Denise Stephanie

Jun 19, 2024 | vogue.com | Taylor Anderson |Denise Stephanie

This ain't Texas, this is The Lay Out at Fort Greene Park. On Sunday, June 16 the historic park was filled with joy, cultural expression, and Black economic empowerment as thousands of attendees—many in their best western fits—gathered for The Lay Out’s fifth annual Juneteenth event.

Oct 17, 2023 | vogue.com | Mikelle Street |Denise Stephanie

The category called for a “fashion orgasm.” After stamping their name for a decade as a leading house in ballroom for fashion, the House of Xclusive Lanvin (one-time collaborators with the brand of the same name) was looking for the ultimate fashion assassin and was prepared to hand out a trophy and a cash prize of $7,000 to them on Saturday night. That bounty, at “X … The Story” ball, would be the largest prize for a fashion category in the history of the ballroom scene.

Aug 29, 2023 | vogue.com | Nyla Stanford |Denise Stephanie

Guests filled the Greenpoint Terminal on August 26 and 27 for the 2023 installment of Afropunk, the music festival that celebrates Black art and aesthetics. The lineup featured New York natives like Joey Badass and Teyana Taylor (who broke her retirement to grace the stage), and newer, but equally sickening, acts such as Baby Tate and Durand Bernarr.