The Fashion Bomb Never Stops!
Tonight, I’ll be having a book signing at Lord & Taylor (424 5th Avenue)!
Swing by the Just Bobbi shop from 5-7pm for champagne, nibbles, and a copy of The Bomb Life book!
If I didn’t get to see you during NYFW, come today! Hope to see you!
Exactly a year ago, Kanye West released his Fade video featuring Teyana Taylor performing in a gym showing off her abs and amazing body. The internet was in a frenzy posting photos of Teyana Taylor saying she was #BodyGoals.
While Teyana is usually spied slaying front row at a fashion show, she went a different route this year. Not only did she walk the runway, she performed on the runway. On the second day of Fashion Week she closed the GCDS show in a white 2-piece set showing off her legs. Teyana strutted the runway fiercely snatching off the oversized shades she rocked. She posted the video to her Instagram captioning it, “When they let ah Harlem girl storm thru fashion week!!! GCDS 😩😩😩 omg today was sooooo dope thank you.”
Just when we thought her runway debut was over, she performed on the runway Saturday night at Philipp Plein’s star-studded show. The crowd applauded as Future performed his hit single “Mask Off,” and Teyana put a full production on for the crowd. She walked out in a curve-hugging bodysuit, black booties and a leather jacket she later swung on the runway before performing. She crawled, she rolled backwards, she vogued—she did just about everything and the crowd loved it.
Yesterday, Teyana closed out her New York Fashion Week runway appearances at The Blonds. She opened the show with every inch of sass in a high-cut neon blue leotard and a The Blondes Spring/Summer 18 jacket with mixed prints and neon colors. With her platinum blonde hair pulled back she confidently walked the runway and posed on a pillar while the remainder of the models walked the show.
See photos of Teyana’s New York Fashion Week most memorable moments below.
What do you think of Teyana Taylor’s Fashion Week runway appearances?
Photos spied at WWD, Daily Mail and The Fader
Happy Friday Eve!
This week we will be featuring London Bombshells and Bombers of the Day to help kick off Cocktails With Claire London Edition. Purchase your tickets here.
Today’s Bombshell is Marissa from London.
She writes, “My style is fun, vibrant and a little edgy. I love to mix and match unconventional pieces with something casual that I can rock as everyday wear. I currently study film and utterly obsessed with travel and fashion photography.
I’m a tomboy at heart so I like oversize clothes that I can still feel sexy and make a statement, especially when my body isn’t the bomb.com!”
View more pics below!
Fab! Floral compliments your style so well!
Learn more about this Bombshell on Instagram @marissasworld_x.
What do you think?
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.
In the spirit of our upcoming Cocktails With Claire London we continue highlighting fab London Designers all week! Behold Ostwald Helgason’s Graphic Print Skirt.
Retailing from $83 this piece features a multi color pattern, lined interior, and a tube dress design.
Feeling it? Get yours here!
Thoughts ?
In celebration of our EIC’s upcoming Cocktails With Claire London we are highlighting London designers all week! Check out Palmer Harding’s Long Asymmetric Super Shirt.
This top features an extended waterfall hem shirt, a side velvet waist tie and a collared neckline.
Pair this piece with printed trousers for a funky look.
Feeling it? Get yours here!
Thoughts?
Happy hump day!
This week we will be featuring London Bombshells and Bombers of the Day to help kick off Cocktails With Claire London Edition. Purchase tickets here.
Today’s Bombshell is Sam from London.
She writes, “Can I just say, I love you guys and what you’re building! Keep up the good work. I’m currently studying Computer Science and co-founder of a start-up(@youneedtom) but in my spare time I have a strong love for style and travel (#BrainsandBeauty).”
“I try to keep my style classy and if you see my Insta (). you’ll know I have thing for jumpsuits.”
“Most of my outfits are inspired by whatever mood I’m in. E.g. if I’m feeling boujee i’ll dress boujee.”
View more looks below:
Thanks Sam! Love your thing from jumpsuits! You look great in all of them!
Learn more about this Bombshell on Instagram @samalam247.
What do you think?
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.
Rihanna went full throttle for her Spring 2018 collection, as she showcased her collection at the Park Avenue Armory. Celebrities like Cardi B, Offset, Big Sean, Jhene Aiko, Whoopie Goldberg, Omari Hardrick, Leonardo Decaprio, and more attended, while models like Joan Smalls, Slick Woods, Cara Delevigne, Sela Louise Marley, Adriana Thorne strutted down the runway turned mortorcycle ramp.
The collection is full of vibrant colors, peek-a-boo laceups, mesh, skintight spandex gear, with a splash of oversized looks including cargo-like sweatpants, and hooded wear.
Rih managed to take daring looks to the beach by mixing sexy swimwear ensembles which screamed early 2000’s vibes.
Oversized fanny packs are trending heavy in 2017, and Rihanna wouldn’t be Rihanna if she didn’t throw some bad boys of her own in the mix. She even added her own edgy signature on the front of the colorblock nylon waist belts.
More styles spotted in the collection were layers, which will forever be Rihanna’s thing, new Fenty Puma Creepers, strapped thong sandals, open-toe laceups, and thigh-high boots in nylon, and solid muted tones.
And we can’t forget how flawlessly beat the makeup looked on the models, as they all rocked the new Fenty Beauty line.
Check out more looks from the collection in the gallery.
What are your thoughts on Rih’s new SS18 ready to wear collection?
