BadGal Robin “Rihanna” Fenty made big moves this September, launching Fenty Beauty at the Sephora in Times Square during New York Fashion Week. Grammy award-winning singer, songwriter and actress is also a designer, style icon and beauty mogul Rihanna. A native of Barbados, the Grammy award-winning singer, songwriter and actress is also a designer, […]
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The Last Show: The Ebony Fashion Fair “Inspiring Beauty” Exhibit: Fifty Years of Ebony Fashion Fair
Let’s take a fresh look back in time: it’s 1979. You attended the 22nd Annual Ebony Fashion Fair in your hometown. The show’s theme was “COLOR EXPLOSION.” A beautiful Black model struts her stuff down the runway wearing Yves Saint Laurent…the Picasso evening dress to be exact. Andrea “Aunni” Young The dress boasts beautiful power […]
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André Leon Talley is My Fashion Hero
André Leon Talley, Vogue magazine’s former editor-in-large and creative director, is my global fashion hero. André Leon Talley Talley weathered the storms of being a unique, tall, and a fashionably empowered African American man in the post Jim Crow South era, and has inspired my life in several ways. I pursued a fashion career because of […]
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Make Your Wardrobe Fresh with “Greenery” This Spring
Spring is here and flowers bloom, warmer weather is coming soon. Pansies are colorful and lilacs fill the air, green foliage and blooms spill over everywhere. When we shed our winter wardrobe and go through our clothes, we look for green colors of renewal and growth. Each item we purchase to look young or mature, […]