In Black Cool, Rebecca Walker collects essays that assemble a "periodic table" of coolness in African-American culture. Walker and artist Hank Willis Thomas, who contributed an essay, talk with ...

This look is cool, no doubt about it, but it's the addition of black trainers (i.e. one of the biggest trainer trends of 2025) pictured here that puts this outfit into a whole other category of cool.

This explainer highlights how Gen Z has popularized the word rizz but it also shows us Black culture's impact.