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02.02.24
Organized by Eman Wajed, Chad Williams, Cain McDermott, Rodney Chatmon and Dan Abbotoy, Buffalo Fashion Runway will hold a Black Carpet event celebrating a diverse group of creatives in the Buffalo area.
Local professional models as well as prominent Black figures in the community will don pieces created by local designers, with performances from local artists adding to an evening full of art that is 100 percent built in Buffalo.
Prior to the show, guests can pose for pictures on the black carpet and check out some of the clothing, visual art and food vendors.
“We wanted to highlight Black fashion, Black culture in Buffalo specifically,” Wajed said. “I’m just happy for the opportunities that the designers are going to have after this, the models, the photographers, the musical artists. I’m just happy to see everyone come together to celebrate fashion and celebrate culture and to be able to put on a premiere event for the city.”
Models will also wear Williams and McDermott’s custom Buffalo 10 jersey, designed to commemorate the victims of the May 14, 2022 shooting at a Tops Friendly Markets.
“I feel as if everyone we’ve met along this journey, everyone we will meet along this journey have all given us peace, blessings and love,” Wajed said. “There’s so much love in this city, there’s so much support for what we’ve got going on.
“Come to support the Buffalo community, the Buffalo creative community, the Buffalo fashion community. The experience that you will have at the Black Carpet event, even if you are not interested in fashion and creativity and arts, it will be sort of like a red carpet experience, it will be sort of like a Met Gala experience.”
The Black Carpet event will be held Feb. 24 at 5 p.m. at the Northland Workforce Training Center located at 683 Northland Ave. and will run until roughly 9 p.m.