Empowering women of colour through fashion and more arts stories you might have missed

Your weekly roundup of the best arts stories from across the CBC network.

What It's Really Like to Be Black and Work in Fashion

Miss Universe pageant will have two trans women contestants this year

Here's to Strong Women: 15 Empowered Women in the Philippines

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How to Choose Your Best Clothing Colors: Simple Guide

Mickalene Thomas's masterpiece

A deep dive into the color pink

Miss Netherlands: Transgender model 'broke boundaries' with beauty pageant win

From Michelle Obama to Lucy Maud Montgomery, here are last week's arts stories you might have missed

Black Venus: Reclaiming Black Women in Visual Culture

16 of the Most Inclusive Fashion and Beauty Moments of the Decade

Meet the designer making wearable art that comes out of Indigenous teachings and culture

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A Manitoba Cree singer gets props from Jimmy Fallon and more arts stories you might have missed