Barbie shell in store at Bonarka City Center. The city of… Source: SOPA Images / Getty Harlem Fashion Row has partnered with Barbie to design three fashionable Barbie dolls in honor of Black History Month. Designers Kimberly Goldson, Anifa Mvuemba of Hanifa and Fresh of Rich Fresh got to style […]
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Meet The People Behind The Accounts Preserving Black Fashion History
New York Fashion Week’s fall-winter shows aptly coincide with Black History Month. Blackness is intrinsic to the foundation of style and fashion as we know it today, despite the industry’s reluctant on-again, off-again love affair with Black creatives. As the first day of New York Fashion Week commences on Friday, […]
Theophilio & Black Fashion Fair Release ‘Family Portrait II’ Capsule
Last summer, in the wake of the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and worldwide Black Lives Matter protests, fashion brands and businesses hustled to address how they’d perpetuated anti-Black racism and what they would do to reconcile it. Companies’ social media posts and mission statements on their websites […]
Reviewers love these sleek black KN95 masks
Yahoo Life is committed to finding you the best products at the best prices. We may receive a share from purchases made via links on this page. Pricing and availability are subject to change. Your much-cooler basic-black mask has arrived. (Photo: Amazon) When public health officials first recommended wearing masks […]
A Look Through the History of Black Fashion
The revolving door of fashion trends often comes back around, and with the internet at our fingertips, the cycle only becomes increasingly apparent. Though conversations around iconic figures who have shaped fashion as we know it often highlight names such as Marilyn Monroe, Madonna and Kate Moss, we’d be remiss […]
How Pietra Is Helping Black Businesses Break Into the Fashion Industry
Like the inseams of a dress that no one ever really sees, the fashion industry has a history of hidden issues, including a lack of inclusive sizing, ableism, or absence of diversity on the runways and in boardrooms. In the wake of mass protests to honor Black Lives Matter, and with […]
7 Major Fashion Moments From Beyonce’s New “Black is King”
The build up to Beyonce’s new “Black is King” visual album has been immense. Now that it’s finally here, fans and critics will no doubt dissect every moment of the 1-hour, 25-minute film, which is inspired by last year’s “Lion King: The Gift” (the star also curated that film’s soundtrack […]
Tracee Ellis Ross in a Simple Black Suit
Known for her loud, capital-F Fashion looks, this actor has range. There are perfectly good celebrity style moments, and then there are the looks that really stick with you, the ones you try desperately to recreate at home. In ‘Great Outfits in Fashion History,’ Fashionista editors are revisiting their all-time […]