By Limsan Boulter (@limo_x) for Fashion Bomb Daily

Unless you have been living under a rock, it was of course Super Bowl Weekend and all your favourite celebs flocked to ATL to watch one of the biggest games in the sporting calendar. Not to mention, for all the pre and post game parties. The stars pulled together some LEWKS throughout the whole weekend. @FashionBombDaily as always showcased all the best and hottest looks. Below we round up the Top 5 from the last 24 hours. Don’t forget to vote on your favourite in the comments.

Teyana Taylor looked comfy and chic over the weekend rocking a red Sies Marjan 2 piece set.

Monica Brown posed for the ‘gram with girl-gang Tiny Harris and Toya Wright. Monica rocked a patterned Balenciaga number, while Tiny Harris mixed her Alice and Olivia jumper with Topshop jeans and two tone Christian Louboutin booties. Toya Wright wore a full outfit by our favorite ATL boutique, Pressed. She matched the look with Guiseppe Zanotti heels and a Chanel bag.

Another Monica Brown look, but this time for a new edition of Who Wore It Better? Both bombshells, Monica Brown and Marlo Hampton was spotted wearing this $4,700 Gucci jacket. Marlo changed up the look and wore the coat as a dress to attend Super Bowl Music Fest, matching the look with silver boots. While Monica went for a slightly more causal look pairing the jacket with jeans and white polo neck. As always, let us know in the comments Who Wore It Better?

Ashanti looked totally chic in a Michael Costello black gown with sexy double split and embellished bodice to Super Bowl Music Fest. Also, loving the blonde bob look!

In other news, RiRi stepped out in New York City in an absolute dream of a fur coat by Celine. I spy another shot of the highly anticipated Fenty shades. Come on sis, when is the release date? Get her look here:

After an eventful, fashion and sport filled weekend we would love to know, who had the best look out of the top 6?

Happy Monday!

We have a chic Fashion Bombshell of the day. Get into Lola from South Carolina.

She writes, “As a lover of music, I cannot describe my style without mentioning my love for 90’s music. Growing up in the 90’s, my love for “real” Hip Hop music videos such as the like’s of Biggie Smalls, Lil Kim, Faith Evans et al, most definitely had an influence on my style and love for fashion, which is classic, retro and original.”

“I go by the saying, Less is more! I don’t follow the trends, I make em!”

View more looks below!

Bomb looks from head to toe!

Learn more about this Bombshell on Instagram @lollysticks.

What do you think?

What do you think of Lola from South Carolina?

HOT! SHE’S A BOMBSHELL!

NICE STYLE, BUT NOT QUITE A BOMBSHELL

SOME HITS, SOME MISSES

NOT GOOD, BUT NOT BAD

HMM…NAH!

 

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Today’s Black History tribute goes to Willi Smith (1948-1987), considered by some to be the most successful African-American designer in history.

Smith, educated at Parsons and Philadelphia College of Art, specialized in relaxed cotton creations. He began his own line, Williwear, in 1976 which, at its peak, sold $25 million worth of clothing per year.

Pantsuit by Willi Smith
Smith won a Coty American Fashion Critics’ Award for women’s fashion in 1983 and a Cutty Sark Menswear Award in 1985.

During his career, Smith designed the suits for Edwin Schlossberg and his groomsmen for his marriage to Caroline Kennedy in 1986 and also designed clothes for Spike Lee’s film School Daze.
Willi Smith died unexpectedly at the age of 39.
*If you are in New York during New York Fashion Week, be sure to save the date for Harlem Fashion Week’s 6th annual show on Saturday, February 16th! The event goes down from 6:30-10:30pm at the Museum of the City of New York located at 1220 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10029. Get your tickets here.

If you are in New York during New York Fashion Week, be sure to save the date for Harlem Fashion Week’s 6th annual show on Saturday, February 16th! The event goes down from 6:30-10:30pm at the Museum of the City of New York located at 1220 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10029.

Since the days of the Renaissance, Harlem has served as the epicenter of art, literature, music and fashion. As Harlem is being revitalized in the 21st century, Harlem Fashion Week’s goal is to introduce a new era of fashion culture to the Harlem community inspired by its rich cultural heritage. HFW’s continuous goal is to produce an event that will showcase the fashion industry, provide business education for emerging designers, grow Harlem businesses and create a platform for diversity in fashion.
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​This years event will honor the Season 6 Fashion Cultural Icons: Misa Hylton -Celebrity Stylist and Lifestyle Coach, Harlem Haberdashery – Lifestyle Clothing Boutique in Harlem, Dr. Deborah Jenkins – Community Activist, Zina and Shaleena Cambell -Founders of the Harlem Dress Collective, and me, Claire Sulmers -EIC of Fashion Bomb Daily!

