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The Glow Up 50 2021: Celebrating Our Pioneers of Style
Black creativity is not and never has been a trend—though we have certainly launched more trends than we could possibly count, or have ever rightfully been credited for. Accordingly, in March 2020 we launched The Glow Up 50 to celebrate our own—the tastemakers, trendsetters and boundless creators who elevate our organic aesthetic on a global…
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The Glow Up 50: The Dap Award
She’s a maestro. She’s a maven. She’s a mutha. For the legions of who worship at the gilded and glittered altar of Pat McGrath, she is indeed the mother of makeup. Already widely recognized as “the most influential makeup artist in the world,” as 2021 began, McGrath’s boundless creativity, coupled with the success of her…
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The Glow Up 50 2021: Meet the Arbiters of Influence
The category is: Influence. Who got the juice? When it comes to this year’s TGU 50 Influence honorees, their impact is overflowing. These 10 luminaries aren’t just doing it for the ‘gram; they’re doing it for us—holding companies, cultural institution and entire industries accountable and ensuring inclusion isn’t just a trend. Whether it’s convincing some…
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The Glow Up 50 2021: Meet the Innovators of Image
The category is: Image. We hear it over and over again: “Representation matters.” But an ongoing racial reckoning and inventory of the fashion, media and beauty industries (among others) has confirmed what we’ve long known: representation is more than just the image of inclusion. True inclusion means representation at every level—and when it’s there, the…
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Naomi Campbell’s Lavish Kenyan Villa Just Called Me Broke AF
Oftentimes, I wonder about the kinda stuff I’d buy if I was insanely rich. Maybe I’d buy a horse. I’ve always loved horses. Maybe a lifetime supply of Popeyes. I do, in fact, love that chicken. Or maybe I’d finally get my mother that island I’d always been promising to buy her ever since I…
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The Funk Boutique: Celebrating Successful Black Women, Sustainability, and Sneakers
Everything’s coming up American fashion! The first Monday in May has always been known as “Met Gala Day,” when the most elite of the elite come out dressed to impress and preview the exquisite annual costume exhibit hosted by Anna Wintour and Andrew Bolton, curator of the Costume Institute of Metropolitan Museum of Art. This…
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The Glow Up 50 2021: Meet the Maestros of Hair
The category is: Hair. They tease. They twist. They tame, tint, trim and artfully tangle our tresses. They are our TGU 50 Hair honorees, ten innovators who have elevated textured hair to new heights. Whether drawing from the diaspora to showcase Black hair as the ultimate creative medium, building empires from a legacy of kitchen…
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The Glow Up 50 2021: Meet the Phenoms of Fashion
The category is: Fashion. They are influencers, editors, creators and decision-makers—and they always do it in style. This year’s 10 TGU 50 Fashion honorees are designing a more equitable, colorful fashion industry for us all to see ourselves reflected in. Tellingly, this year’s honorees include several long-overdue “firsts,” some of whom have been doing revelatory…
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PBS NOVA's Picture a Scientist Exclusive Clip: Being a Black Woman in STEM Sometimes Means Being Mistaken As a Janitor
As many Black folks have learned climbing the figurative ladder of success, “Black excellence” does not provide immunity from racism. In fact, the various micro-aggressions become quite acute when cloaked with the veil of excellence. In PBS NOVA’s film Picture a Scientist, directed by Sharon Shattuck and Ian Cheney, which takes an investigative approach to…