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BrandEssence Magazine
ProjectBest in black beauty awards
Model with short dark wet-look hair and bleached brows posing in a white button-down shirt and black skirt against white backdrop.

Essence Magazine Best in black beauty awards 2026

Associated creatives

Brendan Wixted
Brendan WixtedPhotographer
Dione Davis
Dione DavisFashion Editor/Stylist
Jawara
JawaraHair Stylist
Dawn Sterling
Dawn SterlingManicurist

Tags

white button down shirtwhite shirtwhite collared shirtblack high waist skirtblack skirtblack pencil skirtblack woman modelblack womanwoman posing

Description

An editorial portrait captured by photographer Brendan Wixted for Essence Magazine's Best in Black Beauty Awards. The composition presents two mirrored angles of a Black female model sporting a short, slicked dark hairstyle with micro bangs and bleached eyebrows. She wears a tailored long-sleeve white dress shirt tucked into a high-waisted black skirt secured by a thin black belt. Her hands feature sculpted stiletto nails, styled in dynamic fashion poses against a bright, minimalist white seamless background.

Style

Editorial, Vertical, Clean, Graphic

Techniques

High-key

Industries

Magazines

Color

Pure White (50%)
Jet Black (40%)

Background

White Seamless

Context

Editorial