Savanah Leaf’s A24 debut spotlights the realities of Black

4 Dec

Ahead of the discharge of Earth Mama, the Olympian-turned-director speaks to Dazed in regards to the US foster care system and the unrelenting surveillance of Black moms Savanah Leaf’s tender debut Earth Mama begins with a lady delivering a monologue direct to the camera. “It’s my journey; it’s no person else’s journey. No one goes to walk with these shoes I got on my feet. You may’t walk in my shoes but you'll be able to walk besides me,” she says. These first lines sit on the core of Leaf’s directorial ethos – a type of cinema that doesn't intrude or pander to a pitiful type of empathy, but as an alternative observes...

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2 Dec

Tyla Unleashes Recent Singles ‘Truth Or Dare,’ ‘Butterflies’ &

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Photo Credit: Epic Records It's Tyla’s time. She has skyrocketed from South Africa to worldwide stardom in 2023 thanks largely to her catchy smash hit “Water” that continues to be burning up charts and dance floors across the globe and snagged her a GRAMMY Award nomination for Best African Music Performance. The petite beauty is just warming up, nevertheless. She has plans to level up in 2024 with the discharge of her self-titled debut album, and he or she’s starting TYLA’s rollout with three recent singles and a performance on the world-famous COLORS Studios. Tyla originally shared in a recent interview that her first album could be released in November, but her label Epic Records decided to drop a pair of...

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23 Oct

Hanifa’s Impressive Bridal Debut Offers Exquisite Pieces For …

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ABDM Studio Anifa Mvuemba’s first bridal presentation for Hanifa exuded an air of sophistication. Hosted on the stunning Black-owned Salamander Resort in Middleburg, Virginia, the sprawling grounds were the right backdrop for Hanifa’s latest enterprise into the bridal market. Ahead of her show, the designer shared that she desired to execute an intimate experience that felt like a marriage while being inclusive and accessible. To attain this, she invited her top customers, editors, and native brides she personally knows. ABDM Studio “With bridal, I’ve at all times desired to be in an area where I can create custom couture gowns,” she said nearly an hour before her show. Mvuemba also emphasized her mission to alter the perception of luxury. She cited her 2021...

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19 Oct

Fresh From L’Oréal Funding, Debut Desires to Tackle Fragrance

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Having closed a complete of $40 million in its series B funding led by Daring, L’Oréal’s enterprise capital fund, biotech firm Debut desires to make the fragrance industry more sustainable. “Having successfully scaled biotechnology with 100% success in skincare and leading that category, we are actually addressing the urgent challenges facing the fragrance industry,” said Debut founder and chief executive officer Joshua Britton. By developing bio-identical and novel fragrance molecules, San Diego-based Debut believes it would enable fragrance brands to transition to bio-based formulas, while protecting the olfactive integrity of the formulas. That’s because Debut’s biotechnology can replicate the olfactive signature and precise characteristics of natural ingredients, including those which can be structurally complex, difficult to source and only exist in trace amounts...

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