On what was an idyllic evening at Grant's Tomb in Harlem—clear skies, comfortably cool air, and a palpable excitement for the impending arrival of New York Fashion Week—Harlem's Fashion Row held its 17th Annual Style Awards and Fashion Show. “We started planning in February,” HFR fonder and CEO Brandice Daniel told Vogue. “I've met with the same committee for years to decide our honorees, and that meeting was fifteen minutes this year; It's normally an hour.
” As such, this year's runway featured two returning designers—A. Potts and Nicole Benefield Portfolio—alongside newcomer LaTouché. “I found this image, I believe it was from 1976, of Iman on the beach in Zanzibar, and that sort of grounded the whole collection,” Aaron Potts said backstage of his latest A. Potts effort.