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January 21, 2014

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MEET Suzette Opara Who Works Out Of Her Home In Chicago Making Couture Prom Gowns For Black Women.

Suzette Opara and her client via Facebook.

Meet Suzette Opara a dressmaker who hand sews exquisite custom prom gowns. Her pieces are one of a kind creations.
She sifts through cream, merlot, pink and silver colored fabrics adding embellishments to then put it all together via her sewing machine.

Without any signage or advertising, Opara has emerged as a premier designer of custom made couture prom gowns for young Black Women in Chicago.

Suzette's Gowns are especially made for her client's body and reflects their individual style and taste.

Suzette also creates wedding gowns and formal dresses for special occasions. She has created gowns for clients for the Stellar Awards, The Oscars and the Grammys.

Suzette has earned her reputation as a premier gown designer.

PROM has become a family favorite in the black community and tend to go all in for this occasion.

"Black people, we like to look good, we like to shine and present polished. There are not enough occasions for us to do t…

MEET The Black Chicago Artist Kerry James Who Created The Painting That Sold To Diddy For $21.1 Million Dollars.

The Painting "PastTimes" Acquired From Kerry James in 1997 By The Metropolitan Pier for $25,000. Acquired from the Pier by Diddy for $21.1 Million Dollars.

The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, which owns McCormick Place, sold “Past Times,” a 13-by-9-foot work of acrylic and collage on canvas, for $21.1 million in an auction Wednesday evening at Sotheby’s New York.

The sale price of “Past Times” was a record for Marshall and the most ever paid for the work of a living Black artist, according to Sotheby’s.

For the art world, the record auction sale elevates Marshall, and his genre of contemporary Black art, to elite status, experts said. “The painting really captured the imagination, and I think galvanizes a whole new generation of people collecting Black art,” said the chairman of Sotheby’s fine art division.

Kerry James was raised in Alabama and Los Angeles, Marshall, 62, moved to Chicago in the late 1980s as a young, unknown artist. He has since become a fixture on t…

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15 Small Business Grants all Women Entrepreneurs Should Apply For.

1. The Eileen-Fisher Women-Owned Business Grant Female entrepreneurs who are in need of capital to expand a business can apply for the Eileen-Fisher Women-Owned Business Grant. Eileen-Fisher awards five women with grants up to $120,000. To be considered for this grant, yours must be a woman-owned company that promotes social and environmental change. Your business must have existed for at least three years, and you cannot have earned more than $1 million in annual profits.
2. FedEx Small Business Grant FedEx has demonstrated through its previous grant competitions that it is fair with its distribution of funds to women and men. To determine the winner, FedEx allows the public to vote for their favorite company in the competition. The winners with the most votes receive a $75,000 grant, and they receive free exposure through FedEx’s media outlets.

3. InnovateHER Grant The InnovateHER Challenge is sponsored by the Small Business Administration. This women-only grant allows budding entreprene…

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