‘225’: Recent B.R. High grad makes a name for himself in fashion

Christopher Rogers Jr. wasn’t your typical high school senior. A student by day, he was a budding fashion designer by night. As a recent graduate of Baton Rouge Magnet High School, Rogers, 18, has more than a handful of tasks on his to-do list, but he somehow manages to find the time to create elegant women’s clothing. With classmate Julie Liu, Rogers created a line of women’s wear under the brand name Rogersliu. The line was featured in the Fall 2011 New Orleans Fashion Week runway shows and earned praise from spectators and senior designers alike at the popular event. “The summer before that fashion week I saw that the deadline for applications had already passed, but I just said to myself, what the heck—and submitted one anyway,” Rogers says. “They called me back and said that they were waiting on someone special to showcase, and that we fit the bill.” Rogers has been accepted into the Savannah College of Arts and Design for the fall and has expressed an interest in working in the industry for a short period of time before making the transition into a solo career as a fashion designer. Read the complete feature by Norman Dotson in the current issue of 225 here.