The Nameplate has received recognition from The New York Times, New York Magazine, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Guardian, Bookforum, BRICK Magazine, Office Magazine, The Fader, Vice, Hypebeast, WhoWhatWear, Kaleidoscope, Hyperallergic, Current Obsession, Snobette, Bustle, Deutschlandfunk Kultur, PIX11 News, and Dressed: The History of Fashion, among other outlets.

We have written about our research for chapters in the books Black Futures (ed. Jenna Wortham and Kimberly Drew, Penguin Random House, 2020) and Fresh Fly Fabulous: 50 Years of Hip Hop Style (ed. Elizabeth Way and Elena Romero, Rizzoli, 2023), as well as QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking and the Journal of Marketing Management. The Nameplate is part of the collection of the Costume Institute Library at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and was included in the traveling exhibition “Worn.”

We have also spoken about our work at and for The Fashion Institute of Technology, The Museum of Arts and Design, Parsons School of Design, New York University, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The Lower Eastside Girls Club, The Fashion and Race DataBase, Metro54, Knockdown Center, On Air Fest, Las Fotos Project, Baltimore Jewelry Center, and New York City Jewelry Week.