Naomi Sims

Good Hair? Bad Hair? Great Style!

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 09.07.2009 | Style


Michael Henry Adams

The varied and imaginative ways African Americans dress their hair represents a high-point of human creativity that's dependency, the very quintessence of style.

Robin Givhan: Describing Naomi Sims As A Supermodel Is A Huge Disservice

TheRoot.com | Robin Givhan | Posted 09.05.2009 | Style


But describing Sims as a supermodel seems like a huge disservice, considering that the term is now applied to any waifish and wan young woman who mana...

Naomi Sims, 'First Black Supermodel,' Dead At 61 (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post via New York Times | Posted 09.03.2009 | Style


The New York Times reports that model Naomi Sims died on Saturday at age 61. The cause of death was cancer. Sims was considered the "first black supe...