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The Cut
 

September 9, 2025

 

 

FASHION

Launching My Brand in a Storm I Never Saw Coming I spent two years creating my fashion brand, set to debut at Target. Months before, the DEI news hit.

By Kahlana Barfield Brown

Photo: Samira Rashid

January 24 started out like any other day. I prayed, went to a 5 a.m. workout, made pancakes and eggs for my daughters, got them dressed, and dropped them off at school with my husband. Then I was off to my office in Culver City. My team was finalizing production for the fashion brand I’ve been quietly working on since the start of 2023. My phone began blowing up. Text after text, DM after DM. “What are you going to do?” “Are you okay?” The truth is I wasn’t.

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Celebrity News

Gossip, revelations, and timelines.

  • Kate Middleton is a brunette again.
  • Who is Olivia Wilde kissing?
  • Patrick Schwarzenegger is married.
  • Glen Powell is gunning for a Goop collaboration.
 

The Cut Cafe is back as your NYFW headquarters, bringing you culture and caffeine in the most stylish way. After last year’s buzzworthy debut, we’re once again transforming Bluestone Lane Tribeca into a curated space for creators, tastemakers, and fashion lovers to recharge and connect. Join us for three days of exclusive programming, giveaways, and signature drinks.

 

Today's Top Stories

Six women share what they bought themselves following their divorce. 

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Of course President Trump thinks it shouldn’t be a crime “if a man has a little fight with the wife.”

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The Cut co-hosted a party to celebrate Kilian Paris Angels’s latest cognac-inspired scent.

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The New York Times claims our astrological signs are “2,000 years out of date,” but astrologers aren’t worried.

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