Pictures of Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer in W’s Best Performance Issue

by Jorge Rivas on January 17 2012, 5:51PM

Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer made in to W Magazine’s best performance issue that highlights twenty of “this years brightest stars.”

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Chanel Iman Joins Rare Group of Black L’Officiel Paris Covergirls

by Jorge Rivas on January 17 2012, 2:20PM

French fashion magazine L’Officiel, “the Bible of fashion and of high society,” has put Chanel Iman on the cover of their February issue.

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22 Fashion Designers Launch ‘Runway to Win’ To Secure Obama Reelection

by Jorge Rivas on January 10 2012, 10:51AM

Marc Jacobs, Narciso Rodriguez and Jason Wu are among the designers creating fashions for Obama.

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Young Muslim Designer Puts Her Fashions on New York Runways

by Jorge Rivas on November 4 2011, 12:21PM

Nailah Lymus takes a unique approach to faith and fashion.

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Fashion’s New Asian Supermodel Fad Driven by Dollars

by Jorge Rivas on October 24 2011, 12:33PM

As China becomes a driving global economic force, the fashion industry is trying to target its consumer base.

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Urban Outfitters’ ‘Indian Chic’ Prompts Sadly Familiar Outrage

by Jamilah King on October 21 2011, 10:03AM

“Navajo Hipster Panties” and a “Navajo Flask”? Really? The Navajo Nation says not so fast, and one writer tells Urban Outfitters’s CEO that enough is enough.

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Tyra Banks Talks About New Best-Selling Dystopian Fantasy Novel for Teens

by Jorge Rivas on October 19 2011, 2:00PM

And claims to have lost her hair in the process of writing it.

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The Most Popular Runway Models of Color at S/S 2012 New York Fashion Week

by Jorge Rivas on September 29 2011, 1:19PM

Observers warn that what happens on the runway can have a lasting impact on popular culture.

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A Guide to Nicki Minaj’s Outfits at New York’s Fashion Week

by Jorge Rivas on September 13 2011, 2:30PM

Nicki Minaj brought all her clothes and wigs to New York for fashion week. And she’s wearing them all at the same time.

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Iman: Italian Vogue ‘Might As Well Have Called Those’ Slave Earrings ‘N— Earrings’

by Jorge Rivas on August 24 2011, 3:55PM

Italian Vogue editor Franca Sozzani has since apologized for the “inconvenience.”

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Ford Models Working on Promo Material Featuring Only Models of Color

by Jorge Rivas on July 15 2011, 12:54PM

But will efforts to recruit more models of color last very long?

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Tom Ford: Americans Are Fat, Chinese Are Slim and You’re Racist

by Jorge Rivas on July 8 2011, 2:03PM

Welcome to this week’s worst case of so-called “Colorblindness.”

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Oprah Talks to First Trans Supermodel Lea T

by Jorge Rivas on February 18 2011, 4:51PM

And only asks one ridiculous question.

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Victoria’s Secret Saves Dark Skinned Models for “Wild Things” Segment

by Jorge Rivas on December 1 2010, 12:18PM

This year’s annual fashion show included indigenous dance. Concerned? We are too.

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Naomi Campbell Turns 40, Still Workin’ It In a White Industry

by Jorge Rivas on May 21 2010, 3:37PM

Naomi Campbell is currently embroiled in a blood diamond scandal, and she’s notorious for throwing cell phones at peoples’ noggins, but you’ve gotta give it to her for continuing to thrive in an industry that just doesn’t employ people…

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Are You Kidding Me, is That Eyetape?

by Nayantara Sen on December 15 2009, 3:24PM

Karl Lagerfeld, head designer and creative director for Chanel and Fendi, has now forayed into filmmaking with his recent short film, “Paris-Shanghai: A Fantasy.” The film, which is about a fictitious trip Coco Chanel makes to Shanghai, is heavily…

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