Welcome to Threadlines, our monthly blog dedicated to celebrating and spotlighting our passionate supporters who inspire our brand. For this special edition, I’ve combined two months—December 2024 and January 2025—into one post, as a tribute to someone who perfectly embodies...
Welcome to Threadlines, our monthly blog celebrating and spotlighting our ardent fans. In November, we celebrate Marj Crum, professor and student advocate extraordinaire at Monroe Community College. She is one of the most dedicated and conscientious educators with whom I...
Welcome to Threadlines, our monthly blog celebrating and spotlighting our ardent fans. This month's pop-off queen is Nannette Nocon, a local business owner, beloved patron of the arts and culture, and author of Yuk and Yum, a series of children’s books with...
This month's pop-off queen is Dr. Mattie Alleyne, dentist and glass bead artist extraordinaire. One thing you'll notice upon meeting Mattie is her grace and poise. For regular readers of this blog, you won't be surprised to find out that...
Welcome to Threadlines, our monthly blog for celebrating and spotlighting our ardent fans. This month's pop-off queen is Aria Camaione-Lind, a woman who walks her Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) talk. I met Aria 19 years ago when our children...
We celebrate Nydia Padilla Rodriguez, NPR the real one not National Public Radio. An educator, teacher, dancer and a stalwart community-builder for over 50 years, Nydia epitomizes how her passion for dance ignites her work and play. Her love...
Welcome to Threadlines, our monthly blog for celebrating and spotlighting our ardent fans. This month's pop-off queen is Nita Double, Gloria Hoffer, The Teacher In Heels. ” School is out and summer is here, but our teacher in heels is not...
This month's pop-off queen is my sister-friend Debora McDell-Hernandez and her more than “9 lives.” Debora’s sunny disposition and “radical optimism” to borrow the title of Dua Lipa’s latest album are the reasons, I posit that she has 20 lives. The elegant,...
We celebrate Melisza Campos this month, the Bawse Lady Madam. She embodies the spirit of a Bawse Lady Madam, a term that resonates with strength, resilience, and grace in Pidgin English, the vibrant lingua franca of West Africa. Her life...
We honor and acknowledge our ardent fans each month by celebrating how they beautifully wear and style their MansaWear pieces. And the month of March is dedicated to Jacqueline, our pop-off Queen.
Find out how we repurpose remnants of our fabrics for various fashion items: tote bags, necklaces and earrings. Check out the entire video and please like it, please send us your comments / questions and subscribe to our MansaWear YouTube channel.
Let’s get over the January / winter doldrums by reliving MansaWear’s catwalks during Fashion Week of Rochester over the years. Check out the entire video and please like it, please send us your comments / questions and subscribe to our MansaWear YouTube channel.
We honor and acknowledge our ardent fans each month by celebrating how they beautifully wear and style their MansaWear pieces. And the month of January is dedicated to Dominique, our pop-off Queen as it’s HER birthday month.
We honor and acknowledge our ardent fans each month by celebrating how they beautifully wear and style their MansaWear pieces. And the month of January is dedicated to Mattie, our pop-off Queen.
