{"id":389,"date":"2020-08-03T16:32:45","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T06:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&p=176263"},"modified":"2020-10-17T22:31:48","modified_gmt":"2020-10-17T22:31:48","slug":"beyonce-black-is-king-fashion","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/beyonce-black-is-king-fashion\/","title":{"rendered":"Yes, Beyonc\u00e9 Broke The Internet With ‘Black Is King’ – And Yes, We Want To Take This Fashion Ride With Her"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Is Beyonc\u00e9’s visual album Black Is King<\/em><\/a> the silver lining of 2020? In a year of truly unfathomable lows, we’re going to say yes. The full-length film which she dropped over the weekend on Disney+ is her visually-stirring and downright spectacular ode to Black people and the Black experience. \u201cLet Black be synonymous with glory,\u201d she says in Black Is King<\/em>, “a labor of love” she had been filming, researching and editing for the past year; a piece so important right now given the Black Lives Matter<\/a> movement and global conversation around race.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe events of 2020 have made the film\u2019s vision and message even more relevant, as people across the world embark on a historic journey. We are all in search of safety and light. Many of us want change,\u201d she wrote on Instagram alongside the film’s debut. \u201cI believe that when Black people tell our own stories, we can shift the axis of the world and tell our REAL history of generational wealth and richness of soul that are not told in our history books. I pray that everyone sees the beauty and resilience of our people.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Her point of view feels as resonant as ever; arriving at a time of supreme cultural awakening and social justice, its message – “to shift the global perception of the word black” – couldn’t have been more timely. Originally intended as a companion piece to \u201cThe Lion King: The Gift\u201d soundtrack and “to celebrate the breadth and beauty of Black ancestry,” she says: “I could never have imagined that a year later, all the hard work that went into this production would serve a greater purpose.”<\/p>\n

READ: THE BEST VIRTUAL FASHION FROM THE 2020 BET AWARDS<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Indeed, while its political significance is clear, it’s also an expression of the singer’s relationship with art and fashion. Fashion has always been important to Beyonc\u00e9; throughout her career she has used clothes as a powerful tool to communicate herself and her creativity, her style forever revealing deeper meaning and glimpses of how she is feeling.<\/p>\n

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Like her previous visual album Lemonade, a sparkling display of fashion, art and music, Black Is King is much the same, an exercise of personal creative expression and the fantasy of fashion. It’s also cast the spotlight on a generation of new Black designers, selected by longtime stylist Zerina Akers and showcased by the Queen (Bey) herself.<\/p>\n

Here, we take a look at some of the brilliant fashion moments in Beyonc\u00e9’s<\/a> Black Is King.<\/p>\n

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\nRiccardo Tisci’s cowgirl, “Beyonce\u0301 wears a custom cow-print corset top with matching mini skirt, created by #RiccardoTisci”, plus a graffiti-strewn Burberry bodysuit.<\/p>\n

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