Victor Qunnuell Vaughns

1 week ago | ebony.com | Victor Qunnuell Vaughns

Some folks launch beauty brands. SZA? She launches sermons wrapped in lip liner. On a random scroll through the ‘Gram, SZA hit us with an all-caps confession—one part celebration, one part benediction:“YALL ASKED FOR THE LIP COMBO AND IT'S FINALLY HERE!!! I REPEAT THE LIP PRODUCTS IVE BEEN WEARING AND WORKING ON FOR YEARS ARE FINALLY HERE FOR EVERYONE TO TRY 🥹!!!”And just like that, it wasn’t just a caption. It was a moment. A digital scream into the void that we all heard.

1 week ago | ebony.com | Victor Qunnuell Vaughns

In a move that feels less like a corporate handshake and more like a cultural alignment, Coach and the WNBA have inked a multiyear partnership that’s part luxury collab, part manifesto. The fashion house, long synonymous with Americana leathercraft and the kind of handbags that whisper wealth instead of shouting it, is now the official handbag partner of the league. Translation: the sideline just got a little more stylish, and the game? A little more expressive.

1 week ago | ebony.com | Victor Qunnuell Vaughns

Let’s talk. Not in whispers, not in code. We’re not tiptoeing around this one. Sis, your son is not your king. He’s not the man of the house. He’s a child. And he needs to stay in a child’s place. Somewhere along the way, too many Black mothers started crowning their sons as if they sat on a throne built from the sacrifices they wouldn’t dare expect from their daughters.

1 week ago | ebony.com | Victor Qunnuell Vaughns

The truth is, we’re losing our sons before they even get a chance to become themselves. Caleb Wilson was just 20 years old—a student at Southern University, a young Black man on the road to something. Maybe a degree. Maybe a legacy. But definitely a life. That was cut short after he was punched in the chest during a fraternity hazing ritual. That’s how he died. Not in a shootout. Not on some street corner. But in a brotherhood that mistook violence for bonding and pain for passage.

1 week ago | ebony.com | Victor Qunnuell Vaughns

Over $1.9 million in scholarships went to 160 Fashion Scholarship Fund (FSF) Scholars, including a fresh wave of Virgil Abloh “Post-Modern” recipients repping 75 colleges nationwide. Fear of God’s Jerry Lorenzo, an FSF Honoree, sat on the judge’s panel—bridging streetwear intellect with institutional acclaim. Their work wasn’t just seen—it was felt. A tight-knit panel cracked open the legacy of tailoring, dandyism and the way Harlem’s style swagger rewrote the code.