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Orange Culture’s Adebayo Oke-Lawal Brings His Vision of Nigeria to New York City

Orange Culture’s Adebayo Oke-Lawal Brings His Vision of Nigeria to New York City

A few days ahead of his first ever New York Fashion Week show, Orange Culture’s Adebayo Oke-Lawal walks into the lobby of the Moxy Times Square Hotel. He’s wearing a dangling earring in one lobe, a hoodie, and a cross-body micro-sized Jacquemus bag. His brand consultant and advisor, New York-based Derin Masha, smiles and says, […]

Yet Another Convert to Crocs: Ariana Grande

Yet Another Convert to Crocs: Ariana Grande

    wanderin n wonderin 🍂 A post shared by Ariana Grande (@arianagrande) on Sep 10, 2019 at 9:00am PDT Crocs are fashion’s most controversial footwear style (though summer’s flip-flop heels are hot on its toes). Those rubber shoes, usually meant for gardening, got a luxurious spin in 2017 when Christopher Kane came out with […]

Three Falls Looks You’ll Live In

Three Falls Looks You’ll Live In

As a little girl, Jess Clements always looked forward to her grandmother’s visits. “My Nana coming was the most exciting thing because she’d take me shopping and then I would come home and do a little runway show,” she recalls. “Fashion was just always something I connected with family and associated with feeling good.” Given […]

Inside Jameela Jamil’s Inspiring Experience at The Curvy Con

Inside Jameela Jamil’s Inspiring Experience at The Curvy Con

Jameela Jamil is on a mission. The Good Place star has never been shy about using her platform to highlight the issues close to her heart, so it makes sense that her trip to New York Fashion Week would focus on empowerment. In between enjoying shows like Jeremy Scott and Tommy Hilfiger, Jamil served as […]

Euphoria’s Hunter Schafer Is a Super-Fan of This Cool Brooklyn-Based Label

Euphoria’s Hunter Schafer Is a Super-Fan of This Cool Brooklyn-Based Label

It’s hard to stand out at a Lou Dallas show, given the number of kookily dressed cool kids on the scene. Today, at the label’s show in Brooklyn, the crowd was particularly well turned out, bedecked in their dreamiest DIY tulle looks and coated in glitter. Nonetheless, one show-goer managed to shine the brightest: Hunter […]

Cate Blanchett on Ralph Lauren and Never “Dressing for Anyone’s Approval”

Cate Blanchett on Ralph Lauren and Never “Dressing for Anyone’s Approval”

Last night, Cate Blanchett was among the star-studded crowd—Henry Golding, Mandy Moore, Janelle Monáe (who performed)—who attended the Ralph Lauren show at New York Fashion Week. For one night only, the designer transformed a Wall Street bank into Ralph’s Club, a glamorous Art Deco–style lounge (complete with a live jazz band) that complemented his new […]

The Powerful Message Behind Indya Moore’s Latest Red Carpet Look

The Powerful Message Behind Indya Moore’s Latest Red Carpet Look

Indya Moore’s performance as Angel in FX’s Pose has made them one of television’s undisputed breakout stars: whether bringing fierce looks to the Harlem ballrooms, or their more intimate romantic moments with Lil Papi, Moore has continued to light up screens throughout the show’s second season this summer. Along the way, the fashion world has […]

Ciara Was the Guest of Honor at Harlem’s Fashion Row Event

Ciara Was the Guest of Honor at Harlem’s Fashion Row Event

Last night, guests found themselves traveling 1,250 feet to the very top of the World Trade Center to celebrate Harlem’s Fashion Row at its 12th annual fashion show and awards dinner. For those unfamiliar with the organization, take note: Founder Brandice Daniel has been working for over a decade to shift the conversation within the […]

Long Jacket, Itty-Bitty Bra: Emily Ratajkowski Puts a New Twist on Fall Suiting

Long Jacket Itty-Bitty Bra: Emily Ratajkowski Puts a New Twist on Fall Suiting

Suiting has never been so enticing. This summer, that 9-to-5 look has been entirely twisted to be less corporate, more cool. It girls from Gigi Hadid to Hailey Bieber have styled the blazer in offbeat ways, giving it a more youthful feel in the process. Hadid did it with bike shorts, while Bieber opted for […]

Lil Nas X Sets Aside His Cowboy Hat For a Futuristic Bodysuit inHis New Video

Lil Nas X Sets Aside His Cowboy Hat For a Futuristic Bodysuit inHis New Video

Until his very first VMAs performance, Lil Nas X seemed comfortably secure in his place at the center of the so-called yeehaw renaissance thanks to his meteoric hit “Old Town Road.” It’s accompanying music video showed off the best of Lil Nas’s Western-influenced style: there’s a weathered brown leather jacket, a customized Nudie-style suit with […]