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Big Hair, Don’t Care: A 5th-Grader Stands in Defiance of the Policing of Black Hair
“So, yesterday, I went to school, and I wore my hair in an afro like this…and a lot of people had a lot of mean things to say about it,” said Nashville fifth-grader Promise Sawyers, gesturing to her enviable halo of natural hair in a now-viral video on YouTube. “So that made me feel some…
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Pretty in Pink: Beyoncé Gives Us a Peek Into Blue Ivy’s Rose Gold Birthday Extravaganza
When we grow up, we want to be just like Blue Ivy Carter. Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s firstborn is clearly living the best life we can imagine, and racking up credits on Billboard-charting hits in the process. And when Blue Ivy celebrated her seventh run around the sun this January, she did it in pop princess…
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When They See Us: Our Stars Were Stunning at the 71st Emmy Awards
There were some significant—and historic—moments to celebrate at this year’s Emmy Awards (we see you, Jharrel, RuPaul and Billy!) There were some major style moments, as well (and a stunning lack of socks on male attendees, but we digress). Several of our leading lights of the small screen turned out in inimitable style for the…
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Ahead of the Curve: What Every Lingerie Brand Can Learn From Rihanna's Vision for Savage x Fenty
“I’m looking for unique characteristics in people that aren’t usually highlighted in the world of fashion, as it pertains to lingerie and ‘sexy’…what society sees [as] sexy,” says Rihanna within the first minute of her Savage x Fenty Show mini-doc, now streaming on Amazon’s Prime Video. Aside from simply showing the multimedia, music and dance-heavy…
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Flawless: Beyoncé Finally Gets the Wax Figure She Deserves—and Miss Tina Approves!
Madame Tussauds hasn’t always been on the mark when it comes to paying tribute to perhaps the most famous figure in music. When a figure of Beyoncé was unveiled in 2017, immediate backlash forced the famed wax emporium to “adjust” the poorly rendered likeness before ultimately opting to remove it altogether. It was just that…
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Will the Savage x Fenty Show Be the Rihanna Musical Extravaganza We've Been Thirsting For?
Pulsating beats. Undulating bodies. Scantily-clad swag under a spectrum of colorful lights. Is it a music video? A concert appearance? Rihanna’s recent text-filled (and highly controversial) trip to see Slave Play on Broadway? No, it’s a trailer for the megastar’s top-secret Savage x Fenty Fall-Winter presentation, staged at Brooklyn’s Barclay Center during New York Fashion…
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Kracking Down on the Kardashians: Instagram Implements New Restrictions on Influencer Marketing
Instagram is entering a new era—hopefully, one that’ll be healthier for the self-images of users under 18. Buzzfeed News reports that on Wednesday, the social media platform announced a new policy intended to restrict “content that promotes weight loss products or cosmetic procedures” to underage users. As Buzzfeed reports: The policy is being led by…
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Haute Girl Autumn? A Few of Our Faves Sizzle on This Season’s Covers
C’mon, melanin! The crush of New York Fashion Week coincided with the latest batch of black girl magical covers headed to newsstands as fall arrives this weekend, so we’re just catching up on the hauteness of October’s covers, several of which star some of our favorite faces. Our consensus? Hot Girl Summer is clearly a…
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‘Fendi Prints On’: Not-So-Retired Rapper Nicki Minaj Reveals 127-Piece Collaboration With Fendi
She may be retiring from music—or maybe (likely) not—but Nicki Minaj is still at work, giving first looks at a new collection with Fendi. She initially teased the collaboration in July, and now tells Elle that her fans “are going to be really surprised when they see that I did think of things for them.…
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As School Shootings Continue to Terrorize the Nation, a Fashion Label Callously Capitalizes on Tragedy
To date, there have been 22 school shootings in the United States in 2019, with 2018 the deadliest on record for school shootings—94 incidences of school gun violence were reported (h/t Vox). In fact, according to the Washington Post, more than 228,000 students have experienced gun violence in their schools since the Columbine shootings in…
