Flyest Moments At A$AP Rocky’s Fashion Show During Paris Men’s Fashion Week
Black Celebs Showed Out at Paris Fashion Week
Anna Wintour Exits Vogue While A Black Editor Awaits The Call
Supermodel Anok Yai Looked Stunning and Different at Paris Fashion Week
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‘I Am the Face of a Refugee’: Iman Joins Humanitarian Leader CARE as Its 1st Global Advocate
She’s been a supermodel, a beauty industry entrepreneur and pioneer, a fashion designer, activist, mother, and wife and partner to a rock star. But the fashion industry icon known simply as Iman wants to remind us that she is also a refugee. On Tuesday, the Somali-American beauty, born Zara Mohamed Abdulmajid, announced a new role:…
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Face/Off: How Much Would It Take for Tekashi 6ix9ine to Erase His Ink?
If there’s been one major takeaway from the riveting drama surrounding the recent trial testimony of Tekashi 6ix9ine—aside from “stay away from gangs, kids”—it’s this: Don’t tattoo your face, because one day, you might need a clean slate for Witness Protection. Born Daniel Hernandez, the rapper-turned-star witness is now reportedly expected to enter the federal…
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‘Mental Health Is Not Fashion’: Gucci Sparked Controversy—Again—as a Model Protested on Its Milan Runway
It’s been a long year for Gucci, as it has both sought to stay on the cutting edge of fashion and convince the world it’s made some major positive changes since the “blackface sweater” controversy that rocked the legendary fashion house this January. But proving that the label still loves to provoke, creative director Alessandro…
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Behind the Brand: BLK/OPL Is Finally Black—and Female—Owned [Corrected]
We’ve got something major to celebrate this Big Beauty Tuesday (soon to be relaunched as “The Glow Up Gets…”)! It wasn’t widely known until recently, but Black Opal, one of the most established global beauty brands for black women, was never black-owned. While the brand was created in 1994 with women of color in mind—specifically,…
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On Her 1st Trip to South Africa, Meghan Markle Speaks to Locals 'as a Woman of Color and as Your Sister'
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, is currently making her first visit to South Africa, as part of a royal tour of Africa with husband Prince Harry and son Archie. But as the duchess acknowledged during a speech at the Justice Desk initiative, which focuses on child protection and female empowerment, her bonds to the continent run…
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O, No! Oprah Reveals a Deadly Health Scare—and Urges Us All to Take Care
As I write this, there seems to be something going around The Root’s virtual newsroom, as both News Editor Monique Judge and I are battling something wicked. Monique, being a much smarter person than I, scurried off to Urgent Care yesterday to address our very similar symptoms (albeit two time zones apart). I, being the…
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Angelica Ross of Pose Fame Speaks Truth to Power, Riling Bernie Bros and Trump Twitter Trolls
Angelica Ross gained the attention of a flood of Bernie Sanders supporters and enraged Trump Twitter trolls after the transgender actress and activist’s hot take on Trump policies impacting trans folks and Sanders’ decision to skip an LGBTQ presidential candidates’ forum she hosted. Ross (“Candy Ferocity” on FX’s hit series Pose) told Out she would…
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Big Hair, Don’t Care: A 5th-Grader Stands in Defiance of the Policing of Black Hair
“So, yesterday, I went to school, and I wore my hair in an afro like this…and a lot of people had a lot of mean things to say about it,” said Nashville fifth-grader Promise Sawyers, gesturing to her enviable halo of natural hair in a now-viral video on YouTube. “So that made me feel some…
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Pretty in Pink: Beyoncé Gives Us a Peek Into Blue Ivy’s Rose Gold Birthday Extravaganza
When we grow up, we want to be just like Blue Ivy Carter. Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s firstborn is clearly living the best life we can imagine, and racking up credits on Billboard-charting hits in the process. And when Blue Ivy celebrated her seventh run around the sun this January, she did it in pop princess…
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When They See Us: Our Stars Were Stunning at the 71st Emmy Awards
There were some significant—and historic—moments to celebrate at this year’s Emmy Awards (we see you, Jharrel, RuPaul and Billy!) There were some major style moments, as well (and a stunning lack of socks on male attendees, but we digress). Several of our leading lights of the small screen turned out in inimitable style for the…