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SIDE BARRE Convos | Practicing Wellness

SIDE BARRE Convos | Practicing Wellness

  The hectic nature of our day to day lives makes it hard to check in mentally and spiritually. It’s often hard to remember that all the energy we are expending must be replenished somehow. With all that is required of us in this capitalistic society, how are you supplementing your spiritual wea...
Managing Motherhood and Mental Health: Inc. Press | Nude Barre

Managing Motherhood and Mental Health: Inc. Press | Nude Barre

In this Inc. article, Nude Barre’s founder Erin Carpenter, details her struggles balancing CEO status with family life and mental health. With a successful business incepted from a mere $3,000 in savings, Carpenter details how moving revenue targets and skeptical (mostly white male) investors ma...
Celebrate Black History Month: Her Campus Press

Celebrate Black History Month: Her Campus Press

A Her Campus article by Diamond Knight detailed the way she chose to celebrate Black History Month last February. Along with paying homage to the iconic figures of the past, Knight catalogued new ways she intended to celebrate in the present. Some of these new ways included listening to Black ar...
SIDE BARRE Convos | Honoring Black Maternal Health Week

SIDE BARRE Convos | Honoring Black Maternal Health Week

Nude Barre exists to celebrate Hu(e)man's Performing Life and uplift the voices of marginalized communities. As a Black and female-founded brand, we want to bring awareness to Black Maternal Health in the effort to emphasize the profound need for better care and compassion for expecting mothers w...
A Not So Brief History of Women’s Underwear

A Not So Brief History of Women’s Underwear

Women’s underwear has often reflected social sentiments of a woman's place in society. The corset, girdle, and hoop skirts of cosmic proportions have long restricted women’s physical autonomy. Progressive movements to fight back against these agents of patriarchal beauty standards have often inv...
How to Pull Off This TikTok Fashion Trend

How to Pull Off This TikTok Fashion Trend

Quarantine is almost over and it's time to spice up those outfits from 2019 with your new secret weapon. Fishnet tights. Fishnet tights are both classic 80s vibes and also so Beyonce Homecoming at Coachella.  They help your outfits feel edgy and fresh. You may have noticed TikTok stars, Insta...