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After Dark: Under the 'Influence'

ESSENCE's Relationships Editor Demetria L. Lucas celebrated the completion of her first book, "A Belle in Brooklyn" (Atria, June 2011), with a Belvedere-sponsored after-work soiree "Influence" in NYC last night. Check out who attended and what they were wearing...
After Dark: Under the 'Influence'
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By Essence · Updated October 29, 2020
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ESSENCE’s Relationships Editor Demetria L. Lucas celebrated the completion of her first book, “A Belle in Brooklyn” (Atria, June 2011), with a Belvedere-sponsored after-work soiree “Influence” in NYC last night. Check out who attended and what they were wearing…