Harlem's Fashion Row
Grant recipient & mentorship honoree
Recognized for building a more responsible future for luxury fashion.
Designer · Innovator · Professor

Beauty catches the eye.
Ideas change the room.
New York · 2026
01 / Perspective
Dyandra Raye moves fluently between concept and commerce—designing objects, building brands, and teaching the systems behind them.
Her practice is grounded in one conviction: intelligence and elegance are not opposites. The most enduring work insists on both.
02 / Practice
One mind. Multiple disciplines.
03 / Featured & recognized
A point of view seen across fashion and culture.
Museum at FIT · Exhibition
Dyandra Raye and Jo-Anne Vernay were featured among designers advancing sustainability through innovative materials, with vegan Piñatex footwear presented as part of the exhibition.
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Harlem's Fashion Row
Recognized for building a more responsible future for luxury fashion.
In the classroom / NYC04 / The intellect
“Style has power when it knows exactly what it means.”
As a founder, professor, merchant, and sustainability consultant, Dyandra connects aesthetic instinct to strategic thinking. Her work asks better questions—about material, meaning, value, and the future we choose to make.
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