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Corey Williams

CTL-E-6314 · Person · artist · contemporary

PROVISIONAL evidence grade — build store (JSON graph)

Combined Graph record U-07500 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-6314.

Corey Williams — the Chicago West Side designer Corey Demon Williams — is the designer, stylist, children's author and actor behind GRÉVYI, a Chicago fashion brand presenting streetwear-meets-couture runway collections, including the sold-out Chicago Fashion Week show 'If You Haven't Been to Paris' on the West Side in October 2025; a public biography styles him CEO and Creative Director of GRÉVYI Clothing. He is not the former NBA player of the same name. He was named to WVON's 40 Under 40 Game Changers Class of 2026.

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Corey Williams — the Chicago West Side designer Corey Demon Williams — is the designer, stylist, children's author and actor behind GRÉVYI, a Chicago fashion brand presenting streetwear-meets-couture runway collections, including the sold-out Chicago Fashion Week show 'If You Haven't Been to Paris' on the West Side in October 2025; a public biography styles him CEO and Creative Director of GRÉVYI Clothing. He is not the former NBA player of the same name.

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GRADE BASIS: Provisional — identity is secure (the four roster roles match the biography verbatim) but sourcing is one niche magazine plus a personal-event page. NAMESAKE CONTROL: this record is the GRÉVYI designer, NOT Corey Williams the former NBA guard. Organization edge: GRÉVYI is not homed; edges BLOCKED until homed. Photo HELD: no Commons/LOC file located 2026-10-21.

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