Today is Flag Day, the day where Americans everywhere celebrate the adoption of the US flag. Instead of hanging the Stars and Stripes out on the porch, we’re putting our favorite flag editorials out into the ether for you to salute. We’re sure that some of these break official flag etiquette, but we hope our Read more →
It’s not at all uncommon to see fashion magazines owned by the same publishing company recycle cover photos, especially for their foreign editions. But sometimes, repeat covers pop up under strange circumstances. For example, Carey Mulligan’s October 2010 US Vogue (a Condé Nast title) shot magically showed up on the cover of French ELLE‘s (owned Read more →
Rutgers to Offer Course on Beyoncé: Now here’s a class we wouldn’t have regularly skipped when we were undergrads: a Rutger’s University professor is teaching a course on the significance of Beyoncé Knowles in regards to black feminism, studying her lyrics against the works of historical black female figures like Alice Walker and Sojourner Truth. Her husband, Jay-Z also has a course on him offered at Georgetown University. Next up: A seminar at Wesleyan examining how Blue Ivy Carter paved the way for infant musicians. {Sister 2 Sister}
Megan Fox Will Not Play Elizabeth Taylor: The actress took to Facebook to deny claims that she is in talks with Lifetime producers to play Elizabeth Taylor for their upcoming biopic, Liz and Dick. Looks like Lindsay Lohan might soon be getting some much-needed work after all! {ONTD}
ELLE France Removes Controversial Black Fashion Article: After facing much public scrutiny, ELLE France has removed their ‘Black Fashion Power’ article, which credited the Obamas for finally influencing black people to retire their Apple Bottom jeans, boots with the fur and “[return] to style with a sense of dignity.” ELLE‘s editor claims the article was “misinterpreted” (there seems to be a lot of that going around these days), but we’re pretty sure we got what author Nathalie Dolvio was trying to say the first time. {The Cut}
From Topshop to Longchamp isn’t a bad trajectory. Kate Moss has been secretly designing a line of handbags for the French brand with Longchamp’s artistic director Sophie Delafontaine; they’ll debut in Longchamp stores on February 11th according to WWD. The British supermodel’s been the face of the French house for four years already, and French Read more →
