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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
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Leather Expert Deconstructs ‘The Perfect Fake Birkin’ Bag ‘ And Spills All The Tea

Tanner Leatherstein uses his TikTok presence to help people understand leather better and spot what is real and what is fake
  • A Tale of Lost Edges: Don’t Try This at Home

    Girl. Today in ā€œWhat is you doin’?ā€ news: Popular beauty blogger Gigi Beauty shared a very personal—and teachable—moment with her fan base, ending with a very big reveal: Girl. Through nervous laughter, Gigi explained that a beauty experiment (read: bad idea) had compelled her to relax her hair not once, but twice. In one day.…

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  • 24-Karat Magic: Issa Rae Has Us Wanting to Get Gilded

    Yeah … she cute. Issa Rae stole our hearts once again Monday with her Insecure-inspired CoverGirl ad for its new Melting Pout Metallics line. We love Issa’s signature, self-monologuing humor and this gorgeously shot spot, and will definitely be test-driving her bronzed-lip look. (Issa’s rocking 24 Karat available here.) But alas, these shades are limited…

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  • Everything but the Burden: Why We’re Done Getting Mad Over Makeup

    Here we go again: Another day, another blackface makeup tutorial. Cue the moral outrage … and another horrible human goes viral. Today’s transgressor is @notcatart, a Russian-speaking makeup hacker who claims to ā€œlove skin of all colorsā€ā€”which likely inspired this idiocy, after he apparently ran out of other looks and cultures to imitate. Of course,…

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  • Winged Victory: The Victoria’s Secret Runway Got More Colorful This Year … but Is It Enough?

    ā€œI’m rooting for everybody black.ā€ Issa Rae’s now-famous quote from the 2017 Emmys is the gift that keeps on giving. Case in point: Now, in the season of giving, it was the exact phrase that came to my mind while watching the 2017 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, which aired last night on CBS. This year’s…

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  • Welcome toĀ The Glow Up!Ā 

    What’s up, gorgeous?! If we haven’t yet met, I’m Veronica Webb, a woman with 30 years of experience in the fashion industry under my proverbial Gucci belt. I’m proud to be known as one of the original supermodels to rule the runway and slay magazine covers, and as the first black model in history to…

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