Nearly every morning, Suzette Opara wakes before the sun rises and begins her meticulous work of hand-sewing and removing beads and sequins, carefully cutting silk, lace and jersey-knit fabrics into ...

For 17-year-old Samantha Bryant, Feb. 3 should have been like any other school day. It was noon, when she normally left W.T. Woodson High School and drove to Fairfax Academy where she studies fashion ...