Corey Williams
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.
The record
- Also known as: Corey Demon Williams
Notes
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.
Relationships
- WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers — related to
Named to the WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers Class of 2026 as Designer, Actor, Author, Stylist, GRÉVYI.
Sources
- WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers, 'The Class of 2026,' 40gamechangers.com/gamechangers (accessed 2026-10-21): lists Corey Williams as Designer, Actor, Author, Stylist, GRÉVYI, among the 43 honorees named and pictured under the Class of 2026 heading. (primary source · build store)
- Imbued Fashion Magazine, October 19, 2025 (accessed 2026-10-21): covers GRÉVYI's 'If You Haven't Been to Paris' Chicago Fashion Week show and its West Side designer. (build store)
- Zola public biography page (accessed 2026-10-21): describes Corey Demon Williams as CEO and Creative Director of GRÉVYI Clothing, an established celebrity fashion stylist, children's author and actor. Flagged: personal-event page, not a publication. (build store)
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