Just north of Manhattan along the Hudson stands a 34-room Italianate mansion. When it was nearly complete in November 1917, the New York Times wrote up the estate, and how incredulous the town was ...

Kerby Jean Raymond’s location choice for his first-ever Pyer Moss couture show is historic as it is symbolic. The designer—whose Thursday show was postponed by a rainstorm and rescheduled for Saturday ...

On July 10th, fashion designer Kerby Jean-Raymond held the very first couture show for his brand, Pyer Moss, making for a historic moment in his career. Naturally, it only made sense that an equally ...

One year before women had the right to vote in America, Madam C.J. Walker of Irvington became the first female self-made millionaire in the country. In 1918, at age 50, Walker moved into a 34-room, 20 ...

More than a century after Madam C.J. Walker’s move to Irvington’s Villa Lewaro, we explore the history of the African American millionaire. Known as the country’s first female self-made millionaire, ...

When Madam C.J. Walker first rolled into Irvington, New York, in her high-powered motorcar, the 49-year-old beauty magnate caused tongues to wag. “Impossible,” the Hudson River town’s residents told ...

`My great-great-grandmother meant for her four-acre estate to be a showplace for black Americans that would motivate them to realize their own dreams,” said A`lelia Perry Bundles, a producer with ”ABC ...

A century-old Italianate villa-style house in Irvington, New York, built for Madam C. J. Walker, who made her fortune by selling beauty and hair products to black women and was eulogized as the first ...

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