While in conversation with my college friend Brittney Hughes, she also reflected on her time studying fashion at her alma mater, the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. “As far as specific courses, or textbook representation while in college go, there was maybe one dedicated course [about Black fashion], offered every few semesters. But intentional lesson plans, where we talked about nothing else but Black pioneers in fashion? I think that’s more of a ‘2020 and beyond’ type of mission for most institutions.” she says.