NYFW Fashion Show to Take Place Outside Borough Hall Featuring Work by 5 Emerging Brooklyn Designers
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BROOKLYN, NY (August 20, 2025) – Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso and Arts Ambassador Colm Dillane, the creative force behind cultural brand KidSuper, today announced The People’s Runway, a fashion show to take place outside at Brooklyn Borough Hall Plaza as part of the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s (CFDA) 2025 New York Fashion Week. The People’s Runway will take place at 8pm on Sunday, September 14, and will feature work from five emerging Brooklyn designers. Doors will open at 7:15pm. The event is open to the public, first-come first-served, and standing room only. ADA accommodations will be available. To sign up for updates on the event and how to attend, submit your information at https://www.brooklynbp.nyc.gov/the-peoples-runway/
“The People’s Runway is about celebrating the artistry and identity that is embedded in every corner of our borough,” said Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso. “Across Brooklyn, emerging fashion designers are designing as a way of storytelling, creating garments that encapsulate the experiences of their families and their neighborhoods. I am so grateful for the opportunity to spotlight a few of these incredible creatives here at the People’s House, Brooklyn Borough Hall. Thank you to Colm Dillane, our inaugural Arts Ambassador, for bringing his industry expertise to up-and-coming artists across the borough.”
“I am so excited to be the inaugural Brooklyn Arts Ambassador. Part of that role, for me, was about making something very real and tangible,” said Arts Ambassador Colm Dillane of KidSuper. “As someone who has created his brand from Brooklyn, received mentorship from other organizations, and worked with many different brands along the way, I think I have a great perspective on what can really help a young creative in NYC. I believe this runway experience is more powerful than the participants even realize. I am looking forward to seeing what they make and what comes from this!”
After releasing an open call for emerging designers earlier this year, Reynoso and Dillane reviewed hundreds of applications and selected five Brooklyn-based designers to receive mentorship from Dillane and show their work at The People’s Runway. Selected designers include:
Meet The Designers
Ahmrii Johnson
Ahmrii Johnson is a Bahamian-American fashion designer and multidisciplinary artist whose work fuses Caribbean craft, botanical science, and indigenous wisdom into ethereal, narrative-driven designs. Drawing from her heritage, lived experiences, and biblical text, Johnson transforms textiles and garments into stories that bridge art, fashion, and spiritual reflection.
Daveed Baptiste
Daveed Baptiste is an interdisciplinary designer and artist whose work incorporates fashion design, textile design, and photography. He draws inspiration from his migration from Port au-Prince, Haiti to Miami, Florida. Through his design, he explores themes of migration and cultural preservation within the Haitian community and the larger Caribbean diaspora, reclaiming African diasporic futures and narratives.
Kent Anthony
Kent Anthony is an African American designer whose background in fine art and industrial design informs his approach to fashion as a medium for storytelling. Growing up, he rarely saw the African American narrative communicated through a luxury lens – most portrayals leaned toward street culture, which did not reflect his own experience. Kent Anthony designs to fill that gap, offering new perspectives that elevate Black creativity within a luxury, intellectual framework.
Rojin Jung
Rojin Jung challenges the modern ideals of comfort as he embraces imperfection and failure as a means to constantly evolve. Through his work, he encourages the audience to break out of patterns of living that trap them both physically and mentally. His designs are rooted in a journey of self-discovery, resilience, and generational healing as a child of immigrants.
Shriya Myneni
Raised in India, having lived in Indonesia and Canada, and now living in Brooklyn, Shriya Myneni’s diverse upbringing has shaped a unique perspective that comes through in her work. Shriya is a multidisciplinary artist who enjoys experimenting across mediums, allowing her to explore ideas in layered and meaningful ways. Her silhouettes often emerge from deconstructed shapes and reconstructed forms such as garments that morph, unravel, and rebuild to reflect how we carry ourselves and our pasts.
The People’s Runway is made possible with the support of partners Brooklyn Arts Council, Fashion Week Brooklyn, Chemistry Creative, City Point, AOFM, Unite, Brooklyn Brewery, and Voss.