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Great Lengths: Do You Know Where Your Bundles Come From?
Remy. Virgin. These are words familiar to anyone who has even mildly experimented with wigs, weaves or extensions. But how many of us really know where the hair we’re wearing actually comes from? When Chris Rock visited India to investigate the source of the American hair trade for his 2009 documentary Good Hair, he only…
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Golden Lady: Meghan Markle Just Got Colorful, and We Couldn't Be Happier
Bring on the brights! After weeks of wearing blush and beige—with occasional black-and-white moments—on Thursday, the recently wed Duchess of Sussex brightened up an event in London by wearing a sunshiny hue. Stepping out with husband Prince Harry, Her Royal Highness was absolutely glowing in a $1,495 canary yellow sleeveless sheath (which immediately sold out)…
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#TrendBackThursday: Do We Really Want to Get Back Into Bike Shorts?
Fun fact: I hate shorts. Let me clarify that: I hate shorts on me. In fact, I don’t think I’ve worn them since I hit puberty, outside of mandatory high school gym classes or paid fashion shoots. Why? Because I know my thighs and shorts have simply never been my ministry (thankfully, I have other…
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She Slays! Adut Akech Bior Shuts Down Paris Couture Week
It’s Fall-Winter Couture Week in Paris, which means designers are showcasing their most elaborate custom-made looks for the clamoring fashion crowd. And for legendary French fashion house Chanel, the annual runway event always ends the same way: with a bride. This year, that bride was Sudanese (by way of Australia) model Adut Akech Bior, handpicked…
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Behind the Seams: Are Black Designers All Dressed Up With Nowhere to Go?
With the recent runaway (and runway) success of black designers like Virgil Abloh, Olivier Rousteing, LaQuan Smith, Kerby Jean-Raymond of Pyer Moss—or even Kanye West’s Yeezy—it might be easy to assume we’re experiencing a “post-racial” fashion moment. But as Julee Wilson, fashion and beauty director of Essence magazine, recently wrote for industry site Business of…
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Interviewing the World's Most Famous Interviewer: Vogue UK's Edward Enninful Talks with Oprah
How do you interview the best known interviewer in the world? Editor-in-chief of British Vogue Edward Enninful found out when he sat down for a chat with his August cover star, Oprah. Oprah—who looks snatched for the gawds in the magazine’s spread—reprises the made-to-order, belted, green jacquard gown and jeweled shoes by Erdem she also…
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As Usual, Beyoncé Is Living Her Best Life While We Contemplate Her Fertility on This 4th of July
While you were wondering which auntie would be bringing the potato salad to the Fourth of July cookout this year (or whether you would be celebrating this MAGA-ass holiday at all), Bey and Jay were taking a break from the European leg of their On the Run II tour to dip to Cannes, France, for…
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Nicki Minaj Losing Her Mind Over Chanel Redefines ‘Fashion Obsessed’
Here at The Glow Up, we’re crazy for fashion, but rapper Nicki Minaj clearly has us beat—by a mile. The artist, who recently told Elle magazine “All I do is wear Chanel,” had a Christmas morning moment in July when gifts arrived from the famed French fashion house, filled with as-yet-to-be released goodies from its…
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Nice or Next? Would You Bedazzle Your Face?
When Tony award-winning star Cynthia Erivo turned up at the 2018 Met Gala with jewels in place of her eyebrows, we admittedly raised ours. Not only were we wondering what her seemingly Hindi-inspired brow art had to do with the evening’s theme, Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination, but though much more artfully rendered,…
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Man Enough? Racing Star Lewis Hamilton Confronts His Biases on the Cover of British GQ
“I want to make amends,” reads the caption above Lewis Hamilton’s name on the cover of British GQ’s August issue. The race car driver is pictured wearing a patchwork plaid kilt and jacket, the latter left open to display his chest, left bare but for an elaborate necklace. It’s an intentionally gender-bending look for the…