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News24
3 hours ago
- News24
Style star Lunathi Mampofu reveals her fashion secrets
When she's not tugging at heartstrings playing powerful characters in shows like The River, Inimba and Fatal Seduction, Lunathi Mampofu makes the world her runway with her fashion-forward looks. While the award-winning actor has been deservedly getting her flowers, taking home accolades from the Royalty Soapie Awards and the Feather Awards, Lunathi remains as humble and driven to take care of her family, revealing that although she was winning awards she was out of work and had to sell her car to support her family. Through it all, the 38-year-old thespian and mom remains a shining star in the entertainment industry. Not just for her captivating onscreen performances, but also for her distinct street style. Lunathi always brings her best, whether it's a tailored 'fit exploring her androgenous style or sporting bold prints on the red carpet. 'My clothing is a form of expression of how I feel at that time,' Lunathi tells TRUELOVE. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lunathi Mampofu (@lunathimampofu) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lunathi Mampofu (@lunathimampofu) From a fashion line in the works to drawing inspiration from her mother, Lunathi dives into her eclectic fashion sense. How would you describe your personal style? 'I dress how I feel, I design how I feel and most of the stuff I'm dressed in I've designed or I've inspired the designer to do them like that. I always like to look different, my mom was always the type of woman who would not dress like anyone else ... She wouldn't go into the typical shops that everyone shops in but she will go and find boutiques and all that stuff because she always wanted to look different and I think that's what I kind of draw from, obviously, because she used to dress us like that as well as children. But I don't like to look like anyone else, to be honest with you.' View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lunathi Mampofu (@lunathimampofu) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lunathi Mampofu (@lunathimampofu) What's next for you in the fashion space? 'I'm inspired by clothing a lot and I am going to start my own clothing brand soon ... It's been in the pipeline, it's something that I'm working on, and I'm praying to God to just direct me through it and I do it as well and as hard working as I do my craft. 'I want to give my all and I want to have enough time. That's something, unfortunately, that we don't get enough of.' A lot of your style includes bold shoulder pads. What do you love about making that kind of statement? 'The shoulder pad thing, for me, is just like, it gives you what we call isidima (gravitas). Shoulder pads [are] like i-petticoat. You know the petticoat thing that our parents used to wear underneath and then they wear with stockings and they'll wear their heels? It's one of those things that are staples that presented what a woman - poise. What isidima looks like and for me, that's what it is. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lunathi Mampofu (@lunathimampofu) 'I was brought up by a woman who was constantly looking beautiful, loved herself, carried herself well to a point where you'd be scared to even say hi type of a situation because she's got that thing and I feel like i-shoulder pads do that for me.' View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lunathi Mampofu (@lunathimampofu) What colours do you love against your skin? 'Nudes. I love nudes, I love black. But I think the colour of my skin complements, the shade of my skin, let me just say, is open to complementing a lot of different colors. That's why I like to experiment and play with them. But I am a natural colour woman.' View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lunathi Mampofu (@lunathimampofu) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lunathi Mampofu (@lunathimampofu)
Elle
4 hours ago
- Elle
How Munroe Bergdorf Tackles Difficult Conversations – And Doesn't Shy Away From The Hard Work
Speaking up for what you believe in can be terrifying. Even more so when you're up against a towering wall of anger, culture wars and rising hostility. It's easy to retreat into silent despair. But people don't make history by keeping their heads down. Few know this better than Munroe Bergdorf and Bethann Hardison: two trailblazers who have redefined representation in fashion. Hardison has spent decades fighting for diversity, from starting her own agency and co-founding the Black Girls Coalition, which advocated for greater inclusion of models of colour, in the 1980s to charting her journey in the award-winning 2023 documentary Invisible Beauty. Now, at 82, her impact can still be seen on runways, in fashion campaigns and across magazine covers. FIND OUT MORE ON THE ELLE COLLECTIVE Bergdorf, meanwhile, is still in the thick of it. She's already paved the way for trans people, fearlessly calling out inequality. But as trans rights come under increasing threat, the fight is far from over. In her new book Talk To Me, she urges all of us to get involved – to speak up even when paralysed by fear and to build bridges with family, friends and strangers alike. Because that's where understanding begins. Talking – to anyone, about anything – sparks something powerful. That's exactly what happened when Bergdorf and Hardison met and compared notes on activism, generational change and finding your voice. MUNROE BERGDORF: Hi Bethann, how are you doing? BETHANN HARDISON: I'm in the US, so I'm just waking up. I've got to travel today and I haven't even packed. MB: Where are you going? BH: Florence. I haven't been in many years – maybe decades. MB: Florence is so beautiful, though. BH: It is! Can I ask, how old are you? MB: I'm 38. BH: Going into your forties is the greatest thing ever. 40 is the new 28. MB: I think so, right? I'm 39 in September and there's a sense of panic that 40 is around the corner, but also a sense of calm that I've never had in my life before. I know myself. How was your 38? BH: I don't remember. I just bounced right along in life. But look at you – 38 and you've written two books! Here I am struggling to finish one. But I've really learnt more about myself while writing my memoir. MB: I mean, Talk To Me came out of that. My first book Transitional was a memoir, but I wanted this to be about lessons I've learnt. My career has been filled with difficult conversations – whether it's about racism in the UK or how it interacts with being trans. I wanted to write about not turning away from them and trying to find a way out of what you're unhappy with – exactly what you did [in your career]. BH: Well, by the late 2000s, the fashion industry had gotten to the point where models of colour were slowly disappearing. I had to speak out. I sent letters to the fashion councils of each city – New York, London, Milan and Paris – naming every designer who had erased models of colour. I had to believe in my heart that the industry wasn't racist – just ignorant. I started the conversation in 2007; by 2013, the letters were sent out. Immediately, there was a shift towards change. MB: Yeah. I became the first trans woman to model for L'Oreal [in 2017], but then I spoke about racism as a system that benefits all white people and was sacked. In the UK, we don't speak about racism in the same way that America does. BH: So, you became a model, felt the need to speak out, then spoke out so loud that they said, 'Goodbye!' MB: Yeah. There's a difference between active, violent racists and people who are ignorant. Both are wrong, but ignorance can be cured by education and discussion. When I'm faced with someone transphobic, I want to know why. Do they just hate trans people or do they have concerns that could be addressed by actually speaking to them? BH: Life is shifting, huh? MB: Yeah, in a concerning way. We've got to a point where people on either side of the political spectrum have demonised each other so belligerently that we no longer see each other as humans. But also, a lot of people feel like they have to know everything about a subject in order to speak about it, which stops us from having any discussions at all. BH: We used to have an expression: 'We go two steps forward, four steps back.' MB: It does feel like that. But it also feels like we're going forwards into fascism in a way we haven't seen before. We've never had such surveillance and a lack of privacy. BH: In your generation, you mean? MB: I think the surveillance is different. We've got CCTV, a tracking device on our person at every moment and we don't own our own data. Sometimes, when people say we're 'going back', we run the risk of saying we're going back to a time we recognise. But this is something we have no former experience of. BH: That's what I've been saying. We're going towards something we've never seen before. And we've never had these kinds of leaders before – people who are not politicians and want to run the country like it's a business. They don't consider others as equals and it becomes [an authoritarian regime]. MB: We're in a similar situation to America – like Donald Trump, Reform UK claim to fight for the working class when really all of the money is going to be kept within the 1%. BH: That's true. I said that a long time ago, too, when Donnie first ran and I started seeing that he could actually win. Once he won, you started seeing others [gain momentum around the world]. It's become a trend. Marine Le Pen in France, [Jair] Bolsonaro in Brazil. MB: For me, I see it in a simple sense: people will gravitate towards what they know and feel they are able to do. Racism is not natural for humans – tribalism is, maybe, out of survival, but to make it about race has been a conscious decision. Transphobia wasn't natural until the political establishment started pushing that agenda. Ten years ago, the public didn't care about trans people – in 2014, Laverne Cox was on the cover of Time. There was a lot more visibility, but that caused a backlash in the same way that Barack Obama being president gave way to Donald Trump. BH: Like I said, it's really interesting to see how you can find yourself sliding back… MB: I guess it's about trying to envision a world that hasn't existed yet. That's the