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BNYFW: Ennyluap Brings Ladylike Style to Fall Fashion Week
New York Fashion Week is typically a flurry of edgy, ultraglamorous presentations from designers we love, daring us to push the envelope—and our imaginations—further. But rarely do the creations we admire on the runway translate to real life. At most, they are inspirational—at least, aspirational. That’s why there was something subtly refreshing about the low-key…
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Lupita Nyong’o Takes Us on Her Hair Journey in Allure
Lupita Nyong’o has undoubtedly been one of the pioneers of the rising popularity of natural hair on the red carpet. But as she tells Allure in its March issue, her own journey to choosing to wear her hair in its natural state was a very different one from the almost instantaneous success she enjoyed after…
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She Is Not Her Hair: Why We Love the Many Styles of Michaela Coel
Michaela Coel first came to our attention through her award-winning and unapologetically irreverent Netflix series Chewing Gum. Even as the chronically awkward yet hilarious shopgirl Tracey Gordon, the gorgeous and multitalented Anglo-Ghanaian actress and screenwriter proved herself a skilled shape-shifter, making the character of Tracey as elastic as a rubber band as she tries to…
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BNYFW: Pyer Moss Takes America
Pyer Moss designer Kerby Jean-Raymond swung for the fences with his 2018 Fall/Winter collection, and connected with a critical and commercial home run. For this collection, Jean-Raymond collaborated with both Reebok and ’90s hip-hop brand Cross Colours, leveraging big-brand distribution and recognition for the heavy financial lifting required to bring a fully realized collection to…
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When the Appropriator Is Your Own: On Kendrick Lamar and Why Lina Iris Viktor’s Constellations Does Not Belong in ‘All the Stars’
They just had to ruin it. This was supposed to be an article about the many talents and looks involved in the making of “All the Stars.” Instead, we’re taking a different look behind the scenes of the video we collectively swooned over last week, when Kendrick Lamar’s lead single from the Black Panther soundtrack—featuring…
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NYFW: Christian Siriano Celebrates 10 Years of Loving Us Unconditionally
Fashion designer Christian Siriano is one of America’s most beloved fashion designers. He first won our hearts with his memorable performances on Project Runway, where he threw shade like no other and cut his way to the top, one fierce and fabulous frock at a time. Now in his 10th year as head of his…
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BNYFW: Telfar Takes Black Rock to the Runway
Telfar Global rocked New York Fashion Week on Friday night. Studding the stage with Telfar’s “framily” of musical youths were Dev Hynes tapping the keys; Ian Isiah, aka “Big Shugga,” up front; and Kelela, Oyinda, 070 Shake and Kelsey Lu belting out tunes, along with a surprise appearance by Telfar himself on the mic, crooning…
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Kicks Ahoy! Lil Yachty Sails Into the Sneaker Game
Lil Yachty and his crew—including Meechie and Toosi of “Hit Dem Folks,” the Atlanta-area-based dance duo, and his visionary VFiles stylist Rox Brown (she was the one who put Young Thug in a dress, y’all)—hit New York Fashion Week on Wednesday to show us the future of Reebok’s reborn old-school Classic Workout Plus Sneaker. The…
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She’s Grown-ish! Happy 18th Birthday, Yara Shahidi!
Here at The Glow Up, we hate to play favorites, but we’d be lying if we said we didn’t have a very special place in our hearts for actress-activist-“it” girl Yara Shahidi. While Hollywood is thankfully steadily filling with more young, black female talent, few have shared a trajectory so relatably similar to The Glow…
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NYFW: Chromat Shows Us Diversity Is Body Beautiful
You cannot put Chromat designer Becca McCharen-Tran in a box. Diversity is not “a thing” for her—it’s life. As a child, she busted her dolls out of their boxes and made clothes and dollhouses filled with her own handmade furniture so that they could fulfill her own unique vision of femininity. Now in her 10th…