Alek Wek wears a Miu Miu jacket, shorts, briefs, and belts. Since your debut in the mid 1990s, you’ve made fashion history several times over, including when you became the first African “bride” to ...

The runway is the fastest route for Alek Wek to get where she’s going. The stunning supermodel known for her short hair, dark skin and bright smile has strode the catwalks of some of the world’s top ...

Recently named People’s Most Beautiful woman, Lupita Nyong’o gave us goosebumps during her ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood speech about Black beauty and what Alek Wek’s supermodel status meant to her ...

NEW YORK — It is a grim, rainy day at the Chelsea Piers, where the fashion staff of Allure magazine awaits the arrival of models for a 10-page photo shoot. Alek (pronounced uh-LEK) Wek blows into the ...

In honor of ESSENCE's 40th anniversary, we're looking back at the magazine's most beautiful covers of all time. Let us know in the comments section which ones you like best... View our 40 most ...

For fashionistas who know their Black history the omission was glaring and unacceptable. Last week W magazine's official Twitter account was widely slammed after it posted a photo of models Gigi Hadid ...

The ad, featuring the likes of Prinyanka Chopra, Wiz Khalifa, and Christie Brinkley, celebrates the simplicity of the white T-shirt as an American staple. In contrast to his usual #NYFW spectacles, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Celia Shatzman writes about fashion, beauty and grooming. Every year fashion followers wait with bated breath for the Met Gala’s ...

ALEK WEK GIGGLES A LOT. SHE giggles at the mere mention of Method Man, her favorite rapper, and she giggles when she talks about sashaying down the runways of New York, Paris and Milan. And why ...

Oct 28, 2005 (NEW YORK) — The runway is the fastest route for Alek Wek to get where she’s going. The stunning supermodel known for her short hair, dark skin and bright smile has strode the catwalks of ...

NEW YORK — The runway is the fastest route for Alek Wek to get where she's going. The stunning supermodel known for her short hair, dark skin and bright smile has strode the catwalks of some of the ...