Skip to Content
Online Shop
Newsletter
Stories
Other Suns
(0)
Cart (0)
Online Shop
Newsletter
Stories
Other Suns
(0)
Cart (0)
Online Shop
Newsletter
Stories
  • Emotions
  • Fashion
  • Guides
  • Herbs
  • Interview
  • Mind
  • Rituals
  • Womb Wellness
12 Full Moon and New Moon Journal Prompts for Black Women
Guides Empress Woo 11/29/20 Guides Empress Woo 11/29/20

12 Full Moon and New Moon Journal Prompts for Black Women

The lunar cycle is a powerful marker of time that we women are naturally connected to. As we enter a new lunar cycle each month, take some time to reflect on where you are.

Read More
An Interview with Khepra Anu on Rhythmic Fasting, Astrology and Black Vegans
Interview Empress Woo 11/16/20 Interview Empress Woo 11/16/20

An Interview with Khepra Anu on Rhythmic Fasting, Astrology and Black Vegans

“The whole art of fasting is to create that sensitivity. When we raise our sensitivity, we’re raising our health.”

Read More
4 Things I Learned From Queen Afua’s ‘Sacred Woman’
Womb Wellness, Guides Empress Woo 9/16/20 Womb Wellness, Guides Empress Woo 9/16/20

4 Things I Learned From Queen Afua’s ‘Sacred Woman’

I call Sacred Woman the “Black Woman’s Bible,” because it will get you together on so many levels.

Read More
How a New Generation of Black Fashion Designers Are Reclaiming the Industry
Jedine Daley 7/10/20 Jedine Daley 7/10/20

How a New Generation of Black Fashion Designers Are Reclaiming the Industry

A new era of Black designers and entrepreneurs has emerged, taking the initiative to create opportunities and access for future generations.

Read More
Matte’s Briana Shaneè Wilson on the Business of Being Your Own Muse
Mind, Interview Amirah Mercer 6/15/20 Mind, Interview Amirah Mercer 6/15/20

Matte’s Briana Shaneè Wilson on the Business of Being Your Own Muse

The creator and muse of Matte talks about divine timing, building a sexy brand, and having unpopular opinions in the age of cancel culture.

Read More
Exclusive: House of Aama’s New 2020 Silhouette Collection Celebrates Black Womanhood, Shot by Quil Lemons
Interview, Mind Amirah Mercer 5/28/20 Interview, Mind Amirah Mercer 5/28/20

Exclusive: House of Aama’s New 2020 Silhouette Collection Celebrates Black Womanhood, Shot by Quil Lemons

The mother-daughter duo center Black femininity in luxury, from an Ancient Egyptian goddess to the southern belle.

Read More
How Oshun Helps Creatives Power Through the 2020 Paradigm Shift
Amirah Mercer 4/13/20 Amirah Mercer 4/13/20

How Oshun Helps Creatives Power Through the 2020 Paradigm Shift

“The creative process is the birth process,” says Ayesha Faines of The Grapevine and Women Love Power. “It’s the inception, it’s the brainstorm, it’s literally that chaotic process that it takes to bring something into fruition.”

Read More
Filmmaker Keenan MacWilliam on the Art of Creative Directing Your Own Vision
Amirah Mercer 1/6/20 Amirah Mercer 1/6/20

Filmmaker Keenan MacWilliam on the Art of Creative Directing Your Own Vision

From her studio in Bushwick, Keenan let Other Suns in on how to turn an idea on a page into a stunningly visual video.

Read More
How Michael Rotimi Manifested His New York Model and Talent Agency Offshore
Interview, Mind Amirah Mercer 9/12/19 Interview, Mind Amirah Mercer 9/12/19

How Michael Rotimi Manifested His New York Model and Talent Agency Offshore

Meet the founder of Offshore, an NYC modeling and talent agency that's making black beauty the mainstream beauty standard.

Read More
CFDA Fellows ASHYA on How to Find Success and Balance in the Luxury Fashion Industry
Amirah Mercer 7/8/19 Amirah Mercer 7/8/19

CFDA Fellows ASHYA on How to Find Success and Balance in the Luxury Fashion Industry

Moya Annece and Ashley Cimone discuss being “first-generation creatives,” how they avoid cultural appropriation as black fashion designers, and the power of self-help books.

Read More
‘Where Black Bodies Dream’: Creating Your Own Utopia with Haitian Artist Adler Guerrier
Amirah Mercer 4/19/19 Amirah Mercer 4/19/19

‘Where Black Bodies Dream’: Creating Your Own Utopia with Haitian Artist Adler Guerrier

The Miami-based artist is a master at identifying moments of paradise in familiar, African diasporic scenes—from Haiti to Los Angeles.

Read More
Kids of Immigrants Designer Daniel Buezo Is Using Streetwear to Help Migrants at the U.S.-Mexico Border
Amirah Mercer 2/21/19 Amirah Mercer 2/21/19

Kids of Immigrants Designer Daniel Buezo Is Using Streetwear to Help Migrants at the U.S.-Mexico Border

“Making clothes is amazing and fashion is awesome. But I feel like it's our responsibility to use our gifts to create change.”

Read More
Rihanna’s LVMH Deal Is the Perfect Marriage for Luxury Fashion and Hip-Hop Culture
Amirah Mercer 1/17/19 Amirah Mercer 1/17/19

Rihanna’s LVMH Deal Is the Perfect Marriage for Luxury Fashion and Hip-Hop Culture

The partnership is a tipping point for luxury fashion, which has had a history of racism and appropriation.

Read More
Why James Baldwin Would Love Barry Jenkins’ ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’
Amirah Mercer 12/13/18 Amirah Mercer 12/13/18

Why James Baldwin Would Love Barry Jenkins’ ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’

Both Baldwin’s and Jenkins’ work shine a light on the simplicities and joys and fears of being a person who is black and who is alive in America.

Read More
Philadelphia Printworks’ Maryam Pugh Is Creating a Uniform for the Movement
Amirah Mercer 11/9/18 Amirah Mercer 11/9/18

Philadelphia Printworks’ Maryam Pugh Is Creating a Uniform for the Movement

Philadelphia Printworks started as a creative outlet in 2010, but it has quietly grown into a fashionable beacon of activism.

Read More
Pyer Moss’ Unapologetic Blackness Is Good for Fashion
Amirah Mercer 10/19/18 Amirah Mercer 10/19/18

Pyer Moss’ Unapologetic Blackness Is Good for Fashion

Heavy is the head that wears the crown, and Kerby Jean-Raymond wears his crown well.

Read More
4 Black Fashion Models on Social Media, POC Designers and Confidence
Amirah Mercer 10/2/18 Amirah Mercer 10/2/18

4 Black Fashion Models on Social Media, POC Designers and Confidence

Here’s what it feels like to be young, black, and fly in fashion.

Read More
Sharahya Carter: ‘Are You Hiring People Who Know How to Do Black Hair?’
Amirah Mercer 10/2/18 Amirah Mercer 10/2/18

Sharahya Carter: ‘Are You Hiring People Who Know How to Do Black Hair?’

“I have really, really thick hair, so it has been a hit-or-miss type thing, because most people don’t want to touch it,” says 20-year-old model Sharahya, who is learning to navigate the industry with natural hair.

Read More
Newer Posts
Older Posts

Subscribe   Search

Powered by Squarespace