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Oct 20, 2014
SPONSORED: Chevrolet Custom Art Installations
Check out the big reveal of the custom 2015 Chevrolet Cruzes styled exclusively for the ESSENCE Street Style Awards.
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Street Style Awards
Celebrate your Street Style with ESSENCE as we put a fresh, fierce into New York's Fashion Week.
ESSENCE Street Style Awards
Sep 8, 2014
PHOTOS: ESSENCE Street Style Awards
ESSENCE kicked off New York Fashion Week with our very own Street Style Block Party in Brooklyn, followed by an intimate dinner in which we honored some of the fashion industry’s best and brightest stars.
Street Style Award: Meet the Honorees
Meet the fab phenoms of our inaugural ESSENCE Street Style Awards! These four extraordinary women definitely get our fashion hearts racing. Here’s how they do it.
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