There’s a well-dressed elephant in the room for any person of color attending Fashion Week. No matter how beautiful the models or exquisite the clothes, the question remains: Are Black [...]

For most women of color, tying up our hair before bed is a necessary task. From reducing breakage to maintaining our ‘do, wearing a scarf at night has a myriad [...]

Most women who transition from relaxed to natural hair haven’t dealt with their unaltered texture since childhood, thus having to learn how to manage their hair from scratch. The task [...]

Since I made the decision to go natural a year ago, I’ve fielded as many questions about growing hair as styling it. While long hair is desired by many women [...]

The turban has been around for ages. Screen sirens from the ‘40s and ‘50s regularly drew inspiration from the Middle East, wrapping their heads with colorful fabric. The head wraps [...]

Read any Vixen article about natural or relaxed hair and you’ll find a flood of comments from readers debating about which style is better. Remarks often veer on the argumentative [...]

I know I wasn’t the only one whose mouth dropped yesterday when yet again, two grown women resorted to drink-throwing and hair-pulling on national TV. While cat-fights of this type [...]

What’s so bad about weaves? From black men complaining that weave creates artificial women to ladies rocking their weave-less hair like a superior badge of honor, it’s clear that weave [...]

June Ambrose is one of the most celebrated figures in contemporary black fashion. She is our stylist du jour, thrilling us with her imaginative outfits and adventurous Twitter tales of [...]

From UPTOWN–Picture this: you’re crazy about a man who has great husband potential but you rarely see him and sleep with him even less. Or you’re married to a woman [...]

From UPTOWN–Here’s a test. Walk into a room of eligible, attractive, educated, single black men and women. Show them a picture of their dream mate: smart, good-looking, well-spoken, charming, romantic, [...]