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All Grown Up: Project Runway All-Star Korto Momolu Joins Forces With Women in the Cannabis Industry for NYFW
To longtime devotees of Project Runway, the name Korto Momolu is already familiar. The Liberia-born Season 5 first runner-up turned series all-star was a fan favorite, turning out stunning designs week after week (we admittedly still think she was robbed of the top prize). A decade later, Momolu is challenging the odds of the notoriously…
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How Buuuuuute: YG and Kehlani Are Officially Official
New York Fashion Week is upon us, which means beautiful clothes, beautiful people, and lots of whispers about who showed up with whom, where, wearing what. One such pairing that’s gone from whispers to the spotlight is YG and Kehlani, photographed holding hands on Thursday in New York City. TMZ shared a video of the…
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Black Is the New Black: Harlem's Fashion Row Presented a Challenge at Its 2019 Gala—and We Were Present
“Tonight was a test. How many of you passed?” asked Harlem’s Fashion Row (HFR) founder Brandice Daniel of the packed house at New York City’s One World Observatory on Thursday evening. The invitation’s dress code read “All Black Everything”—which, to the glancing eye, seemed a pretty easy ask from a crowd of fashion-forward New Yorkers…unless…
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Capitalizing on Comfort: With Dubgee, Whoopi Goldberg’s Next Role Is Fashion Entrepreneur
She’s been a front-row regular at New York Fashion Week, but most would describe Whoopi Goldberg’s personal style as “quirky”—oh, and always comfortable. “I never want to explain why I have something on,” Goldberg tells Business of Fashion (BoF). “Who’s to tell you it’s wrong? Nobody. If I’m happy, leave me alone about what I’ve…
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Runway to Revolution: Telfar Global Teams Up with Black Lives Matter
As the fashion world recovers from the biannual marathon that is New York Fashion Week (and moves on to London Fashion Week), we’re finally able to pause and reflect on the many hits, misses and coming trends we’ll see in stores come fall. But designer Telfar Clemons sent a more enduring statement down his runway…
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Runway to Store Aisle: Kiss Debuts New Nail Art and Lash Luxury for the 1-9
Kiss is trying to help you accentuate your slay all 2019. Debuting new designs at several New York Fashion Week shows, the drugstore favorite recently dropped their newest lines of luxe artificial lashes and nails at a “see now, buy now” presentation in New York City—because they know we need it now. The masterminds behind…
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The Next Big Thing: 11 Honoré Just Made Fashion Week More Accessible to Sizes 10 and Up
There is no shortage of horror stories on how difficult it is for women—even celebrity women—over a sample size to find dresses for red carpet events. But the issue became deeply personal for me when I struggled (literally) to find a dress for the 2018 White House Correspondents’ Dinner last spring. The options available to…
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NYFW: With a New Collaboration With Rado Watches, Romeo Hunte Is Right on Time
In the flurry of fashion shows occurring during New York Fashion Week, one major presentation flew entirely under our radar: While we thought his focus was solely on menswear this season, Romeo Hunte returned to the runway with a Spring-Summer ‘19 womenswear on Sept. 9. Incorporating the Brooklyn, NY-born Hunte’s now trademark uses of buffalo…
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New York Fashion Week Taught Me the Importance of Being on the Grind, Black Influence and Sleep
Well, well, well … it’s been real, New York. This past week, beginning with Harlem Fashion Row’s stunning introduction and ending in a beautifully haunting presentation at Red Hook Labs, entitled “Soft Criminal,” I’ve officially gone through my first ever New York Fashion Week as an aspiring fashion photographer and a relatively new freelance writer.…