Birmingham, AL- Alabama native and Birmingham-based fashion designer, celebrity stylist, and author Perry Varner has spent more than two decades in the fashion industry, from Alabama to New York City. The founder of The Style Experience and creator of BirminGLAM—a fashion gala for the HIV Prevention Network—he has produced over 100 major events, including the UAB Black Student Awareness Fashion Show and Style Experience Birmingham.
Previously, Varner also served as a fashion specialist in NYC, teaching design fundamentals at the famed Harlem Children’s Zone under the leadership of Geoffrey Canada before returning to Birmingham in 2015. He has since been featured in over 40 regional media publications and interviews, including the Montgomery Advertiser, WSFA, WAKA, CBS 42, the Clanton Advertiser, RSVP Magazine, Upgraded Magazine, IPush Magazine, Urbanham.com, What’s Happening Birmingham, Grown & Greek, The Birmingham News, BMetro Magazine, and most recently, AL.com and The Birmingham Times regarding Birmingham Black Dandy Style in September 2025.
His latest contribution to the Magic City: BirmingHIM Men’s Fashion Week (BMFW). This week-long community engagement celebrates designers of color and male empowerment, focusing on wellness through awareness of men’s health issues and includes prostate and testicular cancer, mental wellness, and suicide prevention…