As a model, Bethann Hardison walked the runway alongside Iman. As an agent, she discovered Tyson Beckford and mentored supermodels like Naomi Campbell. As an activist, Hardison revolutionized the fashion industry. From runway shows in the 1970s to roundtables about the lack of racial diversity in the early 2000s, the former model has seen the pendulum swing toward and away from the Black model.
In “Invisible Beauty,” a documentary directed by Hardison and Frédéric Tcheng, Hardison reflects on her personal journey, her fight for representational shifts in the fashion industry and the cost of being a pioneer. In addition to Hardison’s voice, the doc features interviews with her mentees and collaborators including Campbell, Beckford, Iman, Tracee Ellis Ross, Fran Lebowitz, Pat Cleveland, Stephen Burrows, Whoopi Goldberg, Ralph Lauren and Bruce Weber. The film also gazes toward the future with insights from a new generation Hardison has inspired, including Zendaya,...
In “Invisible Beauty,” a documentary directed by Hardison and Frédéric Tcheng, Hardison reflects on her personal journey, her fight for representational shifts in the fashion industry and the cost of being a pioneer. In addition to Hardison’s voice, the doc features interviews with her mentees and collaborators including Campbell, Beckford, Iman, Tracee Ellis Ross, Fran Lebowitz, Pat Cleveland, Stephen Burrows, Whoopi Goldberg, Ralph Lauren and Bruce Weber. The film also gazes toward the future with insights from a new generation Hardison has inspired, including Zendaya,...
- 1/21/2023
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
Breaking the rules has never been more fabulous. New York Fashion Week has officially kicked into high gear, bringing style fanatics wildly audacious looks that are anything but basic. Designers such as Laquan Smith, Christian Cowan, Brandon Maxwell and dozens of others are guaranteed to showcase jaw-dropping spring/summer 2023 collections. But before we collectively swoon over the latest and greatest pieces to sweep the runways, we're breaking down some of the most Omg moments to come out of Fashion Week. We're talking Thierry Mugler's iconic oyster dress from 1995 to Kerby Jean-Raymond's larger-than-life...
- 9/10/2022
- E! Online
Four-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, actress and television executive producer Kelly Rowland is among the well-known celebrities participating in the landmark 15th year of Disney Dreamers Academy, an educational mentorship program created and hosted by Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Fla.
Rowland will be the program’s ambassador and will serve as a mentor and advocate during the March 3-6 event, which aims to broaden career awareness and create exclusive enrichment opportunities for the 100 Black high school students and teens from underrepresented communities being hosting by Walt Disney World Resort.
“Mentorship is an experience I treasure, and the opportunity to invest my time into these students is incredible,” Rowland said. “I’m excited to work with them and watch how they grow throughout the program.”
Rowland will share personal insights with the students, drawing from her own unique experience as a pre-teen performer then as a teenager in one...
Rowland will be the program’s ambassador and will serve as a mentor and advocate during the March 3-6 event, which aims to broaden career awareness and create exclusive enrichment opportunities for the 100 Black high school students and teens from underrepresented communities being hosting by Walt Disney World Resort.
“Mentorship is an experience I treasure, and the opportunity to invest my time into these students is incredible,” Rowland said. “I’m excited to work with them and watch how they grow throughout the program.”
Rowland will share personal insights with the students, drawing from her own unique experience as a pre-teen performer then as a teenager in one...
- 3/3/2022
- Look to the Stars
On a clear blue day Saturday, Law Roach, Hollywood fashion ambassador, THR power stylist and image architect to the likes of Zendaya, Celine Dion, Tiffany Haddish, Anya Taylor-Joy and Naomi Osaka, was among the guests sitting in chairs spread out on the lawn of Villa Lewaro to witness the haute couture runway debut from Pyer Moss, the first Black American fashion house ever invited to show by Paris’ Chambre Syndicale.
For Roach, like many in the crowd, it was the second trek in two days about 30 miles north of New York to the bucolic and historic early 20th-century estate in ...
For Roach, like many in the crowd, it was the second trek in two days about 30 miles north of New York to the bucolic and historic early 20th-century estate in ...
- 7/12/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Photo: 'If Not Now, When?'/Vertical Entertainment Women have learned to not expect much when seeing themselves portrayed on screen. We are the romantic partners, a funny, dorky contrast to the gorgeous main character, or maybe (if we’re lucky) the sinful antagonist with a tragic backstory. With modern storytelling comes modern solutions: the stick-thin white protagonists with a quirky charm, girls with dreams that smash through that glass ceiling, girls who are good at science! And math! They’re still written by men, however, and they still represent a minuscule portion of women who watch these movies. It’s a new standard for women to measure up to, shrouded under a thinly-veiled cry of feminism for all. Related article: Must-Watch: ‘Sylvie’s Love’ is the Very Soul of Music Related article: Kerby Jean-Raymond: The Black Activist Who’s Breaking Boundaries in the Fashion World ‘If Not Now, When?...
