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Black women should be celebrated in every way possible. This past year has been incredible, with Vice President Kamala Harris making groundbreaking history and women like Stacey Abrams, and Rihanna excelling in their respective fields. If you love the Queens, you will be excited to go shopping for women-centric decor today!
We’ve found home items that represent the full beauty and power of Black women that will breathe new life into your everyday routine. Ready to cop these items?
Living Single Art Print Poster
In a 90’s kind of world I’m glad I got my girls! In honor of the classic FOX sitcom, artist Nadira Simone composes this and other cult classic posters from the ’90s Golden Era of Black culture.
Living Single Art Print Poster (Amazon)
Black Woman Wall Art
Express your bold style and individuality with this Black girl wall art set by Haus & Hues. You will love these paintings’ fashionable, aesthetic, and Bohemian elements with cool green tones, warm orange hues, and soft pinks in the background. Hang these beautiful pictures in your office, vanity, or dorm, and watch your confidence and personality come alive!
Black Woman Wall Art (Amazon)
Bella and Bentley African American Pillow Cover Set of 4
This set of pillow covers will add a chic look to your couch or bed with minimal effort. This set of four is machine washable and has an all white reserve side. Material is 100% polyester.
Bella and Bentley African American Pillow Cover Set of 4 (Amazon)
ALAZA African Dancer Women Tribal Black Area Rug
This 7′ X 5′ area rug is a cute addition to compliment your couch or a coffee table in your living room. This rug also had durability as it is fade-resistant–a plus if your home has lots of traffic!
ALAZA African Dancer Women Tribal Black Area Rug (Amazon)
‘I Am’ Shower Curtain Sets
Affirm your thoughts and inner goddess every time you look in the mirror with this bathroom set. All ‘I Am’ features a variety of designs that center strong images of Black women. Each set comes with a shower curtain with 12 plastic hooks, a bathroom mat, a U-shaped rug, and a toilet lid cover.
I Am Shower Curtains Set (Amazon)
Designs by Maria Black Girl Greeting Cards
Each greeting card has a unique message inside, so they’re ready to make friends and family smile right out of the box. This boxed set of cards and envelopes has every sentiment you need to convey for any occasion. Get a card for birthdays, weddings, baby showers, or to send good wishes and gratitude in this assorted pack of 12!
Designs by Maria Inc. Black Girl Greeting Cards (Amazon)
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This weekend in fashion included a few moving moments worth your attention. First, actor, musician, and producer Donald Glover made an appearance in a dapper Fear Of God look that we can’t get out of our minds. Meanwhile, African designer Thebe Magugu has announced a new partnership working on special projects with the nonprofit RED.
Next, Dior has announced the launch of a new exhibition highlighting the late fashion photographer Peter Lindbergh. Since its five-year anniversary, Denim Tears has already dropped a new collection with Lil Yachty and his crew as the campaign faces. Lastly, the growing athletic brand giant New Balance has dropped a new sneaker encompassing the feeling of summer. Keep scrolling to learn more about these fashion moments from over the weekend, below.
Donald Glover Wears Fear Of GodOver the weekend for a Mr. & Mrs. Smith tastemaker event in West Hollywood, California Donald Glover wore an oversized neutral-toned Fear Of God suit. The colors were layered over one another seamlessly. The way the pants fell with the single pleat on each leg over his shiny black shoes was the perfect ratio. The large blazer layered over his draped T-shirt in a complementary earth tone to his suit wassrc="https://www.essence.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-2165177265-scaled.jpg" alt="In Case You Missed It: Donald Glover Wears Fear Of God, Thebe Magugu Partners With Nonprofit (RED), And More" width="400" height="577" />Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images Thebe Magugu Partners With The Nonprofit RED
The African label Thebe Magugu has announced a partnership with RED titled “The Custom Heirloom Ensemble.” The project was originally launched last year with Michelle Obama and Lupita Nyong’o as the first few wearers of the pieces produced. Both women wore pieces with family members or loved ones immortalized on their clothing. Now in 2024, this edition of the project will include customizable pyjama-collar shirts, trousers, and a tote bag in green, cream, navy, and red. Speaking of RED, this partnership in the collection will have proceeds going to the nonprofit that aims to fight AIDS.
“Heirloom is a very special project for me, because it gets to immortalize through cloth not only my own memories, but the memories of others as well. Creating an archivable ‘log’ of one’s life,” said Magugu in a statement. “It is extra special that this project also gets to contribute to (RED)’s critical mission of fighting AIDS through the power of fashion. I have seen the effects of HIV/AIDS up close, having lost family members to it, and watching others manage the condition, I am personally invested in this cause. Being in South Africa, we have one of the highest rates in the world.”
