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Whose Hand is This? Korean Company Gets Inclusivity Wrong with a Blackface Manicure
When keeping it inclusive goes wrong: popular Korean beauty and fashion company Stylenanda’s heart was likely in the right place when it attempted to show diversity in a nail polish ad by placing a brown hand next to a much paler one. But something was a little … off. If you’re still guessing what’s wrong…
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For the Kulture: Cardi B's Little Princess Has a Crib Fit for a Queen
Apparently, nothing’s too good for rap royalty’s newest little princess, including a custom-made crib topped with a crown, which Cardi B showed off to her Instagram fans on Thursday. The elaborately carved and gilded gold-and-white oval crib—with a whimsical gold and white polka-dotted mattress cover—was created by custom furniture and decor company Kapesh Designs and…
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Everything You Missed At The ESPYs
Like any award show, the ESPYs was filled with some amazing and some not so amazing looks. The award show, hosted by ESPN, took place in Los Angeles with Danica Patrick as host of the event’s 26th edition—the first women to serve the role. Many deserving athletes took home awards in various categories such as…
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Harlem Renaissance: Gucci-Dapper Dan Goes Live!
We’ve been buzzing about the renaissance of the Harlem-based designer known as Dapper Dan so long, it’s hard to believe that his much-anticipated collaboration with former nemesis Gucci only launched this week. After all, we’ve been seeing teases for months: in Beyoncé’s tour wardrobe, on any number of red carpets, and most recently, on both…
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Royal Roundup: In Her 2nd Month as Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle's Style Hits Its Stride
When we watched Meghan Markle make three wardrobe changes in one day last week, it became clear that we weren’t going to be able to keep up. And why should we? Now exactly two months into her marriage to Prince Harry, it’s much more interesting to assess the new royal’s evolving royal style as a…
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Harlem and Hijabs: Model Adesuwa Aighewi Turns Director With a Celebration of Muslim Beauty
When Adesuwa Aighewi opened the Chanel couture show in early July with her locs flowing over her Lagerfeld-designed suit, heads turned. But Aighewi created another head-turning moment, making her production and directorial debut in a short film for Love magazine, celebrating the incomparable beauty of Muslim culture through a group of Harlem women raised in…
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From Sponges To Foundation: Beautyblender Finally Launches Its 1st Makeup Product
The Beautyblender brand, the creator of the iconic sponge shaped as an egg that we all know and love, has recently announced the launch of a new product. It was only right that foundation would come from the brand at some point in time as up until recently their only product was the foundation applicator.…
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The Apocalypse is Nigh: Crocs Created a High Heel
Just when you were wondering what the 53 percent would be wearing to vote in this year’s midterm elections, Crocs has the answer, creating a high heel so that they can continue to vote against their self-interests in style. I kid, I kid … kind of. But seriously: As if it wasn’t terrifying enough when…
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Free Wigs 4 Kids: How One Woman Is Restoring Children's Confidence, One Wig at a Time
Hair is Quilla Bohannon’s passion; it has been since she was a schoolgirl, feigning attending after-school extracurricular activities so she could braid the hair of her classmates for extra spending money, as she told The Glow Up: I like to say I got the gift of doing hair from my grandmother. … The first time…
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She Tried It: Brazilian Designer Accused of Stealing Dashiki-Print Designs from Nigerian-American Label [Updated]
Updated Wednesday, July 18 2018 at 4:00 PM: Silvia Ulson, the Brazilian designer accused of plagiarizing swimsuits from Nigerian-American brand Bfyne, has released a statement about the controversy. The statement, which appeared at FashionWeekOnline (FWO), was translated from Portuguese. In it, Ulson says that her Miami Fashion Week show “is for fun only, usually around the…