red carpet
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Yeah, Yeah, the Sports…but We're All About the ESPYs Fashion
Fun fact: Anywhere one or more athletes are gathered, major fashion moments are bound to follow. That’s why, despite marginal interest in “the sports” (unless it’s a playoff, the Olympics or Serena’s involved) we’re always interested in the ESPYs red carpet. As some of the sports world’s finest assemble to celebrate their own, they also…
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We Tried to Recap the MTV Movie and TV Awards Red Carpet—and Fell Into a Tessa Thompson Vortex, Instead
Look right here … and you may forget there was an entire MTV Movie and TV Awards red carpet on Saturday. We Tried to Recap the MTV Movie and TV Awards Red Carpet—and Fell Into a Tessa Thompson Vortex, Instead. Not because it didn’t happen—or because no one of note showed up this year. But…
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Stage Presence: The Stars Show Out for the 2019 Tony Awards
Feathers, tulle, velvet, yards of train and even more star power; the theatrical community celebrated its biggest honors Sunday night at the 73rd Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. While black talent didn’t take home all the Tonys we’d hoped, we nevertheless made a major showing on the red…
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The 2019 Met Gala Has Come and Gone. Are You Still Confused About What 'Camp' Is?
For longtime followers of the Met Gala, it was hard to imagine the event’s red carpet could hold any more excess, ingenuity and just plain being extra than in years past. But 2019’s theme, “Camp: Notes on Fashion” inspired unprecedented creativity on this year’s carpet (which happened to be pink, in honor of the irreverent…
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Camping Out: Fashion Lovers, It's Met Gala Day. What Will Our Faves Be Wearing?
Yes, Cinco de Mayo was lovely, but fashion lovers, our holiday has arrived. It is the first Monday in May—also known as Met Gala Day! For the uninitiated: What is the Met Gala? Officially known as the Costume Institute Gala, the Met Gala eclipses all international Fashion Weeks, shows and even the CFDA Awards as…
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'The Blackest Red Carpet': The NAACP Image Awards Celebrated Its 50th Year in Style
The only thing we love more than a blackety-black gathering is one where we’re dressed to the nines—and in its 50th year, the NAACP Image Awards did not disappoint. The Root’s entertainment writer, Tonja Stidhum was on site this year and rightly called it “the blackest red carpet.” We’re inclined to agree—and always welcome an…
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It Takes a (Very Stylish) Village: THR Celebrates the Stylists Behind the Stars
Any style junkie knows 2019 was not an awards season to sleep on, and that black talent, in particular, showed up and showed out—not only all season, but all year long, from Black Panther to Beale Street to Sorry to Bother You to BlacKkKlansman to, yes, even Green Book. But while awards season is taking…
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A List of Things Personally Threatened By Billy Porter's Red Carpet Gown
1. My sexuality (of course) 2. My blackness 3. My black male-ness 4. My fashion sense 5. My understanding of how gowns work 6. My relationship with my dad 7. My feelings about carpets 8. My feelings about the color red 9. My feelings about when things like “carpets” and “red” are in close proximity…
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Free Spirits: What Stars Wore to the Other Awards Show on Oscar Weekend
Ahead of the intense glam of the Academy Awards, there’s a smaller, more spirited annual recognition of Hollywood’s shining lights, known as the Independent Spirit Awards. But this isn’t a warm-up to the big event; as the name suggests, this ceremony doesn’t celebrate the year’s biggest blockbusters. Instead, in an awards season that at times…