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24 Oct

Trend Alert: Our Favorite Celebs Are All about Blazers

Trend Alert Trend Alert One in all the best ways to style an informal look is so as to add a blazer, and no, it’s not limited to Sunday brunch. From Traces Ellis Ross’ manipulated pleat design constructed by Robert Wun to Bianca Lawson’s oversized white rendition from Tibi, the button-down has surpassed basic to more expressive colours and designs. This season, our favourite celebrities, together with their stylists, and on the runways at Miu Miu, Stella McCartney, The Row, and Jil Sander, showed that the blazer, in its many silhouettes, is the trend of the moment. One in all my favorite pieces from my teenagehood was a burnt orange blazer from H&M. I wore it to birthday dinner at TGI Friday’s...
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21 Oct

Fragrance Connoisseur Maiya Nicole Dishes Celebrities’ Favorite Scents –

Fragrance Connoisseur Maiya Nicole Dishes Celebrities’ Favorite Scents –
Maiya Nicole Maiya Nicole While the beauty industry has an amazing concentrate on makeup, skincare, and haircare, there's another lane that usually gets the underrated treatment – fragrance. The $8.15 billion market continues to expand with brands and celebrities alike dabbling into perfumery, and one social media savvy woman from Los Angeles is breaking down its doors, educating the masses. Maiya Nicole, founding father of the net platform Black Girls Smell Good, is the fragrance connoisseur you must follow. With 53K followers on Instagram and 40.5K on Twitter, Nicole has created a community built upon her knowledge of all things beauty. ESSENCE caught the eye of her viral celebrity scents thread, dishing the secrets of our favourite superstar’s go-to perfumes, from Ari...
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10 Oct

From Barbara Hanley To Barbara Howard: Sheryl Lee Ralph

From Barbara Hanley To Barbara Howard: Sheryl Lee Ralph
Last week, Sheryl Lee Ralph became a first-time Emmy nominee. The entertainer was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Barbara Howard within the breakout ABC hit Abbott Elementary, and for a star who’s been performing for audiences on stages and TV and film sets for greater than 40 years, it was an extended time coming. “I never thought I'd see this so I'm thrilled at the chance,” Ralph told ESSENCE amid the EMMY buzz ahead of her official nomination. “I'd like to be in that group of actors. I'd like to see our whole forged get the eye it deserves. I'd like to see Quinta make history. Just the thought, it makes you go, ‘Oh...
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3 Oct

Our Favorite Celebrity Looks From NYFW Spring Summer 23

Our Favorite Celebrity Looks From NYFW Spring Summer 23
Fashion week. There’s the style show, street style outside the show, the trends, after which there’s the front row. Celebrities have long been a mainstay at fashion shows, turning out looks, often being dressed by the brand. This Spring / Summer 23 season, there was an enormous celebrity and influencer presence. From shows and parties to street-style sightings, activations, and presentations, celebrities were throughout NYC serving looks. NYFW could be a playground and stepping stone for brand deals, media exposure, and entry into more sectors in the style space. Lori Harvey, for instance, showed up and showed out this season. Working in collaboration with Harvey family stylist Elly Karamoh, she curated per week of ensembles that actually packed a punch. From...
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