- 2/4/2021
- by Jordyn McEvoy
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
Photo: Kerby Jean-Raymond/ Remember the name Kerby Jean-Raymond, a Haitian-American fashion designer who’s rapidly becoming a household name. Best known for Pyer Moss, a clothing brand that mixes heritage and activism, Jean-Raymond rose to fame during 2016’s New York Fashion Week. It was the first year his brand was featured and he created a show that highlighted police brutality and the Black Lives Matter movement. By combining different mediums to tell this narrative, Pyer Moss instantly drew attention to itself. Related article: Karl Lagerfeld Memorial To Be Held On June 20, 2019 | Fact-checked Series: 12 Facts About The Eccentric And Enigmatic Creator Related article: The Rise Of Teen Idols Timothée Chalamet & Harry Styles: Destroying Toxic Masculinity Since 2013, Pyer Moss and Jean-Raymond have continuously brought light to Black pain but also have told stories of Black joy. No matter what, Jean-Raymond is loyal to the truth of being Black and refuses to shy...
- 1/29/2021
- by Jordan Qin
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
Black Design Collective — the coalition founded by Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter and designers Angela Dean, Kevan Hall and T.J. Walker to highlight the impact of Black designers — is hosting its first-ever virtual event Dec. 6.
Called “Pull Back The Curtain,” it will feature a panel discussion with designers Walker (Cross Colours) and Kerby Jean-Raymond (Pyer Moss, Reebok) as moderated by host Loren LoRosa. The event will serve as a fundraiser for the Black Design Collective Scholarship Fund.
“Black Design Collective is excited to present an intelligent conversation 30 years in the making. We will take ...
Called “Pull Back The Curtain,” it will feature a panel discussion with designers Walker (Cross Colours) and Kerby Jean-Raymond (Pyer Moss, Reebok) as moderated by host Loren LoRosa. The event will serve as a fundraiser for the Black Design Collective Scholarship Fund.
“Black Design Collective is excited to present an intelligent conversation 30 years in the making. We will take ...
- 11/17/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Black Design Collective — the coalition founded by Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter and designers Angela Dean, Kevan Hall and T.J. Walker to highlight the impact of Black designers — is hosting its first-ever virtual event Dec. 6.
Called “Pull Back The Curtain,” it will feature a panel discussion with designers Walker (Cross Colours) and Kerby Jean-Raymond (Pyer Moss, Reebok) as moderated by host Loren LoRosa. The event will serve as a fundraiser for the Black Design Collective Scholarship Fund.
“Black Design Collective is excited to present an intelligent conversation 30 years in the making. We will take ...
Called “Pull Back The Curtain,” it will feature a panel discussion with designers Walker (Cross Colours) and Kerby Jean-Raymond (Pyer Moss, Reebok) as moderated by host Loren LoRosa. The event will serve as a fundraiser for the Black Design Collective Scholarship Fund.
“Black Design Collective is excited to present an intelligent conversation 30 years in the making. We will take ...
- 11/17/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Netflix has canceled competition series Next In Fashion after one season, Deadline has confirmed.
Hosted by Queer Eye fashion guru Tan France and style icon Alexa Chung, Next in Fashion featured eighteen designers who faced off in different challenges centering on a different trend or design style that has influenced the way the entire world dresses. South Korean designer Minju Kim was the winner of the first and only season, taking home the $250,000 top prize and the opportunity to debut her collection with luxury fashion retailer Net-a-Porter.
Guest judges for the 10-episode debut season included a who’s who of the fashion world including Eva Chen, Elizabeth Stewart, Monique Lhuillier, Elizabeth Van Der Goltz, Prabal Gurung, Phillip Lim, Jason Bolden, Kerby Jean-Raymond, Adriana Lima, Christopher Kane, Beth Ditto, Josefine Aberg, “Dao”- Yi Chow, Maxwell Osborne and Tommy Hilfiger.
Next in Fashion was created and produced by theoldschool and Executive...
Hosted by Queer Eye fashion guru Tan France and style icon Alexa Chung, Next in Fashion featured eighteen designers who faced off in different challenges centering on a different trend or design style that has influenced the way the entire world dresses. South Korean designer Minju Kim was the winner of the first and only season, taking home the $250,000 top prize and the opportunity to debut her collection with luxury fashion retailer Net-a-Porter.
Guest judges for the 10-episode debut season included a who’s who of the fashion world including Eva Chen, Elizabeth Stewart, Monique Lhuillier, Elizabeth Van Der Goltz, Prabal Gurung, Phillip Lim, Jason Bolden, Kerby Jean-Raymond, Adriana Lima, Christopher Kane, Beth Ditto, Josefine Aberg, “Dao”- Yi Chow, Maxwell Osborne and Tommy Hilfiger.
Next in Fashion was created and produced by theoldschool and Executive...
- 6/4/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix released the trailer for “#BlackAF,” and NBC announced the series finale air date of “Will & Grace.”
