DUFLAMBÉ | Cultural Revolutionizing Game-changer & Call to Action

DUFLAMBÉ is a cultural revolutionizing gamechanger for women of color through the lens of elevated fashion, Love & Wellness, and above all else is a call to action through literary composition and cerebral content. The creation of DUFLAMBÉ is as much of my calling to the cultural issue of lack of introspection; it’s as much of a cure for the declination of self-love and restoration of the black family unit as it rests upon the shoulders of the Originals and givers of life: Women.

To offer a deeper glimpse into the psychology of DUFLAMBÉ, it unalterably is the Prometheus of its time—disrupting a culture that embodies the idea that loving someone entirely is a futile mistake. We live in a fallen world corrupted by misogyny, abrupt discord, and faithless affairs. We war in response to confrontation; we’ve been wired to listen only to respond, and we think only of the consequences of our actions after we react. It’s no mystery that people warrant hostility to mechanize their defensiveness before mustering any courage to respectfully agree to disagree.  We’ve been programed to be reactive as opposed to being proactive in a sense that we’ll through ourselves over the ledge, even crawl over broken glass before embracing vulnerability. If Love is the purest form of our humanity, then why wouldn’t it appeal to that which is at the core of our souls?  For without such awareness, we cannot begin to comprehend the creatrix of intimacy or the arduous depths of rich enigmatic romantical affairs when it comes to matters of the heart. DUFLAMBÉ is more than a brand; it’s a change agent that challenges its product consumers and readers to not only conceptualize a world where everything said as it is thought; where points of contention are disarmed by truth; where both hearts are instinctively inspired to move mountains, as they themselves are moved, and above all else suppresses primal gratification in order to rediscover the lost art of romance.

There’s a social identity crisis that burdens and skews the ways in which we represent ourselves to which the weight of responsibility falls in the laps of women to correct. The stigma placed on women of color not only disenfranchises our growth opportunities, but more importantly the acceptance and participation of perpetual uncouthness and lack of sophistication propagandized in pop-culture further disinherits our virtues. DUFLAMBÉ aims to dismantle the propensity of settling for a lesser version of Self while simultaneously cradling the notion that there is no honor in erotic prizes easily won. I think that Sophistication and Intelligence are parallel to Class and Power; they go hand in hand—Power without Class is useless to any man or woman. And rightfully, Sophistication is a value-add that layers in an extra level of complexity that wards off moronic situations, that simultaneously builds a hedge against nonsensical interactions in both business and personal relationships.

On one hand the American standard of beauty seems contingent upon shades of our skin tone, while on the other, the acceptance into pop-culture for notoriety or visibility in mass media gives America the negative impression that power, access, and class (at least for us) lies within the furthest reaches of our galaxy. As a woman and scholar, tenured within the financial sector, I can attest to the estranged and limited access to upward mobility in corporate landscapes—and in ways it required me to work twice as hard as my counterparts for progressive opportunities or to prove myself equal. Undoubtably, I feel that enterprise ecosystems visibly demonstrate the lack of equity and inclusion, hiring, leadership, perspective that’s ingrained in business culture and social constructs solely because of the perpetual negative perceptions and social injustices in saturated media outlets. I felt overly compelled to assist in the uplifting and empowerment of women by creating a paradigm that’s eager to demolish negative stereotypes set by culture vultures and demagogs. I took a hiatus from my professional career to create and pursue DUFLAMBÉ, a lifestyle brand that caters to the celebration, empowerment, and healing of relational traumas. For instance, by addressing the ambiguities of promiscuity in the literary works of  ‘A Sunday Kind of Love’ and ‘Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled’, I literally took pen to pad over Love that was lost, requited, and inspired through personal experiences and allowed that (the writing) to permeate and become the source of inspiration for fabrics, textures, regal appliqués and mood. Initially, publishing my writing was never a part of the plan—it was a completely separate vertical that I wasn't sure I wanted to divulge. However, once the designs were ready for production, I noticed the intersection between the two and decided to take a leap of faith in hopes the two concepts would marry; and it did.

I wanted to create a new brand of sensuality without overtly asserting so—rooted in intelligence and mindfulness of our God-given deity. I know that not every woman possesses the desire or courage to evolve to one’s higher self—and that’s fine. However, it’s my belief that women are both primordial and cosmic deep-seated creatures that have the ability to fill the emotional and intellectual insecurities of the world. As a Lover, a woman is neither more perplexed for the mere expressions of her emotional sensitivities, nor under greater objection for defending them than when the sincerest of her passions and intentions are honorable. Even a man of parts: a moralist, activist, philosopher, historian or poet would be baffled and far too eager to paint an acidulous portrait in his mind of her, if he were to lose her: she’s allusive and yet ever so mysteriously endearing, that only the Love of God could ever truly possess her.

It’s the spirit of DUFLAMBÉ and the audacity of decadence and connection to ultra femininity that gives the brand high value. And with such lively encounters in mind, and an array of new timeless styles that flatters a woman’s curves at any size, the brand not only elevates a typical wardrobe but masterfully provokes aspirations of refining one’s identity. The messaging behind the brand catapults emblematic character to its audience that gives reason as to why women should and ought to DUFLAMBÉ.