90’s R&B group, En Vogue, is recognized as one of the highest-selling American female music groups of all time. The original members – Dawn Robinson, Maxine Jones, Terry Ellis, and Cindy Herron, released their first album Born To Sing in 1990. From there, the ladies went on to amass over 20 million records sold, 30 million digital streams, and over 26 million YouTube views. En Vogue was celebrated by their peers and graciously accepted accolades such as seven Grammy nominations, seven MTV Video Music Awards, three Soul Train Awards, and two American Music Awards.

Now, their legacy will shine even brighter.

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Recently, through an open letter to their fans, En Vogue announced that their signature red dress from the “Giving Him Something He Can Feel” video will be exhibited at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture. Read below:

 

Open Letter to Our Fans,

Words can’t express how humbled we are to have our red dresses from the “Giving Him Something He Can Feel” video featured in the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture (NMAAHC) grand opening exhibition on September 24, 2016.

When the four original members of En Vogue – Dawn Robinson, Terry Ellis, Maxine Jones and Cindy Herron – came together 25 years ago, we couldn’t imagine that between the intersection of music and style we would create a new sound that would go down in history.

Special thanks to our co-founding members Maxine and Dawn and to you our loyal fans for always being there and taking this musical journey with us…we salute you!

Love,
Terry Ellis & Cindy Herron-Braggs

 

En Vogue will also appear on a special edition of “Where Are They Now? on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). Their episode airs Saturday, September 17 at 10/9c.

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