fashion icons
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Stunning at 65, Iman Reflects on Love, Liberty and Life With Bowie, Says She'll 'Never' Remarry
“I’m African, and we’ve never been scared of aging,” says Iman in February’s Harper’s Bazaar UK, adding, “It’s a privilege, you know.” At 65, the Somali-born supermodel certainly makes it look aspirational, appearing on two of the magazine’s “Visionaries” covers cocooned in couture as voluminous as her naturally textured hair. The looks, styled by an…
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You Can Keep Buying Sweatsuits Because Zendaya Has Preemptively Been Named 'Most Fashionable Woman of 2021'
We may only be four days into 2021, but if you’re already tired, you’re not alone (aye, Slack was down for us today, too). After all, while the year has (finally!) changed, the circumstances have not: We’re still in the midst of a global pandemic (with another surge, no less), police and civilian racial profilers…
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E! People's Choice Fashion Icon Award Winner Tracee Ellis Ross Reminds Us Fashion Is in Her Blood
The widely beloved Tracee Ellis Ross has many identities: award-winning actress, director and producer, activist, beauty entrepreneur, and the middle daughter of stage and screen icon Diana Ross. Lesser known is that well before she was delighting us on Girlfriends or Black-ish (which returns this Wednesday), Ross was a model-turned-fashion editor—before which, she was just…
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Fenty, But Make It Fashion: First Looks at Rihanna’s Luxury Line Are Here!
Whew, life Rihanna comes at you fast. It seems only a couple of months ago, we were speculating on whether or not Rihanna’s purported deal with luxury conglomerate LVMH was more than a rumor—oh, wait, we were. Now, we’re getting glances at Fenty Maison’s first collection, due to debut this May 22 or 29, depending…
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The Music, the Myth, the Muse: Sade Turns 60
She’s gorgeous, talented, stylish and ever-elusive. And today, the woman we know simply as “Sade” turns 60. If that sounds unbelievable, consider this: After forming her eponymous band in the early ’80s, the Nigerian-born singer-songwriter and former model born Helen Folasade Adu first hit our radar with 1984’s Diamond Life, marking a rebirth of cool…
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Naomi Campbell’s Been an Icon. Now the CFDA Is Finally Recognizing Her as One
The first black model to grace the covers of French Vogue and Time magazine will finally be getting “icon” status from the industry she spent decades representing and redefining. The incomparable fashion trailblazer Naomi Campbell will receive the 2018 Fashion Icon Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America at its June 4 ceremony.…
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