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Culture & Creative Practice
Alongside her work as an impact founder, Faith’s practice is deeply rooted in culture as a driver of systems change. She has worked extensively as a creative artist and costume designer, contributing to cultural platforms where narrative, identity, and visibility shape how value is perceived and distributed.
For five consecutive years, Faith was a contributing costume designer and creative artist for the Wearable Art Gala, an annual cultural initiative under the WACO Theatre Center, founded by Tina Knowles-Lawson and Richard Lawson. The gala sits at the intersection of art, fashion, and storytelling, using costume and performance to celebrate Black culture, creativity, and community.
Faith also contributed as a costume designer to Beyoncé’s 2022 Oscar Awards performance, working hands-on as a fashion designer and sewer on dancer costumes for a globally televised stage. These experiences reflect her ability to operate within high-pressure, culturally significant environments where precision, narrative, and collaboration are paramount.
Her cultural practice extends into brand-led and sustainability-focused design collaborations, where creative work becomes a tool for education and impact. Faith has contributed design work and sustainability-led projects with global organisations including Uniqlo, GUESS in collaboration with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Çalık Denim, Levi’s (501® Day), HBO Max for the series Generation, and Converse.
Across these projects, culture is not treated as an aesthetic layer, but as a strategic force — shaping how sustainability is communicated, how brands engage communities, and how systems of production and consumption are reimagined.
Cultural Reach & Public Recognition
Faith’s work through 919 Vrede has received international recognition across fashion, culture, and media platforms. The brand has been featured by Council of Fashion Designers of America through Runway360, as well as publications including Nataal, Industrie Africa, British GQ, and Harper’s Bazaar Vietnam. These features position 919 Vrede within a global conversation on culture, identity, and contemporary luxury.
919 Vrede’s designs have also been worn by a range of cultural figures across music, film, and entertainment, reflecting the brand’s resonance beyond traditional fashion spaces. These include Manuel Turizo, who wore 919 Vrede to the Premios Nuestra Tierra Awards in Colombia; Marcus Scribner; Wale, featured in the music video “Options” with EarthGang; Omarion for his single “Serious”; and G Herbo, who wore the brand on the cover of Alpha Magazine for his pregnancy announcement with Taina Williams.
Additional cultural figures dressed in 919 Vrede include Quinta Brunson, Trevor Jackson, Adam Waheed, Alex Fine, Kranium, Fireboy DML, Trinidad James, Quincy Brown, Aminé, Hit-Boy, Josh Levi, and Brett Gray, among others.
Across these moments — from editorial features to stage, screen, and red-carpet appearances — Faith’s work demonstrates how culture functions as infrastructure, shaping visibility, aspiration, and global narratives. Within her broader impact practice, creative expression is not separate from systems change; it is one of the ways systems are felt, understood, and reimagined.
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