As a current TA — co-sign.
Shhhhhhhhh. Don't tell too many people about Fire Island — we need the I-banker assholes and their Avicii-dancing muses to stay in the Hamptons, where they belong.
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FWIW Lancôme has had black "faces" before, including current faces Arlenis Sosa Peña (pictured) and Jasmine Tookes. Perhaps Nyong'o is the first black celebrity Lancôme face, but we can recognize the models of color who've been repping for years, too.
Well, if by "back" you mean "in Iowa," then yes, ha. I'm not writing much about fashion these days, but my byline should soon start popping up around here again from time to time. It's taken me a while to figure out the balance between grad school, teaching, and freelancing, but I miss the site and the community of…