New York, June 8: Singer Beyonce Knowles has revealed high-end style labels had been reluctant to work along with her former band Future’s Little one initially of their careers.

The 34-year-old — who performed within the widespread woman group alongside Kelly Rowland, LaTavia Roberson and LeToya Luckett — claimed the large fashion labels weren’t open to designing attire for “4 black, nation, curvy, ladies”, stories femalefirst.co.uk.

Talking on the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) awards present right here on Monday, the place she was handed the Style Icon Award, Beyonce mentioned: “Once we had been beginning out in Destiny’s Child, high-end labels, they did not actually wish to costume 4 black, nation, curvy, ladies”.

“We could not afford designer attire and couture. My mom was rejected from each showroom in New York however like my grandmother, she used her expertise and her creativity and to offer her youngsters their desires,” she added.

She additionally revealed that her first costumes had been made by her mom Tina and her uncle Johnny, as a result of high-end labels weren’t excited by working with Destiny’s Child, who went on to turn out to be a chart-topping band.

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