City Magazine

ICYMI 🎶 Our recent music review lineup is online and on stands now 🔗

Brendan Dabkowski reviews “Graceland Way” by Mikaela Davis

Leah Joy reviews “fvck.me.up” by Glasswaves

Julio Sáenz reviews “Como Me La Pida” by Orquesta La Muralla

Wren Werner reviews “Spit Takes and Split Tapes, Vol. II” by Various Artists

Stephen Lewis reviews “When I Am a Fossil” by Benny Bleu

Over 20 years ago, Nita Brown was changing in the locker room at a local YMCA and her locker mate, Theresa Mazzullo, complimented her clothes. It was their usual interaction. Brown, who grew up learning about fashion from her seamstress mother and grandmother in Ghana, had been combining traditional Ghanaian patterns and fabrics with modern silhouettes for years. When she worked at Kodak, she would wear a tailored jacket instead of the usual cardigan. Her clothes made her stand out, and the constant compliments pushed her to launch Mansawear, a boutique on Park Avenue named after her grandmother, in 2013.

Read Suhasini Patni’s full piece on how local immigrant-owned boutiques outfit and educate across cultures in our June issue, online and on stands now. 🔗

📸: Rudy