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Flirting With Festival Season? Here Are 5 Festival Must-Haves
South by SouthwestâAustin, Texasâ annual interactive, film and music conferenceâis scheduled to officially kick off Friday, March 9, and serves as the unofficial commencement of festival season. Just a month later, Coachella, considered the model for all subsequent music festivals, will happen in California. Now in its 19th year, Coachella has become more renowned for…
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Sean John x Jean-Michel Basquiat: A 20th-Anniversary Collaboration Honoring the Radiant ChildÂ
For the 20th anniversary of his Sean Jean clothing brand, Sean âPuffyâ Combsâ latest artist collaboration is a partly posthumous one: a five-piece T-shirt-and-denim capsule collection featuring the work of painter Jean-Michel Basquiat. Combsâobviously also known as âDiddyââand Jay-Z both collect the late painter and revere him in their lyrics. As Diddy rhymes in the…
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Dr. Ruth Celestin Wants to Change the Perception of Plastic SurgeryâOne Augmentation at a Time
Dr. Ruth Celestin, a nationally recognized, award-winning, board-certified plastic surgeon at Celestial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, located in Atlanta, didnât always want to become a cosmetic surgeon. The Haitian-American, New Jersey-raised doctor had her eyes set on pediatrics and wanted to follow in the footsteps of her own pediatrician, but she soon learned it wasnât…
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Paris Fashion Week: Balmain Wants You to #JoinMyReality
Balmain, designed by 32-year-old Olivier Rousteing, the first person of color to head a French heritage brand, literally dazzled the crowd gathered at Paris City Hall for its Fall/Winter 2018/2019 presentation. Olivier R.âas the designer prefers to be calledâsent out his #BalmainArmy in futuristic fabrics inspired by fantasies of a soon-to-be-real cyber mashup world. Holographic…
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She Got That Glow: Octavia Spencer Proves That Ingenues Donât Corner the Market on Hollywood Glamour
The 90th annual Academy Awards were full of glamorous surprises, but perhaps one of the most pleasant ones was how beautifully turned out perennial fave Octavia Spencer was Sunday night. Appearing for her third supporting actress nod for eventual best picture winner The Shape of Water, the actress and childrenâs-book author was styled by sister…
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She Got That Glow: Taraji P. Henson Slays on the Oscars Red Carpet…Again
It must be tiring to be Taraji P. Henson. Seriously, the woman so regularly kills it on the red carpet, weâre ready to nickname her Buffy the Couture Slayer. At last nightâs Academy Awards, she certainly lived up to the moniker, putting her own slightly gothic spin on the goddess-inspired trend that threatened to take…
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She Got That Glow: How Zendaya Served Simply Stunning Glamour at the Oscars
Weâre going to be honest about something: We donât really know where Zendaya came from. I mean, we know sheâs an Oakland, Calif., native, and a child model-turned-Disney starlet. We know she appeared on Dancing With the Stars before scoring the coveted role of M.J. in the latest installment of the Spider-Man franchise. We even…
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Paris Fashion Week: Off-White x Nike Caused a Fashion Riot
Paris experienced a riot last week. Off-White designer Virgil Abloh knows how to draw a crowd, but his Fall/Winter 2018 runway presentation almost closed down before it opened. An uninvited and impromptu throng of sneakerheads gathered outside the venue in hopes of scoring a pair of Off-White x Nike, which Footwear News reported will be…
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We Love Us: #BlackExcellence Met #BlackElegance at the 2018 Oscars
While there were no big upsets like last yearâs last-minute turnover of the award for best picture, the Oscars also werenât so white this year, as proved by the red carpet of the 90th Academy Awards Sunday night in Hollywood, Calif. Indeed, we made history Sunday night: Mary J. Blige was the first person in…
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Unmaking Mary J.: Hairstylist Lawrence Davis Talks Dressing Down the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul for Mudbound
On Sunday night, Mary J. Blige will attend the 90th Academy Awards not as a guest, presenter or simply a performer, but as a dual nominee for best supporting actress and best original song for Dee Reesâ gripping post-World War II drama, Mudbound. Itâs a remarkable first-time feat for a first-time nominee; no other person…