Robyn Mowatt is a senior editor, consultant, and writer. Her work covers the intricacies of Black culture, designers of color, music, and entertainment. Mowatt has written for Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, Rolling Stone, Vogue, NPR, The Cut, Nylon, Byrdie, ESSENCE, and various other web publications. At ESSENCE as the Senior Contributing Fashion Editor, she expanded the fashion verticals’ global reach, centered coverage of African platforms, including Industrie Africa, The Folklore, and countless African designers. Additionally, during Mowatt’s time there, she and the talented contributors she worked with filed essential features, profiles, and essays, while focusing on costume designers, the convergence of sports and style, and regularly highlighting emerging brands. If you’re curious about her fashion background, she’s also held roles at Elle, The Cut, and Marie Claire. She’s been featured in the CFDA, Who What Wear, InStyle, AfroTech, and has appeared on two episodes of the hip-hop podcast Breaking Atoms dissecting Jay-Z’s Reasonable Doubt.