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Monthly Archive: January, 2012

28 Jan

Waist Bound

  I’ve notice this a while back and started to wonder if any one has noticed this new trend too. Have you ever seen musical artist such as Theophilus London…
January 28, 2012 at 7:18 pm By markyct Leave a comment
28 Jan

Interview: Lex Thornton

Everyday at St.John’s University I always am surprised to see people getting dressed up for class. It keeps me wanting to do better myself. I’m not saying that you have…
January 28, 2012 at 6:26 pm By T Leave a comment
26 Jan

Sweet Sweater Weather

Winter has become my favorite season, simply because I get to wear all my sweaters ! My brothers once called me the female version of Bill Cosby. I was not…
January 26, 2012 at 10:59 pm By Jasmine.Chelsie Leave a comment
26 Jan

Bite the Bullet

I was very close to my grandfather and although I was young when he passed away, I remember it vividly. He fought in the war so he had the traditional…
January 26, 2012 at 3:49 pm By goldenwildfire Leave a comment
25 Jan

DEEP

The video above is Mos Def’s remake of Nigga’s In Paris. It is titled Nigga’s in Poorest and touches on A LOT of problems in our society. After all the…
January 25, 2012 at 7:50 pm By ffoxene Leave a comment
25 Jan

Spring 2012 Trends

Spring is right around the corner which means new trends! This spring will be filled with bold prints, pastels, peplum skirts, shirts and dresses. Many designers including Alexander McQueen have…
January 25, 2012 at 7:15 pm By goldnx Leave a comment
25 Jan

Loafing On These Loafers

Ever since the Rollerball loafers by Christian Louboutin came out in 2010 I’ve been obsessed with the loafer silhouette. Loafers give a really dynamic look to any outfit because they…
January 25, 2012 at 11:19 am By uyellelle Leave a comment
23 Jan

Supreme x The Northface

Supreme and The Northface have collaborated once again to design another jacket. The design is a leopard print Northface. Personally, I think this is one of the best designs I’ve…
January 23, 2012 at 9:41 pm By markyct Leave a comment
23 Jan

Did you say fashion film-making?

A fashion film is just what it sounds like: a combination of the art of fashion and film-making. In fashion film-making, the film-maker has the freedom to go in any…
January 23, 2012 at 8:08 pm By goldenwildfire Leave a comment
22 Jan

OOTD

Purple maxi skirt. Thrift ($4) Black double buckle belt. Marshalls ($10) Black cut out heel ankle boots. Marshalls ($100) Snake skin shirt. Thrift ($3.75) Blue blazer. Thrift ($6) Tan wide…
January 22, 2012 at 1:03 pm By goldnx Leave a comment