fashion
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An Ode To Underrated 90's Fashion Icon (And Vest Trailblazer) Thomas Mikal Ford
When I was growing up, there was one question on the playground that separated the real from the fake: Martin or Fresh Prince of Bel Air? The only answer, really, was always and will forever be Martin. The humor was realer, rawer and funnier in just about every way. Martin, Gina, Tommy, Pam and Cole…
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The First Lady Stays Fly: Our Favorite Magazine Covers
Let’s face it: We’re FLOTUS stans. We’re completely taken by her beauty, grace and intelligence, so when Michelle Obama speaks, we listen. Attentively. And seeing the first lady pictured on scores of magazine covers is no different. Our response is pretty consistent: Awe. Every. Single. Time. Through the years, the first lady has graced magazine…
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Watch: Meet the Designer Who Lets Your Smartphone Talk to Your Clothes
You may not have heard the name Christopher Bevans, but you have, no doubt, seen his work. From his tenure with Head Tennis and Nike to styling Jay Z and LeBron James, Bevans has his finger on the pulse of the fashion industry and its trendsetters. Today he is breaking new ground with his brand-new…
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Cam Newton Says Black People Are Over Racism; Black People Just Want Cam To Stop Dressing Like Our Aunties On A Cruise
Earlier today, a GQ profile of superstar quarterback Cam Newton dropped. It’s the type of story GQ has run thousands of times; spend a couple days with a handsome and famous man, marvel at how he’s regarded by “regular” people, ask him about space and shit, and take dozens of pictures of him dressed in…
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Apparently Dashikis Are Popular In (Local) DC Now
When I got to Morehouse College in 1997, there were two groups of people on the yard whose geograhic residence was pretty easy to point out: Atlanta and Washington, DC. Atlanta was easy for me for obvious reasons, to the point where it was even fairly easy to distinguish between an East side dude and a…
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Unfortunate Fashion Choices Of Decades Past
It’s the early aughts in NYC. A young East African girl (by way of Canada) is preparing for her sophomore year of high school in the North Bronx. She had just spent the summer with her family in France, and just KNEW she was ready to be fresh to death with her back-to-school outfit. At…
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Those Damn Kids Today…Are Actually Much Better People Than We Were
Predictably, the Meek Mill/Drake feud was the main topic of conversation in my barbershop Friday. In the hour or so I was there, the following points were touched on: The importance of whether Drake has a ghostwriter This entire feud happening because Meek Mill is feeling insecure because he’s fighting above his weight with Nicki…
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ELLE Magazine "Discovers" Timberland Trend; The Entire 1990s Says "Discover Deez"
Social media was all aflutter when ELLE Magazine’s (Blackity Black Black Black ya’ll) fashion editor, Danielle Prescod took it upon herself to take a ride in a Delorean and claim Timberlands as the new hot “IT” winter boot. Okay, there was no Delorean involved. But, it should’ve been. Because, um uh ruh… they been a…