While we’ve said in the past that getting worked up about prom is overrated, nobody can deny that Jawana Young, of Benton Harbor, Michigan killed it with her Coming to America-inspired dress.
What people don’t know is that her date is the designer behind her dress.
Jimelle Livon is an 18-year-old fashion designer who took to Instagram to show behind-the-scenes photos of the dress-making process, and then the couple shared a knockout photo (above) of the final product.
Coming to America is the classic Eddie Murphy movie from 1988; the film’s princess-in-training costume also served as inspiration for Beyonce’s Met Gala dress from last year.
Check out Jawana sporting Jimelle’s amazing creation below.
Paris Fashion Week is getting a little more provocative. Tom of Finland Foundation presents Packed for Pleasure, a new group exhibition exploring nearly a century of art, desire and censorship—and the creative ways artists have continued to make and share work when society tells them not to. Curated by the Foundation’s Chief Curator Brooke Wise
Before understanding that she could work in fashion, Maria Braz already understood the power of an image. Music videos, movies, magazines, red carpets, shows. Britney Spears, Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Rihanna. As a child and teenager, she watched, recreated, dressed up, invented characters, and turned her computer into a set for her own productions.
Fashion week, trend fatigue, relationship scheduling, accidental wellness, and the annual September identity crisis. Maybe nothing is wrong with us. Maybe we’ve just been online too long.
Fashion Week is happening, TikTok discovered something that already existed, Mary-Kate and Ashley left the house, and naturally, I have thoughts. Welcome to NOT THAT SERIOUS.
