Skodels (skinny models): Are they even eating?

July 8, 2010 No Comments

Tweet In the country the old folks used to call anyone with little money poor. Those same elders called people with no meat on their bones, “po”. There’s a difference. And today’s modeling world is filled with too much of the latter. What if companies highlighted those of the bigboned persuasion (BBW, anyone)? More women ...

The Skittles Wig Movement (gallery)

June 15, 2010 13 Comments

Tweet Not since the Bloods and Crips rose to prominence in the late 1980s have we seen so much blue and red on the street. Everybody’s doing it. The barista at your local coffee shop in the suburbs is doing it. The hood has been doing it. And now, celebrities — by the jetload — are ...

Louie Luggage That Bites

March 21, 2010 No Comments

Tweet The biblical saying “Don’t give your pearls to swine” has taken on a new meaning with one artist’s bold fashion statement. Called “Excessory Baggage,” the sculptures include a Louie Vuitton-designed pig as luggage. I think it’s a pig. It might be a dog. The images are a little creepy to say the least, but ...

Amber Rose does a Grace Jones

February 26, 2010 4 Comments

Tweet Kanye West on his new blog, recently released a pic of model girlfriend Amber Rose outstretched and semi-nude holding a microphone. While West and Rose certainly make for an awesome fashion combo, what else can these two think of? West, your favorite stage-crashing rapper and his stripper/model girlfriend Amber Rose, are all broken up now, ...

Rose Cordero: First black model on Vogue in almost a decade

February 21, 2010 1 Comment

Tweet The sisters are taking over: Eighteen-year-old Rose Cordero has landed the coveted cover of the March 2010 cover of French Vogue.Big deal? Tu che?Born in the Dominican Republic, like these sisters, Cordero has turned humble roots into superstar status.What is it with the Dominicans and producing models? Cordero is young but her fierce looks ...

Solange Isn't Interested …

September 11, 2009 No Comments

Tweet In what the Haters think. That much is obvious from the uniquely stylish way she wears, well, anything. She’s simply her own woman, and who can hate on that? The music, however, is another thing. She recently tweeted that she will be coming out with a mix tape, only that she didn’t want it ...

All the Rage: UV Ray Tattoos (Glow in the Dark)

March 13, 2009 No Comments

Tweet The latest fad to hit human civilization is the glow-in-the-dark tattoo. A story on Tattooique says: UV or Blacklight tattoos are tattoos made with a special ink that is only visible under a blacklight. Once a tattoo is healed it won’t be seen at all unless you use Ultraviolet. Here are some pros and ...

The Freshness: They Had Style Back in the Day

November 6, 2008 No Comments

Tweet Back in the day when I was young — I’m not a kid anymore — but sometimes I sit and wish I was a kid again — okay, okay, I’ve snapped out of it. Back in the day they had style. They had a certain pizzazz. This was way before swagger, way before thuggin’ ...

Archive for high fashion