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October
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Bob Marley’s Style: Exploring His Most Iconic Looks

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From the man who gave us the anthemic “Redemption Song,” it’s time to redeem him from all the blurs of head-shop posters, T-shirts, and weed references in which we lost the real Bob Marley and look back at the iconic and truly authentic fashion style the King of Reggae has blessed us with. 

Understanding why he emerged as an iconic fashion figure shows us how Bob Marley’s affordable and effortlessly cool style was more than just a fashion choice but a reflection of his lifestyle and political and spiritual beliefs. His style deeply resonated with and empowered generations worldwide, seamlessly blending aesthetic appeal with profound cultural significance.

Bob Marley passed away over 40 years and is considered one of the most influential and best-selling artists ever. A movie about him seems long overdue. Bob Marley: One Love hit theaters this February 14 to great critical acclaim, and the biopic chronicles the time when Bob Marley survived an assassination attempt in Jamaica, leading to his exile in London. During this period, he produced his albums Exodus and Kaya, released in 1977 and 1978, respectively.

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20
September
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Zendaya’s 32 Most Iconic Style Moments (So Far)

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Zendaya: undisputed fashion queen. The singer, actor, and dancer known mononymously (which means she’s already iconic) has brought out so, so many brilliant styles that it’s honestly hard to pick which ones are the best. The 2021 CFDA Fashion Icon Award recipient shuts the red carpet down whenever she’s on it—and, of course, she’s got great business and business-casual style too. She’s a bit of a fashion chameleon: Who else could pull off old Hollywood glam, cutouts galore (for the Oscars!!), and literal Joan of Arc cosplay?

Zendaya’s long-time stylist and image architect Law Roach, who referred to himself as her “creative director” in 2023, originally helped get the young starlet on the map when she was just 13 and still a Disney star. He later admitted that he helped get couture gowns for the up-and-comer by requesting gowns that had already been worn by another celebrity, causing her to become a staple of the “who wore it better?” style stories (and often winning, because, it’s her). Once she was a known entity, though, everyone wanted to dress her. And she’s been giving us red carpet magic every since.

Ahead, 32 iconic Zendaya outfits, from the prim and

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13
July
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Super Fly: Inside NBA basketball’s enduring influence on fashion – from the ever-slick Kobe Bryant and bling-loving LeBron James, to Michael Jordan’s iconic

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When Mitchell S. Jackson was offered the opportunity to put together a book about the intersection of fashion and basketball – subjects he has long harboured a fascination for – he thought the assignment would be “a no-brainer”.

“I thought it was going to be a short project,” says the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and acclaimed author. “It was meant to be 15,000 words. How long could that take? A few months?”

Instead, Fly: The Big Book of Basketball Fashion, ended up taking a few years to complete, involving a substantial amount of research into subjects that went far past how NBA stars look on and off the court.

LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers pictured looking slick before a game earlier this year, against Oklahoma City Thunder in February. Photo: Getty Images

“As a basketball fan, I had some idea who the stars of the NBA were, going back to its inception,” says Jackson, who serves as the John O. Whiteman Dean’s Distinguished Professor in the English department of Arizona State University. “But there is a difference between an NBA star and the NBA star that is also fashionable. And this book is a great representation of where

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