The day before yesterday in NYC, I took a deep breath and went to my unhappy place (Midtown) in order to reach my happy place: Nordstrom's flagship store on 57th and 7th. There, my friends, I shopped. I really shopped. It's been a minute since I've dedicated an afternoon to relishing the process IRL of discovering things I wasn't even looking for, scooping up armfuls of items, and having multiple people hurrying over to ask if I'd like to start a dressing room.I methodically worked my wa...

Sporty & Rich have undergone a pretty big resurgence of late, dropping numerous collaborations with the likes of Lacoste, Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc and adidas, alongside recently opening its first-ever store location in New York's SoHo.Out of all the above, its adidas collaboration was undoubtedly the most popular. So much so, that the sneaker duo have come back for round two. First teased on social media, the new iterations feature two colorways, each boasting a white tumbled leather base with ...

Take a glimpse at the pantheon of Air Jordan 1s, and you'll see the full roster of original colorways from 1985. There's the classic "Chicago," the brooding "Bred," the bold "Black Toe," the stealthy "Shadow," and the no-frills "Neutral Grey," among others, but one of the finest of the bunch is the "Royal."Though the "Royal" is about as polar of an opposite of Chicago Bulls colors that you'll find thanks to its black-and-blue palette, it's a staple in the lineage of Michael Jordan's first signat...

This is an open love letter to the Black girls who grew up in the hood. Black girls whose safe place was the beauty supply store aisles and nail salons. Black girls who lay their edges perfectly with a toothbrush. Black girls like Sexyy Red, Caresha and JT of the City Girls, Ice Spice, Glorilla, Jayda Cheaves, Dess Dior and more are the girls in which every little hood girl sees themselves.Growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, I was obsessed with the "around the way girls" who effortlessly wore whit...