A publishing industry veteran with over 17 years of fashion and beauty media experience, Marielle Bobo is the Executive Director of Style & Special Projects for Interactive One. Widely known as a masterful creative director, Bobo joins iOne from EBONY Magazine, where, as Fashion & Beauty Director, she oversaw fashion and beauty coverage, including creative direction and styling for celebrity cover shoots and trend features.
Bobo began her impressive career as an agent at Wilhelmina Models. She soon transitioned to Allure magazine as a market editor covering accessories and fashion. Later, Bobo joined the style department at Hearst Magazine’s CosmoGirl and would go on to lend her expertise to Essence, Women’s Wear Daily (WWD), Vanity Fair, Glamour and Harper’s Bazaar.
Marielle has appeared on various television outlets including ABC’s Good Morning America, NBC’s The Today Show and CBS’ Entertainment Tonight. In 2015, she was invited to the White House among an esteemed group of fashion luminaries to participate in Michelle Obama’s Reach Higher Fashion Education Workshop. Later that year, she was named one of Hello Beautiful’s 30 Most Powerful Black Women in Fashion.
Off-White founder Jerry Lorenzo at NYFW (Source: Edward Berthelot / Getty)
NYFW wrapped last Wednesday and some of the standout runway shows were Ralph Lauren’s star-studded 50th anniversary presentation and Pyer Moss‘ homage to the Black experience. Equally as buzzy were the fashion trends that emerged, like neon hues, durags as “a look,” and statement kicks.
Model Yahrock Bates at John Elliot’s SS19 runway show. (Source: Mike Coppola / Getty)
Men’s hair also had a major moment. On and off the SS19 runways, we spotted models, celebs, and show-goers wearing their hair long. Guys everywhere played with follicle proportions; from ’90s high tops to colorful dreads, long hair never looked fresher.
Get inspired by the gallery below, then ditch the trimmer, put your your barber on pause, and let your locks grow to their full potential.
