Style Highlights from Essence Festival: A Showcase of Iconic Trends and Timeless Elegance
Essence Festival was a fashion showcase with stunning displays of style, from iconic single-glove moments to effortlessly elegant off-the-shoulder dresses, showcasing a blend of individual flair and classic trends. We discuss it here!
Usher Performs at Essence Festival 2024
By: Jayla Smith
To start off the excitement, the world’s fan favorite has done it again! Usher has unapologetically made us admire him again and again as a LEGEND. When it comes to Usher’s fashion sense, he has completely made the blazer moment his own. A fan fave is dressing down a complex suit with a baseball cap featuring the big "A"—representing Atlanta in the best way possible. Usher has also mastered channeling Michael Jackson's iconic one-glove moment. We STAN King Usher. This is a moment to go down in history!
Method Man does not have to do much for the ladies to salivate. Yep, in his white tee, he creates a moment of his own. I can guarantee that many women would probably adore him best without it on at all. However, keeping his fashion basic is always his style, and he owns it! The reading glasses are just a classic touch to his nature!
Method Man at Essence Festival
Tabitha Brown and the amazing Stephen Satterfield have graced us with their presence! The most important piece in fashion is their smile, and they have it! Tabitha Brown, the most amazing content creator, writer, and food guru, is always the life of the party! Elegantly wearing this off-the-shoulder printed green and white dress gave us all the feels we needed to celebrate Blackness! Alongside Stephen Satterfield, with his amazing eagerness he puts into the food industry, we love this simplistic combo—with a scarf to add a special touch. This is the duo we all did not know we needed!
Tabitha Brown and Stephen Satterfield at Essence Festival 2024
Credit: Stephen Satterfield IG
Victoria Monét can do no wrong. Her stylist, Davonte Washington, just gets it! We are in the season where cowgirls are taking over! This ain't Texas, but it was Louisiana! Victoria wearing these chaps was a twist for a special occasion! The blonde hair is gold with the cropped lace top! Yes, and more yes.
.@VictoriaMonet's "TGIF" dance break is EVERYTHING! 🔥#ESSENCEFest pic.twitter.com/jCf9NXDHB8
— ESSENCE (@Essence) July 8, 2024
Overall, Essence Fest took fashion drama to the next level! There are so many artists and prominent people to discuss, but I think with just these few you got the point. To the fashion girlies and fashion men—you all have definitely done it again!
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Sonique Saturday Leads Stylish Rebellion with Saturday House
Have you spotted Saturday House? The brand that brought to life the iconic You Fake Like This Birkin bag? Meet the CEO Sonique Saturday. We discuss it here!
Rocking designer dupes has set TikTok abuzz, fueled by the surge in influencer reviews. This sizzling trend has ignited a fashion-forward debate: Is it a clever shortcut to style, or a resounding fashion No-No? Amidst this discourse, enters Sonique Saturday, a trailblazer pushing boundaries with her luxurious handbag collection. Have you spotted Saturday House? The brand brought to life the iconic You Fake Like This Birkin bag, that has graced the arms of Tabitha Brown, Yung Miami, Niecy Nash, Amber Rose, and Christina Milian.
Meet the CEO of Saturday House, Sonique Saturday. Picture a broke college student with a passion for luxury fashion who is unwilling to wait for a corporate job to flaunt luxury items. Instead of waiting to be able to afford the luxury items she desired, she carved a new affordable path instead. Her handbag line mirrors the aesthetics of fashion labels, making quality and style attainable without breaking the bank. Say what you want about designer dupes Saturday House is giving quality. Enter Saturday House, a striking reimagination of luxury possession and the American dream. "We’re fed the 'American Dream' from birth– so seeking something adjacent to it felt familiar" Sonique candidly shared with 247 LC.
Of course, where brilliance sparks, challenges follow. Saturday House's iconic dupe designs have placed Sonique into a whirlwind of obstacles that most entrepreneurs couldn’t even dream of. Imagine receiving legal threats from fashion titans and rejection by tech giants like Google and Facebook for projecting a 'powerful image'. But in the face of adversity, Sonnique's fire only burned brighter.
“I suddenly realized I needed lawyers! Throughout the process, I aimed to uphold the values of originality and creativity while respecting the established legal boundaries within the fashion industry.”
Sonique prepares her ‘Yep It’s Vegan’ bag for a brand photoshoot.
Interestingly enough, Sonique didn't intend to birth a business at first. Initially, she just wanted a bag that echoed her style, designer dupe or not! Years of flaunting her custom designs unveiled a startling revelation: the world desired what she created. Staying true to herself birthed a unique black-owned luxury brand. Every Saturday House piece is a masterpiece, hand-painted and custom-crafted, a rarity in the handbag world. And those quotes? They're conversation starters, guaranteed to seize attention.
“I envisioned creating a piece that women could build their entire look around. I aimed to create conversation starters, something that made people stop and pay attention.”
Guess what? That's precisely what these bags do. So, when your eyes lock onto a bag proclaiming You Fake Like This Chanel, Just Don’t Touch My Hair, or I Don’t Cook, recognize it's from Saturday House – the audacious black-owned luxury handbag brand that shattered every fashion boundary in its path.
Meet Jayla Smith, contributing Writer for 247 Live Culture!