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Raising Our Standards: J.Crew Teams Up With Universal Standard on a Collection That Goes to 5X
Here’s a long-overdue moment: retailer J. Crew, which has built its brand success upon creating iconically American fashion, is finally making a significant gesture to include the 68 percent of American women who wear a size 14 or above. In collaboration with “fashion freedom” brand Universal Standard, J.Crew is now offering a capsule collection that…
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You Woke? Do the Work: Tarana Burke, Tamika Mallory and Symone Sanders Talk Accountability
There’s a reason Tarana Burke is so often featured on our #WomanCrushWednesday: the activist and #MeToo movement founder consistently does the work of advocacy and uplift for black women and girls, a fact she made sure to remind attendees of the “I’m Woke, Now What?” panel at the 2018 Essence Festival, as reported by Essence.…
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Who Run the World? A Balmain x Beyoncé Capsule Collection Is Created to Benefit Black Colleges
Breaking Bey News: Memorably, Beyoncé broke the festival format wide open this year at Coachella Beychella, when she performed two epic 24-song sets backed by a college marching band and wearing an all-Balmain wardrobe, personally designed by creative director Olivier Rousteing. But that epic collaboration also birthed an ingenious idea, as reported by Vogue: It…
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Work Hard, Play Carter: The Carters Take a Stylish Time Out in Italy
Here’s what I’m doing on my summer vacation: writing hundreds of posts for The Glow Up, maybe fitting in a trip or two to midwestern meccas in Wisconsin, Minnesota or Iowa to catch up with the fam, catching a few free concerts in the park in Chicago and intermittently catching a few rays at my…
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Another Day, Another Duchess: Meghan Markle Steps Out in Dior and More [Updated]
Updated: Tuesday, July 1o, 2018, 4:14 p.m. EDT: We spoke too soon! In a dynamic quick change, the Duchess of Sussex, who appeared at Tuesday morning’s Royal Air Force centennial celebration wearing a custom-made dress by Dior, came through with a very “Emerald Isle”-appropriate burst of color in the afternoon, donning a sleek, forest-green skirt…
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Let Love Rule: Zoë Kravitz Is Saint Laurent’s Latest Campaign Star
In the lexicon of cool-girl style, there are very few cooler than double-threat celebrity progeny Zoë Kravitz—that is, unless you consider that she got it from her mama, Lisa Bonet (dad Lenny Kravitz is no slouch, either). Now, legendary French fashion house Saint Laurent—formerly more commonly known for its founding designer Yves Saint Laurent, YSL…
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‘Shine Bright, Shine Far, Be A Star!’ Life-Size 2 Is on the Way
My favorite childhood movie is finally getting a sequel—but we’re missing a very important character. Tyra Banks finally announced her costar for the upcoming Life-Size 2, but this time, it isn’t Lindsay Lohan; Grown-ish co-star Francia Raisa will act opposite Banks. In the first Disney movie, which premiered 18 years ago, Eve (Banks) transformed from…
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Ladies First: Essence Fest 2018 Took Over NOLA, and We Had FOMO
We wanna be down! While The Root’s own Danielle Young made her way to New Orleans from July 5-8 to party with our sister-girls at the 2018 Essence Music Festival, alas, The Glow Up stayed home to attend to other pertinent business. But that didn’t keep us from catching a major case of FOMO. After…
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#TuesdayTurnUp: ‘This Is America’ Choreographer Sherrie Silver Demos Her Favorite Dances for Vogue
I don’t know about you, but I’m dragging a bit this morning. Since we’re a day late for #MondayMotivation, how about a little #TuesdayTurnUp? Childish Gambino’s “This Is America” video made a major impact when it debuted in May, not in the least because Glover debuted some new African-inspired dance moves, courtesy of self-proclaimed “African…