HB Features 2018

HB Features 2018

I’m fat. How did that statement make you feel? What was your gut reaction? Did you cringe a little bit? Did you feel just a twinge of pity for me? Did you get the urge to search for my Instagram page to see if I was an acceptable kind of fat, or just fat fat? […]

We caught up with plus size model Lydia René who shares her experience about being one of the few plus size models to book a beauty campaign.

Back in the early 2000s, when powder blue velour suits were a sign of fashion supremacy, emerged a brand that would shape streetwear and bring it to the forefront of fashion. Kimora Lee Simmons created Baby Phat — an extension of her then-husband’s popular brand Phat Farm. The curvy stitched cat on the back of […]

World AIDS Day is the perfect time to unlearn the nonsense and put the conspiracy theories to rest.

Jodie Turner-Smith stars in Queen & Slim, a thrilling love story about an unlikely Black couple on the run after a routine traffic stop turns deadly when a police officer is fatally shot. Queen, portrayed by Turner-Smith, is a no nonsense lawyer before all-hell breaks loose. She and Slim (Daniel Kaluuya) have to learn to […]

Days before the actress went into labor, we sat down with her to talk about her Fit Liberty (Mom) line, the importance of size inclusivity in fashion and how motherhood might shape her sense of style.

SoBeautiful

“I grew up with a mother who told me to embrace my height to love it. She told me never to be the shrinking violet," said Rhoden.

Style & Fashion

Has the brand "found Ashley" and decided she's not the neighborhood girl?

Alisha Alexander's Coveted Collections carves out a much-needed space to connect Black luxury designers to eager fashionistas and influencers ready to find the next big brand.

The first exhibit will focus on 1950's makeup and feature African American icons like Dorothy Dandridge and Black entrepreneurs such as Anthony Overton and Annie Turnbo Malone.

SoBeautiful

"Why can't I make change?"