naomi campbell
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Thanks-living: How a Few of Our Faves Gave Thanks This Holiday
Real talks? We don’t all agree that Thanksgiving is a holiday worth celebrating. After all, its colonialist roots resulted in the genocide and marginalization of indigenous people—and later, imported and immigrating people—the effects of which persist to this day. So, yeah…there’s that. But as black folks have been doing for centuries (see: soul food), even…
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She Get It From Her Mama: Naomi Campbell Stars in Burberry's Holiday Campaign—with Her Mom
If you’re anything like me, you were annoyed to hear the familiar strains of Christmas carols as you did some light post-Halloween shopping on November 1. But if there’s one bit of holiday spirit we can get into, it’s an upcoming (and highly anticipated) campaign film from luxury label Burberry starring Naomi Campbell alongside actors…
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New and Next: Your Bimonthly Black Magazine Cover Roundup Is Here!
What’s this, you ask? Oh, just another crop of black girl magical magazine covers for fall. In fact, there have been so many since September’s record-breaking number that we’ve decided it’s best to just round them up twice monthly, to keep you up to date on who’s covering us. Our last check-in was a mere…
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Moschino x H&M: Cardi B’s Favorite Designer Debuts His Latest Collab With NYC Runway Show
Subtlety has never been designer Jeremy Scott’s modus operandi; either while designing for his two-decade-old eponymous label or as creative director of Italian brand Moschino, where he’s been at the helm since 2011. During that time, the wild child designer has been credited with reviving the popularity of the 35-year-old brand, bringing his irreverent fashion…
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Another Royal Wedding: Meghan Markle Returns to the Site of Her Wedding—Once Again, in Givenchy
It’s been just shy of five months since Meghan Markle emerged on the steps of St George’s Chapel, on the grounds of Windsor Castle in England, wearing a wedding gown designed by Claire Waight Keller for Givenchy. But the now-Duchess of Sussex once again donned Givenchy to attend the Friday nuptials of her cousin-in-law, Princess…
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6 Women, Endless Inspiration: Black Girls Rock! 2018 Reminds Us of Our Infinite Potential
“Tonight’s honorees represent our radiance and our royalty … Thank you all for showing the world how bright we shine and how hard we rock,” said Black Girls Rock! founder Beverly Bond, speaking to the audience at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center during the Black Girls Rock! Awards, which aired on BET on Sunday…
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Your Lifetime Woman Crush, Janet Jackson, to Receive Honor at Black Girls Rock
Here’s another opportunity to brush off that Rhythm Nation choreo you practiced in your bedroom. Janet Jackson, the original queen of leveling up, will be gracing our TV screens soon to receive the Phenomenal Woman in Music award at Black Girls Rock. The annual show will be hosted by Queen Latifah this Sunday, and BET…
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En Vogue: This September, Vogue Made a Global Investment in Black Women
We started off August 2018 on an undeniable high as we received word of two history-making events: Beyoncé would appear on Vogue’s September Fall Fashion issue photographed by its first-ever black cover photographer, Tyler Mitchell, while Rihanna would cover her first September issue of Vogue’s British sister, styled by its first black editor-in-chief, Edward Enninful.…
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This Is How We Do It: Essence's September Issue—Starring Naomi!—Is a Study in Black Excellence
Leave it to Essence to remind us what black excellence looks like on both sides of the camera. Making their contribution to a season of intense black girl magic—where we are covering a full 50 percent of the 2018 fall fashion issues—the legendary black women’s magazine shows us exactly how excellent a product by a…
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Model Behavior: How Naomi Campbell Shut Down Pregnancy Rumors With a Single Look
Children, come gather ’round for a much-needed lesson in fact-checking, presented by none other than Mother Naomi of House Campbell. We mean that figuratively, of course—but you wouldn’t know it from the rumors that were swirling on Tuesday morning, when Harper’s Bazaar, amongst other publications, suggested that the supermodel might be expecting a child with…