Fashion & Design
Late Icon André Leon Talley’s Fashion Collection Is Going To Auction
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: WWD / Getty The world will have the chance to own a piece of fashion history. Some of André Leon Talley’s prized items are going to auction. As per High Snobiety, the late great’s fashion collection is going under the hammer. This February, Christie’s is proud to present the collection of the legendary fashion editor André Leon Talley. As the first Black man to hold the title Creative Director of American Vogue, Mr. Talley held a rarefied status in the fashion industry. His discerning taste extended well beyond fashion and his personal collection encompasses haute couture, handbags, jewelry, fine art, literature and decorative arts. As a whole, the collection is both glamourous and intimate, reflecting his decades-long relationships with icons includ...
King Kunta: LeVar Burton Poses In Hoodie As A Nod To His Iconic Character Kunta Kinte
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images / Getty LeVar Burton has never been one to shy away from representing the culture, but his latest post reconfirms that fact to those who may have forgotten this fact. Taking to Twitter, the TV legend shared a picture of himself rocking a hoodie with the name of his iconic character “Kunta Kinte” as a nod to the role while simultaneously shouting out the Black woman who designed it. In the picture shared over the weekend, Burton is seen wearing sunglasses, black jeans, and a hoodie with the name “Toby” crossed out above the name “Kunta Kinte.” In the caption for the post, the actor wrote, “Don’t get it twisted!” Related Stories A follow-up tweet expounded on why he felt the need to show the designer l...
OG French Fashion Designer Pierre Cardin Dead At 98
Source: Oscar Gonzalez/WENN.com / WENN The fashion world has lost one of their most influential tastemakers in the last decade. Pierre Cardin has passed away. As spotted on The New York Times the designer is no longer with us in the physical. Today, Tuesday, December 29 it was confirmed the French native had succumb to old age. While his label did not carry a lot of cache with the current generation of Hip-Hop it did hold a lot of weight with rappers during the culture’s second unofficial golden era. In the late 1990’s and early 2000’s several noted MC’s name dropped him from Big Pun to Nas (“Millionaire look at the sky make sure it’s still there/Ice grill stares and my jewelry is in every year/Pierre Cardin back in a Dapper Dan time/Now flex, angle wrecks, Foxy rock Anne Klein”) on “...
Beauty queen pledges to showcase cultural heritage of Northern Nigeria
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