Earlier today, Pyer Moss designer Kerby Jean-Raymond took to Instagram to clear the air regarding comparisons between the yellow Pyer Moss Sculpt sneakers and Kanye West’s Yeezy “Turrelliens”. On Saturday, Kanye West previewed several unreleased Yeezy sneakers including the “Turrelliens”. In an effort to get ahead of the “hypebeasts” comparing and accusing Pyer Moss of copying the Yeezy shoe, Kerby Jean-Raymond pulled out some receipts today to prevent rumors of “copying”.
Through his Instagram, Kerby shared files of the Pyer Moss Sculpt sneaker and its design process which dated back to as early as July of 2018. Not to mention, Kerby even wore the sneakers and previewed them at Paris Fashion Week in January of this year. Following comparison pictures and file dates, Kerby explains, “You know…for good measure…before the ‘kids’ start saying we copied something we designed over 2 years ago.”
Kerby Jean-Raymond found the whole situation to be quite laughable with no hard feelings stating ‘”I’m honestly just laughing on this side” and “all love to his team and him”. The purpose of sharing the images and dates was to simply educate people before the rumors of “copying” Yeezy began to circulate.
Founded by Taniesha Westbrook, the Cool Girls Create is organization that serves as a community for Black female creatives. The group will be hosting its very first Black Women Creators Virtual Conference, an exclusive 2-day virtual event featuring workshops and speakers including Fashion Bomb Daily’s very own EIC Claire Sulmers!
On August 29th and 30th, the Black Women Creators Virtual Conference will host a weekend full of events online with the purpose of helping Black female creatives to amplify their businesses along with expanding their impact and roles as creatives. The conference will include presentations by well-known visionaries including founder Claire Sulmers of Fashion Bomb Daily along with self portrait model Kimberly Douglas, violinist Mapy, dancer Aryan Davenport and Beyoncé’s professional dancer Corbin Hunter!
You can also expect interactive workshops, panel discussions, live Q&A sessions and virtual performances! The fun doesn’t stop after the conference as there will be a networking afterparty and limited edition event boxes along with post-conference offerings such as post-conference skill-building, follow-up and virtual networking.
If you’re a creative looking to expand your business, then you don’t want to miss this. You can purchase your tickets to the 2020 Black Women Creators Conference here!
Happy Friday Eve! Every Thursday, we highlight the style evolution of a celebrity whose looks has been known to capture the attention the industry. Today, we are honoring Solange Knowles and her style evolution throughout the 2000s:
Early in her career, Solange’s style can be described as an newcomer to the indie-meets-diva aesthetic that she still follows today! Her early style made her one to truly watch.
During the 2010s, we see Solange began to experiment more with bold prints and styles, giving us a high fashion meets Boho-chic Black girl vibe! She starts to explore the “unconventional” more with her style to reflect the direction of her music.
Nowadays, we see Solange as quite the visionary when it comes to her style! It can best be described as eccentric and still quite experimental as she plays around with vibrant colors and unique silhouettes matched with independent designer names.
Nothing stays in fashion forever. Celebrities come and go, technology that was once indispensable becomes obsolete, and some items of clothing go out of style. That’s sad when it applies to you some of your favorite items or accessories, but it’s not always permanent. Sometimes, if you put out of fashion clothes at the back of your wardrobe, they’ll eventually work their way back into style, and you can pull them back out again. By that point, your friends will probably have forgotten that you ever owned them to begin with, and you can pass them off as a new purchase!
Unfortunately, this advice doesn’t apply to anything. Some things have gone out of fashion and are never coming back again. Even though there have been some fashion surprises over the years, including the return of 1970s flares and 1980s jackets, there are some garments that have been permanently exiled from fashion runways and celebrity parties, and they won’t be welcomed back again. If you have any of them stashed away somewhere, it’s time to wave goodbye to them and make way for something new.
We could probably make a list of twenty or perhaps even thirty items that ought to be thrown out if you have them, but for now, let’s focus on just five!
Furry Boots
Allow us to be real for a second here; furry boots should never have happened. They’re impractical, they’re horrifically uncomfortable in hot weather, and they’re ruined the moment they get wet. Looking back, we should never have gone crazy for them in the first place. We don’t even know who to blame for introducing them, although we have a nasty suspicion that it might have been Snooki from “Jersey Shore.” Aside from the fact that you have to ditch them the moment you spill anything on them or get them wet, furry boots are unflattering. They’ll either make your lower legs look fat, or your upper legs look short. Sometimes they’ll do both at once. That’s not a look anyone should want, and it’s a good reason to throw them away!