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Dior Announces A New ExhibitionIn honor of the late photographer Peter Lindbergh, a new exhibition is to be on display at Galerie Dior in the French fashion house’s Avenue Montaigne flagship store in Paris. The pieces in the exhibition will be unreleased images shot by Lindbergh from a Times Square shoot that included over 80 outfits from the Dior archive ranging from ready-to-wear to Haute Couture and other images from 1988 to 2018.
Dior/Lindbergh will be on view from October 17 to May 4 at Galerie Dior at 11 Rue François 1er, 75008 Paris, France.
View this post on Instagram Denim Tears Taps Lil Yachty’s Concrete Boys For A New CollectionDenim Tears has dropped a new collection entitled “Denim University” with rapper Lil Yatchy and his crew the Concrete Boys as the starring faces of the campaign. Yatchy is seen in a pair of purple cut-off shorts, and a zip-up sweatsuit with a yellow Denim Tears crest, as if it were part of a school uniform. More from the collection worn by fellow rappers Giovanna Ramos, Camo!, Draft Day, and Concrete Moe are seen in colorways such as bright red, black, blue, green, and white. The collection also includes full-length sweatpants in the same colorways.
Shop “Denim University” on denimtears.com and in-store at African Diaspora Goods on 176 Spring Street.
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New Balance Drops A Buttery Yellow SneakerA shoe that holds the feeling of summer has dropped and it’s the New Balance 1906N in a buttery yellow hue. The new shoe comes at the perfect transitional weather time right before things start to cool down and offers a sleek iteration to a usual New Balance running sneaker. As we know, sneakers have integrated their way into the more dressy scene these days and this shoe fits the criteria for being a fashionable sneaker that can be worn casually or out with a suit if need be.
The new 1906N is available now to shop on newbalance.com.
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My absolute favorite thing about the state of horror movies in 2024 is how many filmmakers are going real weird with it. Killers, vampires, ghosts, and especially zombies feel incredibly passé on their own. We need a little uncanny strangeness with our scares, and some existential dread. Yum yum yum, I eat it up. The most recent movie to fit this bill like a glove is Damian McCarthy’s Oddity, which has made the festival rounds and which I saw through Fantasia Fest 2024. Oddity is not lying; it’s a very weird movie, but the scares are plentiful, the imagery creepy, and the story strangely satisfying.
McCarthy’s previous film was Caveat, an intensely grimy little movie about a man who takes a job watching over a psychologically disturbed woman in an abandoned house on an isolated island. While that movie didn’t light the world on fire, it did provide some upsetting concepts and imagery that made me curious to see what he’d do next. Oddity takes much of what worked in Caveat and makes an altogether more approachable, “conventional” movie that lulls the viewer into thinking they know what’s going to happen. They might, but probably not.
Dani (Carolyn Bracken) moves into a very remote house in the Irish countryside with her husband Ted (Gwilym Lee), a doctor at the nearby mental asylum. One night while Ted is at work, a creepy stranger (Tadhg Murphy) knocks on the door and tells Dani that he saw someone, or something, enter the house and that she is in grave danger. Now this presents Dani with a predicament. Believe this man, or not. What she decided, and what actually happened is part of the movie’s fun, so I won’t spoil it.
We then cut to some time later, Dani is out of the picture, and Ted’s new girlfriend Yana (Caroline Menton) is about to move into the house, under duress. Arriving at just the wrong time is Dani’s vision-impaired twin sister Darcy (also Bracken) who plans to stay the weekend. It isn’t just an unwanted relative. Darcy, who owns a shop full of occult and folklore oddities, brings a human-sized wooden homunculus with which she plans to get to the bottom of what happened to her sister.
Oddity is one of those horror movies that refuses to adhere to any usual story conventions. It keeps you guessing all the way through, which in and of itself builds tension. The laws of the natural and supernatural bleed in interesting ways, keeping viewers on edge. I found so much to like about it, especially to do with the unique location. We go other places, but the majority of the action happens in the remote house. It’s beautiful and welcoming, but the lighting at night plus some large, shadowy areas make it sinister in the best way. Similarly, the mere presence of the weird homunculus, and Darcy’s other cursed objects, leaves us wondering when and how they’ll come into the story. When they do, it’s supremely satisfying.
This is a movie where you aren’t sure what you’re watching at times, or why, but everything comes together by the end. Not necessarily how you think it would, or maybe even should, but that’s literally in the name. Oddity is scary, mysterious, upsetting, and effecting and I had a big grin on my face when the credits rolled. Definitely worth your time.
Oddity ⭐ (4 of 5)
Kyle Anderson is the Senior Editor for Nerdist. He hosts the weekly pop culture deep-dive podcast Laser Focus. You can find his film and TV reviews here. Follow him on Instagram and Letterboxd.
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