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Another Legacy Brand Gets New Life as Black Opal’s New Owners Acquire Fashion Fair
Move over, Fenty Beauty and Pat McGrath, there’s a new black female-owned beauty empire on the rise. Hot on the heels of their acquisition of Black Opal cosmetics in September, the powerhouse team of company CEO Desiree Rogers and President Cheryl Mayberry McKissack have announced the purchase of pioneering beauty brand Fashion Fair from its…
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The Category Is ‘Campaign Star’: Pose Star Mj Rodriguez Scores Her First Beauty Campaign With Olay Body
“When I got Rent off-Broadway in 2011, I just got to be myself and actually go on my journey through my art,” said Mj Rodriguez as she sat on a panel at Glamour’s Women of the Year Summit on Sunday. “I could live out my truest dreams, which is completely being me in front of…
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Another Honor for Our ‘Hidden Figures’: Congressional Gold Medals Given to the Black Women Behind the Space Race
America’s “Hidden Figures”—the black women behind NASA’s success in the “Space Race,” continue to be celebrated 50 years after their calculations helped man walk on the moon. Thanks to the Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act, NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, computer programmer Dorothy Vaughan, and engineers Mary Jackson and Christine Darden are being awarded Congressional…
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'I Felt Pretty': For His 50th Birthday, Diddy Reflected on Life as Fashion's Bad Boy
As someone who’s spent her entire working life in the fashion and music industries (over two decades and ongoing), it remains challenging for me to think of Sean Combs as anything but “Puffy.” You see, as a Gen-Xer, I remember well his evolution from upstart promoter to music exec to entertainment juggernaut…while unfortunately, my mind…
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Serena Williams Just Dropped Another Gem—a Jewelry Line!
For Serena Williams, it’s all love—if not in her legendary tennis game, then in her growing style empire, which expanded today to include Serena Williams Jewelry. The luxury-level line of gold and silver jewelry features ethically mined and conflict-free diamonds, and some heavy inspiration by the phenom herself, including her favorite motif: hearts. “I am…
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Lizzo on the Cover of British Vogue May Be the Only Gift We Need This Holiday Season
Lizzo knows what it’s like not to see yourself represented—in fashion, on TV, in films. She also knows that when you’re not deemed worthy enough to be represented (or even marginally included), loving yourself is often an uphill battle. “I would watch things on television and I would look at magazines and I would not…
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The Fight to 'Be First': Patricio Manuel, the First Transgender Professional Male Boxer, Breaks New Ground With Everlast
“Be first.” In boxing, it means to throw the first punch. As super featherweight Patricio Manuel explains, it also means risking being hit, “but if you’re able to land that shot, that’s gonna give you victory,” he says. Manuel knows a lot about being first: He is the first boxer to fight professionally as both…
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It's 'About Time': The Met Gala Announces Its Theme for 2020
The first Monday in May 2020 will be a day for time-traveling—via the steps of New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. The renowned museum, which will celebrate its 150th anniversary next year, will also host its 73rd annual Met Gala with a nod to its legacy as the theme: “About Time: Fashion and Duration.”…
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T.I. Publicly Boasted About Having His Daughter's Hymen Checked Annually. That's Not Just Gross; It's as Stupid as Signing Iggy Azalea
Updated, Wednesday, 11/6/19 at 6:54 p.m., ET: Upon further reflection, it’s not “as stupid as.” It’s much, much worse. T.I. needs better sex education—or at the very least, healthier boundaries. This is all I can deduce after the rapper, producer, entrepreneur and philanthropist—lauded as an innovator in all of those arenas—showed how ass-backward he is…
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For the 3rd Year in a Row, the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Winner Is a Black Designer
Corrected: Friday, 11/8/19 at 6:35 p.m., ET: An earlier version of this post was titled “For the 2nd Year in a Row, the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Winner Is a Black Designer.” However, we have since been reminded that black designer Telfar Clemens won the award in 2017, making this the third year a black designer…
