According to founder and stylist Zerina Akers — whose clients include Beyoncé and Chloe x Halle — the idea to transition Black Owned Everything from a resource for finding Black talent into a shopping destination, with products ranging from fashion and beauty to home, arrived after she witnessed the “overwhelming response” to the Instagram page. “I [soon] recognized the need for a luxury retail space for Black-owned businesses to have global reach,” she tells Refinery29. “It was a natural [next step] for us.”
By: Eliza Huber