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Super Rich Kids Can Buy Frank Ocean’s New Luxury Jewelry Line…and So Can You

Target's Fall 2021 Designers Collection features Victor Glemaud, Elaine Welteroth helps design your life, Beyoncé and Jay-Z are the new faces of Tiffany & Co.

Can someone come get their mans Frank, because he decided to drop a luxury fashion brand and not another album.

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Much like other artists, Frank Ocean has ventured into the luxury fashion industry with the launch of Homer, a brand offering high fashion accessories such as patterned silk scarves and fine jewelry made with recycled sterling silver, hand-painted enamel and 18-karat gold. The line consists of 25 pieces—most of them considered fine jewelry while others broach the category of high jewelry with a price tag of over $1.9 million.

Image: Homer

Arguably one of the most low-key artists of his generation, Ocean has been elusive on all fronts since Blonde dropped five years ago, and that same elusive exclusivity is following through to his brand. The only way you can purchase one of these hot ticket items is to go to the brick and mortar store in Manhattan by appointment only or phone them via Signal like someone trying to hide their call history.

(And of course, the official Instagram page has no posts and isn’t following anyone.)

Ocean tells the Financial Times: “…Homer is considered the father of history and history is meant to endure—the same as diamonds and gold—and I know Homer used papyrus, but I’ve always liked the idea of carving history into stone.”

Image: Homer

The line starts at $395 and features products such as geometric pendants studded with lab-grown diamonds, an updated version of his mother’s favorite hoops and Ocean has even created his own family crest.

Speaking of, he isn’t the only one in the family now working in fashion or beauty. His mother, Katonya Breaux is the founder of UnSun, the all-inclusive mineral-based sunscreen that has rapidly become a fan favorite.

The 84-page Homer catalog was photographed by Ocean and Tyrone Lebon and might hint at a future Prada collab, as since Prada was the only other brand explicitly featured in the catalogue. Prada and Ocean have collaborated in the past, from Ocean’s 2019 Prada moment at The Met Gala to becoming the label’s new face in January 2020. Hopefully, this means we see a Homer x Prada line in the future. But for now, New Yorkers can head down to 70-74 Bowery in Manhattan to see the goods for yourself.

Diamonds Are a Bey’s Best Friend

Queen Bey just shot not one, but four covers for Harper’s Bazaar Icons Issue. But because she’s Yoncé, she couldn’t stop there. As the magazine released the article and covers, Beyoncé and Jay-Z announced they are the latest faces of Tiffany & Co. and will be featured in the next ad campaign.

Now to tie it all together: The iconic jewelry brand was the only sponsor for the September Icons issue, and had Bey dripped in Tiffany jewels across all four covers and interior shots. The brand is now owned by LVMH, which has been in partnership with Jay-Z since February after he sold 50 percent of his Ace of Spades brand to the luxury lifestyle brand.

I, for one, am very excited to see what this Tiffany and Co. campaign brings because diamonds are a girl’s best friend and Beyoncé is our queen.

Target’s Fall 2021 Capsule Collection Includes Victor Glemaud

Target really said “bet” when deciding on collaborators for its Fall Designers Collection. Victor Glemaud, a 2017 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund finalist, has been tapped for the fall 2021 collaborative collection along with three other designers—Nili Lotan, Rachel Comey and Sandy Liang. The collection includes a whopping 180 pieces that are considered “modern and classic essentials” and will be offered in sizes XXS to 4XL. But the best part has to be that not a single piece will float above $80, so you can get your hands on that perfect Glemaud piece without breaking the bank.

Glemaud’s collection will include brightly colored prints and patterns in very functional, day-to-day silhouettes. “I always aim to make designs that are celebratory, fun and encourage all people, no matter their race, size or gender, to embrace who they are. I hope that every guest who shops at Target is able to find a piece in my collection that makes them feel the most like themselves,” Glemaud told Elle.

Now let’s pivot real quick over to Rachel Comey, shall we? Earlier this summer, The Root’s managing editor of The Glow Up looked into the politics of fashion as one Black-owned brand, Kai Collective, called out both Boohoo and Fendi for appropriating her trademarked print and using similar silhouettes for their collections. Nevertheless, what appears to be yet another riff on the same design is used in the photo promoting Comey’s capsule collection. Target—we’re looking at you now.

