When the cosmetics brand Fashion Fair’s top-selling lipstick, Chocolate Raspberry, disappeared from makeup counters, many Black women despaired. The vibrant magenta shade popped against brown skin tones, and it had been a mainstay on vanities and in bathroom cabinets for decades until the company fell into bankruptcy in 2018.But on an evening in June, that pigment, along with several other cosmetics, was reintroduced at the Century Association in Manhattan, where a group of well-heeled women had gathered to celebrate the relaunch of the iconic brand.The two-time Pulitzer-winning playwright Lynn Nottage, who was in attendance, said she had felt connected to her mother and grandmother, her first fashion inspirations, when she wore the makeup on the red carpet at this year’s Tony …
