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Unpopular Opinion: Kanye’s Kim Worship Has Gone Too Far to Be Fashionable
(Editor’s Update: Apparently, this opinion isn’t as unpopular as first thought.) Today in “Baby, what is you doin’?” news: Kanye, GET OUT of here with this Yeezy season 6 campaign! We’re all for folks being their mate’s biggest cheerleaders, but this campaign is taking “muse” to sycophant levels. The “Who wore it best?” series of…
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All About Eve, Part 2: We’ve Got the Goods on Her Gorgeous Grammys Look!
Glow Up gang, you asked, and we’ve got answers! Some great moments deserve a sequel, and we’ve therefore done some deep investigative journalism to get the details on our favorite look of Grammy night 2018. As previously posted, Eve was our hands-down winner of this year’s awards ceremony, despite not being nominated this year (sorry,…
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The Blackest Red Carpet Ever: Black Panther Premiered Last Night, and We Were Not Ready
True-confession time: Sometimes even a tireless fashion editor needs a nap. This is why I was facedown in a pool of pillow Monday night, while Black Panther had its “red carpet” premiere at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. No, I’m not proud, but I am better rested. These posts don’t write themselves, y’all. But every…
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Watch the Throne: Blue Ivy Might Be the Real Queen of the Carter Family
Last night’s 60th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony had its share of highlights, including stellar performances by Kendrick Lamar (who took home five gramophones), best new artist nominee SZA and Bruno Mars, who swept the top prizes, winning every category he was nominated in for 24K Magic. Of course, the most nominated artist of the evening…
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All About Eve: The ‘Pit Bull in a Skirt’ Won Our Best-Dressed at the 2018 Grammys
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to include the names of Eve’s hair-and-makeup team. The good life has always looked good on rapper, singer, actress and mogul Eve Jihan Jeffers-Cooper—the once self-proclaimed “pit bull in a skirt” best known to us as Eve. But last night, she stopped the show before it even began…
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Can We Get It on a T-Shirt? ‘We Come in Peace, but We Mean Business’ Is Our New Mantra
In an awards season full of gestures and platitudes in support of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements, many of us wondered how the music industry’s biggest night would acknowledge an issue that has also plagued its ranks. 2017 was the year of both a sexual-assault-case win by superstar Taylor Swift and the start of ongoing…
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Just Bey-Cause They Can: The Carters Are Killing It This Grammy Weekend
Love them or not, you must admit that music’s most powerful couple knows how to make an entrance. Attending the Roc Nation brunch at New York City’s One World Trade Center this weekend, the Carters took a kid-free day-date to the next level. Queen Bey stunned in a shimmering and strong-shouldered black gown that was…
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The Best Book Club You’ll Ever Join: The Free Black Women’s Library Places Us Front and Center
It’s the weekend, and all I want to do is curl up with a good book and be transported to another realm. Instead, I’m curled up with my laptop this fine Saturday afternoon, editing and writing blogs for The Glow Up. But there’s definite gratification in writing about an amazing project like the Free Black…
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You Go, O! Oprah Dazzles in March’s InStyle Magazine
Oprah may not be running for president, but she’s still running circles around the rest of Hollywood, appearing on the March cover of InStyle magazine in anticipation of her appearance as Mrs. Which in the Ava DuVernay-directed A Wrinkle in Time. At 63, the icon is clearly still living her best life, showing off her…
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Your Black Barbie Could Never: Naomi Campbell Is Still #SlayGoals
Fun fact: I work alongside a supermodel, and can tell you firsthand to believe the hype. They really are that preternaturally beautiful, have clearly never experienced inner-thigh chafing and seemingly possess some sort of vampiric-level knowledge of how to eternally slay. And I can’t even be mad because they’re so mesmerizing to look at. So…
