My love for fashion began long before Afrowear.

As a teenager, I watched my mother sew men’s suits on the side to earn extra money. We would visit the fabric district in Downtown Los Angeles to shop for materials for her clients. While she searched for fabrics, I wandered the aisles imagining designs of my own.

I would bring her my wild ideas—and somehow, she always found a way to bring them to life.

My mother dreamed of becoming a fashion designer, but she passed away in 2009 before she could fully realize that dream. Her creativity, strength and perseverance stayed with me.

One night, I had a powerful dream.

I saw a Black woman with an afro in handcuffs, desperately struggling to break free. She fought until she became exhausted and began losing hope.

I woke up shaken.

I couldn't forget her.

I wrote down what I had seen and eventually had someone bring the image to life through art. Over time, I began to understand what the woman represented to me.

She represented my mother.

She represented struggle.

She represented resilience.

And she represented every person fighting to break free from the circumstances, limitations and expectations placed upon them.

That vision became Afrowear in 2011.

Growing up in Watts, we didn't have much—but we had dreams.

Afrowear became my way of continuing my mother's creative legacy while creating something that could inspire others.

Fashion became my voice.

Through Afrowear, I wanted people who felt overlooked, unheard or limited to see something that reminded them of their own strength.

That's where our mission comes from:

In 2016, I produced my first Afrowear End of the Summer Fashion Show, bringing together small businesses, local vendors, artists and fashion talent.

The event was successful in many ways, but I focused on what I thought went wrong.

I became discouraged.

What was supposed to be a one-year break from Afrowear became four.

Then, at the end of 2020, something inside me changed.

I decided it was time to fight for the vision again.

I returned to the dream my mother helped plant in me—the same dream that began with fabric, creativity and afternoons spent watching her turn ideas into something real.

Today, Afrowear represents more than clothing.

It represents freedom, resilience, identity, confidence and the courage to define yourself.

Every collection continues a story that began with my mother's hands and lives on through mine.

Her dream didn't end.

It became my purpose.

Freedom stitched in fabric.
Resilience woven into every thread.
A legacy reborn through fashion.

Inspire the Uninspired.

Wear Your Truth.