About Us

Brown by Design was born out of our signature collection “My Brown is Beautiful”. It all started when my then 6-year-old came home from her predominantly white school saying she didn’t like her hair and wanted to straighten her beautiful curls so that she could look like the other girls. That sparked a conversation I never thought I would have with her at such a young age. During that conversation, she told me she didn’t like her “brown” because it was darker than the other kids. From that day on I began to speak words of affirmation over her and had her repeat them out loud every day on the way to school.

I have always known that words have power however, never really understood how much they could impact your self-esteem in such a positive way until I started seeing my daughter with her head held a little bit higher everyday as she would speak those words of affirmation over herself on the way to school. I wanted her to not just say the words but see them, so I created her a hoodie in her favorite color, pink….it simply said, “My Brown is Beautiful”. She would ask everyday if she could wear it.

Brown by Design’s mission is simple, our products are meant to celebrate the different shades of melanin that are seen around the world by using simple words of affirmation!! No matter what shade of brown, you are simply beautiful. Always remember to celebrate the skin you were born in!!