Rachel Comey Screenshot: Instagram

On the Road With Pirelli

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d8RX8ytUkk

After taking a year of off of production due to COVID-19, Pirelli is back with its 48th calendar—and has tapped artists such as Jennifer Hudson, Saweetie and Normani along with nine others for its pages. The calendar, themed, “On the Road,” was photographed by musician Bryan Adams on location in Los Angeles and Capri, Italy. According to Pirelli, the calendar is supposed to be a “journey bringing together artists of very different nationalities, musical genres, ages and professional backstories.” So far, Pirelli has only released some of the behind-the-scenes photos where we see Normani in a metallic high-neck cut-out dress, heels and is posed against the side of a tour bus, while Saweetie poses against a scenic vista and Hudson is captured onstage in a gown reminiscent of her Respect looks. The full 2022 Pirelli calendar will be available in November.

Elaine Welteroth Is Here to Help You Design Your Life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06Qt9LxZSyU

MasterClass is the streaming platform that took off with the help of legions of otherwise inaccessible celebrities, experts, authors and talents who have poured their lives’ work into digestible, inspiring and entertaining highly videos. Enter Elaine Welteroth, award-winning journalist, New York Times’ bestselling author, former editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue (and the youngest ever appointed to Condé Nast at the time), a judge on Bravo’s Project Runway and host on CBS’s The Talk, with a new MasterClass on “how to uncover the traits that define passions, values, skills and talents, and harness them to custom design a unique career path,” per a press release provided to The Root.

Ever stylish in a fabulous blue feathered suit, the 2016 and 2019 The Root 100 honoree explains: “This class is for all the creative entrepreneurs, the mid-career pivoters and big dreamers who just need a little bit of help figuring out how to map out exactly how you’re gonna make all of your career dreams happen in this one lifetime.”

The course is literally for anyone who has a vague idea about what path they want to go down in life next and is officially live on MasterClass.com

It’s Live! Telfar’s Liberia Collection Is Now Available for Purchase

After designing the iconic Liberian Olympic team uniforms and sponsoring the team, Telfar Clemens has officially launched “The Liberia Collection” which he initially debuted in part at the Tokyo Olympic opening ceremony. The collection is genderless, which is something more and more designers have been venturing into recently, and includes about 70 pieces such as “gown-length jerseys, deconstructed tracksuits, sarong bottoms and spliced tops designed in a navy, red, sand and white color palette.”

Telfar states he was in Liberia, the country of his descent, when he worked on the first sketches and took inspiration from the streets around him. According to the brand, “[this collection] tells a story of a return mirrored in Liberia’s rebuilding of its national team, which finds its athletes in its diaspora.”

The Liberia Collection is priced at $60 to $290 and is now available on Telfar’s website.

Virgil Abloh x Denim Tears Is Lighting a Fire Under My Ass

Be our guest, Virgil Abloh and Tremaine Emory (aka Denim Tears). The 2018 and 2019 The Root 100 honoree and 2021 TGU 50 honoree have joined forces, dropping a sneak peek at their new collab—specifically, some “candelabra, but make it casual” remixed Levis. It’s giving, “meet me at midnight to set fire to a town with pitchforks” vibes. It’s giving a whole new meaning to “light a fire under my ass” since there are LITERAL FLAMES UNDER EACH BUTT CHEEK. But hey, these jeans—that have no drop date or a price or even an official press statement from Abloh or Emory’s teams—save a Denim Tears IG post exclaiming: “ABLOH TEARS...THE SUMMER AIN’T OVER YET⛓🪡🕯⛓”—are sure to spark someone’s interest. (“BEEN OUTSIDE, I’LL STAY OUTSIDE,” Abloh’s account responded in the comments.)

If you’re wanting to smile at something today, take a look at this Twitter thread that had me cackling and wondering what in God’s name inspired two of our most buzzy designers to make these.

https://twitter.com/Ovrnundr/status/1425129138629845000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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