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BFA By Mecca Pryor ·Updated February 5, 2025
To kick off New York Fashion Week, RAISEfashion partnered with the Business of Fashion to host a panel discussion at the Standard East Village that celebrated the start of NYFW and honored Black History Month. The conversation centered around the power of shaping culture and driving innovation, featuring Diotima’s Rachel Scott, RAISEfashion Executive Director and Co-founder Felita Harris, The Standard’s Senior Director of
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Noam Galai/Getty Images By Robyn Mowatt ·Updated February 5, 2025
Tia Adeola’s eponymous fashion label is renowned for its signature ruffles, sheer fabrics, and fluid designs, symbolizing her journey from Nigeria to the United States. Drawing inspiration from her heritage, she incorporates vibrant colors and intricate ruffled details. Her fascination with ruffles began while researching 16th century Spanish attire for a 30-page dissertation. Though Adeola’s presence at New York Fashion Week
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By Kerane Marcellus ·Updated February 5, 2025
Not too long ago Chocolate Mousse was announced by Pantone as the leading color of 2025. Now that we’re in the thick of winter, creative styling of this warm tone can begin. From warm coats to tops to accessories, the brown hue will surely be seen often by fashion’s most popular influencers and editors alike. It’s a color that can be added to anyone’s wardrobe
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By Robyn Mowatt ·Updated February 4, 2025
On Tuesday, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced the host committee for the Met Gala.
The previously announced event co-chairs included designer and artist Pharrell, A$AP Rocky, F1 driver Lewis Hamilton, actor Colman Domingo, US Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, and honorary chair LeBron James. Each of these individuals will preside over the evening’s festivities. The annual fundraiser for the museum’s Costume Institute is slated to take
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Marisa Langley By Nia Shumake ·Updated February 3, 2025
The work of an artist has always been a practice of articulation—transmuting one’s innermost imagination and ideas into the external world. Participants serve as portals between the unseen and the seen, as they tap into and reveal their boundless creativity. This praxis is essential to the craftsmanship of Dynasty and Soull Ogun, the founders of Brooklyn-based brand L’Enchanteur. Together, the sisters design
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This weekend included many fashion->67th Grammy Awards. Additionally, Kendrick Lamar wore Maison Margiela to accept his Record of the Year and Song of the Year awards at the Grammys. Next, Jaden and Willow Smith hit the Grammys red carpet together wearing Louis Vuitton and McQueen.
Up next, Kelly Rowland attended the Fifteen Percent Pledge Gala in Harbison Studio. To attend the same gala Jackie Asamoah wore a gown by Ghanaian-born designer
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Yesterday evening at the 2025 Grammy Awards, Beyoncé took home a few lauded monickers. Cowboy Carter’s nominations for Best Country Album and Album of the Year proved fruitful. These honors are distinct, especially AOTY, with this win, Beyoncé becomes the first Black woman to win this key award since Lauryn Hill did in 1999 with The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.
As the global artist hit the stage to accept her
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BFA.com By Dominique Fluker ·Updated February 2, 2025
We gon’ be alright. Well, at least The Fifteen Percent Pledge will surely see to it. On February 1st, the non-profit organization’s founder, Aurora James, hosted its fourth annual gala at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, with the activation ticket sales going directly to the impacted businesses of the Los Angeles wildfires.
The evening, hosted by actress Yvonne Orji, spotlighted the fantastic work of