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1 Apr

LeBron James’ Recent Men’s Grooming Line, The Shop, Launches

LeBron James’ Recent Men’s Grooming Line, The Shop, Launches
The Shop has landed. The lads’s grooming line, developed by LeBron James‘ and Maverick Carter’s The SpringHill Company alongside Parlux, is now available in an estimated 1,600 Walmart doors. “The initial inspiration for the road was what we, ourselves, desired to see from men’s grooming,” said Paul Rivera, cocreator of The Shop, adding that the event process began with a roundtable discussion featuring TSHC team members of all seniority levels to evaluate white space out there. “We had everyone from interns to LeBron — old, young, white, Black — a really diverse group. And we realized, ‘Hey, there are a variety of young people intimidated by the space — so what should that men’s grooming journey appear to be?'” Comprising...
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2 Mar

James Charles, Tati Westbrook and the Chaos of Cancel

James Charles, Tati Westbrook and the Chaos of Cancel
It began with a video — or was it an Instagram Story promoting vitamins? James Charles and Tati Westbrook — and Jeffree Star, who inserted himself into the fray somewhere along the way in which — have publicly put an end to the virtual maelstrom that moved thousands and thousands. The highly publicized back-and-forth between 20-year-old Charles, who shot to Web stardom in 2016 when CoverGirl named him its first male spokesmodel, and 37-year-old Westbrook, Charles’ mentor who's credited as one in all the primary beauty influencers, centered around a social media post promoting vitamins and mushroomed over allegations of sexual harassment. The exchange took off on May 10 with Westbrook’s “Bye Sister” video and snowballed online for a full nine days...
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