Mikelle Street

Model Jordyn Woods knows what it's like to walk into a store and not find what you want to wear in your size. She knows, not because she's done research about it; she knows because she's experienced it first hand. "Growing up it was really difficult…

(Editor's note: Images below are NSFW). Though Miami Swim Week is normally only thought about for beautiful (but uniformly thin) models walking around in bikinis, this year the fashion week is kicking up quite a bit of news.  Hot off the racially…

There are problems with fast fashion. There truly are. Underpaid garment manufacturers, literal tons of wasted product every year, and outsized effects on the environment. But when it comes to quality, at least there's one brand that you don't have…

Though they've been producing a men's line for years, the Paris-based brand Balenciaga is finally putting their men's collection on the runway. But their methods seem a little off. By announcing the brand's first men's runway show, they're bucking…

In lock-step with other fashion and beauty brands Christopher-Columbus-ing hairstyles worn by people of color, on Wednesday, British fashion retailer ASOS mistakenly claimed that model Cara Delevingne was the reason micro braids had risen to…

While on her press tour for the new documentary The First Monday In May, Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour unknowingly kicked up a storm of criticism.  During an interview on Late Night With Seth Meyers, the notoriously critical Wintour called…

On Saturday night, Zendaya Coleman turned up at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards looking 24 levels of perfect while wearing a Ulyana Sergeenko dress.  While many viewers cheered her on as the starlet accepted her favorite female TV star award,…

Balenciaga's runway show at Paris Fashion Week was one of the most highly anticipated of the season. But according to some industry insiders, the show fell flat. Why? Not a single model of color was featured in the show. Read more: H&M's…

Sundanese-Australian model Ajak Deng has decided to give modeling a second go, just days after she announced she was leaving behind the fashion industry's "fakes and the lies."  "I was selfish to only think of myself," she wrote in an Instagram…

On the fashion runways this season, diversity has been a sticking point. Some news has been good: Earlier this month, David Hart showed his collection on a lineup of all male models of color as a sign of cultural appreciation during men's New York…

Though Monday was the start of Black History Month, designer David Hart's decision to use a cast of all black male models wasn't meant to be a gimmick. Sure, he said, it was "a subtle nod to everything going on with the Oscars." But the fashion…

With long blonde hair and a leggy physique, Francesca Aiello might have been mistaken for one of the models who preceded her when she walked down the runway at the W South Beach as part of Miami Swim Week on Saturday night. But the 20-year-old has…

"The whole thing came about with me telling Usher['s team] no," fashion designer Kerby Jean-Raymond told Mic in a phone interview. "But you can't really tell him no — he's really persistent, and he gets everyone to call you until you give in." So on…