Zelda Wynn Valdes was the first black fashion designer and costumer to open up her own shop in 1948. Her shop was the first black-owned business on Broadway in NYC. She dressed some of the most famous people in history such as Josephine Baker, Ella Fitzgerald, Dorothy Dandridge, Ruby Dee, Mae West and many more. Zelda got her start in fashion as a child by creating clothing for her dolls, she began cutting out patterns from newspapers. Zelda studied her grandmother's work as a seamstress a[...]