This star-studded event is sponsored by Harlem Chocolate Factory and African Restaurant Week.
Want to come? Get your tickets now here.
​We’ll see you there!

By: Morgan Smith (@muvamorgs)

Happy Saturday and Happy Groundhog Day! Let’s hope for an early Spring and early end to this cold weather. The celebrities are taking advantage of the cold weather by keeping their looks hot and stylish! Our Top 5 Looks of the Day features Nene Leakes, Rasheeda, Regina Carter in more looking their absolute best! To view all of today’s looks, be sure to check out the Fashion Bomb Daily Instagram feed for the full rundown. But for now, let’s tune into today’s Top 5 Looks Of The Day!

Nene Leakes and Gregg Leakes have now been appointed as American Cancer Society ambassadors! Congrats! Nene was spotted in a $2,371 Dolce and Gabbana sequin and tweed blazer and skirt combo when she made the announcement.

Bombshell AKA Janai Nicole was spotted in the $120 Oyemwen green tutu skirt. So bomb!

From our Bomb Accessories, the Dior “Lady ” bag and matching Louboutin pumps took the win! Hot!

Regina was seen on the ‘gram in Fashion Nova looking downright stunning!

Gearing up for tomorrow’s Super Bowl, Rasheeda was seen in a full Gucci look and Louboutin pumps! Dope!

Tell us your favorite look from Today’s Top 5 Looks Of The Day below!

“Ann Lowe was known as society’s best kept secret…You would have thought her clothing was Parisian couture, but she charged much less to create the same thing. They all went to her for their debutante balls and weddings.”–Michael Henry Adams

Next up for Black History Month is Ann Lowe (1898-1981), designer to prominent families such as the du Ponts, Roosevelts, Vanderbilts, Rockefellers, and Bouviers. Lowe is most famous for designing Jackie Kennedy’s wedding dress.

Apparently the dress…

…took 50 yards of silk taffeta and more than 2 months to make.
According to an article in the Post-Gazette:

Lowe’s career began with the death of her mother when [she] was 16 years old. At the time of her death, her mom, a seamstress, had been working on four ball gowns for the wife of Alabama’s governor. Lowe finished the work her mother had begun.
Afterward, she moved to New York City to attend the S.T. Taylor Design School.
Returning to Tampa, Fla., after school, Lowe operated her own dress shop before going back to New York to work in fashion salons. Although her creations did well, the salon owners always got the credit. Finally, Lowe and a partner opened their own shop in New York.
It was during this time that a young Jacqueline Bouvier asked Lowe to design all the gowns for her wedding to Sen. John F. Kennedy, a man who later would become president.

Pretty cool.
A flute of champagne to the memory of Ann Lowe!
Smootches!
Have great wknds.
* Today is day one of Fashion Week. A ton of shows are going on, including Yigal Azrouel, BCBG, Nicole Miller, and…drumroll…Baby Phat! Yeah, well, I only have one invite for today, to Marc Bouwer. I’m excited to go to the tents, no matter what the show.
Guess my invite to Baby Phat got lost in the mail or something…

Happy Friday!

Today’s Fashion Bombshell of the day is Safiya from LA.

Love each look. Very minimal and street chic. Bomb!

View more looks below!

Learn more about this Bombshell on Instagram @safiyaariel.

What do you think?

What do you think of Safiya from LA?

HOT! SHE’S A BOMBSHELL!

NICE STYLE, BUT NOT QUITE A BOMBSHELL

SOME HITS, SOME MISSES

NOT GOOD, BUT NOT BAD

HMM…NAH!

 

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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.

“I was fortunate in obtaining work, and in a short time I had acquired something of a reputation as a seamstress and dress-maker. The best ladies in St. Louis were my patrons, and when my reputation was once established I never lacked for orders.”– Elizabeth Keckley, Behind the Scenes

Happy February!
First up for the Fashion Bomb’s Black History Month Designer Series is Elizabeth Keckley (1818-1907), seamstress and dressmaker to many, including Varina Davis, wife of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of President Abraham Lincoln.

