Black Up Cosmetics Mystery: Is The Company Still Black-Owned Or Not?

Just as the much-buzzed about French beauty line black|Up Cosmetics for Black and multicultural women is about to hit 10 U.S. Sephora locations nationwide on Sept. 15th, some are questioning if the company is still Black owned as well as what happened to the company’s Black founder, Bernard Fabrice Mahabo. Blaq Vixen Beauty recently did an investigation to see why the company is no longer being headed by its Black founder, and with Black consumers becoming increasingly eager to “buy Black,” this revelation could strike hard against black|Up Cosmetics sales stateside… Rumor has it the company was literally stolen from its original owner. In 2011, Fashionista.com named Lionel Durand as the founder in their interview on the brand, not Mahabo.

[MadameNoire]

“Covered Is The New Couture”: How The Islamic Community Is Changing The Modesty Fashion Game

It was the pursuit of all things chic that brought nearly 200 Muslimahs from all across Philadelphia to the campus of St. Joseph’s University last month. More specifically, they had come for the Riyaadah Fashion Show, an annual showcase sometimes held in conjunction with the Riyaadah Convention, a conference that is usually men-centered. The fashion show is a women-only event, and photography from guests is banned to protect the modesty of the women strutting their stuff down the catwalk. Despite not being the ones on the runway, women in the audience came dressed to the nines… This year’s theme was “Modesty in the Millennium,” and as organizers tell it, the show is a chance for up-and-coming Islamic designers to showcase the latest in modesty wear.

[MadameNoire]

Vince Staples To Miley Cyrus: “Shut The F**k Up”

…The Long Beach, Calif. rapper displayed some of that straight talk he’s become known for in a recent interview [with Vice’s i-D.com] in where he had some choice words for Miley Cyrus… ‘I don’t f*ck with Miley Cyrus. I don’t like what Miley Cyrus said about Kendrick Lamar. She needs to say sorry. It was very salty… I think she confused him with someone else. She said “Kendrick Lamar sings about LSD and he’s cool…” She didn’t know who she was talking about. Kendrick Lamar doesn’t have a song about LSD – that’s A$AP Rocky. So is it either you don’t know what you’re talking about or is it all black people look alike? Either one is fine with me but shut the f*ck up Miley Cyrus.’

[HipHopWired]

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