This article talks about the potential end to the Ebony Fashion Fair which featured elaborate fashions by black designers and was a long staple in the black community. The event was created by Eunice Johnson is the wife of John Johnson the owner of Ebony Magazine and once grossed more than $55 million in more 4,000 shows. The Johnson Publishing company have put the popular show on a hiatus after the death of John Johnson.
The relevance and importance of the show is also being considered as it once was the only avenue for featuring black fashions and models . As more African Americans are being featured in more prominent positions in the industry such as Andre Talley, the editor at large for Vogue. African American model such as Chanel Iman have become fashion icons and many African American designers like Tracey Reese have made head waves for the community.
Though the future of the fair is uncertain it is an undeniable fact that the fair has and will always be the mechanism that brought African American fashion to where it is today.
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