
The Funk Boutique: Turning a Corner in Supporting Black-Owned Brands in Fashion
By Bella Moralis Christopher John Rogers December 2022 Resort Collection, 008Photo: Emmanuel Monsalve Christopher John Rogers: King of Color, CFDA Award winner, 2021 The Glow Up 50 honoree and the designer Vice President Kamala Harris chose to wear for her historic swearing in. Rogers’ newest collection, Collection 008, now available for pre-order, is his “strongest outing to date,” according to Elle. The daywear options have expanded and offer “kaleidoscopic prints, intense

ADOPTED BLACK WOMAN TRACES ROOTS, FINDS OUT SHE’S AFRICAN ROYALTY
by Alexa Imani Spencer A Black woman who was adopted in the United States found out she’s royalty in Africa while searching for her biological parents.
Princess Sarah Culberson, born in April 1976, is the biological daughter of an African man and a white American woman. She was placed in foster care as an infant before she was adopted by Jim and Judy Culberson — a white family living in Morgantown, West Virginia.
Culberson grew up in a white family and found out later she

THE OFFICIAL, IN-PERSON NEW YORK FASHION WEEK SCHEDULE FOR SEPTEMBER IS HERE
On Monday, the CFDA and IMG released the full Spring 2022 lineup. BY STEPHANIE SALTZMAN Photo: Jason Mendez/Getty Images for NYFW: The Shows On Monday, the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), in partnership with IMG, released the official calendar for New York Fashion Week in September. The Spring 2022 shows will run Wednesday, Sept. 8 through Sunday, Sept. 12 and will "celebrate the reopening of New York City with in-person shows after two seasons of predominantl

West Indian American Day Carnival Association Presents The Rebirth Of New York Carnival 2021
Press Release by West Indian American Day Carnival Association New York Carnival is a celebration of Caribbean culture. Every year in August, the host organization West Indian American Day Carnival Association ("WIADCA"), unveils its lineup of New York Carnival cultural events, announcing its parade, festival, concert and youth programming. New York Carnival has become a New York City tradition that allows one to experience one of the largest Caribbean Carnivals in North Amer

RIHANNA IS ABOUT TO DEBUT A FENTY FRAGRANCE
BY STEPHANIE SALTZMAN Photo: Courtesy of Fenty Skin It's a big week in perfume news. First, Adam Driver set Twitter abuzz with his sexy centaur campaign for Burberry Hero. Then, Rihanna dropped a major hint that Fenty Parfum is on its way. On Wednesday, the singer/beauty mogul/icon posted black-and-white imagery of herself on Instagram and Twitter with the caption, "#FENTYPARFUM COMING SOON👀". While the post wasn't exactly heavy on specifics, it seems that Fenty perfume is i

A New Line Inspired by Dancehall and Handicraft
By Alice Cavanagh The designer Rachel Scott has honed her skills at brands in Milan and New York, but when it came to creating her own label, Diotima, she looked homeward to Jamaica. As a teen in 1990s Kingston, Jamaica, the fashion designer Rachel Scott was acutely aware of the tension between the decorum dictated by her Jesuit high school, where skirt lengths were checked on a regular basis, and the liberating dancehall scene she was swept up into at night. “There was this