Source (I love this blog)! Snapshot is a daily section featuring fashionable, memorable moments. No words, just an image. Enjoy..and discuss!
Few occasions necessitate full on fashion ferocity like the Costume Institute Gala at New York’s Metropolitan Museum. Everyone who’s anyone in fashion comes in their best red carpet outfits to sparkle and cheese in front of the flashing lights. A few selections for today’s Hot! or Hmm.. Rihanna took a break from house hunting and Continue Reading
A few of fashion’s finest came out last night for a Vanity Fair Party in NYC. Some got it right, while others…hmmm… Andre Leon Talley affixed an oversized Obama family pin to a double breasted military jacket topped off with crystal adorned black flats: Supporting Obama through fashion is hot! but those shoes…hmmm… Kanyeezie also Continue Reading
WWD reports that we might see Michelle Obama on the cover of Vogue soon after the inauguration of president elect Barack Obama: The article, by Stephanie D. Smith says, “Vogue has been campaigning for a Michelle Obama cover since last September ” both in print and in person. Editor in chief Anna Wintour and contributing Continue Reading
Happy Friday! Sorry for the late post, I’ve had a very busy morning. Why did you have a busy morning, Claire? Well, I’ll tell you. Last night, I was delighted to get a text from my designer friend Malcolm Harris, alerting me to a forum discussion taking place today, subject: Blacks in Fashion. I quickly Continue Reading
“When people ask if I have any advice to give about fashion, it’s always the same: Follow your own pace, your own instincts, no matter what. You’ll get it right.”—Andre Leon Talley, “A.L.T. A Memoir” Happy Rainy Wednesday! Today’s Style File is almost long overdo! This week’s style spotlight shines on fashion veteran and Editor Continue Reading
But when she came to kick it, things became different./Any girl I cheated on, sheets I skeeted on./I couldn’t keep it home, I thought I needed a Nia Long./I’m trying to write my wrongs/But it’s funny these same wrongs helped me write this song.”Kanye West ˜Touch the Sky. So today my fashion focus is on Continue Reading
“And I’ll take with me the memories/ To be my sunshine after the rain/ Its so hard to say goodbye to yesterday.”–Boyz II Men, ‘Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday” Hey Y’all, Cue the violins: Fashion Week officially ends today. This week has been full of eventful shows, from big names like Carolina Herrera, to Continue Reading