Nia Long received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame surrounded by her family, including sons Massai and Kez, and colleagues Larenz Tate, Bill Bellamy, Mike Epps, and Terrence Howard.
For the occasion, Long wore a $2,400 Khaite Ria Linen-Blend Maxi Dress in ivory, featuring draped cap sleeves and a chunky gold chain necklace, paired with a fringed shoulder bag and black slingback mules.
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But no one showed out quite like Snoop Dogg, who arrived in a jacket covered in Nia’s most iconic roles, adding a personal touch to the celebration.
AREA closed out another electric season with its Spring/Summer 2027 runway show, and the brand’s signature maximalism was on full display. Think sculptural fringe in molded plastic tubing, liquid metal wrapped bodies, and hand-cut mirrored paillettes that moved like water with every step.
Standouts included a striking orange-and-white checkerboard fringe mini dress built from interlocking tubes, its blue-and-white counterpart in a dramatic asymmetric silhouette, and a series of looks constructed entirely from shredded silver foil-like strips, cascading from bodice to hem. A sheer black-and-silver sequined midi dress and a matching sheer skirt with a white ruffled bandeau top rounded out the collection’s play between hard structure and soft movement.
Creative direction came from AREA’s team, with styling by Emma Wyman, casting by SDCasts, hair by Joey George, and makeup by Dick Page. Michel Gaubert handled the show’s soundtrack.
The style inside was just as hot as what hit the runway, with guests bringing their own maximalist energy to the front row.
Last night, I closed out NYFW as the red carpet host for Emerge NYFW’s fashion show, toasting to the powerhouse Dionne Williams on 15 years of Emerge NYFW.
Dionne always assembles fashion industry icons for her events, so I was honored to get the chance to interview FUBU’s J. Alexander Martin, the icon Karl Kani, Atiba Newsome, and honorees Danessa Myricks and Eva Marcille, among others, as well as witness style icon Chaka Khan get her flowers.
The show itself was fantastic, and I was thrilled to see amazing designs from Makarassi Couture, LeTwa Fashion Collection, Fort Mose 1738 Brand, and of course, Karl Kani.
NYFW might be about the runways, but the parties are where fashion, music and culture collide—and ESSENCE Fashion House brought all three.
Held at Jean’s in New York City, the celebration drew a fashionable crowd including Coi Leray, Daniel Kaluuya, Leon Thomas, Claressa Shields, Key Glock, Sydney Colson, Brandon Blackwood, Bernard James, Tia Adeola, Fe Noel, Romeo Hunte, Bruce and Glen Proctor and more.
Style icon Va$htie Kola kicked off the night behind the decks before Flo Milli took the stage for a special performance. Mellow Domingo later kept the party moving into the early hours.
The room offered its own snapshot of contemporary culture, with designers mingling with musicians, actors rubbing shoulders with athletes, and some of fashion’s most recognizable creatives trading the runway for the dance floor.
Guests also stopped by presenting partner smartwater’s Hydration Station, while beauty favorites from Fenty Beauty, Mielle, HAUS LABS, MAKEUP BY MARIO, The Honey Pot and more filled the evening’s curated gift bags.
Between Va$htie on the decks, Flo Milli onstage and a room filled with fashion’s movers and shakers, ESSENCE Fashion House proved that some of NYFW’s best moments happen after the runway lights go down.
Twenty years after Fashion Bomb Daily first started chronicling style, the brand threw the party to prove it: the 6th annual Bomb Fashion Show, presented by Bask & Lather Co., Belo and Co Records, and Beyond the Bleacherz filled the room with star power, fashion, and energy.
The evening brought together style, music, and community for a celebration that surpassed every year before it, a true toast to two decades of impact.
Guests arrived dressed to the nines, filling the room with the kind of style Fashion Bomb Daily has championed since day one, and the energy inside made clear this was a milestone unlike any other in the brand’s history.
Bruce Glen….
Jaillyle…
….and Mahogani Collections ripped the runway.
The Breakfast Club’s Loren Lorosa lit up the night with her spectacular hosting skills.
Le Kool Champagne flowed all night as DJ Monday Blue and Gud Girl traded off on the decks, keeping the room moving before handing things off to a Belo Records after party that ran the celebration all night.
Twenty years in, Fashion Bomb Daily has never thrown a bigger night than this one. If this is what year 20 looks like, year 21 has a lot to live up to. The event was sponsored by Bask & Lather Co., Beyond the Bleacherz, Teknique Agency, Salt XO, and Belo Records.
I’ve been so busy preparing that I’ve fallen behind with posting myself. But my NYFW officially kicked off with one of my favorites, Christian Siriano. The team was kind enough to sit me next to icons like Brandy, Tiffany Haddish, Whoopi Goldberg, and Billy Porter:
For the occasion, I wore Christian Siriano, of course!
I had a great time interviewing guests like Tiffany Haddish, Stylist J Bolin, and more:
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I am literally running to my next event, so I’ll probably be doing most of my updates after Fashion Week. Until then, keep it locked on FBD’s Instagram, Tik Tok, and Youtube.
Former First Lady Michelle Obama attended the 25th anniversary commemoration of the September 11 attacks at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum alongside her husband, former President Barack Obama.
For the occasion, she wore a brown Ferragamo leather-trim jersey maxi dress. The design featured distinctive leather detailing along the neckline and sleeves.
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The couple joined former presidents, first ladies, and other political leaders in honoring the lives lost on September 11, 2001.
Coach celebrated 85 years of American style during New York Fashion Week with a Spring 2027 collection that started with the familiar and gradually exploded into a full-fledged fashion celebration.
The show began on a restrained note, with a palette of gray, black and beige grounding relaxed layers and easy separates. As the collection progressed, however, the mood shifted. Pink entered the equation, metallic embellishments began to sparkle, and eventually, multicolored sequins and confetti transformed the runway into a party.
