Janelle Monae - Many Moons

I can't get enough of this girl.

Another Wakeema Hollis Post

If you blew on her she'd probably fall over but I still love me some Wakeema Hollis.

Chanel Iman, Arlenis and Jourdan may be getting the lions share of bookings among black models but this Memphis born American girl with the angel face is one of my favorites and I am always pleased to see her on the runway. Fortunately for her fans, she's been booking a steady stream of jobs. Well, on US runways anyway.

My excitement was dampered a bit by the fact that Wakeema's signature natural hairdo has been MIA in nearly all her recent runway and editorial work. I posted a little on this before on this blog, and I am aware that sometimes designers have all their models strutting their stuff wearing wigs but c'mon already. Why is it that white models are the only ones that get to enjoy distinctive looks? Mouth breathing top model Agyness Deyn has been sporting the slight variations on that same bleached blond short hair on the runway and in print for as long as I care to remember. Will there ever be a day when natural hair longer than an inch will be commonplace on kinky haired catwalkers? At least one? I'm not holding my breath.

Photos: The Fashion Spot

Celebrity Haircut: Get Celebrity Haircut That You Like

Bored on your current hairstyle and want to change new celebrity hairstyle but undecided on what style to go about? It can be dramatic change from long to short, and if not think carefully, it could be ended with wrong hairstyle, and got to live with it for couple of months before you can do another cut.

So it is advisable to plan properly before the actual cut.

1. Collect photos of celebrity hairstyles from magazines, the Internet, etc. If you find someone with a cute hairstyle that you think you will like, ask where they got it. The name of the game is to get many different options.
2. Have a hairstylist you are committed to. This means knowing that the person who cuts your hair can take direction, copy your ideal style, knows you, and can give you honest advice about the cut.
3. Narrow the options down. This means weeding out options that aren't the right length, hair type, or ones that aren't the right face type. Once you've narrowed it down to 2 or 3 options, go to a salon and ask what they would think.
4. Explain clearly what you would like: "I want this piece of hair about half an inch shorter than this piece of hair" instead of, "I want this piece of hair shorter than this piece of hair." Ask them to cut a little at a time so it is not too short that you can't stand it.
5. Make sure that the cut you get is right for your type of hair. for example, if you see a cut you love in a magazine and it's on a girl with thin, straight, short hair with a round face and you have thick curly hair with a heart shaped face, it won't look the way you want it to. You might be able to create it if you style your hair, but it requires hours of work to re-create the look in the morning. Remember that it causes a lot of damage and it's a waste of time and money; don't try to make your hair something it's not.
6. If you're out to do something drastic, try to find a way to give it a test run to make sure it's what you want. Hair does grow back, but you would rather not have to cover your head for the time being, right? It's better to be safe than sorry.
   

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Chanel @ GUCCI - Don't Call it a Comeback...

Chanel Iman, who has worked an astonishing 40 shows this catwalk season between New York, Paris, and Milan, made headlines when she showed two looks for Gucci Spring 2009.

Fashionologie, reported that she became the first black model in a Gucci show since Tom Ford left and was replaced by Frida Giannini in 2005. Iman was the sole non-white model on the stage that was populated almost exclusively by models with nearly identical blonde shoulder length hairstyles.

Photo: fashionkid90/catwalking

In Other Blogs...Not Much Diversity in Milan

Milan Fashion Week is notorious for its lack of diversity on the runway and this season has brought out more of the same in spite of the universal love for Vogue Italia's "Black" Issue. 

The Shophound is a great fashion blog that has been tracking the presence of Black and Asian models during Fashion Week.

 Bottega Veneta featured the most diversity. Out of the 28 models on their runway, four were black and one was Asian. In second place was Dolce & Gabbana, who had three black models, 1 Asian and 1 South Asian model. A few shows had one token non-white models and many more had none. Read more of the numbers at The Shophound.

Photo: ONTD_fashinfags

Celebrity Haircut: Short Haircut Tips

Everyone is looking for short haircut, particularly pixie cut inspired by celebrity like Katie Holmes and Victoria Beckham.

So if you get bored with your haircut, and intend to cut it short. I have list down some of must know tips that you should consider.

