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Level Up: The Latest Lyst Index Indicates That Black Influence Is Finally Being Recognized
Keep on risin’ to the top! Today, global fashion search platform Lyst released its second 2018 installment of The Lyst Index, its quarterly report ranking the fashion industry’s most in-demand labels and products. Analyzing the online shopping habits of over 5 million shoppers monthly spanning approximately 12,000 global retailers and labels, Lyst compiled their results…
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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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For the Culture: Celebs Stepped Out to Support Virgil Abloh’s Debut at Louis Vuitton
In March, Virgil Abloh made headlines when he was announced as the new artistic director of menswear for Louis Vuitton, becoming the first African American to hold the position. (Might I add, we’re still shook and inspired by that.) Today, Thursday, Abloh debuted his first collection for Louis Vuitton Men. As he walked the runway…
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No 2018 CFDA Award Wins for Black Designers (but We Still Slayed the ‘Oscars of Fashion’)
We love fashion, but like most great love affairs, it occasionally disappoints. Monday night at the 2018 CFDA Fashion Awards was one such occasion, when, despite an unusually high number of nominations for black designers—four designers in three of the four categories—none were awarded what is widely considered to be an “Oscar of Fashion.” The…
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We’re Rooting for Everybody Black: Who Will Win on Fashion’s Biggest Night?
On Monday, fashion’s best and brightest will gather at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City to celebrate the 37th annual Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards. Dubbed the “Oscars of Fashion,” the CFDAs are the highest honors awarded in the American fashion industry, recognizing outstanding achievements in design, journalism, personal style and positive…
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Virgil Abloh x Ikea: A Side of Street Cred With Those Swedish Meatballs
Virgil Abloh strikes again—the Louis Vuitton menswear designer will be working with Swedish furniture-maker Ikea and will offer us a glimpse inside his design process for the collaboration. Abloh will be broadcasting live on Ikea Today on April 30 at 5:30 p.m. ET. Why should we care? Abloh has blazed a path straight into the…
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Virgil Abloh Takes the Reins at Louis Vuitton Menswear
Is there such a thing as “Black Man Magic”? If there isn’t, then someone needs to start that hashtag and pin it to Virgil Abloh, the designer of luxury-streetwear label Off-White. The 34-year old-Chicago native has done in five short years what it takes many a lifetime in the fashion business to achieve: create a…
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Issa Look! Issa Rae Is Hosting the 2018 CFDA Awards—and We Can’t Wait to See What She’ll Wear
Now, here’s a reason not to be insecure: Constant fave Issa Rae announced this week that she will be hosting the 2018 CFDA Awards. The awards, which will take place June 4, are held annually by the Council of Fashion Designers of America and are the biggest awards in fashion each year, honoring style icons…
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BNYFW: Off-White c/o Jimmy Choo Is a Collaboration to Covet
Virgil Abloh, the postmodern P.T. Barnum of fashion who has turned his distinct point of view into a budding fashion empire, debuted his latest collaboration with Jimmy Choo Tuesday night. Abloh, a protégé of Kanye West’s and a Grammy nominee for his work on Watch the Throne, was propelled to the forefront of fashion via…
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BNYFW: Telfar Takes Black Rock to the Runway
Telfar Global rocked New York Fashion Week on Friday night. Studding the stage with Telfar’s “framily” of musical youths were Dev Hynes tapping the keys; Ian Isiah, aka “Big Shugga,” up front; and Kelela, Oyinda, 070 Shake and Kelsey Lu belting out tunes, along with a surprise appearance by Telfar himself on the mic, crooning…