TALK OF GREENWOOD
Dr. Jerry Goodwin
Marshall Taulbert, Danzy Design Studio founder and fashion designer, will collaborate with Abercrombie & Fitch Co. to sell the designer’s collection, Danzy Estates, to the major retailer’s customers. Photo Provided
Abercrombie & Fitch Co., a leading national lifestyle retailer, has selected former Tulsan Marshall Taulbert, owner of Danzy Design Studio, as a guest designer. He will showcase his fashion collection in the company’s stores and website.
Taulbert, a longtime fashion designer, said that A&F Co. has agreed to partner with him and his fashion house to share his creative designs with its global customers.
Taulbert’s work will be featured on Vol. 28: Amplifying Black Excellence, an A&F. Co. platform for designers of African and African American descent. On its website, A&F Co. said
He said his parents, Clifton and Barbara Taulbert of Tulsa, inspired his clothing collection. He also believes the city’s spirit of Black Wall Street greatly influenced him.
He believes the spirit of Black Wall Street has helped him in his “entrepreneurial journey.”
He adds that one of his first jobs was working at an A&F store as a teenager.
“I never dreamed in (my) wildest dreams, while folding polos, t-shirts, and denim, that (my) future would be unfolding right in front of (me),” said Taulbert. “Only this time, I would not be a sales associate but a bonafide partner.”
Taulbert worked with RAISEfashion to initiate the introduction to A&F. RAISEfashion, a non-profit organization, is dedicated to offering pro-bono advisory services for emerging BIPOC designers and students interested in pursuing a career in the fashion industry. (See https://raisefashionnow.org/ for more information.)
For more information, visit https://danzyus.com/.
