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At 50 years old, it’s safe to say Mary J. Blige is forever a fashion icon. The singer stepped out on the scene in the early ’90s with her debut record “What’s the 411?” Since then — and 13 studio albums and nine Grammy awards later — Blige is known as the “Queen of Hip Hop & Soul,” but even …

Sex and Suits—the title of fashion scholar Anne Hollander’s important book about fashion and gender—is a neat summary of what’s happening in menswear on the eve of the spring 2023 collections. It also works as a description of Sir Rod Stewart’s back catalog of style. Although Rihanna once declared herself a fan of the singer’s look, it’s been less dissected …

A U.S. sprinter who was suspended from competing in the 2021 summer Olympics over a positive marijuana test is challenging the recent decision to allow a Russian skater to continue to participate in this month’s winter games despite the discovery that she’d tested positive for a banned performance enhancement drug. Sha’Carri Richardson’s suspension last year drove an international conversation about …