• ’90s model Kiara Kabukuru is making a comeback, after almost a decade of being markedly off the fashion scene. Kabukuru was one of the ’90s’s most sought after models, and was in the midst of a successful run with Cover Girl when she was hit by an 18-wheeler in NYC back in Continue Reading
• A besneakered Solange Knowles is the cover girl for The FADER‘s Spring style issue. (Fashion Bomb Inbox) • The Metropolitan Museum of Art had a preview for its upcoming Costume Institute exhibit, Punk: Chaos to Couture yesterday. The mini-show featured punk-inspired garments from designers like Vivienne Westwood and Chanel. In attendance was none other Continue Reading
• Plus sized ladies, rejoice! Mary Katrantzou is thinking of selling her cutting-edge prints in larger sizes. The designer told the Evening Standard that due to prompting from e-tailer Net-a-Porter, she is considering creating her pieces up to a size 16 . “Net-A-Porter asked us if we would go bigger [to a size 16],” she Continue Reading
• A documentary on the first black models to walk the high fashion runways is currently in production. Versailles ’73: An American Revolution will focus on the stories of black models like China Machado, Bethann Hardison, Pat Clevland, and more, and their experiences of breaking into a fashion industry that was even more whitewashed than Continue Reading
• Sessilee Lopez recounted to Women’s Wear Daily the moment she knew she “made it.” She says,“…One day, I got recognized when I was back home by some, like, thugged-out, gangster dude. And I was like, ‘Wait, how does this guy know about me? He’s not in fashion.’ But he said, ‘You’re the girl from here Continue Reading
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