Hey!
A few days ago, media maven Bevy Smith invited me to a cocktail hour at James Hotel to fête Keyshia Cole‘s newest album and splash back on the scene.
After getting a pre fashion week facial and eyebrow grooming at Walker’s Apothecary, I made a quick change and headed to the rooftop to see what was what. I couldn’t bring my own photographer, though I was able to snap pix of a few attendees with my trusty Iphone:
Daisy Lewellyn, Me, Felicia Benson, Julee Wilson
Jasmine Martin, Bevy Smith, Michaela Angela Davis, Me
Keyshia Cole, Mimi Valdes
Shiona Turini, Rajni Jacques, Me, Nikki Ogunnaike
Later on I was able to dish with Keyshia about her outfit.
Styled by Joe Exclusive, she sported a Stella & Jamie Spring/Summer 2013 jacket, short shorts, and Versace boots.
Hot! or Hmm…?
As for me, I figured it would be a saucy night, so I struck my best Johnny Bravo pose in a resurrected Diane von Furstenberg halter top (last seen here), Topshop skirt, Christian Louboutin leopard print peep toes (last seen here), and a YSL clutch (last seen here).
It was a fun night, and only a precursor to all the Fashion Week fun.
What do you think?
If you haven’t heard Keyshia’s latest single, Enough of No Love, listen to it here:
Check out a few official pictures from the night, snapped by Ricky Day:
Michaela Angela Davis, Me, Brandice Henderson
Bevy Smith, Mike, Me
Phillip Bloch and Keyshia Cole
Mike, Me, Gabriel
Keyshia Cole and I
August 30, 2012 1:51 am
I like her boots, but the black and white striped blazer was too matchy matchy–and the houndstooth shorts? I can’t. She looks like she’s wearing a costume. No bueno.
August 30, 2012 1:57 am
Oh lord I’m not feeling it…..at all. I do like the jacket.
August 30, 2012 2:39 am
You look nice! I liked Keyshia’s pieces individually but not all together at the same time.
August 30, 2012 3:55 am
I do not like them Go Go boots
August 30, 2012 4:21 am
I like the fuschia lips on her. Hmm, I think I am inspired now
August 30, 2012 5:34 am
Tacky. Those boots are horrid too. Her face on the otherhand looks nice.
August 30, 2012 5:36 am
Joe Exclusive is THE worst stylist of them all smh
August 30, 2012 8:52 am
you look great…keyshia looks super tacky tho, like a sexy beetlejuice, IMO…
August 30, 2012 9:00 am
I just HOLLERED when I saw “sexy beetlejuice” @ Prettygyrl78
Claire you look great!
August 30, 2012 9:03 am
Claire you look like the star you are! That is all I can say……….
August 30, 2012 9:15 am
she looks terrible. how do your guests look better than you at your own event? claire, you look great!
August 30, 2012 9:34 am
Now this woman is attempting to rebrand herself and re-invent herself and this is the best Joe Exclusive could come up with? This outfit looks a complete mess. These artists ought to know when to push back with these stylists.
August 30, 2012 9:38 am
Claire, you look amazing! Love the whole outfit! And I like Keyshia’s boots.
August 30, 2012 9:45 am
Claire girl!!! You were right there!!! Why didn’t you school that child on how to dress LOL! This is too much for her petite frame. Looking like she fell out a low rider with Raul and them. She looks like drag over kill and I love her! Angela Davis…I would have fell out standing next to such an Icon!!! Go head girl!
August 30, 2012 10:10 am
Not feeling Keyshia’s look at all. She has a different style that works for her I guess. Kanye Shrug
August 30, 2012 10:14 am
LOL!! @she fell out a low rider with Raul and them-
You looked cute as always Claire
August 30, 2012 10:27 am
Joe Exclusive is a terrible stylist …
August 30, 2012 10:37 am
Yes to Claire, No to Keyshia
I can hear you biting your tongue Claire while writing this, and I’m sure you were doing the same when talking to her…lol, smh
Blessings
August 30, 2012 10:39 am
Why is it that all the other women at the event looks classy…but Keshia looks like a hoodrat in expensive shoes… Ugh the makeup….It’s just all bad, yet I do love her music. She should have got a memo on the dress attire for this event.
August 30, 2012 10:53 am
Like the boots, but not with that outfit.
August 30, 2012 10:56 am
WOW I JUST GOOGLED JOE EXCLUSIVE, PLEASE TELL ME THATS NOT HIM. i WOULD NOT EVEN LET HIM STYLE MY DOG. WHO WOULD HIRE HIM THOUGH, THIS IS SO COMICAL TO ME
August 30, 2012 10:58 am
Omg! Hair, make up, and outfit train wreck
August 30, 2012 11:06 am
SHE COULDN’T FIND NOTHING ELSE BETTER TO PUT ON???? SHIIIIIIIIIII………
August 30, 2012 11:13 am
claire, you look great! i can appreciate bevy’s floral dress! btw, what shade of lipstick are you wearing?
August 30, 2012 11:19 am
keyshia’s hair is interesting.
August 30, 2012 11:38 am
Sexy beatlejuice and Raul & ‘em is very accurate. I’ve built a bridge and am so over these men in drag stylists. But all the other ladies looked lovely. Seems like a nice rooftop party.
