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Nappily Ever After: Sanaa Lathan's Netflix Original Untangles Our Issues With Hair
A woman’s identification with her hair can be a powerful thing, but for a black woman, it is a tangled identity fraught with the ongoing effects of racism, respectability politics and beauty standards that have historically marginalized our hair along with everything else. With the rise of the natural hair movement, it’s sometimes easy to…
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Do Free Breadsticks Come With This? Olive Garden-Inspired Makeup Might Be a Thing, and … Why?
If you are an ’80s or a even a ’90s baby and grew up in any suburban area (or Times Square in New York City), you know the specific glory and subsequent shame of indulging in an all-you-can-eat extravaganza at Olive Garden (also known as my high school boyfriend’s restaurant of choice when he wanted…
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Did Rihanna Appropriate 'Chola' Brows? One Latina Writer Thinks So
When Rihanna debuted literally pencil-thin brows for her history-making September cover of British Vogue, the general response was one of awe—and fear that the look was coming back. Rihanna (who requested the look) told editor-in-chief Edward Enninful that she considered skinny brows “ladylike … but punk.” But while many of us saw references to the…
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Family Portrait: Kanye and Kids Cover Bazaar's Fall Fashion Issue
He may be your problematic fave, but Kanye West is also a proud father of three, two of whom he poses with for one of two covers of Harper’s Bazaar’s September issue. It’s a departure in tone for the fall fashion issue, which usually amps up the glamour. But this year it’s all about “Families…
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Rihanna Reveals the Inspirations Behind Her Epic Cover—and the Trouble with Being 'Thicc'
We can only imagine how fun it might be to get an in-office visit from Rihanna, but to do so surrounded by couture? We’re swooning, just at the thought. But British Vogue editor-in-chief is a much cooler customer than we could ever hope to be, greeting the megastar mogul like the the old friend she…
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'I Was Like, I'm Not a Designer': Virgil Abloh Admits to Suffering from Imposter Syndrome in Vanity Fair
He’s been in the fashion industry over a decade, has created some of the most coveted clothing and collaborations of all time and has reached cult-like status as an arbiter of what’s new and next. But Off-White founder Virgil Abloh recently admitted to Vanity Fair that the mantle of “designer” has been hard to accept.…
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There's a Dapper Dan for Middle-Aged White Men? We Have Questions About Paul Manafort's 'Couture'
Real talk: When I saw images of some the so-called “couture” being used as evidence in the tax and bank fraud case against former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, I almost filed this story under “Crime,” due to the visual assault (and yes, I will be pressing charges). But honestly, I also have questions: Namely,…
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Choreographer Chloe Arnold's Emmy Nomination Is a Win for Black Womanhood
Many dream of being nominated for an entertainment award like an Emmy, but few find out exactly how surreal the experience is. Dancer and choreographer Chloe Arnold was so unprepared for the honor, she initially suspected the worst when she began receiving dozens of missed calls and text messages in the middle of the night.…
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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…