Flint is home to more than 75 fashion-focused businesses whose owners strive to keep pace with ever-changing market demands. Among the most visible is Kala Wilburn, the founder of her original clothing line Fannie Lucille as well as Flint Vehicle City Fashion Week and its signature Fashion Against Violence event, which she launched to raise […]
In Kala Wilburn’s world fashion isn’t just about flowing garments and colorful fabrics. The intricate industry behind memorable runway show highlights and glamorous galas is at the heart of Wilburn’s ongoing efforts and professional advocacy. As a major goal of next month’s annual Vehicle City Fashion Week, she’ll feature designers with whom she can collaborate, […]
Flint will be elevated as a center of urban streetwear this Saturday, July 14, as the FASHIONHUB collective showcases pieces from some of Flint’s top designers in an outdoor street fashion show at Flint’s Alley Fest. The FASHIONHUB collective show will take place at 6:30 p.m. on the Ferris Wheel’s Fashion Stage. It will exemplify the strength of […]
The energy was hard to describe. The networking was at fever pitch and the camaraderie so thick, it could be cut with a knife. No, it wasn’t the a summit of world leaders, but of local ones, gathered at the First Trinity Missionary Baptist Church for the GoGetHER Conference, the first of its kind in […]
Kala Wilburn might not have set out to be a hero, but she’s been named one in the April edition of Good Housekeeping. Part of a feature examining the contributions of those who impact their communities, Wilburn, a contributor to TheHUB Flint, is recognized as an “everyday hero” for her Fashion Against Violence movement. The […]
Kala Wilburn is joining TheHUB Flint staff supporting our social media and community outreach. Wilburn is the founder of apparel company Fannie Lucille. She also created Vehicle City Fashion Week, the first fashion week in Genesee County, and founded her own non-profit, Fashion Against Violence. She graduated with a bachelor of applied arts degree in […]
Losing her brother was the turning point for Kala Wilburn. In June of 2011, the then-budding fashion designer moved back to Flint after living and working in the fashion industry in New York City. Her brother was very happy to have his sister home, so much so that he brought friends interested in the fashion […]
From her small studio in downtown Flint, Kala Wilburn slowly is creating a fashion movement through her custom handbag and apparel company, Fannie Lucille. Transitioning from creating custom special occasion designs for each customer, she is building and manufacturing a fashion line featuring statement pieces for women on the go, such as jackets, wraps and […]