Ballroom Gowns
When’s the last time you wore a ballroom gown? You might have bought a beautiful one with the intention of wearing it to a wedding, but when did you last go to a wedding that had such a formal dress wear requirement? In fact, when’s the last time you went anywhere that required such formal dress? Ballroom gowns used to be good for three occasions; weddings, casinos, and dancing. Most of us don’t dance. Weddings aren’t as demanding on your wardrobe as they used to be. Casinos have started making their way to the internet as online slots websites instead. Because land-based casinos are now in direct competition with online slots websites, they’re less strict about what you have to wear to get in than they used to be. Needless to say, you don’t have to wear a ballgown to play online slots. We won’t deny that some of them look pretty, but they’re increasingly redundant, and they take up a lot of space that could be used for something else.
Baggy Jeans
You might recall baggy jeans starting off as a trend among fans of rock music in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and then crossing over from there into mainstream fashion. Just as soon as they arrived, they disappeared. That was bad news for the companies that made them, like JNCO. They’ve tried to make a few comebacks since then, including a strong push as recently as 2019, but the public has never fallen for the trick a second time, and they remain unpopular. We were never keen on them as men’s fashionwear, but we like them even less as options for women. They’re shapeless, they make you look wider than you really are, and there’s no way of wearing them that’s flattering. On top of that, much as we hate to break it to you, you’re not 18 anymore, and nobody’s listening to Limp Bizkit!
Velour Tracksuits
One photo of a celebrity wearing a particular type of garment can be all it takes to send sales of that garment rocketing. Paris Hilton probably didn’t think she was doing anything other than dressing for comfort when she was snapped wearing a Juicy Couture velour tracksuit several years ago, but she started a trend that took over the world. It soon felt like everyone was walking around with the brand’s name stamped across their backside, regardless of whether it suited them or not. Because of some o the people wearing the clothes, the brand gradually came to be seen as trashy instead of classy and eventually shut down all of its stores due to financial difficulties. The Juicy Couture brand has since been resurrected, but that doesn’t mean its velour tracksuits should get the same treatment. We’d rather they stayed in the past.
Platform Shoes
We get it. We liked the Spice Girls. You liked the Spice Girls. Everybody used to like the Spice Girls. As children, they were our heroes. As adults, we have unending admiration for the fact that they managed to both sing and dance in those enormous platform shoes without falling over or breaking their ankles. That doesn’t mean you should still be trying to replicate that achievement today. The 1990s are over, the Spice Girls have all grown up and started families, and we can say with confidence that none of them are ever going to be seen dead in platform shoes again. Every time you go outdoors in a pair of oversized platforms, you’re asking for an accident to happen, and even if it doesn’t, you’ll be stumbling around trying to remain balanced, looking like a drunken deer. It’s impossible to look graceful or elegant with a pair of platforms on, and we think that’s a good reason to introduce them to the trash. Maybe throw those Spice Girls records away at the same time!
We realize that parting with some of these items might be painful because of the memories you associate with them, but it’s for your own good. If you leave them in your wardrobe, you might end up accidentally wearing them again one day, and someone might take a picture of you and upload it to the internet. Imagine the embarrassment! Don’t take the risk; take out the trash today.
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Back in March, designer Atira Lyons announced that she had purchased a space which would be become a store for her self-named brand. Early this week, Atira announced the store would be opening soon with a picture showing a wall of her very-own luxury durags in brown and nude colors!
You may know Atira Lyons from her durags that have gone viral on several different occasions on Twitter. Since then, the designer’s brand has launched to new heights. With the opening of the Atira Lyons store and the offering of luxury durags, this will make Atira the very first Black woman to open the first luxury durag store on the famous Melrose Avenue!
In a recent Twitter post, Atira Lyons shares, “the durags [were] just to get you in the door” suggesting that a wider product offering is soon to come. Classifying herself as “all-around designer, she adds that her first apparel collection will also be released soon and furniture will also follow! In the past, Atira has been known to dabble with bikinis known as “kinis” and dresses as well.
Be on the lookout for more from Atira Lyons! If you are in the LA area, you can shop with her in-store on September 4th.
Zendaya is wearing all black designers in the September Issue of In Style Magazine, styled by Luxury Law!
