Maison Black’s Founder and Chief Creative Officer Tori Nichel and The Black Fashion  Movement’s Frenchye Marie Harris’s CEO and Founder joined forces to leverage their over 20  years’ fashion experience in design, luxury retail merchandising, marketing and public relations  in order to add maximum impact and reach as they bring Taubman’s EMERGE in Color initiative  to market. EMERGE In Color Curated by Maison Black and The Black Fashion Movement is a  luxury boutique experience exclusively selling products by Black designers and Black-owned  fashion, beauty and lifestyle brands. 

The unique bond Tori Nichel and Frenchye Marie share is grounded in their vision of creating  luxury retail experiences for Black Designers and Black-owned brands that will create economic  opportunities and long-term sustainability in an industry where they have been often  overlooked and underrepresented. 

By creating this luxury shopping experience for Taubman’s EMERGE In Color Initiative Curated  by Maison Black and The Black Fashion Movement, these founders are shifting culture,  disrupting industry complacency with an accelerated mission to bridge community and  

commerce through the luxury shopping experiences that celebrate, highlight and sell Black  designed and Black owned products. Tori Nichel and Frenchye Marie want to ensure inclusivity  and equitable opportunities in retail that ensure sustainability for these brands and businesses  

to stand the test of time, while offering the ease of findability of Black designers and Black  owned products for the customers.