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Creating Trends, One Tress at a Time: How Ursula Stephen Does NYFW
We love seeing the results of celebrity hairstylist Ursula Stephen’s work, so when we were invited backstage to watch her create four distinctly different visions for New York Fashion Week, we jumped at the chance. With the help of The Glow Up’s trusty correspondent Makeda Sandford, we were able to catch a glimpse of how…
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For Devon Windsor, Kim Kardashian and White Girls Who Have Considered Highlights When Big Butts Are Enuf
Now see, you should have just sat there and ate your food… IMG model Devon Windsor, who I’m sure is a nice enough, if woefully naive girl, found out the hard way that sometimes—OK, most times—it’s best to just listen when people are talking about a struggle you can’t relate to, rather than unnecessarily insert…
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She's Got the Juice: Angela Yee Wants You to Hone Your Hustle
If you wake up each workday with the nationally syndicated morning show The Breakfast Club, you already know Angela Yee. Aside from being the lone female host, our #WCW is also often the measured voice of reason alongside the more reckless DJ Envy and Charlamagne The God. For the Brooklyn native, whose Twitter profile reads,…
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Breaking Barriers: Prabal Gurung Stages an Inclusive Extravaganza for Spring-Summer '19
Color! Shades! Shapes! Fluidity! These are all things we love to see in any collection of clothing, but we love seeing it even more on the runway, which is what made watching designer Prabal Gurung’s Spring-Summer 2019 presentation such a delight. Drawing inspiration from his native Nepal as well as time spent in New York,…
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The Other Fashion Week Takes Flight: Gabourey Sidibe, Lizzo, Venus Williams and More Celebrate the Curvy Con 2018
As more and more designers are including are including fuller-figured models on their runways (Cushnie, Christian Siriano, Prabal Gurung and the always inclusive Chromat, to name a few), it’s easy to applaud the fashion world for finally taking notice of the fact that big girls (surprise!) like to be well-dressed, too. But Cece Olisa and…
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Keep It Classy: Kelly Rowland Speaks Out About Witnessing the Cardi B vs. Nicki Minaj Melee
When the shoe throw heard around the world took place at the now infamous Harper’s Bazaar “ICONS by Carine Roitfeld” party on Friday night, Kelly Rowland was a reluctant witness. In fact, several reports noted that the singer (and our personal all-time favorite of Destiny’s Children) had just posed for a picture with Nicki Minaj…
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VS Show 2018: The World's Largest Lingerie Runway Event Keeps That Same Energy of Diversity
They’ve still yet to cast any fuller-figured bodies, but Victoria’s Secret is at least keeping its annual runway show colorful, casting a new crop of melanated models for its 2018 event in November, which will be televised worldwide. This year, 14 of the beauties walking the show will be black; less than last year’s 18—but…
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NYFW/NSFW: For Spring-Summer '19, LaQuan Smith Continues to Take Us On the Run
When Beyoncé kicked off the On the Run II tour in June wearing a sparkling mesh custom bodysuit and blazer by LaQuan Smith, it was a sign that the designer had arrived. Smith, who began his label at 21 after learning the craft from his grandmother, has been outfitting Bey, Kim Kardashian West and more…
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West Side Story: Telfar Global Puts a Nostalgic Spin on Streetwear for Spring-Summer '19
Queens, NY-based designer Telfar Clemens staged an all-black preview of his Spring-Summer 2019 collection, titled “Not for You, for Everyone,” in London this August, but still managed to make it stateside to present his latest collection during New York Fashion Week. His SS19 NYFW presentation took place in a vacant lot adjacent to BLADE Lounge…
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6 Women, Endless Inspiration: Black Girls Rock! 2018 Reminds Us of Our Infinite Potential
“Tonight’s honorees represent our radiance and our royalty … Thank you all for showing the world how bright we shine and how hard we rock,” said Black Girls Rock! founder Beverly Bond, speaking to the audience at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center during the Black Girls Rock! Awards, which aired on BET on Sunday…
