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Mad Hatters: B.M. Franklin Has Your Custom Crowns
Is hat-making a lost art? No way. At B.M. Franklin & Co., a black-owned bespoke haberdashery in the heart of New York City, founded by classically trained hat-maker B.M. Franklin, the art of hat-making is thankfully alive and well. Recently, The Glow Up’s Veronica Webb dropped into the studio to find out how we can…
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Diet and Depression: Are They BFFs?
Big, bloated, unhappy and depressed? There’s a link between diet and depression, according to new findings reported by the Wall Street Journal. Bottom line: If you’re eating wrong, diet can become depression’s best friend. Eat right, and diet and happiness become BFFs. Everyone’s brain is hardwired to seek out foods on the high sugar, salt…
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Dolce & Gabbana Conquers the Met Opera House
Never before has New York City’s Metropolitan Opera played host to a fashion show. Dolce & Gabbana, the Italian fashion house known for sparkling excess, were the first ever to have the honor Sunday night in Manhattan, as part of its four-day Alta Moda bespoke men’s and women’s haute couture runway and jewelry presentations. Dolce…
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Protect Your Glow: Don’t Sleep on Sunscreen!
Sunscreen is a must. I do not care how young, how gifted or how black you think you are, it’s the lotion none of us can afford to forget. “Black don’t crack—but it does crease,” The Glow Up’s managing editor, Maiysha Kai, likes to joke. Black people can also fry, as our editor-in chief, Danielle Belton,…
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Fashion News From the Continent: Rwanda Rising
Africa wants to be a player in the luxury fashion world, and it’s coming into the game strong. Last week alone, Lagos, Nigeria, was host to two separate fashion weeks featuring African designers. Rwanda is now the latest nation to get behind the creative talent in the design and textile industries, with government subsidies like…
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Missing Your Edges? Razor Chic Salon in Atlanta Has a Solution
The New York Times recently reported on Razor Chic, an Atlanta hair salon owned by stylist Jasmine Collins that specializes in hairstyles to camouflage hair loss. This is good news for wig- and weave-dependent African-American women who suffer from thinning hair or baldness. Commonly, hair loss can occur as a result of hormonal changes due…
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Star’s Scene-Stealing Miss Lawrence Sits Down With The Glow Up
Miss Lawrence “loves a cape and some heels, darling!” This high-flying performer made his way from walking drag balls into a full-fledged brand and is now in his second season as Miss Bruce, the adorably confounding mess of a hairdresser on the Fox TV series Star. Miss Lawrence is as much a master of charm…
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Curl Hunting: Nai’vasha Johnson Is Young Hollywood’s Go-to Hairdresser
OK—did you die over Yara Shahidi’s hairstyle when she walked down the red carpet at this year’s SAG Awards? I died. Did you die over her “Weekend In Wakanda”-perfect bejeweled ’fro-cornrow extravaganza on Essence’s latest cover? I died. Hairstylist Nai’vasha Johnson is the one slaying the trendsetting actress’s red-carpet and special-event coiffures that keep us…
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Mama Said Knock You Out! Tyra Banks and Her Mom Team Up for a New Book
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to include an interview with Tyra Banks. Modeling costs, baby! Perfect Is Boring, the new book from Tyra Banks and her mother, Carolyne London, a former nurse and photographer-turned-Tyra’s-sometime-manager-and-always-confidante, details the pitfalls of both Tyra’s life and career, and gives advice on finding ways to pick yourself up…
