D’Iyanu and Design and style by Blain set style ahead all-around Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Voltaire Blain has been called Chestnut Hill’s greatest-dressed person.

He loves the compliment but his passion is to make other individuals extra trendy.

His store, Fashion by Blain, options some of the top shoes for males. He also has a assortment for ladies but he considers the retail outlet a “guy’s club.”

He carries Aldens, what he considers the most effective shoe in the entire world, and associates with the brand to personalize unique variations that are only out there at his store.

Gaziano and Girling are an expense in design and style and Paraboot is another brand name he carries. A partnership with tailor Thomas Tillman has turned the store into a head-to-toe stop for type. Thomas specializes in produced-to-measure and bespoke tailoring.

D’Iyanu is making a trend brand name in Norristown, Pa. Addie Elabor and her brother Dara Ajayi have made a brand centered on their African roots.

The household came to the U.S. from Nigeria when Addie was 6. She made D’Iyanu in 2014 as a women’s-only brand name and qucikly expanded to involve choices for guys and kids.

During the pandemic they moved into loungewear and hope to ultimately include things like residence products. The model is meant to mix type and culture employing regular African prints in present day fashion.