1. Decide the length of your hair. Keep in mind that you can always get more cut off but you can't get hair put back on (unless you want to pay hundreds of dollars for extensions) Even if you are positive that you want a pixie-cut, don't go from super-long to super short in a day. Why not try a mid-length cut for a while?
2. Keep in mind that if you play sports or like wearing updos, not to get it too short to where you can't pull it into a pony-tail.
3. Consider your hair type. If you have uncontrollably curly hair, don't get a hairstyle that you need pin-straight hair for. It is possible to pull off, but in the end you will just damage your hair from straighteners and too much gel.
4. Consider your face shape. You will not look good with a bob if your face shape already looks square (You don't want to look like frankenstein!). Also, short haircuts make your neck look longer. If you already have an unusually long neck you don't want to look like a giraffe.
5. Ask friends for their opinion. Don't base your decision completely on what they say though. Just listen, and make an informed decision.
6. Go to a trusted salon. This is obviously common sense, but if a lot of people say bad things about a place or come out with bad haircuts, it might not be a smart idea to go there.
   

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Unfortunately, There is No Red Carpet Event for this Awards Show

Andrea, The Cruel Secretary, has bestowed my blog with the Certified Honest Blogger Award. I must say that I'm really touched.

I am required to give this award to seven other bloggers which was tough because there are dozens of bloggers out there that I read and admire. After giving it a little thought, these are the blogs with which I wish to share my award:

1.Black Girl Lost...In a Book

2.Nubian Fitness Goddess

3.Model Liberation

4.Invisible Woman...Black Cinema at Large

5. Safera

6. Adventures in Wheelville

7. The Musings of Ondo Lady

The rest of the requirements for receiving the award are below. Hopefully, I can get all this done by the end of the day today :) 

1. When you receive the award, you must write a post showing it, including the name of blog that has presented you with the award and providing a link to that blog.

2. Choose a minimum of seven blogs  that you feel are brilliant in their content or design. 

3. Show their names and links and leave them a comment informing them that they were recognized with this award. 

4. (Optional) Show a picture of those who awarded you and those you give the prize to.

5. Pass it on!

TRACE: Black Girls Rule

I can never find this magazine on the newsstands anymore but fortunately TRACE is still alive and well and putting out a Black Girls RULE! issue. It's available free (as a .pdf file) on their website. What I love most about BGR is that it always features a few new faces and not just to 1 or 2 black models of the moment.  This issue has been available online for awhile but I thought I'd share it anyway :)

Backstage at Bottega Veneta Spring/Summer 2009

S: Style.it

Mini-Rant on Allure Magazine

This month's Letter from the Editor in Allure Magazine takes a swipe at Kimora Lee Simmons and her over-the-top glam persona. In the letter, editor Linda Wells, starts by bemoaning the excess packaging of expensive beauty products and how all that unnecessary plastic and cardboard may be harming the environment while making us more beautiful .

"The packaging of beauty products has gotten out of control," she says. "Whatever happened to the ideal of the French woman who wore the same Yves Saint Laurent jacket for 20 years?" And then "The beauty industry has to move away from the Kimora Lee Simmons approach to luxury." A branding specialist added that "All of that shiny cellophane and metal is not sophisticated."

While I agree with her that excess packaging on all products is problematic her other two points just rub me the wrong way. First of all, I also admire women who can look stylish in vintage clothing or with small wardrobes. Hell, I hope to be one of those women someday but to the best of my recollection, this ideal has NEVER been idealized in fashion magazines which exist to push the latest and trendiest clothing and accessories down our throats. Any celebrity or socialite in vintage pieces in one issue will more than likely show up in the same space the following month wearing something fresh off the runway to coincide with whatever advertiser bought the most ads.

Second, though I have a serious love/hate thing going on with Kimora I was miffed at the insult. For one, her cosmetics line doesn't tout $200 beauty creams and certainly isn't over packaged. Sure, she's as flashy as she is mouthy but criticizing her excess in a magazine the regularly praises all manner of pricey concoctions is a bit hypocritical.

This issue alone pushed a $75 per day juice cleanse diet, a $1,125 fox fur vest, $9K Cartier watch, $4,100 Versace gown, a $700 Garren NY haircut and $925 YSL shoes (that definitely could NOT be worn for 20 years!)

If they really wanted to criticize a celebrity for excessive living they should have looked no further than their August cover girl Victoria Beckham.

Photo: Emilie/TFS

Celebrity Haircut: Choppy Haircut

Short Haircut is the latest trends in Celebrity arena. Like pixie haircut, after Katie Holmes, Victoria Beckham who just joined this club lately, I am sure there will be more to come.

