avant-garde
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Avant-garde fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli made “shocking pink” her signature color, helping spread the vogue for women’s wear.
From National Geographic • Jul. 21, 2023
Her apparent loss shocked spellers who were backstage in the so-called Losers’ Lounge, said Zaila Avant-garde, last year’s winner and the first Black American to win the Bee.
From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2022
The 2020 bee was canceled because of the pandemic, and in 2021 it was mostly virtual, with only 11 finalists gathering in Florida as Zaila Avant-garde became the first Black American champion.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 2, 2022
“At the end of the day, it’s still just basketball,” said Sparks coach Derek Fisher, who allowed Avant-garde to sit next to him during the postgame news conference.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2021
As she stood on the National Bee Stage on Thursday night, Zaila Avant-garde told reporters, she thought of MacNolia and what she had endured 85 years earlier.
From Washington Post • Jul. 10, 2021
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