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By Skylar Mitchell ·Updated December 10, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
On a crisp winter evening high above the Manhattan skyline, FUNDAO—Thailand’s emerging leather goods house—made a New York debut. Hosted by advertising and marketing agency WHAT DO YOU WANT NY (WDYW) in collaboration with Velvet Co., the launch unfolded on the 38th floor of Virgin Hotels, where The Summit Room glowed with candlelight and panoramic views of the
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By Chika Uwazie ·Updated November 6, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
The room at the Art Hotel in Victoria Island was dressed with intention—well-lit and humming with purpose, every detail considered. But this was more than an event. It was a continuation of ESSENCE’s 55-year legacy of gathering community, amplifying culture, and shaping the future through connection. As part of the ESSENCE Community Compass, this edition of The Design
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SCAD Savannah – Fall 2025 – Exhibitions – André Leon Talley – “Style is Forever” – Documentation – SCAD Museum of Art, Gallery 108 – Photography Courtesy of SCAD By Robyn Mowatt ·Updated November 4, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
Before André Leon Talley made his mark as a critic, a prolific journalist, and a longstanding force at Vogue, there was no blueprint. The self-actualized fashion savant rose
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Image by Remel London By Remel London ·Updated October 20, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
Over the past two years, I’ve had the pleasure of attending ESSENCE Festival of Culture — the ultimate celebration of Black womanhood. But never did I imagine that journey would take me from London to Paris to honor 55 years of ESSENCE’s legacy.
This year’s milestone event, ESSENCE 55, served as a
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By Ayeshah Plummer ·Updated October 8, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
Melissa Conyears-Ervin’s Building For Wealth Today for Tomorrow introduced the youth summit—curated for Gen-Z to expand their opportunities within nontraditional, professional spaces. Essence GU partnered with this initiative as a pipeline to guide the next era of young leaders within the digital and social media landscape. The panel was moderated by educator, Dr. Jatali Bellanton, and WGCI’s
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By Ayeshah Plummer ·Updated October 8, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
Chicago Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin hosted her 5th annual Building for Wealth Today and Tomorrow Summit this past Saturday. The energy was contagious as the event encouraged financial freedom, generational wealth, and youth leadership, introducing several keynote speakers to inspire prospective professionals. Chicagoans witnessed WNBA and sports professionals turn their jumpshots into lucrative businesses on and off the
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By Skylar Mitchell ·Updated September 29, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
A.I.M by Kyle Abraham’s annual Homecoming Gala doubled as a launch for the company’s 20th Anniversary season, a reverent look back that insisted on looking forward. For two decades, the company has created space for stories often marginalized in the dance world, centering Black culture and Queer experiences through movement that is at once technically rigorous and deeply
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By Varsay Sirleaf ·Updated September 29, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
ESSENCE Ventures, the parent company of ESSENCE, and the Office of the Chicago City Treasurer, led by Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin, announced a landmark partnership to advance financial empowerment and wealth-building opportunities for Chicago’s diverse communities.
This collaboration will be showcased at the upcoming Building Wealth Today for Tomorrow (BWTT) Financial Empowerment Summit, now in its fifth year, where ESSENCE
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By Janeé Bolden ·Updated September 23, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
The Omni Hotel at Centennial Park welcomed an eager crowd of AFRICON attendees Friday, September 19, for a morning conversation that felt like part family reunion, part cultural strategy session. The panel, “Bridging the Unspoken Gaps Between Africa and the Diaspora,” brought together leaders whose work sits at the intersection of culture, business, and community. Moderated by Liberian-born