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Paloma Elsesser, Precious Lee, Tess McMillan, and Jill Kortleve Get Real About Fashion, Body Image, and the 2020 Election

In their Forces of Fashion panel, the models talked walking for Versace and Stacey Abram’s historic triumph in Georgia….

As fashion continues to evolve its messages about beauty and inclusion, a new generation of models has risen to the forefront. Boldly beautiful and willing to speak up on issues relating to body image, politics, and feminism, they’re among the most in-demand talents of the moment. Paloma Elsesser, Precious Lee, Jill Kortleve, and Tess McMcMillan represent this sea change in different ways. Still, their combined efforts are helping redefine what it means to work in the “curve” segment of modeling. Whether it’s Kortleve and Lee taking to the runway at Versace’s spring/summer 2021 show and embodying the outré spirit of Donatella’s designs, Elsesser racking up covers on prestige glossies, or McMillan lending her ethereal beauty to Marc Jacobs’s campaigns, each is charting new territory. The group joined Vogue contributor Gabriella Karefa-Johnson on stage at their Forces of Fashion panel to discuss the ups and downs of being among the first to challenge fashion’s norms and the boundaries that remain unbroken.

Entitled “Whose Positivity,” the discussion was lively and engaging with topics that ran the gamut from their unique discovery stories to moving beyond fashion’s self-imposed restrictions of “commercial” and “prestige” work. “We have to acknowledge the fact that there was a time, not long ago, where this entire panel wouldn’t exist,” said Karefa-Johnson in reference to the groundbreaking shifts that have occurred during the last decade. “We should be speaking and thinking critically about the industry that we’re in. We have so far to go, but this is a phenomenal start.” Representation for women of larger sizes in fashion is a relatively new development, but its impact remains inspiring, even for the women whose images have become its symbols.

Watch their galvanizing panel and many more at Vogue’s virtual Forces of Fashion

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A$AP Rocky Turned An Entire Manchester City Kit Into His Album Rollout

A$AP Rocky at South by Southwest 2019
Photo: DannyB Photos / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

A$AP Rocky doesn’t do album rollouts quietly, and this one recruited an entire Premier League club to help. Manchester City, PUMA, and Rocky teamed up on a limited apparel run tied to “Don’t Be Dumb,” his 2026 album, timed around his September 5th show at Co-op Live.

The centerpiece is a long-sleeve PUMA King jersey in black and archive gold, with “DON’T BE DUMB” running down the sleeve and AWGE branding worked in throughout. A bold “MANCHESTER” graphic covers the back. Fans could also add limited “A$AP 11” name-and-number printing onto the club’s actual Home, Away, or Third kits, while supplies lasted at retail.

There’s a players-only version too, and it never went up for sale. That one sticks closer to City’s usual sky-blue identity, with its own sleeve detailing and back graphic — the kind of piece that exists purely because a handful of people got lucky.

The whole rollout kicked off with a one-night pop-up on September 4th, when PUMA turned a spot in Manchester’s Northern Quarter into a pop-up cafe for the night, mixing football, music, and street style into one room before the wider release hit the stadium store the next morning. Some of those jerseys even came with golden tickets to the concert or that Saturday’s match.

Rocky has called the project true to his own design language, and it’s not even his only club collaboration this cycle — a similar drop with AC Milan landed around the same time. At this point, the line between fashion week and matchday has basically disappeared.

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Quavo And Lids Are Going All In On Atlanta With Their New Cap Pack

Quavo photographed in 2019
Photo: Finish Line / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)

Quavo has never been shy about his hat obsession, and Lids just gave him another outlet for it. Their new “Atlanta” pack drops September 12th, marking another round in a partnership that’s been running strong since 2019.

The collection is a love letter to the city, spread across three very different caps. One mashes up pinstripes, script lettering, and Braves branding into a single design, working navy, red, white, and light blue into the mix. Another goes the opposite direction entirely — fully iced out in crystal detailing, done up in black and red, with both the Falcons and the Braves showing up in the design. The third strips things back to an old-school “ATL” trucker cap in red, white, and gold, the kind of understated piece that lets the city’s name do the talking.

None of this is new territory for Quavo. He’s talked before about waiting on hat releases as a kid, and that same excitement seems to be what’s kept this partnership going years past most celebrity collabs. His earlier Lids run leaned on one moment — the Braves’ 1995 World Series win — but this pack pulls from the city’s whole sports history instead of just one highlight.

Lids has called Quavo one of the rare voices who can blend music, fashion, and sports without it feeling forced, and this drop backs that up. Given how fast his past releases have moved, Atlanta might want to set an alarm for September 12th.

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