Dates
NBC has announced the series finale of “Will & Grace” will air April 23 at 9 p.m. In the episode, “It’s Time,” Will (Eric McCormack) is determined to not reminisce about his life in the city or his ex and Grace (Debra Messing) is having false alarms of going into labor. Minnie Driver and Brian Jordan Alvarez guest star. Leading into the series finale episode, the network will air a “Will & Grace” retrospective special, hosted by McCormack, at 8:30 p.m.
HBO’s “The Undoing” is moving from spring programming to the fall. The six-part series based on the novel “You Should Have Known” by Jean Hanff Korelitz stars Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant as a married couple whose lives get upended after a “chain of terrible revelations,...
Dates
NBC has announced the series finale of “Will & Grace” will air April 23 at 9 p.m. In the episode, “It’s Time,” Will (Eric McCormack) is determined to not reminisce about his life in the city or his ex and Grace (Debra Messing) is having false alarms of going into labor. Minnie Driver and Brian Jordan Alvarez guest star. Leading into the series finale episode, the network will air a “Will & Grace” retrospective special, hosted by McCormack, at 8:30 p.m.
HBO’s “The Undoing” is moving from spring programming to the fall. The six-part series based on the novel “You Should Have Known” by Jean Hanff Korelitz stars Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant as a married couple whose lives get upended after a “chain of terrible revelations,...
- 3/26/2020
- by Klaritza Rico
- Variety Film + TV
The entertainment industry’s newest streaming service is nearly here: Quibi, the mobile-only short-form video platform launches April 6, and IndieWire is exclusively announcing the upcoming platform’s slate of launch day documentaries.
“Run This City” is a newly-announced Quibi launch documentary that will follow Jasiel Correia II as he navigates his role as the youngest mayor ever elected to office. When the FBI indicts him for his former company, Correia vows to fight the charges and be vindicated. The series is executive produced by Mark Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson, Archie Gips, and Brent Hodge. Javier Quintana serves as co-executive producer, while Brent Hodge serves as director.
Quibi is also getting into the world of food — specifically pasta. The previously announced “Shape of Pasta,” executive produced by Tim and Mike Duffy and April Jones, will premiere on Quibi April 6 and focus on chef Evan Funke’s pursuit of pasta perfection. “NightGowns,” another...
“Run This City” is a newly-announced Quibi launch documentary that will follow Jasiel Correia II as he navigates his role as the youngest mayor ever elected to office. When the FBI indicts him for his former company, Correia vows to fight the charges and be vindicated. The series is executive produced by Mark Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson, Archie Gips, and Brent Hodge. Javier Quintana serves as co-executive producer, while Brent Hodge serves as director.
Quibi is also getting into the world of food — specifically pasta. The previously announced “Shape of Pasta,” executive produced by Tim and Mike Duffy and April Jones, will premiere on Quibi April 6 and focus on chef Evan Funke’s pursuit of pasta perfection. “NightGowns,” another...
- 3/5/2020
- by Tyler Hersko
- Indiewire
The American Cancer Society (Acs) is teaming up with celebrity ambassadors this month to encourage their families, friends, fans and followers alike to “Get #YOUnited” in the fight against breast cancer by purchasing celebrity designed merchandise and giving donations.
With this new campaign, Acs has engaged notable pop culture figures to become ambassadors in championing this fight, such as mega producer DJ Khaled, multi-platinum artist, global philanthropist French Montana, three-time Grammy nominated artist Jhenè Aiko, and singer and actress, Kristin Chenoweth. While hundreds of thousands of Acs’ “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer” participants will be rallying in their local communities throughout the month of October, these key influencers will leverage their celebrity platform to promote the “YOUnited” theme on social media – joining Acs’ collective national movement to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer, and coming together to help save lives from this disease.
To support the campaign’s mission,...
With this new campaign, Acs has engaged notable pop culture figures to become ambassadors in championing this fight, such as mega producer DJ Khaled, multi-platinum artist, global philanthropist French Montana, three-time Grammy nominated artist Jhenè Aiko, and singer and actress, Kristin Chenoweth. While hundreds of thousands of Acs’ “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer” participants will be rallying in their local communities throughout the month of October, these key influencers will leverage their celebrity platform to promote the “YOUnited” theme on social media – joining Acs’ collective national movement to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer, and coming together to help save lives from this disease.
To support the campaign’s mission,...
- 10/10/2019
- Look to the Stars
French Montana, DJ Khaled, Jhené Aiko and Kristin Chenoweth joined the American Cancer Society’s new “Get #YOUnited” campaign, designing limited-edition T-shirts to benefit the organization. The celebrities each spoke about how cancer has affected their lives in PSAs and written statements.
“Someone near and dear to me was recently affected by breast cancer,” Khaled said in his statement. “I had to step up and do my part to help those fighting this disease. We are all in this together. Let’s make a difference.”
Montana noted his friendship with...
“Someone near and dear to me was recently affected by breast cancer,” Khaled said in his statement. “I had to step up and do my part to help those fighting this disease. We are all in this together. Let’s make a difference.”
Montana noted his friendship with...
- 10/8/2019
- by Ryan Reed
- Rollingstone.com
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