Fresh off touring with Janet Jackson and glamming Mary J. Blige for the cover of Source Magazine, celebrity makeup artist Nzingha was watching the Source Awards in her Bronx apartment in New York City. It was 1995 — the year Suge Knight dissed Diddy onstage, and OutKast was booed after winning Best New Artist. It was also the year Lil' Kim first hit the stage with her group Junior M.A.F.I.A. to perform " Read More...
Plenty of funny-sounding fashion terms—I'm looking at you, Coastal Grandmas—come and go, depending on the season. However, one peculiarly dubbed fashion style has withstood the test of time to become a style go-to for many celebrities, and that is, of course, the Canadian Tuxedo. The colloquial term originated after crooner Bing Crosby was reportedly refused entry to a hotel in 1951 because he was wearing a denim top and denim pants, which prompted Levi Strauss & Co. Read More...
It's not exactly news that the schoolcore trend is still going strong. Everywhere you look, fashion lovers seem to be channeling outfits you’d likely find on a boarding school campus, breaking out their platform loafers, crisp button-downs, and, of course, all things plaid. Yet, while school days of the '90s would have you shopping for gear in the junior section of J.C. Penney, the grown-up alternatives have designer labels. Among the most covetable is Chopova Lowena, which produces grungy, colorblocked pleated skirts that have an impressive celebrity fanbase, including the likes of Dua Lipa, Willow Smith, Charli XCX, Maggie Rogers, and even Madonna. Read More...
