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Beyoncé Made Another Major Designer Debut—But Her Behind-the-Scenes Moments Are Still the Best
Well, we can’t say we didn’t see this coming; Beyoncé’s been giving us head-to-toe logo looks for years—most recently in all-custom Gucci for her On the Run II tour and in body-conscious MCM and Burberry during her designer-laden “Apeshit” video; both alongside husband and collaborator Jay-Z. But during her Friday and Saturday night tour stops…
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Golden Lady: Oprah Is Pure Gold for the September Issue of O Magazine
Good morning, Sunshine! Leave it to the great and powerful Oprah to give us the Monday motivation we are so desperately needing with a “future’s so bright [she’s] gotta wear shades” magazine cover to swing us into September. Reminding us that the color yellow was clearly invented for brown-skinned women, O gives us retro vibes…
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Nappily Ever After: Sanaa Lathan's Netflix Original Untangles Our Issues With Hair
A woman’s identification with her hair can be a powerful thing, but for a black woman, it is a tangled identity fraught with the ongoing effects of racism, respectability politics and beauty standards that have historically marginalized our hair along with everything else. With the rise of the natural hair movement, it’s sometimes easy to…
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Say It With Your Chest: How a T-Shirt Proved the Worst Thing You Can Call White People Is 'White'
When Frederick Joseph recently decided to rock a politically-charged t-shirt on a day out in New York City, he knew there was a possibility of it turning heads. After all, the shirt’s logo was a riff on the hotly-debated traditional Washington Redskins logo—with an ingeniously racialized twist: The stereotypical Native American image and slur were…
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Do Free Breadsticks Come With This? Olive Garden-Inspired Makeup Might Be a Thing, and … Why?
If you are an ’80s or a even a ’90s baby and grew up in any suburban area (or Times Square in New York City), you know the specific glory and subsequent shame of indulging in an all-you-can-eat extravaganza at Olive Garden (also known as my high school boyfriend’s restaurant of choice when he wanted…
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Did Rihanna Appropriate 'Chola' Brows? One Latina Writer Thinks So
When Rihanna debuted literally pencil-thin brows for her history-making September cover of British Vogue, the general response was one of awe—and fear that the look was coming back. Rihanna (who requested the look) told editor-in-chief Edward Enninful that she considered skinny brows “ladylike … but punk.” But while many of us saw references to the…
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Phylicia Rashad Proves She's Still an Iconic Black Mom in Drake's 'In My Feelings' Video
It’s no understatement to say that Drake knows how to leverage a viral moment—or give shine where it’s deserved. After social media star Shiggy caused the “In My Feelings” challenge to become an international phenomenon, Drake did him one better, making Shiggy one of the hilarious cameos in his official video, which premiered on Thursday…
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Family Portrait: Kanye and Kids Cover Bazaar's Fall Fashion Issue
He may be your problematic fave, but Kanye West is also a proud father of three, two of whom he poses with for one of two covers of Harper’s Bazaar’s September issue. It’s a departure in tone for the fall fashion issue, which usually amps up the glamour. But this year it’s all about “Families…
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Rihanna Reveals the Inspirations Behind Her Epic Cover—and the Trouble with Being 'Thicc'
We can only imagine how fun it might be to get an in-office visit from Rihanna, but to do so surrounded by couture? We’re swooning, just at the thought. But British Vogue editor-in-chief is a much cooler customer than we could ever hope to be, greeting the megastar mogul like the the old friend she…
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'I Was Like, I'm Not a Designer': Virgil Abloh Admits to Suffering from Imposter Syndrome in Vanity Fair
He’s been in the fashion industry over a decade, has created some of the most coveted clothing and collaborations of all time and has reached cult-like status as an arbiter of what’s new and next. But Off-White founder Virgil Abloh recently admitted to Vanity Fair that the mantle of “designer” has been hard to accept.…
