Crown of braids was digitally removed from cover of magazine in which singer discusses cultural legacy of braidingThe London Evening Standard has apologised to Solange Knowles for airbrushing her crown of braids from an image on the cover of its magazine. It emerged on Friday that the newspaper, which is edited by the former chancellor George Osborne, had digitally removed Knowles’ braids from the cover of its ES Magazine. The paper has now offered “unreserved apologies” to Knowles, saying the image was changed for “layout purposes”. In a statement, the Standard said: “We were delighted to have the chance to interview the wonderful Solange Knowles and photograph her for this week’s edition of ES. In a series of tweets, Angelica Bastien said: “I am publicly disowning the Solange piece London Evening Standard published today.

Source: The Guardian October 21, 2017 13:41 UTC