The Blackening of the Fashion Industry

So I hear American Vogue has had three Black women on their cover this year. One was Michelle Obama, one was Beyonce and the other was an actual model, Liya Kebede. Well….big whoop. Liya shared the cover with a bunch of white models (Jourdan Dunn is in the foldout), one’s the biggest singer in the business [...]

Real-Life Dress-Up!

Be your own stylist. Oooh oooh me me! Have you ever wanted to be picked first for something really fun? Well the Star-Telegram has this cool interactive guide that let’s you pick gowns for Michelle Obama. It’s a little Photoshop on speed but what female hasn’t tried on clothes or played with dolls and enjoyed [...]

Mrs. O Blog is a Sham: Black Culture Theft for White Profit 2009 Style

Ok, I am pissed off but should I be? Nichelle Gainer first posted a link on Twitter a few days ago to alert her followers about the New York Times article featuring the Mrs. O blog.  It’s a creation by ad agency Bartel Bogle & Hagerty not a personal blog created by Michelle Obama supporters. Since [...]

80s Teen Movie FanFest

Have you noticed the upswing in interest in the teen movies from the mid-late 80′s? Just the other day I was flipping past USA or TBS (I forget which one) and caught the tail end of Adventures in Babysitting. This movie starring Elisabeth Shue is about a girl who was stood up by her boyfriend, [...]

What Will Our First Lady Wear to the Ball?

The design world is all aflutter over the coronation of its King & Queen & Princesses also known as Swearing In Ceremony. Then it’s on to the real showstopper – the Inaugural Ball. The ‘official’ one that most of us will be reading about the next day but lots of other people will be throwing [...]

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