Black designers did not disappoint, they debuted some of the most noteworthy pieces this season. Multimedia Editor Christopher Claxton reports

My favorite time of year is always New York Fashion Week. Great outfits all over the city, well-stocked gift bags, parties, and our favorite designers’ infamous catwalks. The top fashion trends from Black designers of New York Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2023 are detailed below.

LaQuan Smith

Designer LaQuan Smith debuted his Fall 2023 collection at the Rainbow Room this season. His collection combined tailored looks with street wear and high-end fashion to create the ideal outfits. His use of stripes, hot shorts, and sheer clothing stood out the most.

“[His] Spring/Summer 2023 collection is about wind, air, and movement,” Smith says.

Last summer, he traveled to Morocco and was completely inspired by the weather and the vibrant colors in the spice market. The collection also contains many poetic and romantic eroticism elements, which you can see from his orange sheer button-down shirt reimagined as a dress. Smith also showed menswear for the first time, demonstrating his versatility.

Tia Adeola

Tia Adeola is a New York-based designer and innovator whose designs aim to make women feel their best. Her clothing is considered, sexy, feminine, and draws all eyes.

Adeola showed 21 pieces this season, beginning with a floor-length ruffled gown worn by actress and singer Rebecca Hargove. Tia Adeola’s collection included sheer clothing, which is popular this season. Adeola’s goal was to convey confidence through the fabric’s transparency.

She wants viewers to consider her designs critically, not just how women express their sexuality in them.

House of Aama

House of Aama, founded by mother-daughter duo Akua Shabaka and Rebecca Henry, exemplifies the storytelling trend. Each House of Aama collection arises from a single story, often influenced by Henry and Shabaka’s own ancestral history and southern roots, which serve as the foundation for each of their collections.

They design with a focus on the Black experience and nostalgic pieces, with the goal of constantly sparking debate. “Prelude: Aama Tales” was heavily influenced by Caribbean culture. Bold block colors and knit bucket hats serve as inspiration. Shabaka and Henry told a story about the folktale character Anasi, a spider who appears in some of the pieces.

Bruce Glen

On February 13, 2023, the BruceGlen twins walked the runway at New York Fashion Week: The Shows at Spring Studios’ Mezzanine in New York City.

Like House of Aama, BruceGlen also employs the trend of storytelling through vibrant colors in their work. They spoke briefly about their late mother and how the Fall/Winter 2023 collection is dedicated to her during the show.

This collection was titled “The Sermon,” and Bruce and Glen had ushers dressed in white pass out caramels like grandmas do during church, alluding to their upbringing in a Baptist church.

The Sermon Collection outerwear featured vibrant color blocking and bold prints.

Sergio Hudson

Sergio teamed up with New York graffiti artist Jason Naylor to add some pops of color to this ’90s nostalgia collection. Hudson looked to artist Jason Naylor as inspiration for his collection after seeing a mural he created that said “Believe, you got this.”

Naylor inspired Hudson to introduce his brand name as logo tops in his graffiti. Like LaQuan Smith, Sergio Hudson had many hot short moments during his show, a standout looking being the pinked cropped blazer with black hot shorts.

The collection featured bright highlighter clothing.