Illinois’ African Women Entrepreneurs Fight For Their Right to Braid [Video]

by Channing Kennedy on April 25 2012, 3:01PM

A new video shows how Illinois’ professional hair braiders worked with legislators to defeat a racially skewed licensing law.

Topics: Arts & Culture, Economy, /NOW Blog

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This Is What Trayvon Solidarity Looks Like

by Hatty Lee on April 3 2012, 9:18AM

The tradition of visually memorializing black men killed in disturbing violence has taken on particular resonance in Trayvon Martin’s death. Hatty Lee rounds up images of solidarity.

Topics: Arts & Culture, Trayvon Martin

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First Lady Michelle Obama Best Dressed at Kids Choice Awards

by Jorge Rivas on April 2 2012, 11:23AM

The First Lady wore skinny jeans that were painted with metallic paint that were designed by a 25-year-old American designer.

Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog

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Kris Humphries’ Sister Signs on to Ford’s Plus Size Model Division

by Jorge Rivas on March 6 2012, 1:04PM

Kaela, Kris Humphries’ older sister, has signed on with Ford Model’s Plus Size division.

Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog

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As NY Fashion Week Becomes More Diverse, Leaders Want Better Working Conditions for Models

by Jorge Rivas on February 29 2012, 1:30PM

As diversity on the runway increases so is the need for the rights of those models.

Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog

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Nicki Minaj: ’ I Would Do a Really Good Job as a Prosecutor’

by Jorge Rivas on February 23 2012, 9:25AM

Nicki Minaj, 29, appeared on Vogue.com this week.

Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog

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Viola Davis is Totally Oscar Dress Shopping at Vera Wang Fall 2012 Fashion Show [Photo]

by Jorge Rivas on February 14 2012, 2:11PM

Oscar nominee Viola Davis sat next to fashion royalty Andre Leon Talley and Editor-in-Chief of Vogue Anna Wintour, at the Vera Wang Fall 2012 fashion show on Tuesday.

Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog

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Beyoncé is the Whitest She’s Ever Been in New Album Promo

by Jorge Rivas on January 19 2012, 12:42PM

The new promo ad released by Beyoncé Knowles’ camp to promote the 2011 album “4,” finds Beyoncé with blonde hair, bleached eyebrows and the lightest skin we’ve ever seen on her.

Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog

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Pictures of Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer in W’s Best Performance Issue

by Jorge Rivas on January 17 2012, 5:51PM

Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer made in to W Magazine’s best performance issue that highlights twenty of “this years brightest stars.”

Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog

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Chanel Iman Joins Rare Group of Black L’Officiel Paris Covergirls

by Jorge Rivas on January 17 2012, 2:20PM

French fashion magazine L’Officiel, “the Bible of fashion and of high society,” has put Chanel Iman on the cover of their February issue.

Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog

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22 Fashion Designers Launch ‘Runway to Win’ To Secure Obama Reelection

by Jorge Rivas on January 10 2012, 10:51AM

Marc Jacobs, Narciso Rodriguez and Jason Wu are among the designers creating fashions for Obama.

Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog

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Young Muslim Designer Puts Her Fashions on New York Runways

by Jorge Rivas on November 4 2011, 12:21PM

Nailah Lymus takes a unique approach to faith and fashion.

Topics: Arts & Culture

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Fashion’s New Asian Supermodel Fad Driven by Dollars

by Jorge Rivas on October 24 2011, 12:33PM

As China becomes a driving global economic force, the fashion industry is trying to target its consumer base.

Topics: Arts & Culture

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Urban Outfitters’ ‘Indian Chic’ Prompts Sadly Familiar Outrage

by Jamilah King on October 21 2011, 10:03AM

“Navajo Hipster Panties” and a “Navajo Flask”? Really? The Navajo Nation says not so fast, and one writer tells Urban Outfitters’s CEO that enough is enough.

Topics: Arts & Culture

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Tyra Banks Talks About New Best-Selling Dystopian Fantasy Novel for Teens

by Jorge Rivas on October 19 2011, 2:00PM

And claims to have lost her hair in the process of writing it.

Topics: Arts & Culture

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Target Partners with Asian-American Fashion Designer Jason Wu

by Jorge Rivas on October 13 2011, 2:18PM

But the mass retailer is still rabidly anti-union.

Topics: Arts & Culture

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Beyoncé’s ‘Countdown’ Pays Homage to Black Model Donyale Luna

by Jorge Rivas on October 7 2011, 3:22PM

The Detroit native was the first African-American model to appear on the cover of a Vogue in March of 1966.

Topics: Arts & Culture

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Rihanna Goes White and Blonde On New Vogue UK Cover

by Jorge Rivas on October 4 2011, 2:39PM

The new look is all too common for darker skinned women who end up on the covers of magazines.

Topics: Arts & Culture

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The Most Popular Runway Models of Color at S/S 2012 New York Fashion Week

by Jorge Rivas on September 29 2011, 1:19PM

Observers warn that what happens on the runway can have a lasting impact on popular culture.

Topics: Arts & Culture

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A Guide to Nicki Minaj’s Outfits at New York’s Fashion Week

by Jorge Rivas on September 13 2011, 2:30PM

Nicki Minaj brought all her clothes and wigs to New York for fashion week. And she’s wearing them all at the same time.

Topics: Arts & Culture

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