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At Raisefashion, Supporting Emerging BIPOC Designers Grow Their Businesses

Four designers from Raisefashion’s brand fellowship programme share how the non-profit has enabled the creatives to take their business from strength to strength, and better navigate on-going market challenges today.
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Onalaja Zusi Collection. (Raisefashion)
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The US-based non-profit Raisefashion launched in July 2020 in response to the Black Lives Matter and social justice movements, with a mission to cultivate greater diversity in fashion and to actively promote and foster BIPOC talent and BIPOC-owned businesses.

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