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Claire’s Life: Kicking Off Women’s History Month with Toronto’s We Rise Experience with Ronne Brown, Kela Walker, and Treasa Leigh Brown

Happy Hump Day, Bomb Lifers! Over the weekend, I was blessed to go to Toronto for the very first time for the We Rise Experience, a conference started by Treasa Leigh Brown that’s all about female empowerment! In a conversation moderated by Kela Walker, Ronne Brown and I offered our thoughts and advice on running a business, balancing work and life, and practicing self care! As we wrote on FashionBombDaily.com, “The event included a series of panel sessions, workshops and…

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Letter from Claire Sulmers: The State of Diversity in Fashion; My Response to Kerby Jean Raymond vs. Business of Fashion

Is Diversity in Fashion a trend? In some ways, it is. I’ve been writing about and documenting issues of diversity in fashion (interspersed with celeb style of course) for over a decade now. I remember back in July 2008, when Vogue asked, “Is Fashion Racist?“ One of the opening lines of the piece included someone rolling their eyes, asking, “Are we still talking about this?” Yes. Yes we are. Because fashion can be racist. Yes, sadly, we still have a problem. Pyer Moss designer Kerby…

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Claire’s Life: The Ubiquitous Expo in D.C. with Cynthia Bailey, Brandi Harvey, Germaine Leftridge, Arian Simone, and More!

Happy Tuesday, folks! This past weekend, I was graciously invited by Germaine Leftridge to participate in Ubiquitous Expo, a forum focused on haircare for relaxed and natural Bombshells. I participated on a panel called “Defining U,” alongside superstar Bombshells Angela Gates, Director of the Office of Cable Television, Film, Music and Entertainment & Interim Director of the Commission on the Arts and Humanties for the District of Columbia, Arian Simone, Celebrity Publicist, Author of Founder & CEO of Fearless Brand…

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