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Can We Start Calling Them 'Bey-Z Dukes' Now? Beyoncé Is Killing Us in Studded Cutoffs [Updated]
Updated: Thursday, July 12, at 9:45 p.m. EDT: As promised, we’re back with details: the color-blocked blouse Bey was rocking is from French fashion house Céline and the studded denim cutoffs are from Coal N’ Terry Vintage, creators of her Beychella cutoffs. The red cat-eyed sunglasses are from Illesteva. Earlier: Beyoncé Giselle Knowles Carter is…
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Baby > Beef: Nicki Minaj Makes Nice With a Gorgeous Gift Basket for Cardi and Kulture [Updated: Or, Maybe Not]
Updated: Thursday, July 12, 2018, 6:10 p.m. EDT: According to TMZ, Minaj did not send a gift, after all—or at least, not one from Petit Trésor. Despite multiple reports that a source from the boutique had confirmed the gift, TMZ reports: Sources with direct knowledge tell us Cardi’s team reached out to the famed WeHo baby…
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'It's a Deliberate Attack on Black Women': April Ryan Gets Real About 'Post-Racial' America
“We are not post-racial—at all,” White House correspondent April Ryan told an Essence Festival audience during a panel last Saturday. “But when you dig into the weeds … it’s beyond race; it’s now going down to the black woman. It’s a deliberate attack on the black woman.” Ryan is no stranger to attacks. In April,…
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Ready for Some 'Sister Love'? Mary J. Blige Just Collaborated on a New Jewelry Line
They aren’t bamboo earrings (at least two pair), but jewelry designer Simone I. Smith (wife of James Todd Smith, also known as LL Cool J) recently launched a new collection with close friend and multihyphenate icon Mary J. Blige. The collaboration is called Sister Love, a collection “inspired by friendship and sisterhood and a love…
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Can't Stop, Won't Stop: NYX Cosmetics Collabs With Vlogger Alissa Ashley on 45 Shades of Foundation
The Fenty Effect can’t stop, won’t stop; and thankfully, it now doesn’t cost $34 to find your perfect foundation match, as less than a year after Fenty Beauty’s groundbreaking 40-shade launch, it now feels almost requisite for other cosmetics brands to get into the act. Doesn’t inclusion feel—and look—good, y’all? Who got next? Affordable favorite…
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'Self-Made' Mogul? Not So Much. Franchesca Ramsey Claps Back at Forbes' Praise of Kylie Jenner
Every so often, someone says exactly what we’re thinking about a certain issue, saving us the trouble. Today, that person was comedian, actress and 2017 Root 100 honoree Franchesca Ramsey (aka “Chescaleigh”), who can now add “mind reader” to her lengthy resume, since she succinctly summed up our thoughts on Forbes magazine calling Kylie Jenner…
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Red Table Talk: Jada Pinkett Smith and Guests Come Clean About Overcoming Addiction
“This was not an easy decision,” Adrienne Banfield-Norris tearfully says at the open of the latest episode of daughter Jada Pinkett Smith’s series, Red Table Talk. “It’s difficult to talk about something that is gonna go out to the world.” The 64-year-old Banfield-Norris is referring to her over 20-year addiction to heroin, which she managed…
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In Full Bloom: Cardi's Makeup Artist Breaks Down Her Bardi Baby Announcement Beauty
As you by now likely know, our favorite regular, shmegular, degular diva, Cardi B, announced that she’s officially a mom by posting a never-before-seen pregnancy pic to Instagram on Wednesday morning with the simple caption “Kulture Kiari Cephus 07/10/18.” But let’s talk about that announcement photo: Cardi clearly did it for the “Kulture,” as the…
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Raising Our Standards: J.Crew Teams Up With Universal Standard on a Collection That Goes to 5X
Here’s a long-overdue moment: retailer J. Crew, which has built its brand success upon creating iconically American fashion, is finally making a significant gesture to include the 68 percent of American women who wear a size 14 or above. In collaboration with “fashion freedom” brand Universal Standard, J.Crew is now offering a capsule collection that…
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You Woke? Do the Work: Tarana Burke, Tamika Mallory and Symone Sanders Talk Accountability
There’s a reason Tarana Burke is so often featured on our #WomanCrushWednesday: the activist and #MeToo movement founder consistently does the work of advocacy and uplift for black women and girls, a fact she made sure to remind attendees of the “I’m Woke, Now What?” panel at the 2018 Essence Festival, as reported by Essence.…
