Lupita Nyong'o has FINALLY landed the cover of Vogue magazine! It's about time, this chick has had one heck of a year with no signs of slowing down. The 12 Years A Slave star has won an Oscar, became the newest face of Lancôme, was featured in Miu Miu's Spring 2014 campaign and she covered Marie Claire's Fresh Faces issue among other projects. It's no wonder Vogue came a-knocking, (but what took you guys so long.) Needless to say, this cover is well deserved. This July issue will hit[...]
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Target's Next Collaboration Should Be? Over the past years, Target has collaborated with many different designers such as Isaac Mizrahi, Jason Wu, Kate Young, Peter Pilotto, Zac Posen, Phillip Lim and recently they've added Joseph Altuzarra to the list for a fall 2014 fashion collaboration. Target has also teamed up with Neiman Marcus back in 2012 for an exclusive Holiday collection created by 24 designers, that were sold simultaneously in both stores. Like other fashion crazed individuals, I w[...]
I remember wearing overalls in high school, during what I call my tomboy phase. This was during the late 90’s early 2000’s so my Tommy Hilfiger denim overalls were super baggy, but hey that was the style back then. When I think about me wearing them, and how unflattering they were, why did I ever leave the house in them? It’s funny looking back on things that I once wore faithfully, to feeling like I never want to wear them again. I'm sure everyone has something that they can't believe[...]
Cross Colours Cross Colours was founded in 1989 in South Central, LA by Carl Jones. It was the first clothing brand created for everyone with a street point of view. The collection was embraced by the rising of the hip hop movement, created based on “Clothing without prejudice.” Cross Colours slogans promoted education and the end of gang violence, which made it iconic and fueled its rise. With the comeback of 90’s fashion, the demand for streetwear with authenticity and real st[...]
Meet Kid Designer Melissa Jade Aiello For Melissa Jade Aiello it all started with a sketch of Karl Lagerfeld, which she completed in 15 minutes. Her illustration of the iconic designer caught the attention of everyone who saw it. People didn’t just like it, they wanted to wear it. Melissa was born in Nottingham, England in 2001. At the age of seven, while the other kids were content with coloring in their coloring books and staying in the lines, she wasn't interested. Melissa preferred to co[...]
Meet Moziah Bridges: 12-Year-Old Bow Tie Designer Moziah "Mo" Bridges loved dressing up at a young age, unlike his peers he wanted to wear suits and ties whenever he could. His style of inspiration came from his father and grandfather who would usually wear three-piece suits for no particular reason. To him, dressing up made him feel good. When he would go shopping for bow ties, all he ever found were plain and ugly clip-on. He didn’t want to wear a clip-on, “real men tie their own ties”[...]
My Shopping Haul at Target This past Friday I stopped at Target to get a pair of leggings, and when I say just leggings, I mean just leggings, or so I thought. Just my luck the leggings rack is in the middle of everything. As I approached the leggings, I see that they're on sale for $5.00, but unfortunately, they were sold out of the size and style that I normally purchase. So instead I grab a pair of yoga pants (I love the way they fit, and they're thicker than regular leggings). After gr[...]
Meet Designer Stephen Burrows Stephen Burrows was born on September 15, 1943, in Newark, New Jersey. He learned how to sew at a young age when he started making clothes with his grandmother. Realizing that fashion was something he wanted to do, he attended the Philadelphia Museum College of Art but later he went to New York City to study at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT). After graduating from FIT in 1966, he began making clothes for the O boutique that he'd co-founded along with[...]
Meet Designer Patrick Kelly Patrick Kelly was born on September 24, 1954 in Vicksburg, Mississippi. His interest in fashion came at a young age, Patrick's earliest recollection of his love for fashion was when he was about six years old. One day after his grandmother brought home a fashion magazine, he noticed that there were no pictures of African American women in it. His grandmother explained that designers did not have time for African American women and he was determined to change this.[...]