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20 Dec

The Godfather of Denim, Adriano Goldschmied, Takes a Page

Nearly 50 years ago, Adriano Goldschmied, a young and comparatively inexperienced denim guy, decided to launch his first premium blue jeans brand called Each day Blue. His strategy was to take his latest creation, launched in 1974, and sell it within the northern Italian ski resort of Cortina d’Ampezzo, often known as one of the fashionable and expensive ski stations in Italy where jet-setters and celebrities frolicked. Goldschmied, who had a small store on the town, was selling his jeans for the reminiscent of what today can be $1,000. The jeans were manufactured from quality denim and well-constructed. The newly minted designer was unsure how his product would perform, but he knew he had a winner when French actress Brigitte Bardot spotted the...

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8 Dec

Makeup Museum: archiving the history of humankind via beauty

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Makeup Museum: archiving the history of humankind via beauty

For Makeup Museum co-founder Doreen Bloch, the history of cosmetics is ‘central to how humans have evolved’. Here she shares glimpses of its prized treasures and divulges how the wonder trends of today connect us to the past Taken from the winter 2022 issue of Dazed. You possibly can buy a replica of our latest issue here Doreen Bloch was reading through transcripts of telephone conversations between Jackie Kennedy, then first lady, and dermatologist Dr Erno Laszlo when she became confused. The conversation was almost unintelligible, with each Kennedy and Dr Laszlo using cryptic language, trailing off mid-sentence and making oblique references to unspecified “circumstances”. Unsure of what she had stumbled upon, Bloch consulted with presidential scholar Professor...

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13 Nov

What I Double-Tapped This Weekend: Black History Month-Inspired Makeup

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What I Double-Tapped This Weekend: Black History Month-Inspired Makeup

Stock Images/Getty February is moving too quickly but while we still have a while, we’re continuing the celebration of our wealthy history and our dedicated leaders. This past weekend I got here across an Instagram post of a fantastic woman with a Black history month inspired beat. The makeup is a combination of the intense and wealthy colours of our various African and Caribbean flags, and a vampy Black lip with a block of color down the middle. It’s the work of Maryland-based Crayon Cutie Shayla Reeves. Within the caption, she writes, “For the culture. I’m so grateful for many who got here before me to fight for my freedom!!” She topped the look off with a headwrap and has a...

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23 Oct

Respect Our Roots: A Transient History Of Our Braids

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Respect Our Roots: A Transient History Of Our Braids

Getting braids—single plaits, cornrows or any style that weaves together three strands of hair—is a rite of passage for a lot of Black women in America. Who can remember spending hours as a toddler sitting on the ground between a loved one’s legs as your tresses were rigorously intertwined? And today as adults lots of us frequent salons for more expertly crafted masterpieces. Nonetheless, unlike lots of our popular styles, equivalent to finger waves and rod sets, braids are greater than mere aesthetics. They bind us together. They're an integral a part of Black culture—past, present and future. ANCESTRAL ROOTS The invention of ancient stone paintings depicting women with cornrows in North Africa shows that braids date back hundreds of years. Of their...

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