Fashion Fair: The Black Cosmetics Brand That Changed an Industry
What happens when the makeup counter simply doesn’t have your shade? For decades, that was the reality for Black women in America, and one brand built an empire by answering the question. Fashion Fair is a name that carries two lives: a pioneering cosmetics company born from a traveling fashion show, and a phrase that still describes the trade fairs where the apparel industry does business. Understanding both matters, because the brand’s story is one of the most consequential in beauty and fashi