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This Black Model Might Be The Face Of 2025 Met Gala, But Still Has a Regular Job to Make Ends Meet

A now-viral TikTok clip posted by model Christian Latchman exposes the reality of life for models and artists.
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The Sad But Relatable Reason Naomi Campbell Might Skip This Year’s Met Gala Red Carpet

The supermodel just shared a video that has the internet guessing whether or not she’ll show up.
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Why Michael B. Jordan’s ‘COOGI’ Sweater Was a Scene Stealer in ‘Sinners’

Fans of the film can’t stop talking about this piece from Michael B. Jordan’s ‘Sinners’ wardrobe
Fashion Icon Andre Leon Talley's Best Style Statements

Fashion Icon Andre Leon Talley’s Best Style Statements

In honor of the late, great Andre Leon Talley, we’re looking back at some of his best style statements over the years
  • Because Beard Game Does Matter: Get Him Groomed for the Holidays With Camara Aunique

    (Hey, boo … just thought we’d kick this off with a little #BeardGang love.) Just in time to help us with our holiday shopping, The Glow Up had the pleasure of an office visit from celebrity makeup artist Camara Aunique, who’s responsible for the always flawless face game of Insecure’s Yvonne Orji, among others. Needless…

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  • She’s Smokin’: The Running Fat Chef Has a Holiday Dinner Hack for You

    Step away from the grills, people. It’s cold outside! Based on the temperatures I’ve been experiencing here in New York City, winter is already here. And while I love fried and smoked food as much as the next person, I’d like to keep my limbs frostbite-free if possible. Admittedly, I also don’t have a backyard.…

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  • She Got That Glow: Zendaya Is Officially a Black Butterfly

    Baby girl. Proving once again that her red-carpet game is ridiculous, Zendaya hit the Australian premiere of her new film, The Greatest Showman (co-starring Hugh Jackman), styled by “image architect” Law Roach into the monarch she is in a stunning Moschino gown. With a gorgeous saffron eye, Stuart Weitzman heels and a subtly finger-waved chignon…

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  • Coming Clean … With Lauren Napier

    Lauren Napier wants you to take it off—take it all off. She’s the CEO of Lauren Napier, maker of a single product: a luxury makeup-remover wipe. Her corporate values are triple mint, even by the most conscious of consumer standards. Her 4-year-old company is not only black-owned; it’s 100 percent operated by women. And her…

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  • Diva in Distressed: Beyoncé Just Inspired Our New DIY

    If you aren’t a regular on “Beywatch,” you probably missed last weekend’s shocking revelation that she does indeed have her own edges, as revealed by both her mother and herself. Admittedly, we’re quite not sure why that’s news, since not only have we seen them before, but wigs are pretty much the best protective style…

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  • Full Circle and Forward: The Renaissance of Dapper Dan

    Gazing down from a billboard overlooking 125th Street (aka Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard) in Harlem, “Dapper Dan”—born Daniel Day—appears every bit what his longtime moniker suggests. Adjusting the lapel of his impeccably tailored suit, he looks like a man who has arrived—though he never left the New York City neighborhood he called home. His…

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  • Beautifully Flawed: The Ageless Beauty of Angelique Miles

    Angelique Miles is a stunning, ageless beauty who knows how to survive and thrive. In conversation with The Glow Up’s Veronica Webb, she shares how her biggest losses made her stronger and more beautiful than ever—like being downsized out of her decadeslong career as a record-label vice president who signed Timbaland, Missy Elliott, Lil’ Kim…

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  • Get Twisted and Braided in Harlem 

    The numbers don’t lie: 71 percent of black Americans wore a natural hairstyle at least once in 2016. To find out more about protective styles and the amazing practitioners behind them, I took a journey up to 125th Street in Harlem, the international mecca for the natural-hair movement that’s taking black Americans of all ages…

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  • Saving Face: Winning the Battle Against Adult Acne

    Something interesting has been happening to me lately: People have actually been commenting on how good my skin looks. I’m not saying this to gloat; not in any way. In fact, I’ve been struggling with acne for the majority of my life. And as a soon-to-be a member of the Jackie Robinson Club (read: turning…

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  • ‘Friends With Benefits’: The Truth About Living With Anxiety

    I constantly wonder: what happens to a black girl who is too anxious to ever feel like magic? Can she still fly? Can she still be fly, with wings that tremble? Poet Jae Nichelle is speaking about her “friends with benefits” relationship with chronic anxiety before a full auditorium—no small feat for a woman who…

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