fashion
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Megan Thee Stallion and Fashion Nova Joining Forces to Create Jeans for Tall Girls
Rapper Megan Thee Stallion revealed on Instagram that she is collaborating with fast-fashion online marketplace Fashion Nova to create a line of jeans catered to fellow “stallions”—or tall women with curves and long legs. After posting a scintillating photo of her in her Fashion Nova ‘fit, fans inquired about her jean size. If you’re wondering,…
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Lululemon Under Fire After Employee Promotes 'Bat Fried Rice' T-Shirt on Instagram
You would think a global pandemic would at least put a temporary freeze on fashion designers finding new ways to be racist, but here we are. NBC News reports that Lululemon has come under fire as Trevor Flemming, a former art director for the company, posted a link on his personal Instagram account promoting a…
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Need to De-Stress While Social Distancing? The Academy Suggests #ColoringWithRuth E. Carter
I’m into adult coloring books. In fact, my best friend gifted me Calm the Fuck Down: An Irreverent Adult Coloring Book for Christmas because she gets me. I’m also pretty into Ruth E. Carter. I mean, she is a legend and has designed the costumes for some of your favorite black-ass films. I have to…
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I Read Kanye West's Latest Interview So You Don't Have To
Early on April 15, folks flocked to social media to report that their promised stimulus checks made their way into their bank accounts. Others were attempting to grapple with the strange quaran-dreams that continue to occur during these uncertain times. But me? I used my Wednesday morning to read Kanye West’s latest GQ cover story.…
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The Category Is 'Canceled': Met Gala Postponed 'Indefinitely' Due to New Coronavirus Guidelines
Anna Wintour, creative director of Condé Nast, and high priest of the power bob, announced on Monday that the Met Gala would be postponed indefinitely. Typically held in May, the glitzy annual gathering of A-listers had to be shut down in order to accommodate new Centers for Disease Control guidelines prohibiting gatherings of 50 or…
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TGU50: Fashion
The category is: Fashion. From the streets to the runways, our style has long influenced international style. Luminaries like Virgil Abloh, Olivier Rousteing, Tracy Reese, Law Roach and crossover queen Rihanna have all had a transformative impact on how the world views black style, but there are far more making major style statements as they…
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Officials Responsible for Racist Fashion Show Put on Leave [Updated]
Is racism the newest high fashion fad? I’m sincerely asking folks. I feel like it’s been a prolonged cycle over the last couple years of a racist thing happening and then fashion-heads feigning shock that people were mad. This time the culprit is the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. Over the weekend, The…
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B. Smith, Trailblazing Fashion Model and Entrepreneur, Dead at 70, Husband Confirms
B. Smith, the trailblazing fashion model who proved to be more successful as a restaurateur, television personality and branding pioneer, has passed away at age 70. Her husband, Dan Gasby, confirmed her death on the couple’s Facebook page Sunday morning. “It is with great sadness that my daughter Dana and I announce the passing of…
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A Blazer for Black Royalty: Crown Royal Released a New Slick Blazer, and Ya Boy Tried It
Black folks love Crown Royal. We hold this truth to be self-evident. But what happens when one of our most beloved brands veers into the wonderful world of fashion? Inspired by Crown Royal’s XR Extra Rare series, celebrity designer ALBA has unveiled a limited-edition bespoke blazer—one of which I was blessed enough to receive—that’s equal…
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Sambo Be Damned! Black Fashion Model Refused to Wear ‘Racist’ Accessories at Fashion Institute of Technology Show
The trashion fashion world is still about that bullshit! One would think that even in higher institutes of liberal learning—in New York City, at that—folks wouldn’t be so oblivious not to realize that anything that could possibly be construed as racist is a non-starter. But no, not when it comes to fashion. A black model…