I started this blog with one daughter, kept it up with the other, to spend time together doing something we enjoyed.
However, things change and people evolve. My daughters are older, busier, and not as interested in writing.
From now on this blog will be mostly mom with occasional contributions from my daughters and maybe even my husband.
Nothing else will change. We'll still focus on sharing fun places to go, fun things to do, and more, and we would  still love to hear your views too

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Where-To-Go Wednesday - The Prerogative Project Black Women in Fashion: Works, Play and Legacy

What: The Prerogative Project Black Women in Fashion: Works, Play and Legacy

Where: Macy's Herald Square 
             151 W. 34th St.
             New York, NY

Who: All ages

When: Through February 26, 2025

The winter holiday season is not the only time that Macy's Herald Square location in New York City features a special window display. For one thing, every spring during their yearly flower show, they feature windows incorporating that year's theme. Special window displays are also occasionally created to highlight other special occasions or events.


Currently, Macy's windows feature a display in honor of Black History Month. The Prerogative Project Black Women in Fashion: Works and Play Legacy display focuses on black women who made significant contributions to the fashion world and more. It is being presented by the fashion house, Madamette.

Women highlighted in the display include:


Eunice Johnson -  Publisher, businesswoman, activist, philanthropist, and the wife of Ebony creator, John H. Johnson, she founded Ebony Fashion Fair and Fashion Fair Cosmetics.


Mildred Blount - Milliner, boutique owner, humanitarian, and the first Black person to join the Motion Pictures Costumers Union.


Zelda Wynn Valdes - Fashion designer, Humanitarian, and the first back designer to open a boutique on Broadway.


Ophelia Devore - Model, designer, businesswoman, activist, and one of the first African American models who helped start the Grace Del Marco Agency, one of the first modeling agencies to focus on diversity.


Ann Lowe - The first highly successful African American fashion designer whose clients included Jacqueline Kennedy. 


Lois K. Alexander Lane - Fashion designer, businesswoman, and humanitarian known as much for her advocacy as for her designs.

For more about these remarkable women visit this special windows display or go to www.madamette.com/pages/prerogativeproject

And that's our view. Tune in tomorrow for Theater Thursday.

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