Black Designer Josh Allen Reimagines Freedom Through Fashion and Film

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When Josh Allen speaks about Richard and Grace, his contemporary art-meets-fashion label, he speaks first about family. Named after his grandparents, the brand is an act of preservation—an archive stitched with memory, Southern pride, and a reverence for the people who raised him in Texas. “My grandparents taught me the value of care and endurance,” Allen says. “Richard

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