is exciting and highly impactful. This vanguard de vêtements specializes in […]
BLACK CINDERELLA ~ The Story of Nini Amerlise
Who is Nini Amerlise? Most people don’t know and if they do, the knowledge of her is likely very recent. When I first encountered Nini, she was standing on a rich and swanky staircase wearing a breathtaking red ballroom gown. Maybe it was her mahogany torso delicately curved into a most flattering posture or maybe […]
DON’T CALL IT A COME BACK ~ Jayne Nicole Luxury Hosiery for Women of Color
Once upon a time when Michael Jackson was still alive, high bangs and bamboo earrings were “da lick” and people knew everyone’s phone number by heart, women of color (WOC) who wore nylon stockings had a choice of 3 colors; Spice, Nightshade or Taupe. For the rebels like me who weren’t fans of the ashy […]