“I love one-piece dressing — this is my jam,” April Dinwoodie said of her jumpsuit, a pale yellow the color of lemon chiffon. “I’m not great with making things happen, with tucking in shirts and all the things.”
She was in spring pastels when our paths crossed in Harlem on a recent Saturday in April. As she excitedly showed off her new engagement ring to a friend on the stoop of a brownstone, I recognized her from a photo assignment back in 2020. A light blue jacket draped over her arm and a brightly colored scarf rounded out her look. She said that a couple of pieces she was wearing had been acquired at sample sales. “I know what things cost at retail because I’ve worked in the business a little bit,” she said.
Dinwoodie, 54, a marketing and communications specialist who focuses on diversity and inclusion in her career, said that her work largely informs the way she dresses. “Understanding who I am and what I’m about has been this lifelong journey,” she said.
