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12 Sep

Your Favorite Beauties Were Front Row At Willy Chavarria’s

Your Favorite Beauties Were Front Row At Willy Chavarria’s
Getty Images / Gilbert Flores Just months ahead of the 2024 Presidential Election (and days before the primary Harris-Trump debate), one in all Latest York’s buzziest designers Willy Chavarria gave us a seat on the table for his SS25 show. Held in the town’s financial district—across from the Trump constructing and NYSE—his latest collection titled “América” referenced each traditional codes and the wonder in diverse humanity. From squared Grace Jones hair shapes and barbed wire braids to a masculine skin finish with leather eyeliner, the large 65-look show unified minority communities. “It looks like the variety we would really like to see sitting on the table here in America,” hairstylist Joey George tells ESSENCE.  Paloma Elsesser backstage at Willy Chavarria RTW Spring 2025...
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29 Jul

Kamala Harris’s Silk Press Is Election Season’s Favorite Look

Kamala Harris’s Silk Press Is Election Season’s Favorite Look
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images “How repeatedly a month do you get a silk press?” Keke Palmer asked Vice President Kamala Harris on her podcast last yr. “I don’t use a curling iron; its an excessive amount of heat. I exploit a round brush,” she responded. Now, with Harris running for president amid President Biden’s withdrawal, the sound goes viral with over 250,000 likes on TikTok. Following jokes about “Kamala-mandated” silk presses and boar-bristle brush pin-curl tutorials, her flipped ‘50s hairdo has was election season’s favorite hair moment. Her secret? Unlike a typical silk press, which commonly uses heat as high as 450 degrees, Harris uses a round boar-bristle brush to blow out her hair and avoid heat damage. “It takes plenty of...
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