In the glossy, she wears designers like Romeo Hunte, Christopher John Rogers, Hanifa, Victor Glemaud, and more (read about them in our Top 100 Black designers posts here).
Planning a wedding is incredibly exciting, but if you want your day to go without a hitch, you must be organized and prepared.
Some things are more important than others when it comes to wedding preparations, so to make it a bit easier for you, we’ve narrowed down the ones we think are the most significant. Here are 4 essentials for your wedding checklist.
Book the venue
Your wedding day can’t go ahead without a venue, so one of the first things you should do is find and book somewhere for your wedding to take place. If you have a specific place in mind, visit as soon as possible, and find out their availability.
Many popular venues can be booked up years in advance, so don’t delay. The same thing applies if you are having your wedding ceremony in a separate location such as a church. Find out when it’s free and get it booked. Once this is done and dusted, it will be a huge relief.
Advise your guests
Around six months before your big day, formally let your guests know your wedding date. This will increase the likelihood that the people you want to be with you to witness your special day will be able to make it. Sending save the date cards is a great way to officially let them know that you want them to attend.
It’s also a great opportunity to give them some rough information about the wedding location, an indication of timings, and any other important information you think needed. Full wedding invites should be sent around eight weeks before your wedding date.
The dress of your dreams
For many brides, the most fundamental part of the wedding is their dress. You want to feel confident and special on your big day, so dress shopping in advance should rank highly on your agenda.
Establish if there are any local wedding boutiques in your area and make an appointment to visit. It’s a good idea to take your bridesmaids with you for support and advice and, if you want to follow tradition, your mum should be there too. You might need to try on several dresses before you find the one that is perfect for you, so take your time and make a fun day of it. You should instantly know when you find the right dress.
Choose a color scheme
From wedding invitations to your wedding cake, every element of your big day should (to some degree) tie in, so it’s wise to decide upon your color scheme as soon as you start planning your wedding. This will make tasks such as choosing bridesmaids dresses and ordering flowers far easier.
If you aren’t sure about which colors might be right for your day, buy some bridal magazines or go online for some much-needed inspiration. Once you find a scheme that you love, it will make planning the rest of your day far easier and a lot less stressful.
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The cast members of Real Housewives of New York recapped their season in “The Big Apple” sticking to an all-black theme for looks, and you know Fashion Bomb Daily is here to give you all the details on the fashions from the reunion.
Leah McSweeney served a more edgy look rocking a custom see through dress by Saga NYC. It included a custom face mask and long sheer gloves. She wore her hair in a messy ponytail, adding to the effortless look. She completed the look with accessories from London Jewelers.
Keeping with the black and silver theme, Dorinda Medley dazzled in a sleeveless embellished Balmain mini dress.
Sonja Morgan also brought some bling to the scene in a floor length fitted dress by Marc Bouwer. The neckline is embellished with gold and silver crystals and was paired with a black face mask by Milda Bublys. The mask itself was bedazzled with fringe-like dangling crystals.
As we approach the upcoming presidential election in November, you can expect moments of breaking news and surprises in politics! Just yesterday, Democratic nominee for president Joe Biden announced California senator and former presidential runner Kamala Harris as his vice-presidential running mate.
Kamala Harris is already making history as she is the “first Black woman and the first person of Indian descent to be nominated for national office by a major party” according to the New York Times. She is also “only the fourth woman in history to be chosen for one of their presidential tickets”. If the Biden-Harris campaign were to win this president election, this would make Kamala Harris the first woman and first Black woman to serve as a vice president in addition to being the first Asian American to hold such a high ranking in American history. Kamala brings diversity to the Biden campaign matched with her efforts to combat racial and gender issues.
Today’s Fashion Bombshell of the Day goes to Rachelle from Texas. Check her out below.
She says, “My style is very becoming with an editorial fun flare. I like to be unpredictably innovative and timeless. My melanin is my favorite accessory!”
This looks are definitely classic and alluring. What do you think of this bombshell’s style? Let us know.
Fashion Bombshell of the Day is a feature showcasing the singular style of Fashion Bomb Readers. Send your name, location, a description of your style, and 5-10 clear, unfiltered, head-to-toe pictures of 5-10 different outfits (no collages) to Bombshell@FashionBombDaily.com. Images submitted will be featured on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or any of our social media platforms. Comments can be harsh, so bring your A game! Please be advised: once published, pictures will not be removed or taken down.