A fashion shakeup right in the middle of NYFW! Nina Garcia has just been named ELLE’s new EIC, as Robbie Myers announced her departure to the glossy’s staff in an email on Monday:
After 17 years with the brand, Myers is looking to spend more time with her children. Garcia is thus jumping from Marie Claire to ELLE. She starts her new position next week on September 18th.
“Nina embodies all the qualities of a modern editor-in-chief,” affirmed Hearst Magazines president David Carey in a statement. “She’s an important authority in fashion, respected by her peers for her personal style, her ability to spot talent and her deep relationships across the industry. She’s also known to millions around the world for her role on Project Runway and the dynamic, behind-the-scenes life she shares with 4.5 million engaged followers on social media. Her love of fashion is deeply felt and it will resonate on every page.”
Congratulations to Nina! Thoughts on the news?
Spied @ Business of Fashion
We continue to celebrate our upcoming Cocktails With Claire London with highlighting fab London Designers all week! Get into David Koma’s Tailored Feathered Dress.
This double breasted piece includes a plunging v-neckline, black button embellishments, and authentic ostrich feathered detailing.
Pair this look with a simple pump for a snazzy chic look!
Love? Get yours here!
Thoughts?
Off the heels of Insecure’s Season Finale, we bring you an exclusive editorial with Amanda Seales (formerly Amanda Diva).
Though she plays the super bougie Tiffany Dubois on the breakout HBO hit, the real Amanda Seales keeps it super down to earth. A self dubbed, ‘Revolutionary Woman,’ she uses her platform to pontificate on politics, civil rights injustices, and cultural issues.
She is known for her smarts and passionate outlook, so stylist and creative director Bryon Javar curated strong, beautiful ensembles to accent her personality, using brands like Ott Dubai, Candice Cucuo, and MacDuggal.
See a portion of our interview below and tweet #RevoltNow to Unlock the rest:
Snapshot: Amanda Seales by Tyren Redd. Styled by Bryon Javar. Makeup: Makeup by Latrice. Hair: @_CandaceJackson
Bonus: Amanda penned an Essay about her relationship to style. Read on below:
“Style is personal and speaks for you without you having to say a word. Super flared jeans, a Pepto pink Old Navy bubble coat, and Kangols…SO. Many. Kangols!
I look back at some of my style choices and just SMH at what they were attempting to say, “sexy?”, “b-girl steez”, “I’M DIFFERENT!”, “New New Yorker in college that doesn’t live with my mom so I can wear what I want”, etc. For a long time my style was speaking for me through how I wanted people to see me.
“Eventually I’d be lucky enough to have the opportunity to work with a number of dope stylists on different projects who helped me to get closer to my own voice. I’d learn different tips and tricks along the way, like, the hair look is a part of the whole look, and that I can pretty much never go wrong in green, or my own rule, the, “I’m giving you ____” principle of color blocking.”
” For instance, if I’m wearing two different versions of pink, I feel like I’m not matching. However, if I hit you with three versions, it ain’t that I’m not matching, I’m, “giving you pink”. I live by this to this day, lol. Anywhoo, even though I always know how to identify and articulate my point of view about seemingly everything, when it came to fashion, I could never find my own words. I didn’t have them because I was more concerned about how my look spoke to others, than how it spoke to me. It was, designer Sharufa Walker, of Jinaki, that changed that.”
“In 2012 we were introduced via a mutual acquaintance who felt we’d work well together. Sharufa began dressing me in her designs for events, but would add pieces from my closet to bring the look together. I would always be amazed at how she’d uncover gems from my drawers and put them in looks in ways that I never would have imagined. Finally, one afternoon when we were doing a fitting, I asked her, “How do you do it? How do you turn these particles in my closet into pieces? How do you give these typically inane items identity?” She told me I needed to change my perspective. “You’re a painter. In your work you do all this dope stuff with color on the canvas. You gotta dress yourself with the same vision. Think of yourself as the canvas. Create art with your clothes.” A lightbulb went off. It was like I’d successfully completed Rosetta Stone for un-stylish. The sky opened up and rained down ideas. I know that may sound like some existential BS to some, but how I was viewing myself truly changed, redefined how I approached style, and how it represented me.”
“I no longer dress based on how I want folks to see me, but how I want to see myself; as art that elevates the vibrance in a room. That doesn’t mean with just colors or prints, that’s also in the confidence of how I feel in my fashion, the distinctness of the pieces, and how they’re paired. I do my best (and sometimes I’m lucky enough to work with a bomb ass stylists like, Bryon Javar) to create/wear looks that, like my artwork, are abstract yet defined, bold and black, eclectic but not eccentric. The same way you walk into a room and marvel at a masterpiece crafted by an artisan of creative vision, when I dress, I want to walk in a room and feel like a masterpiece crafted by my own creative vision, honey! My style, like my voice, is developing every day to emphatically encourage folks to challenge the status quo, comfortably live their truth, and be the light on their own path to joy. Now, when my style speaks for me, it says what I truly am, “This woman is vitality…and won’t take no shit!” “
Fashion Credits:
Floral Dress: MacDuggal @macduggal
Belt: Bad Butterfly @candicecuoco
Yellow Ensemble
Shirt: Pretty Little Things @prettylittlething
Skirt: Ott Dubai @ottdubai
Earrings: H&M @HM
Blazer look
Blazer: Ott Dubai @ottdubai
Bra: Liviara @liviarausa
Pants: Aya by DK @aya_by_dk