Proportion played an important role throughout the collection. Cropped vests were paired with mini skirts and sweeping satin lengths, while oversized knits and jackets contrasted against abbreviated hemlines. The interplay between cozy sweaters and fluid satin added another dimension, giving everyday pieces a more unexpected finish.
Then came the sparkle.
Sequined two-piece sets and shimmering dresses brought evening glamour into the mix, including a standout sparkling gown finished with a dramatic bow. The progression felt intentional: what began quietly ultimately became exuberant, mirroring Coach’s evolution from a heritage leather-goods house into a global fashion brand.
But perhaps no category told the celebratory story better than the accessories.
Coach’s bags have long been at the center of the house, and for Spring 2027, familiar silhouettes received a party-ready makeover. A ubiquitous beige bag appeared covered in metallic dots resembling falling confetti, while sparkling and confetti-covered boots made an equally strong statement. Even traditional leather was given a playful twist in the form of party hats worn atop models’ heads.
The accessories managed to feel whimsical without losing the craftsmanship and recognizable codes that have made Coach a mainstay of American fashion.
For the finale, the celebration reached its crescendo. Models walked beneath a shower of confetti wearing leather party hats as a string band played celebratory music. Dancers then took over the runway, bringing the anniversary presentation to an exuberant close.
At 85, Coach demonstrated the power of knowing your identity while still being willing to play with it. The collection moved from understated classics to color, sparkle and celebration, but the brand’s signatures remained firmly intact.
Coach is a classic—and Spring 2027 made it clear that the house isn’t simply celebrating where it’s been. It’s having plenty of fun with where it’s going next.
There are brands that participate in a trend, and then there are brands that helped create the vocabulary in the first place. At J. Press, Ivy style isn’t a seasonal proposition—it’s the foundation.
JPRESS, Spring 2027, New York City
Founded by Jacobi Press at Yale in 1902, J. Press has spent more than a century shaping the codes of classic American collegiate dressing. Today, under President and Creative Director Jack Carlson, the heritage label is bringing renewed attention to that history while introducing it to a new generation.
JPRESS, Spring 2027, New York City
For its latest New York Fashion Week presentation, J. Press offered a fall wardrobe steeped in prep: navy wool toggle coats, quilted outerwear, tweed, chinos and layers upon layers of knits. Navy, gold, red, brown, pink, plum and gray colored the collection, while mixed plaids, scarves, headbands and leather loafers reinforced its distinctly New England sensibility.
JPRESS, Spring 2027, New York City
“The inspiration is the British roots of American Ivy style,” Carlson exclusively told Fashion Bomb Daily. “The look we consider Ivy style—so much of that came from what Jacobi Press thought guys at Yale should be wearing in 1902, and so much of that was inspired by the UK. We still make a lot of products in England, Scotland and Ireland.”
JPRESS, Spring 2027, New York City
That transatlantic connection remains tangible today. J. Press continues to manufacture core pieces in the United States and Britain, with Scottish knitwear and collaborations with British outerwear makers forming an important part of its offering.
JPRESS, Spring 2027, New York City
But perhaps the biggest news of the season was not what J. Press preserved, but what it brought back: womenswear.
JPRESS, Spring 2027, New York City
The house has introduced its first women’s collection since the 1960s, translating familiar J. Press signatures—including Oxford shirts, Fair Isle and Shaggy Dog sweaters, blazers, tweed jackets and pleated skirts—for women.
Carlson admitted the new category produced some of his favorite moments.
Picking a favorite look, he joked, was like “picking a favorite child,” before adding: “The women’s looks were some of my favorite. The dress and some of the more borrowed-from-the-boys looks for women—those were some of my favorites.”
JPRESS, Spring 2027, New York City
That “borrowed from the boys” attitude was one of the collection’s strongest propositions. The clothes moved easily between masculine and feminine codes, making the return to womenswear feel less like J. Press inventing a new language and more like opening its existing wardrobe to everyone.
JPRESS, Spring 2027, New York City
The Ivy League Continued Off the Runway
The show’s guests understood the assignment, too.
Fashion Bomb Daily captured a street-style scene that could have served as an extension of the collection itself. Striped rugby shirts were tucked into sweeping chinos; navy blazers were worn with faded denim and loafers; ties, sweater vests and Oxford shirts were layered with a studied nonchalance.
Others took Ivy’s familiar codes somewhere more individual. One guest paired a brilliant blue collegiate jacket with voluminous floral shorts, while another transformed an assortment of striped neckties into a playful mini skirt. Varsity cardigans, vintage-inspired ties, rugby stripes and oversized trousers showed just how elastic the preppy vocabulary has become.
The effect was particularly interesting because the current revival of prep has moved beyond a literal recreation of the country-club uniform. Carlson himself has distinguished today’s movement as more “Ivy” than the colorful prep revival of the early 2000s—more academic, grown-up and rooted in traditional menswear.
And that may explain why J. Press feels so relevant at this particular moment.
As fashion rediscovers collegiate dressing, neckties, checks, loafers and traditional tailoring, J. Press doesn’t have to manufacture an archive or invent a heritage story. The archive is the story. Even as other designers reinterpret Ivy codes, Carlson has been explicit about positioning J. Press as a standard-bearer of the original American Ivy look.
What made this showing compelling, however, was the refusal to completely freeze those codes in time. Womenswear, androgynous styling and the individuality displayed by guests outside the runway demonstrated how easily the J. Press vocabulary can be rearranged.
More than 120 years after Jacobi Press began dressing Yale students, the sweaters are still layered, the loafers are still polished and the blazers remain impeccably preppy.
The people wearing them have changed—and that might be precisely what keeps J. Press interesting.
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