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18 Oct

A Look Back At Janet Jackson On The Cover

A Look Back At Janet Jackson On The Cover
Today ESSENCE revealed Janet Jackson as the quilt star of it’s July/August 2022 ESSENCE Festival of Culture issue. Within the feature story written by Gerrick Kennedy, Jackson, who's headlining this 12 months’s festival, talks about returning to the stage, however the photo spread also marks the singer’s return to the quilt of the magazine. The international superstar and pop icon has been on the quilt of ESSENCE eight times in it’s 52-year history, first appearing in 1985, three years after releasing her debut album, Janet Jackson. As we have a good time Jackson’s latest moment within the highlight with the mag, here’s a glance back at her covers over the past years. Try the total lineup for this 12 months’s festival here....
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17 Oct

Kate Hudson Shines in Plunging Two-tone Saint Laurent Gown

Kate Hudson Shines in Plunging Two-tone Saint Laurent Gown
Kate Hudson arrived on the premiere of “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” on Sunday on the BFI London Film Festival in a two-tone dress and fake fur. For the occasion, Hudson wore a brown and green two-tone color-blocked spaghetti strap dress with a plunging neckline and an oversize coat in animal-free fur from Saint Laurent by creative director Anthony Vaccarello. Hudson opted for minimal accessories. Kate Hudson attends the “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” European premiere closing night gala throughout the 66th BFI London Film Festival at The Royal Festival Hall on Oct. 16. Getty Images for BFI Hudson’s animal-free fur is reflective of Saint Laurent’s parent company Kering’s decision in September last yr to go fur-free. The change took effect with...
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17 Oct

Selena Gomez Gets Sharply Suited in Giorgio Armani Tuxedo

Selena Gomez Gets Sharply Suited in Giorgio Armani Tuxedo
Selena Gomez arrived on the Academy Museum Gala on Saturday in Los Angeles in her tackle a women’s tuxedo. For the occasion, Gomez chosen a black, satin lapel Giorgio Armani tuxedo and Wolford bodysuit with black open-toe strappy sandals. She accessorized the look with jewelry from Cartier, including a pair of Panthere de Cartier earrings and ring. Selena Gomez attends the second annual Academy Museum Gala on the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Oct. 15. Getty Images Gomez worked with stylist Kate Young to create her search for the event. Young can also be the stylist to Nina Dobrev, Jennifer Lawrence and Margot Robbie. Gomez went for a pink lip, blush, eye-popping mascara and a lightweight eye shadow. She parted her straightened hair down...
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17 Oct

In pictures: Hairstyles and heritage in Mali’s capital, Bamako

In pictures: Hairstyles and heritage in Mali’s capital, Bamako
Photographer Nybé Ponzio celebrates the sweetness and cultural importance of Black hairstyles in his series ‘Afrohair’ “A straightforward example,” begins Paris-born, Mali-based photographer Nybé Ponzio. “Being gap-toothed in Europe is contrary to the sweetness standards. In Africa it is an indication of elegance to the purpose where some people go thus far as to create this gap between their teeth.”  Ponzio is talking concerning the cultural differences he experienced while growing up in Bailly-Romainvilliers, a small town within the suburbs of Paris, and Bamako, Mali – his home country and where he has been living since 2021. The divergence of thought had a heavy impact on him. “There have been things inside me that...
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