black fashion
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Can We Start Calling Them 'Bey-Z Dukes' Now? Beyoncé Is Killing Us in Studded Cutoffs [Updated]
Updated: Thursday, July 12, at 9:45 p.m. EDT: As promised, we’re back with details: the color-blocked blouse Bey was rocking is from French fashion house Céline and the studded denim cutoffs are from Coal N’ Terry Vintage, creators of her Beychella cutoffs. The red cat-eyed sunglasses are from Illesteva. Earlier: Beyoncé Giselle Knowles Carter is…
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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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Want to Slay Like Serena? Now You Can Shop the GOAT’s New Online Boutique
Can’t stop, won’t stop: Hot on the heels of winning her first grand-slam match since returning to competitive tennis on Tuesday, Serena Williams launched a new clothing collection and online boutique on Wednesday. The Serena line, now available on Williams’ website, debuted as a 13-piece collection of sport-inspired streetwear, including under- and outerwear ranging from…
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Behind the Curtain: André Leon Talley Speaks on the Fickleness of Fashion with the New York Times
The auditorium at the Borough of Manhattan Community College in New York City was packed to the rafters for the April premiere of The Gospel According to André at the Tribeca Film Festival. All of us in attendance were anxious to take a peek behind the fabulous facade of one of the biggest personas in…
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The Future of Fashion is at Atlanta's Grady High School
I was not ready. As someone who has attended countless high school fashion shows and performances, when I accepted an invitation to cover Henry W. Grady High School’s annual fashion show on behalf of The Glow Up, I prepared myself for the usual school fundraiser. But this wasn’t a night of mall fashions draped on…
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The French Connection: The Cannes Film Festival Closes on a High Note
While several of the entertainment industry’s elite flocked to England on Saturday to celebrate the royal wedding, other members of Hollywood royalty concluded their takeover of the French Riviera for the closing events of the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. This year’s festival had a strong streak of activist energy, marked by multiple festival-endorsed demonstrations and…
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10 Reasons I Wear Hats for Sports Teams I Don’t Support or Watch
1. The hat matches my shoes. 2. I’m black and therefore stylishly stylin’ on you. And the hat matches my shoes. 3. I like the color of the hat because it matches my shoes. 4. I like the color of the stitching on that hat because it matches my shoes. 5. I like the design…
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Yes, You Can Go Home Again: Model Adwoa Aboah Brings Burberry to Ghana
My mother and I recently decided to do DNA kits together in honor of Mother’s Day. (Please don’t @ me with warnings about how our information will be used; we’re grown, neither of us is a serial killer, and genealogy searches have taken us only so far.) Since we’re decidedly African American and slavery was…
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Calling All Black Designers! Harlem Fashion Week Auditions Are Open
Harlem Fashion Week auditions are open for fashion designers who want to show their Fall/Winter 2018-2019 collections at the biannual event this September, covered by top-tier fashion journalists from around the world—including The Glow Up. In February we had the pleasure of being front row for the presentation of the Spring/Summer collections. Fashion celebs like…
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Beyoncé x Balmain = Best Coachella Homecoming Ever
What happens when the reigning prince of fashion gets a request to dress Queen Bey for her takeover of one of the most famous music festivals in the world? You get some major fashion moments to go along with all of that amazing music. Olivier Rousteing, creative director of Balmain, turned heads during Paris Fashion…