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Home · Fashion

20 Times Black Women Stole the Show in Designs by Sophie Theallet

Designer Sophie Theallet is a favorite in Hollywood, but today she's received even more props for taking a stance and vowing not to dress Melania Trump based on President-elect Donald Trump's "rhetoric of racism, sexism and xenophobia." We're standing with Sophie by taking a look at all of the times Black women slayed in her designs.  
By Dominique Hobdy · Updated October 26, 2020
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Gabrielle Union

Gabrielle Union attends the ESPYs Pre-Party at Avalon Hollywood in Los Angeles, California.

20 Times Black Women Stole the Show in Designs by Sophie Theallet
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Gabrielle Union

Gabrielle Union stuns in a white dress at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.

20 Times Black Women Stole the Show in Designs by Sophie Theallet
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Yara Shahidi

Killing the game in this printed frock with a flared hem.

20 Times Black Women Stole the Show in Designs by Sophie Theallet
Jonathan Leibson
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Tamron Hall

Tamron Hall attends Us Weekly’s Most Stylish New Yorkers 2016.

20 Times Black Women Stole the Show in Designs by Sophie Theallet
D Dipasupil
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Tamron Hall
20 Times Black Women Stole the Show in Designs by Sophie Theallet
D Dipasupil
06
Damaris Lewis

Damaris Lewis attends The Fresh Air Fund Spring Benefit 140th Birthday Celebration in New York City.

20 Times Black Women Stole the Show in Designs by Sophie Theallet
Clint Spaulding
07
Corinne Bailey Rae

Corinne Bailey Rae attends BET Black Girls Rock! 2016 in Newark, New Jersey.

20 Times Black Women Stole the Show in Designs by Sophie Theallet
Gilbert Carrasquillo
08
Anais Mali
20 Times Black Women Stole the Show in Designs by Sophie Theallet
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Erykah Badu

Erykah Badu speaks onstage during the 2015 Soul Train Music Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada.

20 Times Black Women Stole the Show in Designs by Sophie Theallet
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Andra Day

Andra Day performs on stage during the CMA 2016 Country Christmas in Nashville, Tennessee.

20 Times Black Women Stole the Show in Designs by Sophie Theallet
John Shearer
11
Lais Ribeiro

Lais Ribeiro attends the amfAR’s 23rd Cinema Against AIDS Gala in Cap d’Antibes, France.

20 Times Black Women Stole the Show in Designs by Sophie Theallet
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Corinne Bailey Rae
Corinne Bailey Rae attends The Friars Club and Friars Foundation Honor of Tom Cruise in New York City.
20 Times Black Women Stole the Show in Designs by Sophie Theallet
Larry Busacca
13
Leila Nda

Leila Nda attends Harper’s BAZAAR Celebrates ‘ICONS By Carine Roitfeld’ in New York City.

20 Times Black Women Stole the Show in Designs by Sophie Theallet
Gilbert Carrasquillo
14
Sophie Okonedo
Sophie Okonedo attends the 68th Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
20 Times Black Women Stole the Show in Designs by Sophie Theallet
Dimitrios Kambouris
15
Corinne Bailey Rae
Corinne Bailey Rae attends The David Lynch Foundation Hosts “An Intimate Night Of Jazz” in New York City.
20 Times Black Women Stole the Show in Designs by Sophie Theallet
Bennett Raglin
16
Lais Ribeiro
Lais Ribeiro attends the 102nd White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner in Washington, DC.
20 Times Black Women Stole the Show in Designs by Sophie Theallet
Larry Busacca
17
Adepero Oduye
Adepero Oduye attends the 2016 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, California.
20 Times Black Women Stole the Show in Designs by Sophie Theallet
Alberto E. Rodriguez
18
Wynter Gordon
Wynter Gordon at Milk Studios on in New York City.
20 Times Black Women Stole the Show in Designs by Sophie Theallet
Mireya Acierto
19
Samira Wiley
Samira Wiley attends ‘The Color Purple’ Broadway opening night in New York City.
20 Times Black Women Stole the Show in Designs by Sophie Theallet
Jenny Anderson
20
Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys attends the 10th Annual ACM Honors in Nashville, Tennessee.
20 Times Black Women Stole the Show in Designs by Sophie Theallet
Terry Wyatt
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