2020 Holiday Gift Guide
In Her Shoes 2020 Holiday Gift Guide: 75 Black Women-Owned Brands to Shop
EBJ Gallery brings you one-of-a-kind handcrafted jewelry pieces, inspired by founder & head designer Eishia Brightwell’s international travels and love for timeless items. Always incorporating her own sense of style, she is able to create a unique balance between feminine and masculine, classic chic and contemporary. Designing on a non-traditional platform, whether she is using fine gemstones from around the world or incorporating industrial hardware , she has the fashionable insight to make each piece pop! EBJ Gallery caters to the confident woman who enjoys standing out in the crowd.
The Omi Woods Jewelry collection consists of contemporary heirlooms that celebrate all of our connections to Africa and her diaspora. The jewelry is individually and ethically handmade with fair trade African gold and globally sourced conflict-free fine metals. Omi Woods jewelry is intended to be worn everyday, gifted for special occasions and passed down to future generations so its meaning can live on for generations to come. Omi means ‘water’ in the Yoruba language. Together with Woods, it pays tribute to founder Ashley Alexis McFarlane’s Jamaican-Ashanti-Maroon heritage; the word Jamaica derives from the indigenous Taino word Xaymaca, meaning “land of wood and water.”
Lorraine West has always had an affinity for creating and donning unique jewelry. Her mother’s love for ornate pieces was the inspiration for Lorraine to delve into jewelry design while studying Illustration at Fashion Institute of Technology. After teaching herself how to manipulate various metals into beautiful original jewelry pieces, and with the increasing demand from family and friends to create custom designs, Lorraine West Jewelry was conceived.
Made from precious metals including gold, sterling silver, brass and copper and inspired by symbology and geometric shapes, Lorraine West creates strikingly elegant pieces that allow clients to connect to their own beauty and power. Lorraine West Jewelry is proudly handmade in NYC with love.
OMA THE LABEL is a brand focused on challenging homogenous industry standards, while creating quality and affordable pieces for the everyday woman.
The brand was created by Neumi Anekhe, a New York-based fashion stylist that started the brand in 2018, because she saw a need for more brands representing people of color. She wanted to help diversify the markets,change the imagery and predominant representation that we see in fashion today.
OMA THE LABEL, creates pieces for the woman that is intentional about the choices she makes and wants to wear pieces that make her feel empowered and confident.
Yenaé (pronounced as Ye.Nay) is an online, high fashion jewelry brand influenced by the rich culture and heritage of Africa. We take shoppers on a journey inside Africa through our exquisite jewelry designs that fuse deeply rooted and diverse cultures with a twist of modern appeal. Beyond creating exquisite jewelry, we focus on telling an organically African story to change the perception and narrative of the continent at large, to showcase Africa in a positive light. This can be seen through our jewelry designs, gift ready packaging, and accompanying note cards that have the design inspiration story, which we obtain by working with historians and storytellers to learn about and share the stories.
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