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Some of the American fashion Gods must be listening to their readers because Joan Smalls has landed on the cover of the July issue of W Magazine.

Joan's beauty was captured by the legendary Steven Meisel for her gorgeous cover and editorial. This is not her first cover because Joan has had several international covers and since most international fashion magazines are also obsessed with celebrities, they do have the courage to use models on their magazine covers unlike their American counterparts. Congrats to Joan on a beautiful cover and thank you, Stefano Tonchi for having the courage to feature a model on the cover.




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Solange Knowles kept the chic-set dancing all night long at Diesel & Monster's Ultimate Playlist launch of their new VEKTR headphones.
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Saturdays were made for relaxing and catching up on reading and just having a me day because I adamantly refused to go on a road trip this weekend. Sorry kiddies, but Mommy has to save money for our annual vacation. Lol!!

I bought the latest issue of Hunger magazine and while flipping through the pages I came across this beautiful editorial featuring singer Liane La Havas which stopped me at mid flip. Rankin captured her style and beauty in some of the most beautiful clothes in the prettiest colors ever!  Hunger Magazine is another one of those bi-annual magazines that have now cropped up on the markets and it's heavy because it's filled with beautiful editorials from some of the worlds best unknown up and coming artist from all genres. Liane La Havas is going to have meteoric success here in the states with her music. Mark my words.

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A Glamtastic Flashback: Iman, Gail and Peggy for Revlon's Polished Ambers Collection 1978

Revlon's Polished Ambers Advertisement, circa 1978, featuring Iman, Peggy Dillard-Toone and Gail Kendrick.


While looking through a stack of Essence magazines from the 1970's, I came across these beautiful Revlon ads featuring some of my favorite models from that era. Every one is familiar with the iconic Iman and some may know of Peggy Dillard-Toone, but I'm sure there aren't that many who are familiar with Jamaican born beauty Gail Kendrick, unless of course you too are from this era and admired these women. I did a little editing to give them an artsy edge, enjoy!

















The iconic Iman.

Photos: From My Own Archives

Happy Birthday Naomi Campbell!!!

May has been a phenomenal month so far and what a great way to celebrate some of my favorites who have inspired me most of my life with a shout out on their birthdays. I didn't post Grace Jones birthday, but I send out a belated greeting to the queen of  individuality and "Feroshness" who turned a fabulous 64 years old on May 19. Naomi Campbell turns a fabulous 42 years old today and I can honestly say that both women are O40&Fab!

Happy Birthday to one of the most stylish women on the planet!

The Ad Campaign: Model Nur Hellman for United Colors of Benetton

Nur Hellman is steadily building an impressive portfolio and her ad campaign for United Colors of Benetton's SS 2012 Campaigns are just some of the icing on the cake. Expect to see more from this German born beauty.














Check out the site for fabulous clothes and accessories.



Photos:Benetton/Giulio Rustichelli/FABRICA

Ad Campaigns:Melodie Monrose For Joe Fresh

Check out Melodie Monrose for one of Canada's hottest stores to hit our shores: Joe Fresh. If you love bargains just as much as I do then Joe Fresh is certainly the store to find them in. The Canadian brand recently opened a 14,000-square-foot flagship store on Fifth Avenue and when we hit NYC this summer, my girls and I will definitely be there. Right now I'm loving their denim trench coat along with their denim tunic and wide leg jeans, which is so my style.

Photos:Joe Fresh

Another Amazing Grace: Grace Mahary

I've featured Grace Mahary on my Tumblr page before and now it seems that the fashion Gods and Goddesses have now noticed her and she's about to blow up! Congrats to Grace!

Grace is signed with Ford Model Management.

Fashion News: Joan Smalls for T-Magazine

The New York Times T-Magazine has one hell of a Fall Issue because it features some of my favorites when it comes to style and it pays to have an online-subscription. Check out a few photos of Joan Smalls editorial from the issue.

Joan Smalls is featured in an editorial for T-Magazine. 

Read and see the rest here.

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Le Look Du Jour: Christian Loboutin and Farida Khelfa

Friends in fashion and in real life, the super chic Farida Khelfa and Christian Louboutin attend the The White Fairy Tale Love Ball recently held by model Natalia Vodianova for her Naked Heart Foundation in Paris.

Emanuela de Paula For GQ South Africa

Brazilian model Emanuela de Paula burns up the pages of GQ South Africa's June issue.




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BEAUTY NEWS: JOAN SMALLS FOR ESTEE LAUDER

First it was the beautiful Liya Kebede that was chosen in the fifty-seven year history of the Estee Lauder Companies ad campaigns as one of the first women of color to represent the brand, and now we have to beautiful Joan Smalls as one of the new faces. Asian beauty, Liu Wen has also been chosen as Estee Lauder follows the monumental growth of the affluent Asian market.

Pay attention marketers to the companies that feature true diversity in their ad campaigns by featuring women of color and follow suit by displaying these ad campaigns in various media outlets. Joan Smalls is now a "Top Model" whose advertisements will be global based on her appeal to all women.

Photo: Estee Lauder/Bloomingdales

ROSE CORDERO FOR ARISE MAGAZINE

What a pleasant surprise to receive this message this morning! Rose Cordero is stunning on this cover and I thank Arise Magazine for being one of the magazines to feature models on the covers while the rest of them feature celebrities. I'll take a model any day of the week than the same recycled five as always.

I can't wait to read this new issue of Arise Magazine! I'm so proud of this young lady. Her face is such a palette for a makeup artists artistry.

On another note, I don't know if any of you read Latina Magazine, but my daughter and I do and I was totally disappointed in them for snubbing Rose Cordero and Arlenis Sosa from their so called top 50 Latinos to watch lists. How in the _____ are they going to ignore these two top models and only feature one? And for that my daughter says she's canceling her subscription and I don't blame her. Seriously, please stop with featuring only those who you deem as popular and introduce the people to the world at large. If the universe can hold billions of stars, I'm sure there's room for the rest of them!

Photo: Arise Magazine

Le Look Du Jour|The Look Of The Day: Ajak Deng For Lanvin Fall/Winter

Top Model Ajak Deng for Lanvin.

Ataui Deng Model of the Moment for 2011 Paris Fall Winter Prêt-à-Porter /RTW

For Haider Ackerman

Top Model Ataui Deng for Manish Arora

For Rick Owens

Le Look Du Jour|The Look Of The Day: Jourdan Dunn and Sessilee Lopez

Jourdan Dunn and Sessilee Lopez for Jean Paul Gaultier 2011Fall/Winter Prêt-à-Porter .
Check out the rest of the collection here.


Photos: Sonny Vandevelde.

STRIKE A POSE: MILLEN MAGESE FOR DILLARD'S

Millen Magese in the latest advertisement campaign for Dillard's

Millen Magese is a model who hails from Tanzania and is signed to Ford Models in New York and Ice Model Management South Africa.