“I think the challenge for us is just to keep trying to be seen and to be heard just trying to get the right representation and get people to see what you're good at what your talent is.”īefore entering the bridal world, Esé Azénabor was creating custom evening wear. “There are a lot of wonderful Black designers who do great things and who are very talented who are just trying to be seen and be heard,” he says. He says the fight for Black designers is continuous. “Most of my clients really love form-hugging dresses and really appreciate their curves, so a lot of times it's me trying to enhance that with different types of lines and fabric embellishments, but it extends from architecture.”Įven with so much experience, this might be the first you are hearing Thurin’s name. “Sometimes it's a curve in the window, it’s a pillar, it’s the interior, but that really gets me going,” he says. He designs dresses to fit Black women and their bodies and gets a lot of his inspiration from architecture. “The clients that come to us have done their research, they’ve done their due diligence, they know who I am, and they come to get a dress made because they know I'm going to do the right thing,” Thurin says. Brides come to him for custom wedding gowns made with all their needs in mind. With 20 years of experience in the industry, Jean-Ralph Thurin isn’t exactly up and coming. We come in so many shapes and sizes, and no matter what package we come in, it should be dressed to the nines."Ĭourtesy of Jean-Ralph Thurin The Designer: Our bodies are only celebrated when mimicked by other races. Not only have we accounted for skin tone, but we have also accounted for curves. The brand's dresses also account for curves with a hip-first approach to sizing. Black women range in complexions and it’s a pity that the bridal fashion industry hasn’t adapted to the idea that there is no universal nude." Each shade can work for women of various complexions," says Pitter. "We have seven Forgotten Skin Tone mesh colors ranging from buff to deep. While illusion dresses are gorgeous, the standard mesh colors don’t really work on darker skin, so Pantora Bridal created, Forgotten Skin Tones, their own line of mesh and lining. Not only do her designs take on classic silhouettes and modern details, but she designs with the Black bride in mind. It’s feel-good bridalwear!,” she tells Brides. Pantora Bridal offers brides the opportunity to come as they are and to be celebrated. Our brides enjoy clothing that hits home, our design aesthetic is unique yet inviting. In 2011, she received a BFA in Fashion Design from the Fashion Institute of Technology.Īccording to Pitter, Pantora brides are confident, feminine, and fancy, and they have a connection to the "real world". Andrea Pitter is the founder and creative director of Pantora Bridal, a bridal boutique based in Brooklyn, NY.
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