Via Renowned LAFashionNewsFashion / NewsAngela Davis launches a fashion line inspired by Black activistsThe revolutionary academic has launched a capsule with Los Angeles-based label Renowned LA, with proceeds going to groups fighting for prison reformShareLink copied ✔️December 14, 2020December 14, 2020TextBrit Dawson Angela Davis has added fashion designer to her long list of notable achievements, as she launches a new fashion line inspired by Black activists. The revolutionary activist, academic, and author has collaborated with Los Angeles-based label Renowned LA on a capsule influenced by Black political leaders, as well as The Black Panther Party and its co-founder Huey P. Newton. The collection includes a t-shirt and hoodie, both of which feature images of political leaders and logos, the word ‘dismantle’, and the phrase, ‘We not asking no more’. A portion of the proceeds will go to Underground Grit, a California-based organisation fighting for prison reform, and Dream Defenders, a group which aims to dismantle the police and prison systems. Davis is a board member of the latter. “I’m extremely humbled that (Davis) even agreed to do something like this,” Renowned LA’s founder John Dean said in a statement. “I don’t think she’s done anything like this before when it comes to fashion.” According to WWD, Dean managed the design and production of the capsule, while Davis chose which organisations would receive its proceeds. Dean honoured Black victims of police brutality in the t-shirt’s tag, which features names including George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, both of whom were murdered by law enforcement this year. “I wanted to create something physical as a way to honour and keep their names alive,” he said. “I hate that it has to come at that expense. Someone had to die for us to do this.” The collection is available to pre-order from now until December 18. You can find the t-shirt here and the hoodie here. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREEBiT is looking for models who speak openly about mental healthValentino is doubling down on its controversial RockstudVCARBMeet the young creatives VCARB is getting into F1Hot pants, pubes and protest tees: The 2025 trend report is hereSalomon SportstyleLord Apex brings together community for 20 years of Salomon’s ACS PROThe designer making clothes with wool from gay sheepHeron Preston: ‘Almost losing your brand, you start to hate everything’Meet Bhavitha Mandava, the history-making, hobbymaxxing Chanel modelInside Michaela Stark’s provocative, Leigh Bowery-inspired 2026 calendarBlink and you’ll miss ‘em: Dario Vitale’s greatest Versace hitsTimothée and Kylie really need you to know that they’re still togetherMartine Rose: ‘Limits are good, but I like breaking the rules’