Why are magazines still using blackface? Countless editorials have come under fire for reenacting the racist and archaic practice yet magazines continue to implement it. The latest offender is Vogue Netherlands Magazine for its “Heritage Heroes,” editorial in the May 2013 issue. The shoot pays homage to Marc Jacob’s designs for Louis Vuitton with each…
Michelle Obama looks amazing on Vogue’s April cover, and once again Annie Leibovitz is behind the lens and Jonathan Van Meter is behind the words: One morning in late January, I am standing at one end of the grand red-carpeted corridor that runs through the center of the White House, when suddenly the first lady…
Michelle Obama will grace the cover of Vogue, for a second time. For the past 10 years, Vogue’s April edition has been its “Shape” issue, focusing on “the beauty and well-being of women’s bodies.” With the FLOTUS’ “Let’s Move!” initiative, it’s quite apropos for her to grace the April cover. Michelle Obama’s first Vogue cover…
Well it’s about time! At 73-years-old Tina Turner has landed her very first Vogue cover for the magazine’s German edition, April 2013 issue. Meryl Streep was American Vogue’s oldest cover girl at 62, so this just might make Miss Tina the oldest Vogue cover star of all time. Turner has lived in Europe since the…
Everyone has an opinion on Fashion’s Night Out, which was initiated in 2009 as a way to encourage consumers to shop during the economic slump. The supportive crowd feels it’s a great way for fashion enthusiasts to mingle with celebrities, frequent their favorite retail haunts and enjoy free champagne while detractors complain about the large…
There’s always a bit of a media fuss when a black celebrity lands the cover of Vogue as it doesn’t happen often enough. The magazine, which is considered by many to be the “fashion bible,” has taken a liking to Beyoncé, featuring the superstar on its April 2009 cover and now for the March 2013…
First Lady Michelle Obama sent the fashion industry into a frenzy during inauguration weekend when she wore Jason Wu to the ball and debuted a new hairstyle with bangs. It reignited an interest in Michelle Obama’s well-documented presence in the business of fashion. Her style of mixing high and low and accessorizing sheath dresses with…
Looks like Beyoncé is officially on a mission to try to reclaim her throne in 2013. Along with snagging the coveted Super Bowl halftime slot, Bey is working on another album set to drop early next year. Additionally, her self-directed documentary giving fans a glimpse into her personal life premieres on HBO in Feburary, and…
After seeing Vogue Italia’s haute mess editorial in the March issue playing up “hood couture” and ghetto fashion fabulousness, most concluded the spread was really just a hot mess. Now enterLadygunn magazine with a fashion editorial titled “Chola” that looks oddly similar to the one Vogue presented. Latina women are photographed in Dickie pants, white tanks, and flannel shirts accessorized…
Everyone else might be checking out Joan Small’s long, lean legs in her new Vogue spread in the May 2012 issue, but we’re asking, did you peep the big natural hair? In the “Short Order” page turner photographed by Steven Meisel, a teaser boasts, “With mercury rising, so too hemlines, as shorts are fast becoming…
