Creatives Want Change calls on Black teens to apply for fashion scholarship

“I am a unicorn. I should not be here,” says Randy Cousin, SVP of Product Concept and People’s Place program at Tommy Hilfiger, of being a Black creative in the fashion industry. During last summer’s Black Lives Matter uprising while in conversation with friend Joe Medved, founder of recruiting firm Joe’s Blackbook and the annual scholarship competition, and Matthew Kane, Design Manager at Club Monaco, they had an impactful realization: They couldn’t name five Black creative directors working in their industry.