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Around-the-Way Girl: Meet Adut Akech, Italian Vogue’s Cover Girl Next Door
Fresh for spring! Adut Akech is one of the supermodels on the cover of Italian Vogue’s April “Girls Next Door” issue, shot by the photographer team Mert Atlas and Marcus Piggott. Barely 10 days after Akech’s star turn on the cover of British Vogue, here she is again, letting us know that she’s playing by…
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Want Beychella-Proof Brows? Giselle Soto’s Got the Secret to Great Arches
It takes more than impeccable moves and timing to be ready to perform with Beyoncé “the Kang” Knowles-Carter. To prep for the megastar’s epic appearance at this year’s Coachella festival, several members of her dance team paid a visit to Los Angeles-based brow artist Giselle Soto of Giselle Soto Brows for some precision face-framing work.…
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Closet Case: Fashion Psychologist Dawnn Karen Styles From the Inside Out
On Saturday I woke up to find out, over coffee and the New York Times, that “fashion psychology” is now a thing. Dawnn Karen—a Columbia grad who, in 2012, made history as the first black female psychology professor (and also one of the youngest) at New York City’s Fashion Institute of Technology—is an academic and…
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Always on Point: Fashion Stylist Dione Davis
Dione Davis is a woman of many talents. Her day job is as the in-house stylist at Tibi, an über-chic, under-the-radar designer collection that’s favored by fashion insiders and C-suite executives. Davis is like many of the brand’s core customers, who tend to be successful women in creative fields: She pivoted into fashion after suffering…
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Beyoncé x Balmain = Best Coachella Homecoming Ever
What happens when the reigning prince of fashion gets a request to dress Queen Bey for her takeover of one of the most famous music festivals in the world? You get some major fashion moments to go along with all of that amazing music. Olivier Rousteing, creative director of Balmain, turned heads during Paris Fashion…
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Can We Talk? Viola Davis Speaks of Survival at the Power of Women Luncheon
Viola Davis is known for her moving speeches—whether she’s speaking about social injustice or accepting well-deserved accolades in an industry in which she’s helping to ensure that black women soar. Davis brought the crowd to a standstill at the Women’s March in Los Angeles earlier this year as she recounted her ongoing struggle as a…
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Power of Women: Tarana Burke Brings Message of Strength to New York City
Tarana Burke, who founded the #MeToo movement in 2006, came to New York City this week to let us know how we can be of value to the movement and how to protect everyone from “the disease of sexual violence.” She gave a moving speech Friday at the star-studded Power of Women luncheon, hosted by…
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‘Bodak Yellow’ on Your Back: Cardi B x Fashion Nova Drops in October
“Money Bag,” indeed: Cardi B continues to make money moves, riding her wave of success into multiple streams of income like a true G. This week, it was announced that—aside from Cardi’s pregnancy—we can expect another bundle of joy from the entertainer; she’s teaming up with fast-fashion fave Fashion Nova to bring us regular, degular,…
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The Glow Up Anthem of the Week: Cardi B’s ‘Money Bag’
If you’re tired of Cardi B, I suggest that you avert your eyes, cover your ears, back away from the computer, and retreat to a remote and abandoned island for the foreseeable future, because at this point, it’s Cardi’s world and we’re just living in it. Case in point: This was a week full of…