fashion
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Thank God for Marsai Martin
If anyone needed a visual tonic (and a literally gin and tonic) for this terrible, no-good, very bad week in The Discourse™, I submit this photo of the wonderful, absolutely good, very excellent Marsai Martin at the Lexus Uptown Honors Hollywood earlier this week. This is a perfect look from the 15-year-old actress and producer,…
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A Year After Its Blackface Scandal, Prada Agrees to Longterm Structural Changes
“When I spoke out about Prada’s blackface line one year ago, I feared that racism in fashion was a just bitter pill we collectively had to swallow,” said Chinyere Ezie, a civil rights attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights, on Wednesday. “Now I know that speaking truth to power can lead to meaningful change.”…
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Come Again? Commes des Garçons Ignites Cultural Appropriation Controversy With Cornrow Wigs
Hot damn heaux, here we go again! Another day and another high-end fashion brand embroiled in a cultural appropriation controversy. On Friday, Japanese fashion brand Commes des Garçons–which I thought was French all this time (shrug)—held its Fall 2020 menswear presentation during Men’s Paris Fashion Week with their models wearing what appeared to be oversized…
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Gabrielle Union Launches New Fashion Collection for Plus Size Women
Gabrielle Union is not buying into the concept of “The Forgotten Woman.” The Being Mary Jane actress, who is already the face of a successful clothing line with New York & Company, has teamed up with Fashion to Figure to launch a plus-sized collection—for sizes 12 to 24, and featuring holiday styles. “My line’s availability…
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It's 'About Time': The Met Gala Announces Its Theme for 2020
The first Monday in May 2020 will be a day for time-traveling—via the steps of New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. The renowned museum, which will celebrate its 150th anniversary next year, will also host its 73rd annual Met Gala with a nod to its legacy as the theme: “About Time: Fashion and Duration.”…
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‘You’ve Inspired Me to Be Fearless’: Zendaya Honors ‘Image Architect’ Law Roach With InStyle’s Stylist of the Year Award
“You are an absolute visionary,” Zendaya told close friend and longtime collaborator Law Roach on Monday night, as she presented his Stylist of the Year honors at the 2019 InStyle Awards. “You have taught me so much about myself, to not give an F about what people think, to be proud of who I am…
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Memoir of NYFW: The Best Moments of NYFW Were the Blackest—but Unfortunately, Our Invites Got Lost in the Mail
As the most recent New York Fashion Week wound down last week, several members of our team here at The Root found ourselves at perhaps the hottest party of the week. In fact, it was figuratively and literally the hottest, as legendary burlesque venue The Box was surprisingly short on air conditioning as it hosted…
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Paying Tribute to a Fashion Pioneer: Remembering Designer Arthur McGee
Here at The Glow Up, we regularly celebrate the current trailblazers in the fashion industry, but less often do we honor the dwindling number of pioneers who broke ground for those trails to be blazed. One of those groundbreakers was designer Arthur McGee, who we recently learned died on July 1 in New York City,…
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Now Would Be an Opportune Time to Add LaVar Ball and His Big Baller Brand to Your List of Thoughts and Prayers
Once upon a 2017, Big Baller Brand was primed to become the next big thing. It had popular sports figures and celebrities like Nipsey Hussle, The Game, and Fox Sports 1’s Shannon Sharpe tripping over themselves to sing its praises; it had infiltrated the vaulted status of the NBA courtesy of its signature ZO2 sneaker,…
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Beyoncé Made So Many Costume Changes in the ‘Spirit’ Video, We Almost Lost Count [Updated]
So far, we’ve counted 12—yes, 12 outfits that Beyoncé reportedly sports in the four minutes and 31 seconds the “Spirit” video runs. That’s gotta be some kind of record. Granted, only 10 of Beyoncé’s reported 12 costume changes made the final cut of the official video for the first single from her Lion King-themed album…