Mary J. Blige Remembers When Her Money Wasn’t Good Enough for One High-End Boutique: ‘They Didn’t Want…Our Business’

A Hulu docuseries exploring fashion’s evolution during the “Digital Decade,” featured Mary J. Blige and her longtime friend and stylist Misa Hylton, who exposed a harsh reality: what they claimed was race-based consumer discrimination in high-end fashion in the ’90s. Mary J. Blige (Photo ia Instagram, @therealmaryjblige) Despite laws prohibiting such practices, Blige, now a nine-time Grammy winner and a global icon, was still a victim of prejudice, she said. Mary J. Felt Not Welcomed In the streaming series, “In Vogue: The ’90s,” on the fifth episode, “Hip Hop Takes Fashion,” the producers shined a light on hip-hop’s growing influence on the fashion world during that era. Now Streaming on #DisneyPlus and #HuluIn Vogue: The 90sTold through the eyes of Vogue editors Anna Wintour, Edward Enninful, Tonne Goodman, Hamish Bowles, and an A-list cast; from Kate Moss, Kim Kardashian, and Victoria Beckham to Mary J. Blige -"In Vogue: The 90s" reveals… pic.twitter.com/ozoCk9xsbY— Kenny @Disney+ (@iKenny_J) September 13, 2024 But for Blige and Hylton, breaking down the doors in the high fashion scene wasn’t just about style. At times, for the two young women just starting out in entertainment, it was a painful lesson on bigotry and about fighting through the...