“I know what women want,” Valentino was given to saying. “They want to be beautiful.” Heidegger—or Jools Lebron—could not have put it better. Lead image clockwise from top ...

Tia Mowry was among the brightest stars that showed up and showed out at Essence's annual Black Women ... The shoes adorning her feet were a pair of black pointy pumps from Valentino Garavani ...