Fashion Fair came well before Estée Lauder and Clinique discovered the righteous potential in expanding their color palettes and diversifying their advertising. It remains the only major department store cosmetics brand catering specifically to black women. It is still fully owned and operated by Johnson Publishing.
Accordingly, what has happened to Fashion Fair cosmetics?
But as Johnson publishing was filing for bankruptcy in 2019, it sold Fashion Fair to former executives Rogers and McKissack. The business duo, along with another partner, scooped it up with plans of returning it to its former glory.
People also ask, is Fashion Fair still black-owned?
The company became one of the first Black-owned international cosmetic lines and broke racial barriers in business by celebrating Black beauty. Fashion Fair went out of business for more than two years before Rogers and McKissack purchased the brand in October 2019.
Is Flori Roberts still alive?
Flori Roberts, who started out as a Broadway actress before walking away to create three national cosmetics companies and spending her final years as a Sarasota philanthropist and motivational speaker, has died. Roberts, ever the star, would not disclose her age to others, a practice her family is upholding in death.
What is Desiree Rogers doing now?
As of 2019, Rogers is the CEO of Black Opal, a cosmetics company.