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Designers began unveiling their spring 2021 collections this week — a slow, drip-drip process that will continue into October. Nothing is certain in the industry except the desire to distract customers from their woes.

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He dressed Madonna, Beyoncé and Diana Ross in addition to creating a best-selling perfume.

The influential editor rose from an impoverished childhood in the segregated South to become one of the few African Americans on the mastheads and red carpets of the fashion world.

The towering legend who shattered expectations surrounding race in the fashion industry as the rare Black editor in a predominantly White and elitist industry died Tuesday at the age of 73.


“This moment heals a lot of pain in the world. We deserve this moment,” Bloom said on Instagram.

What does an Oscars red carpet during a pandemic look like? It's full of gold and white — and some adorable soccer socks.

Nasr is the first person of color appointed editor in chief of Harper's Bazaar in the magazine's 154-year history.

Marcos Florentino and Kelvin Yule joined their visions to create MAR+VIN in an effort "to make fashion a less oppressive, less racist, less classist place."

  • Marcos Florentino and Kelvin Yule
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Designers began unveiling their spring 2021 collections this week — a slow, drip-drip process that will continue into October. Nothing is certain in the industry except the desire to distract customers from their woes.

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Vogue's September covers feature paintings by Marshall and Jordan Casteel, who each consider the complexities of race, beauty and privilege.

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The documentary "Margiela: In His Own Words" explores the influential designer's simple but bold decision to shun fame.

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A trail of White House press secretaries has culminated in McEnany's high gloss.

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Digital fashion shows in Paris and Milan gave anyone with a computer access to beautiful clothes, behind-the-scenes drudgery and an industry trying to find its way.

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Philonise Floyd testified on Capitol Hill. What was unsaid was as eloquent as what was.

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Congressional Democrats wore kente cloth stoles when they presented new police reform legislation. They shouldn't have.

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Floyd's memorial in Minneapolis Thursday unfolded under the most abnormal circumstances, but it was also deeply familiar.

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Biden's mask underscored his humanity. His signature Ray-Ban aviators were perched on his nose because Biden is still Biden.

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In his new memoir, "The Chiffon Trenches," veteran editor Andre Leon Talley airs grievances and assesses his life in the industry.

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Their voice wasn't muffled — it was amplified.

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Little Richard led the way in gender-blurring, subversive fashion — a point of view that mixed the sacred with the profane.

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Vogue seeks to find the right balance of reality and escapism.

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