Beside, pixie haircut, Short Choppy Hairstyles are remain popular these days.Choppy hairstyles provide a more modern style as well as different changes to make simple cuts into very great ones.this haircut might not be for everyone but does provide a very good look for some.The beauty of this haircut is it suits for everyone with round,oval shaped face.

There are many different styles in choppy hair that can be chosen. Generally, your choppy hairstyle will be dependent upon the overall length of your hair – short, medium, or long.It is important for you to consider what length your short choppy hairstyle will be. Make sure that your short choppy hairstyle is long enough to at least put into a ponytail.

Many popular women have started using choppy hairstyles making a new fashion trend.Unless you have wonderful hair, you will need to curl or straighten a short choppy hairstyle for it to look wonderful.Depending on the length that you opt for, a short choppy hair style will require a lot of maintenance.

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Michael Kors - Fall 2008

I will readily admit that I never paid much attention to Michael Kors until Project Runway. Now that his Fall 2008 collection is arriving in stores and in magazine editorials, I can't just get enough. One runway review said that this collection had a pronounced Alfred Hitchcock vibe. I don't really see that but what I do think when I look at these pieces is that Kors perfectly captured that grown and sexy quality that appeals to me. It manages to be both classic and current without making the wearer look like a secretarial pool extra from Mad Men. I could easily envision Michelle Obama wearing any number of these looks, this belted floral dress in particular.

S: Style.com

Is Fashion Racist? Vogue Readers Say Yes.

Reader chimed in and responded to the article "Is Fashion Racist?" which appeared in the July issue of American Vogue. The "Talking Back" section printed four letters, three of which named Vogue magazine itself as part of the problem. Sandra Robbins from Memphis,TN wrote: "I am a black woman, and one of the reasons I refuse to purchase Vogue is that there are not many people who look like me in its pages...Wake up and smell the coffee." Reader Janna Pankey of Laurel, MD added: "...to whittle down diversity to simply a case of 'white and black' is not a step in the right direction. It marginalizes other ethnic groups, reducing their significance to something less than 'other.'

Damn. If these are the letters they printed, I would love to read the stuff that didn't make the cut!

The Fashion Spot Interviews EBAY Style Director Constance White

The interview is not what one would call in-depth but might be worth a look if you are a fan of Constance's EBAY blog or have a dusty copy of her book Stylenoir on your bookshelf.  In the interview, Constance talks very briefly about her favorite collections and models this season. 

I was paging through Stylenoir the other day. It's not heavy on color photographs and definitely seems a little outdated but I would love if Constance would publish another style book for black women. It seems there is a new one coming out each week from the likes of Rachel Zoe and Nina Garcia (both of whom published books that I really liked) so why not White too?

Joy Bryant in her Angela Missoni designed wedding gown

The actress married boyfriend, stuntman David Pope, in the Hamptons on June 28th at a private beachfront estate. The former model enjoys a close friendship with the designer. Bryant met her beau while filming Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins.

Celebrity Hairstyle: Lauren Conrad

If you are wondering who is Lauren Conrad in Emmy Awards, Conrad, made famous by the reality series "The Hills," has been tapped to present an award, the TV academy said. She'd already been called on to design a gown for one of the "trophy girls" who bring awards on-stage.

Back out on a trip to New York City, Lauren Conrad attended a Sony Product Preview event showcasing the latest in Vaio laptop designs on Monday evening.

Find out more on her long curly hairstyle in this event.




Here are some of her older photos.

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Jada Pinkett Smith Loves Her Some Bangles

Jada and her artfully bangled wrist at the premiere of "The Women" in Westwood, California. I love how perfectly balanced the look is with the right number of small and wide bracelets.

source: aagc

Estelle in Versace Pre-Fall 2008

It looks a little snug on Estelle but the color is beautiful on her. I also love what I can see of her jewelry. What do you think?

S:Fashion_Girl22, zimbio, style

ETA: Vivica Fox in Dior 

I haven't alway been a fan of Aunt Viv's personal style but lately she is looking glamorous and age appropriate. Does anyone out there watch her VH-1 show about stylists? Is it worth tuning in?

