”Dressing The Part” with Raiyonda Vereen

Costume Designer extraordinaire & Cool Soror of Alpha Kappa Alpha Raiyonda Vereen joins the show as our latest special guest. Tune in as she shares her beginnings in the fashion & entertainment industry to now working with some of the biggest stars.

After graduating from Howard University and navigating her way through the fashion and entertainment industry, Raiyonda discovered an entry into the industry in 2002. In 2007, Raiyonda transitioned from styling into costuming & shopping for tv & film. Raiyonda worked as a Buyer and Set Costumer for TV shows & movies such as Single Ladies, Greenleaf, Sundays Best, Ride Along, Hunger Games II, The Bobby Brown Series, and Hidden Figures to name a few. She has been the Assistant Costume Designer for TV shows and movies such as Best Of Enemies, Nobodyʼs Fool, A Fall From Grace, Madeaʼs Family Funeral, The Have & Have Nots and the list goes on. From this experience, Raiyonda applied all that she learned, which eventually carried her into the position as a Costume Designer. Raiyonda is currently the head of the Costume Department for Tyler Perryʼs shows The Oval, Ruthless, Assisted Living and All The Queen’s Men.

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