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  • Great Lengths: Do You Know Where Your Bundles Come From?

    Remy. Virgin. These are words familiar to anyone who has even mildly experimented with wigs, weaves or extensions. But how many of us really know where the hair we’re wearing actually comes from? When Chris Rock visited India to investigate the source of the American hair trade for his 2009 documentary Good Hair, he only…

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  • She Slays! Adut Akech Bior Shuts Down Paris Couture Week

    It’s Fall-Winter Couture Week in Paris, which means designers are showcasing their most elaborate custom-made looks for the clamoring fashion crowd. And for legendary French fashion house Chanel, the annual runway event always ends the same way: with a bride. This year, that bride was Sudanese (by way of Australia) model Adut Akech Bior, handpicked…

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  • Behind the Seams: Are Black Designers All Dressed Up With Nowhere to Go?

    With the recent runaway (and runway) success of black designers like Virgil Abloh, Olivier Rousteing, LaQuan Smith, Kerby Jean-Raymond of Pyer Moss—or even Kanye West’s Yeezy—it might be easy to assume we’re experiencing a “post-racial” fashion moment. But as Julee Wilson, fashion and beauty director of Essence magazine, recently wrote for industry site Business of…

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  • Interviewing the World's Most Famous Interviewer: Vogue UK's Edward Enninful Talks with Oprah

    How do you interview the best known interviewer in the world? Editor-in-chief of British Vogue Edward Enninful found out when he sat down for a chat with his August cover star, Oprah. Oprah—who looks snatched for the gawds in the magazine’s spread—reprises the made-to-order, belted, green jacquard gown and jeweled shoes by Erdem she also…

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  • As Usual, Beyoncé Is Living Her Best Life While We Contemplate Her Fertility on This 4th of July

    While you were wondering which auntie would be bringing the potato salad to the Fourth of July cookout this year (or whether you would be celebrating this MAGA-ass holiday at all), Bey and Jay were taking a break from the European leg of their On the Run II tour to dip to Cannes, France, for…

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  • Nicki Minaj Losing Her Mind Over Chanel Redefines ‘Fashion Obsessed’

    Here at The Glow Up, we’re crazy for fashion, but rapper Nicki Minaj clearly has us beat—by a mile. The artist, who recently told Elle magazine “All I do is wear Chanel,” had a Christmas morning moment in July when gifts arrived from the famed French fashion house, filled with as-yet-to-be released goodies from its…

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  • Man Enough? Racing Star Lewis Hamilton Confronts His Biases on the Cover of British GQ

    “I want to make amends,” reads the caption above Lewis Hamilton’s name on the cover of British GQ’s August issue. The race car driver is pictured wearing a patchwork plaid kilt and jacket, the latter left open to display his chest, left bare but for an elaborate necklace. It’s an intentionally gender-bending look for the…

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  • Yass, Queen! Oprah Channels Royalty on the Cover of Vogue UK's August Issue

    There must be royalty inside her DNA, because another queen is taking over England; American royalty Oprah Winfrey is continuing her British invasion (which began at May’s royal wedding), appearing now as cover star of the August 2018 issue of British Vogue. The media mogul—described aptly as a “global powerhouse”—looks absolutely regal on the pages…

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  • A Breakthrough for New Jersey Braiders: New Legislation Won't Require a License to Practice

    Big news for braiding entrepreneurs in New Jersey: Legislation that would exempt hair braiders from the state’s current licensing requirements has received legislative approval and will now be submitted to the governor. The bill, sponsored by Assemblywomen Angela McKnight (D-Hudson) and Shanique Speight (D-Essex), would not only remove the stringent and expensive licensing regulations currently…

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  • On the Run and On the Fly: Beyoncé Turns a Tour Stop Into an Impromptu Photo Shoot

    How’s this for #MotivationMonday: Clearly, being on the seemingly nonstop On the Run II tour is no excuse for not keeping it fresh for the ‘gram, because Bey blessed the hive with a little on-the-go glamour this weekend, en route to her Warsaw, Poland tour stop. The queen set the scene, wearing the ruffled and…

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Maiysha Kai is former managing editor of The Glow Up and host of The Root Presents: It’s Lit!, and your average Grammy-nominated goddess next door. May I borrow some sugar?


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