S: ConcreteLoop, Dior.com

Duro Olowu in Vogue Magazine

Vogue's Sally Singer featured Olowu, along with Roberto Cavalli and Tracy Feith, in her short piece about the best "bohemian" designers. Singer also wrote the much maligned article "From Here to Timbuktu" that appeared in Vogue a few months ago, so clearly she is their go-to person for ethnic influenced clothing. Here, she credits Olowo for "keeping wild graphics in check" and praises his "caravan of dreams creations." Ok, whatever. When I look at Olowu's designs and textiles, I just think beautifully layered clothing that a colorphobe like me might fantasize about working into my Beatnik uniform.

Donyale Luna in NYLON

Even though I cancelled my free subscription, I still get NYLON in the mail every month. It's like the Jehovah's Witnesses of the magazine world -- when I least expect it, there it is at the door and I feel obligated to at least look at it though I'd rather be doing something else. 

This month's issue was devoted to "IT" Girls. There were a few black faces inside this month's issue but it still hit the recycle bin in record time. I did pause on this page, featuring a photo of Donyale Luna which I hadn't seen before.

The woman had issues but my she had beautiful teeth.

Wakeema Hollis - On the Runway - NY Fashion Week

Her trademark afro is sadly absent from these images but I'm happy to learn that Hollis has racked up quite a few shows at Fashion Week. She will also be appearing in the Project Runway final but I won't spoil it by sharing which designer used her to close the show.

ETA: Apparently all six remaining designers on Project Runway was at Fashion Week. We won't know who is really in the final until the show airs.

Friday Free Post: That Sisterlocks Thing

Between getting my hair did and Peanut starting preschool this week, I haven't had much time for updating my blog.

I was surprised at all the posts about my hair so I've embedding a slideshow here to show off my new Sisterlocks. I spent part of the morning in front of my mirror with the camera and came away with about 100 close up shots of my camera and a few dozen more with only parts of my head showing. I guess I need to learn how to properly frame a shot.

Anyway. I mentioned before that this is my third set of locs. The first time I did it, it was in the traditional palm-rolling method. I'd been wearing my hair natural for several years and it took to locking pretty easily. I went twice a month to a salon called Muriel's in Dorchester, MA to have my hair washed and re-twisted. 

After a few months, the locks settled in and I was able to maintain them on my own. I kept them for about four years before I got the itch and wanted something new. I cut them into a shoulder length bob initially (lengthwise, they were at my shoulder blades) but after a few months of that I just started detangling them. It took about a month (I was only able to detangle about four a day with a metal pick comb.) When it was all said and done (after combing out the shed hairs and getting a haircut) I was left with the shoulder length hair that I always dreamed of. I was throwing that stuff over my shoulder enough to cause neck injury but after six months, I got sick of the upkeep and braided my hair in an attempt to re-lock it. 

It was fine for about two years but I hated that the locks still kind of looked like braids and that my parts were so crooked. I got fed up again and just chopped it back down to a TWA. As it started to grow out I started thinking about getting Sisterlocks. I'd admired the style for awhile and wanted something a little more versatile than my first set of long heavy locks.

I met a woman at Costco with Sisterlocks and she gave me the name of her stylist (a trainee consultant named Valorie Lowe) and I was off. Got my test locks and a month later I was sitting in Valorie's living room, watching movies and joking while she put 400+ locs on my head. It took a total of about 24 hours and I am very happy with it. The price was steep but considering the amount of time it took and the money I won't be spending at the hair salon and on the latest curly hair "miracle" creams it wasn't bad. 

So there you have it. I called this entry a "free post" because I'd love to hear your hair stories too. You know sisters love to talk about hair so have at it and have a good weekend. 

Also, there isn't much there right now but I'll share more pics of my hair on Fotki in the future.

Celebrity Haircut: Victoria Latest Haircut Reveal

While everyone moving to Bob and Pob haircut from their long and medium hairstyle, made populated by Victoria Beckham. Whereas Victoria Beckham has new haircut again. After Katie Holmes , Victoria Beckham is the second celebrity that has her pixie haircut recently.

Victoria Beckham and Jennifer Lopez attend the Marc Jacobs 2009 Spring Collection during fashion week in New York

Attended the Marc Jacobs show few days ago, Victoria Beckham stole the show at by unveiling her latest haircut.

As explained by her that she just like to change things up, and get bored very, very quickly.

At a glance, this haircut don't really look great, but is still too early to conclude as this might need to take some time for us to accept it. Do you agree with me?

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