Breaking up is hard to do, especially when it’s with a character you’ve been playing for the better half of your career. But in Ashley Blaine Featherson’s case, the breakup with her beloved Dear White People counterpart Joelle was inevitable. She had spent five-plus years working on the indie film turned popular Netflix series about a group of Black college students at an Ivy League institution that touches on various topics of race relations and black identity, and it was time to graduate...

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: I'm a really good Nordstrom shopper. There's something so soothing to me about scrolling through all the pages of new arrivals with the intention of singling out the best of the best for all of you. It's here I spot some of the best products before anyone else simply because I'm willing to take the time to go through it all. Sometimes we like to highlight the best trends or the best items under $100, but today, I'm keeping things simple and am b...

Now that both Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle have resumed working following a summer break, you can expect to see a lot of stellar fall outfits very soon. Since the duchess tends to stick to her signature personal style, I have a feeling she'll be bringing back all of her favorite seasonal trends from years past. For instance, she already resurrected her old reliable pair of See by Chloé lace-up boots for a function this month, proving that she definitely plays favorites when it comes to ...

We know, we know. There’s a whole world of boot styles available to try right now. There are Western and over-the-knee silhouettes, bright colors, and white pairs that channel ’60s mod, but nothing is as valuable to your wardrobe as an old faithful that never steers you wrong. For us, that’s black ankle boots. Predictable? Sure. Wrong? Absolutely not.The reason black ankle boots are (almost) never a bad choice is that they have versatility. They’re not the statement piece of the outfit; ...