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Catfight in Couture?!? Cardi B and Nicki Minaj Make a Mess of the Harper's Bazaar 'ICONS' Party [Updated]
Updated: 9/8/18, 2:12 p.m. EDT: A insider from the Harper’s Bazaar party told Marie Claire that the altercation was sparked when Nicki (whom, according to Cosmopolitan, was taking a photo with Kelly Rowland and La La Anthony), deliberately stepped on the train of Cardi’s dress, ripping it. Cardi then purportedly confronted Nicki for talking about…
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Stranger Danger: Random White Woman Narrowly Avoids Catching Hands After Touching Black Woman’s Hair
Here’s the problem with growing up in a world that tells you you’re entitled to everything (even owning and colonizing people at various points in history): If you don’t know (or learn) better, you’re inevitably bound to touch something—or someone—that doesn’t belong to you. That’s what happened on Thursday in a Georgia establishment called Little…
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Got Em? Harlem's Fashion Row Scores a Hit as HFR x LeBron 16 Sells Out Within 5 Minutes!
Love ’em or hate ’em, Nike and LeBron James clearly have another hit on their hands: HFR x LeBron 16, their collaboration with Harlem’s Fashion Row, sold out in less than five minutes after going on sale at 10 a.m. EST on Friday morning. The shoe, which is the first woman’s basketball shoe to be…
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Play Like a Girl: Serena Heads to the US Open Finals with Love from Family and Opponent Naomi Osaka
Game recognizes game: That’s the message we’re getting from 20-year-old tennis phenom Naomi Osaka, who had only one thing to say to her upcoming US Open Finals opponent, Serena Williams, who is undoubtedly also one of her idols: “I love you,” she sheepishly laughed. While this sweet missive may not save Osaka, who is of…
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Famously Fly: Vanity Fair’s Best Dressed 2018 Includes Some of Our Most Fashionable Faves!
You’ve seen them on screen, on the red carpet and often, right here on The Glow Up. And now, just in time for New York Fashion Week, several of our favorite fashionable celebs have landed on Vanity Fair’s Best Dressed 2018 list! And because we’re always rooting for everybody black (it’s our job, as well…
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Behind the Seams: Do You Know the Black Female-Focused Design Story of Nike’s HFR x LeBron 16?
Strength. Loyalty. Dignity. Courage. Those are the four words that adorn the soles of the new HFR x LeBron 16 sneaker by Nike, based on the words of King James himself. Inspired by the women in his life, Lebron James’ first women’s basketball shoe was both female-focused and predominantly female-designed: to reenvision the LeBron 16…
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What Does $750,000 Worth of Shirts Look Like? Tisha Campbell-Martin Says It Looks Like Alimony
Twenty years of marriage, two children … and $750,000 worth of shirts. That’s what Martin star Tisha Campbell-Martin says entitles her to spousal support from estranged husband Duane Martin, after learning that her soon-to-be ex is the owner of more than 500 shirts costing approximately $1,500 each. You do the math—and then, imagine the closet…
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Time Traveling: Tom Ford Kicks Off NYFW Spring-Summer 2019 With Retro-Inspired Glamour
Tom Ford has always had a flair for the darkly dramatic—the type of striking statements that get shoutouts by Jay-Z or Oscar nominations (for each of two films, so far). From his 1996 reinvention of Gucci (which spawned the memorable white cutout dress in Toni Braxton’s “Unbreak My Heart” video) through launching his own label,…
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Welcome Back to New York Fashion Week—Where Are All the Black People?
Welcome back to New York Fashion Week! It’s always slightly strange to be falling in love with clothes we won’t be able to wear for another six months, but here we are again, forecasting trends for Spring and Summer 2019. But before you spend the next week wondering where all the black designers are, we…
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Film Noir: Issa Rae Gets Dramatic for Glamour's October Issue—and Claps Back at Melania's Camp
Issa Rae is happy—and why shouldn’t she be? She’s the creator and star of a hit show in its third season, in the process of creating several more projects, has a contract with CoverGirl and has quickly become a bona fide fashion star in her own right. (CFDA Awards, anyone?) And now, she’s the star of…