Jennifer Lopez is an icon in so many ways— singer, actor, age-defying beauty— but it’s her fashion that we’re deep diving into today. Back in the late Nineties she championed the strappy red carpet slip dress, making a name for herself amongst the fashion crowd and mingling at magazine parties with the likes of Donatella. With the Noughties came that Versace dress, worn for the Grammy Awards in 2000, and her status as a full blown fashion icon was set. Fast forward over 20 years and we’re being served just as much J.Lo realness through her outfits as we were back then (seriously, what’s her secret?). After recreating that Versace dress moment for the designer’s SS/20 catwalk show like she hadn’t aged a day, she made it very clear she doesn’t plan on dropping off a...
Although John-Kamen feels she didn’t have “bad memories of being held back” by others or “any racism,” she does recall holding herself back in the quest to “fit in,” and she says that microaggressions—a term that wasn’t commonly used at the time—were commonplace. “I could see that I was the only different-looking person [on the playground], and I didn’t want everyone else to see that. It was like it’s my secret that I’m not going to tell, and [I thought], ‘I hope they don’t find out that I’m actually mixed race.’ It’s a very bizarre way of thinking, but that’s what I felt,” she says. I then ask her about the microaggressions she had to fight against. “It was stuff like going into a shop and being told, ‘The sales section is over there,’ but they don’t tell the white person about the sales,...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz Megan Thee Stallion might be going through it a little with media outlets and bloggers playing in her face about allegedly being shot by Tory Lanez, but the drama clearly ain’t stopping her success or her bag as the “Thot Sh*t” rapper is bringing her “Hot Girl Summer” energy to Netflix with an exclusive first-look deal she signed with the streaming giant. According to HuffPost, Megan will serve as creator and executive producer for multiple series and other projects with the network as part of the deal. Related Stories “I’ve always had a passion for telling creative and entertaining stories, so I’m thrilled about this partnership with Netflix,” the “Body”fem-cee said in a statement posted to Netflix’s Twitter account. “Vent...
Season two of Emily in Paris is released on Netflix next week, and so the cast are busy doing last minute promotions. Lily Collins has just worn a modern spin on a very classic Parisian outfit, offering a slightly different interpretation of the jeans, black heels and a boucle jacket look. The full outfit is courtesy of Celine, and is a twist on these staples. The boucle jacket comes in a beautiful silver embroidery, with black detailing and statement gold buttons, and is available to purchase in Celine stores. Lily joked on her Instagram page that if she can’t be next to the Eiffel Tower, she might as well dress like it. A styling move Emily would be proud of. As for her jeans, she wore a new style from the French house which is proving hugely popular, the ‘jumbo...
There are many fashion categories that have benefitted from the pandemic. Loungewear became worth the investment and will still have a place in our day-to-day wardrobes, even as we start to ease out of the darkness. Chunky, sensible shoes and boots—think Tevas, Birkenstocks and even wellies—have been the footwear we gravitate towards on the regular, and there’s probably no going back. But with all fashion movements and those more obvious macrotrends comes the flip side. Maybe as a light relief from (or a fight against) our new armoury of ultra-comforting pieces, there has been a steep rise in revealing body-con looks. Perhaps none have been quite as “viral” as the vibrant, swirly, cut-out, barely-there dresses of Farai London, a brand th...
Worst dressed lists and huge scrutiny has meant that sometimes celebrities—and their stylists— play it safe when it comes to red carpet choices. Alessandro Michele, the creative director of Gucci, has been one of the industry players changing that since 2015 when he was appointed as the head of the Italian house. With his maximalist aesthetic he has encouraged the Gucci VIPs to play with texture, colours and eccentric styling, and it’s provided lots of fabulous party outfit ideas you can replicate with or without a Gucci budget. Sienna Miller is one of his loyal celebrity fans, and recently she has been wearing lots of amazing and adventurous red carpet looks. We’re talking about a sequin blazer with nothing but logo tights, a pink trouser suit adorned with feathers and a m...
Emily Ratajkowski and the Duchess of Cambridge’s style choices usually couldn’t be more different, however this week they both approached winter dressing in a very similar way. They both were seen this wearing bright pink tailored jackets—it’s not a colour typically associated with winter dressing, but is a really uplifting choice. Both kept the focus on the jacket, pairing it with simple basics. Emily opted for black tights, a pair of knee-high boots and a black rollneck, while the Duchess wore a matching raspberry rollneck and a pair of high-waisted black trousers. Keep scrolling to see their looks and shop pink tailoring, if you’re keen to replicate this winter styling idea. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined wh...