Leneia Weston

St. Louis designer DeShawn M. Bey innovates the custom menswear lane with a philosophy that transforms clothing into supreme confidence. From Retail Styling to Custom Menswear Clock it the moment someone walks in wearing one of his pieces. Heads turn….

Eco designer Aileen Woods creates art that reconnects people to the earth and to themselves. Aileen Woods is a trailblazer in the art of eco design. She is a textile artisan. A public artist. A biophiliac who sees the world…

This year marks her third appearance in the Black Creatives in the Lou designer showcase and her second time participating in the exhibition at Neiman Marcus St. Louis. Walking into the store and seeing her work styled by the store’s merchandising team was a moment of quiet disbelief. She stood still, taking it all in. “They style my pieces the same way they style Ralph Lauren and the other major designers,” she says. “That part really hit me.”

From East St. Louis to the global fashion stage, designer Cameo DeBore’ Phillips is building a handbag brand defined by structure, intention, and legacy. The escalators hummed. Conversations floated upward. Fragrance lingered in the air. At the center of Neiman…

Painter, designer, and emerging cultural organizer Amina “Ami” Taylor is carving her own distinctive creative path, with a dope remix for Black artists in North County, St. Louis. Many artists spend years – even decades – trying to define exactly…