August 30, 2012 11:41 am
Sadly I have to chime in and say that whoever is styling Keyshia this era is failing epically! She looks a mess in every photo I’ve seen of her promoting the single & upcoming album :(
I like each piece on its own but together – a huge mess in addition to that clownish pink lipstick & Cruella daVille hair. I know some artists don’t like to repeat themselves but the best Keyshia ever looked was in the HEAVEN SENT video – the short black hair & tasteful makeup.
August 30, 2012 11:53 am
lol @ Claire saying she was striking her best Johnny Bravo pose.
I, like everyone else, don’t like those boots Keyshia has on. I do like that jacket.
I would’ve lost the necklace and the clutch with Claire’s outfit. The necklace competes with the shirt and the clutch looks cheap to me.
August 30, 2012 11:58 am
Also, that neckline and print looks down right awful on Bevy Smith. Yikes!
August 30, 2012 12:04 pm
Those boots are horrid.
But I LOVE the dress worn by Felicia Benson, can you tell me wear to buy?
August 30, 2012 12:05 pm
lol @ beetlejuice reference. LOL
August 30, 2012 12:27 pm
Hold my mule!! I just Googled her stylist as well! No shade but I would not have anyone looking like they were part of the ORIGINAL slave trade styling me. This dude looks like that loud auntie that smokes too much…..rode hard and put up wet……
August 30, 2012 12:29 pm
no Keisha….. stop the madness !
August 30, 2012 12:29 pm
This has to be a joke, she is actually paying someone to put together these “looks” for her? I need to do some research on her stylist.
August 30, 2012 1:11 pm
Keyshia needs your help Claire. After you fulfilled your night you should of pulled her to the side for a style class. That girl cannot dress! #lord!
August 30, 2012 1:57 pm
KC looked horrid…on the hand Claire honey boo boo chile you worked it from head to sole…luv
August 30, 2012 2:17 pm
Looking lovely, Mamma!
August 30, 2012 3:32 pm
Keyshia Cole is the biggest bama ever! But what a fab venue! The Jimmy is a sexy space with great views of downtown. NICE!
August 30, 2012 3:35 pm
Keyshia Cole is a Grade A hoodrat… in the voice of her mama “MAN DOWN”
August 30, 2012 3:43 pm
Keyshia is looking a hot tacky trashy mess as usual. Everyone else looks nice :-)
August 30, 2012 3:45 pm
Claire, you look fantastic! … NOOOO to Keyshia.
August 30, 2012 5:40 pm
I cannot think of any venue Keyshia’s outfit could be comfortably worn to, except maybe a strip club. There is an emotion coming through in all her pictures facially that is not positive. Maybe she didn’t want to be there, sick, or on something. She has been in the business too long not to know how to dress for various events.
Better to always fall on the side of modesty and class. You can always take a jacket off, remove a scarf, untuck a shirt; but when u are dressed so scantily and wild, u can never up the classiness in the outfit you are wearing.
August 30, 2012 6:12 pm
Keyshia Cole’s shoe game is crazy!! Love the boots. Her outfit is cute as well.
Claire, love the blouse.
August 30, 2012 7:01 pm
I’m not crazy about the proportions in any of these outfits.
August 30, 2012 7:02 pm
Keisha looks turrible! I can’t with her look, but I can with yours Claire. YOU. Look. FAB! #tisall
August 30, 2012 7:44 pm
posted by mamareese
August 30, 2012 12:27 pm
Hold my mule!! I just Googled her stylist as well! No shade but I would not have anyone looking like they were part of the ORIGINAL slave trade styling me. This dude looks like that loud auntie that smokes too much…..rode hard and put up wet……
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This is too much for me! Before I laugh myself to tears you looked great Claire. Keyshia’s makeup is well done. Most of the women looked nice. I’m not gonna get into the negative aspects ’cause… they’re right there for everyone to see.
August 30, 2012 8:11 pm
love the the video!
August 30, 2012 8:25 pm
Faints at mamareese comment!!!!!
August 30, 2012 8:31 pm
Shiona Turini is my idol!!
August 30, 2012 10:28 pm
So pretty much all of the coolest Black girls in NYC were there!
August 30, 2012 10:57 pm
Love that song but four thumbs down for whom ever did the styling :-(!!!!!!
August 30, 2012 11:39 pm
OH MY.. Claire youre fab as always. however keyshia needs to fire her stylist, shes trying WAY to hard. the pieces aren’t bad but the combination along with the hiar and lipstick is horrible.
August 30, 2012 11:55 pm
Love those shades Michael Angela Davis has on!! I love the pink lipstick Keyshia is wearing, but they have her lips looking extra plump and big. And that outfit she has on…the pieces are cute, just not together!
August 31, 2012 1:17 am
She looks a mess with the exception of the lipstick!
August 31, 2012 9:35 am
Keyshia Cole is WAAAAYYYYY too pretty for this type of styling. She really does look like a drag queen, smh. I agree with on of the previous posters, she looked her best in the videos “Heaven Sent” and “Take Me Away”.
August 31, 2012 10:44 am
She always tries too hard… Another epic fail! Sorry Keyshia :(
September 2, 2012 8:49 pm
Love when my Shi Shi pops up on here! As for Keyshia… love her to death… but no ma’am…
September 10, 2012 12:23 pm
Burgundy dress (worn by Felicia Benson)!! Where can I get it–or one like it!!! PLEASE!!