advantage of the far right – these tech bros have envisioned a world that doesn't exist yet, but using similar patterns and processes of exploitation. The left needs to have a different version of how we can live in the world together because, right now, they're not offering an alternative. They're constantly reacting to what the right are doing. Those people aren't playing by the rule book, but we still are. BH: Good people always try to do the right thing, while the guy who's frightened to lose will do anything to survive. I'm [into] guerilla warfare; I like to sneak underneath the ground. I've been like that most of my life. I can make an impact on the fashion industry because I know who they are. But I'm at the stage of life where you think, 'I don't have the energy to create a new revolution.' It's like, 'Come on, guys! Do we really have to make you get up and get involved?' MB: Yeah. But I think everyone can get their hope from different places. For me, I draw a lot of inspiration from the 1980s HIV and Aids response, especially from trans and queer elders. The way that the trans community is talked about right now really reflects how gay men were spoken about in the 1980s, with such a sense of fear. I have to look back at how people managed to get through that time – not only from an organisation perspective, but also in terms of personal resilience and what people were doing to keep their minds and hope alive. There's a lot to learn from that. BH: It's interesting. The subjects might make you think things have changed, but the activity, the action of being an activist, hasn't. I don't consider myself an activist any more – I'm an advocate. But I can't take my foot off the clutch completely because I know it can shift back. In modelling, we've started hearing things about scouts going to refugee camps, giving people opportunities, then not taking care of them and they have to go back or become homeless. You have to pay attention to what's being embraced and how it can become abused. Things change, but you have to keep your eye on it. MB: Yeah. From the trans perspective, I think it's become so politicised that it's forced every trans person to become active, whether that's as a big cog in the machine or a smaller one within a community or workplace. We all understand that if we don't speak up at this moment, there's a real chance that not only our human rights could be diminished, but also our legal recognition could be erased. There's a sense of urgency I've never felt before. When I was younger, I thought of activism in the sense of people who were figureheads of the community – Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X, Marsha P Johnson, Harvey Milk. I think a lot of people are waiting for that person at this moment, but it doesn't just work like that. No one is going to come and save us. We need to be that voice. BH: I always say that the people who are really unique, who rise up out of the ashes, only come along every so often. They have to be greater than great – someone who has no fear of dying. They're rare. So the community needs to be strong to be able to support when that person comes. We have to be really tough and stick together. Don't let them break the line. MB: Exactly. I want people to know that it doesn't need to be that big. They can start conversations within their university, their workplace or even their home. It's about learning how to open difficult B: Exactly. I want people to know that it doesn't need to be that big. They can start conversations within their university, their workplace or even their home. It's about learning how to open difficult conversations and meet each other with respect, dignity and understanding. Not demean each other or view it as a competition, where someone has to win. We need to find compromise so we can progress in a meaningful way. 'Talk To Me' by Munroe Bergdorf (£16.99, Penguin) is out now. ELLE Collective is a new community of fashion, beauty and culture lovers. For access to exclusive content, events, inspiring advice from our Editors and industry experts, as well the opportunity to meet designers, thought-leaders and stylists, become a member today HERE.
Vogue
5 hours ago
- Vogue
Sydney Sweeney's Bombshell Ballgown Is a Subversive Take on Method Dressing
Add: 'Hollywood bombshell ballgown' to the press tour wardrobe essentials list, care of Sydney Sweeney. The actor is out on her press tour for her forthcoming film Echo Valley. Starring opposite Julianne Moore, Sweeney plays Moore's daughter and addict Claire in a psychological thriller about how far a mother will go for their child. 'My character Claire is not the best daughter and she puts her mom through a lot,' Sweeney told Good Morning America. Claire, she explained, 'shows up covered in blood at her mother's doorstep.' For last night's premiere, Sweeney upped the drama in a different way, stepping out for the screening in the custom Vera Wang, scarlet red ballgown. NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 04: Sydney Sweeney attends the "Echo Valley" New York Premiere at AMC Lincoln Square 13 on June 04, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by)
