Ciera Rogers (born February 25, 1989) is an American business owner and

fashion designer Fashion design is the Art (skill), art of applied arts, applying design, aesthetics, clothing construction, and natural beauty to clothing and its Fashion accessory, accessories. It is influenced by diverse cultures and different trends and has va ...

Early life

Rogers was born and raised in

Houston, Texas Houston ( ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the county seat, seat of ...

to a mother of Creole heritage and a father of

African-American African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa. ...

descent. Rogers grew up with her mother and sister and has openly talked about being homeless, living with relatives or living in government funded homes. Her mother Zoe Jackson is a

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...

and R&B singer-songwriter, inspired by

Billie Holiday Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday made significant contributions to jazz music and pop ...

, Sarah Vaughn, and

Shirley Horn Shirley Valerie Horn (May 1, 1934 – October 20, 2005) was an American jazz singer and pianist. She collaborated with many jazz musicians including Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Toots Thielemans, Ron Carter, Carmen McRae, Wynton Marsalis and oth ...

. In 1997, she was a background vocalist for

Patti LaBelle Patricia Louise Holte (born May 24, 1944), known professionally as Patti LaBelle, is an American Rhythm and blues, R&B singer and actress. She has been referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Godmother of Soul". LaBelle began ...

Career

In 2009, Rogers received her

bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Medieval Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six years ...

in Communications from the University of Houston. From 2009 to 2012, Rogers worked as a Public Relations Specialist and Wardrobe Stylist in Houston, Texas. Her fashion work was featured in the October 2012 issue of ''Vogue Italia''. In 2012, Rogers moved to Los Angeles and opened her own online vintage store, taking inspiration from her mother who owns Fashion Plate, a vintage boutique in the Montrose area of Houston, Texas. Rogers is the creator and CEO of the clothing line Babes and Felines, which launched in 2013. She started Babes and Felines in response to her own frustration with the lack of figure-hugging clothing for curvy women. Ciera Rogers has been featured as "the designer to watch" in media outlets including Galore, Black Enterprise, NY Post, FOX News, Elle South Africa and others. She credits Quentin Tarantino as one of her biggest inspirations.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rogers, Ciera 1980s births Living people African-American fashion designers African-American female models Hip-hop models American fashion designers American women fashion designers Artists from Houston American people of Creole descent