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Hot for the Holidays: Laquan Smith x Asos Just Made the Season Sexier
‘Tis the season to get snatched! Beyoncé opened this year’s On the Run II tour wearing custom LaQuan Smith—and now, you can open your presents wearing his designs (or just scandalize your office party in one of his zip-front minidresses). Launched on November 1, Smith’s latest collaboration with UK-based fast-fashion brand Asos now poises the…
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Enter the Realm: Wu-Tang's Newest Release Is … Lipstick?
It’s no secret that the many-membered Wu-Tang Clan is a diverse and multitalented crew with a plethora of creative ventures. But the latest collab from the legendary hip-hop crew is one we never could’ve predicted. Last week, the collective debuted a line of lipsticks with cult favorite Milk Makeup, described as “longwear, enlightening lip armor.”…
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She Got That Glow: Is It Too Soon to Say Meghan Markle's Maternity Looks May Be Her Best Yet?
It’s that time again … we’re checking in with our favorite British royal bride (and now, mom-to-be) to see how things are progressing—style-wise, that is. She’s barely showing, but Meghan Markle is proving a long-held theory about expectant mothers, as she appears to be … blossoming. Granted, her recent adoption of a few more more…
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The Heart of the City: Prince, Biggie and More Inspire Nike's 2018-19 City Edition NBA Uniforms
To know me is to know I am a Minneapolis native, raised in Chicago, who spent two decades living in Brooklyn, N.Y.—and that basketball is the only sport I even remotely follow (despite my 5-foot, 10-inch frame). So to say I was a little hype over the second release of Nike’s City Edition jerseys would…
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New and Next: Your Bimonthly Black Magazine Cover Roundup Is Here!
What’s this, you ask? Oh, just another crop of black girl magical magazine covers for fall. In fact, there have been so many since September’s record-breaking number that we’ve decided it’s best to just round them up twice monthly, to keep you up to date on who’s covering us. Our last check-in was a mere…
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Little First Lady: Michelle Obama's Littlest Fan Gave Her Big Love on Halloween
We’ve been absolutely overwhelmed with the incredible Halloween costumes we saw this week, but this one stole our hearts. When two-year-old Parker Curry stood stunned before forever first lady Michelle Obama’s portrait in the National Portrait Gallery in March of this year, the image instantly went viral. “[She] believes Michelle Obama is a queen, and…
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Review: Dael Orlandersmith's Lady in Denmark Bears the Strange Fruit of Billie Holiday's Legacy
When Dael Orlandersmith said she wanted to write a play about a Danish white woman who loved Billie Holiday, people balked. Why would a black female playwright who has been a Pulitzer Prize finalist for her meditations on race, colorism and culture want to … well, write outside of her race? “I said, ‘Why can’t…
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The 2018 Root 100 Gala Celebrates Another Year of Black Excellence!
We celebrate black excellence every day here at The Root, but there’s one event where we celebrate the most influential black Americans of the year: our annual Root 100 gala. 2018’s list of luminaries, nominated in part by our faithful readers, span all walks of life: from activists to artists, singers to scientists, politicians to…
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New Developments in the Death of Lyric McHenry Lead to an Arrest
Lyric McHenry was celebrating her 26th birthday when she left her party at New York City’s Dream Hotel without saying a word to the gathered guests. Early the next morning, on August 14, she was found dead on an overpass above the Major Deegan Expressway in the Highbridge area of the Bronx with “scraped knees…
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Halloween's Champion: Beyoncé's 2nd Costume Paid Tribute to an American Hero
We called it. Proving, once again, that too much is never enough when it comes to Halloween, Beyoncé debuted a second costume on Wednesday night, this time with a little help from husband Jay-Z. In a tribute to Olympic track and field greatness, Beyoncé costumed herself as the late, great, always glamorous Florence Griffith-Joyner, fondly…
