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  • We’re Rooting for Everybody Black: Who Will Win on Fashion’s Biggest Night?

    On Monday, fashion’s best and brightest will gather at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City to celebrate the 37th annual Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards. Dubbed the “Oscars of Fashion,” the CFDAs are the highest honors awarded in the American fashion industry, recognizing outstanding achievements in design, journalism, personal style and positive…

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  • Naija! Nike’s Nigeria World Cup Kits Sell Out in 15 Minutes!

    Now, this is what we call team spirit: Fifteen minutes after the June 1 release of Nigeria’s Nike-designed World Cup kits, the collection entirely sold out online. After pushing back the collection’s release because of high demand—3 million preorders, to be exact—and fear of knockoffs, the brand then had to contend with lines around the…

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  • Bold Beauty: Sephora’s Classes Are Bringing Confidence to Clients in Transition

    This Pride Month, Sephora is giving its clients who identify as transgender or nonbinary an extra boost of confidence with a new addition to its Classes for Confidence program. “Bold Beauty for the Transgender Community” is the latest program in Sephora’s social impact and sustainability initiative, Sephora Stands. Each 90-minute in-store beauty workshop is designed…

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  • Survey Says: How Are Men Really Processing #MeToo?

    Since it hit the mainstream last fall, the #MeToo movement has sent shockwaves through our collective consciousness, revealing predators in some of our most respected positions and forcing all of us to re-evaluate our behavior. But despite how pervasive the phrase has become, would you be shocked to know that 41 percent of men have…

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  • Cruise Control: The 2019 Cruise Collections Set Sail in France

    This May was a pretty major month; we witnessed a royal wedding, saw several red-carpet takeovers at Cannes, got real about mental health for Mental Health Awareness Month and even managed to end the month with some rap beef. But in the world of fashion, May marks the debut of the cruise collections—an occasion that…

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  • Life of a Working Model: The Secret to Liris Crosse’s Longevity Is ‘Making It Work’

    The 16th season of Project Runway marked a major milestone: For the first time, fuller-figured models were featured alongside the typical high-fashion body types on the show’s weekly runway. One of those models was Liris Crosse, who would ultimately become the winner of the franchise’s modeling competition after slaying the runway week after week, often…

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  • Want to Slay Like Serena? Now You Can Shop the GOAT’s New Online Boutique

    Can’t stop, won’t stop: Hot on the heels of winning her first grand-slam match since returning to competitive tennis on Tuesday, Serena Williams launched a new clothing collection and online boutique on Wednesday. The Serena line, now available on Williams’ website, debuted as a 13-piece collection of sport-inspired streetwear, including under- and outerwear ranging from…

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  • Beach, Please! Jackie Aina Gets Frosted With Fenty (So We Don’t Have To)

    Ever since Fenty Beauty’s latest drop, we’ve been trying to figure out the perfect way to demo Rihanna’s new line of glittery liquid-to-powder eye shadows; new, foiled Killawatt combos; and glittery lip kits. While the urge is always there to just go full unicorn with some reckless finger-painting in our local Sephora, a heavily iridescent…

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  • Wakanda for the Win: Serena Williams Brought Superhero Style to the French Open

    She’s baaaaaaack. … Serena Williams on Tuesday proved her bounce-back complete after the difficult birth of baby Alexis Olympia by winning her first grand-slam match at this year’s French Open, beating Czech opponent Kristýna Plíšková 7-6(4), 6-4. And she did it in Black Panther-worthy style, with the hip-length braids she rocked at the recent royal…

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  • Yes, Yara! Yara Shahidi Covers June Issue of Harper’s Bazaar Arabia

    Now, this is what we call pretty in pink: Perennial fave Yara Shahidi looks poised to take flight on the cover of June’s Harper’s Bazaar Arabia, wearing powder-pink-feathered Chanel, with her glorious curls teased to voluminous perfection by go-to stylist Nai’vasha Johnson. Inside the issue, the actress and activist continues to think pink in an…

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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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