Keckley was born into slavery in Virginia. She used her superior skills as a seamstress and dressmaker to buy her freedom in 1855. As a free woman, she lived in Washington, D.C.

She sewed and tailored dresses for the daughters and ladies of the most prominent families. Her reputation mounting, she came to the attention of Mary Todd Lincoln, and soon became her dressmaker.

Mary Todd Lincoln

Dress for Mrs. Lincoln by Elizabeth Keckley

Cape for Mrs. Lincoln by Elizabeth Keckley
Keckley soon became a confidante to Mary Todd. When Mary Todd fell under financial strain after the assassination of her husband, Keckley helped Mary Todd auction off her clothing in New York. In another attempt to generate funds for Todd as well as her, Keckley published her diaries in 1868: Behind the Scenes or Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House (which is a quick read if you’re interested).

Mary Todd hated on her portrayal in the book, to the point where her oldest son had it removed from publication. Because of the controversy, Keckley was ostracized and her business declined. According to the African American registry, “From 1892 to 1893, she left Washington to teach domestic science at Wilberforce University in Ohio. She returned soon after to spend the rest of her days at the Home for Destitute Women and Children in Washington, which she had helped to establish. She died there from a stroke May 26, 1907.”

Stay tuned tomorrow for the Fashion Bomb’s next Black History Month installment.
Smootches!

By Limsan Boulter (@limo_x) for Fashion Bomb Daily

Paris Haute Couture week is well and truly over, but what a week it was. Designers really bought their A-game with notable shows including Elie Saab glittering down the runway, Dior’s circus inspired collection and Viktor & Rolf with their slogan adorning dresses.

For me, Balmain was undoubtedly one of the more captivating. Olivier Rousteing’s designs were futuristic and head turning, using both curved and bold shapes. It was for sure one of the most talked about catwalks of the week but has all the talk been for the right reasons?

This show was Olivier Rousteing’s first couture show as Creative Director of Balmain. Interestingly, for the show he decided to have some of the model’s make up to include body paint. Some models were painted over in white, while others has their skins darkened. And it hasn’t gone down too well with both critics and fans are calling out Balmain for using blackface.

Models such as Italian-Congolese born Cindy Bruna were almost unrecognisable with her face and body covered in a dark shade of makeup.

Ysaunny Brito, who comes from Dominican Republic, was another model that many viewers were outraged to see her naturally caramel complexion darkened.

Even Sudanese-Australian model Duckie Thot appeared to be on the darker side.

The question now is, was it to prove a point about diversity or was it to be artistic? Either way, why didn’t they just hire models that are already the beautiful, rich ebony that they wanted? 

This wouldn’t be the first time that Rousteing has made a statement about the lack of diversity in the fashion industry. During the Cannes film festival, he dressed 16 actresses for a press call and called the project ‘Noire N’est Pas Mon Metier’ meaning ‘Black is not my profession’. Having these actresses speak out about how they have been stereotyped in the industry really showed the discrimination issue that the fashion industries (and other media related industries) has.

Rousteing – who is of mixed ethnicity – has famously said in the past he is ‘just human’ and doesn’t specifically identify with either his black or white background, has previously been praised for his racially diverse #BalmainArmy. In an 2016 interview he says ‘‘I think the fashion industry talks a lot, but they don’t act a lot’ continuing to say “ We have the chance to represent the world and how we want that world to be’.

Unfortunately, a lack of black models on the catwalk is an issue that has been raised over and over again. However, I do think that it has started to change (shoutout to Valentino during their couture show)

No official comment has come from Balmain or Olivier Rousteing as of yet.

What do you think? Has Balmain gone too far or is it just a big misunderstanding? Let us know in the comments below.

Happy Friday!

We have a sharp Fashion Bomber of the Week today, who’s known as Israel from New Orleans.

He writes, “I believe my style comes from my grandfather, simplicity is the highest form of sophistication. I take pride in carrying myself as a traditional gentleman.”

View more looks below!

Classy style!

Learn more about this Bomber on Instagram @izzievsizzy..

What do you think?

What do you think of Israel from New Orleans?

HOT! HE’S A BOMBER!

NICE STYLE, BUT NOT QUITE A BOMBER

SOME HITS, SOME MISSES

NOT GOOD, BUT NOT BAD

HMM…NAH!

 

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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.