FAREWELL PRINCE ROGERS NELSON AKA PRINCE

Prince has died and it hurts so bad, especially when that person is closer to you in age and you start questioning your own mortality. It's particularly frightening when many artists from the soundtrack of my life are dying and it feels like life is moving fast-forward.

I'm so glad I had the opportunity to hear and see him perform at The Essence Music Festival and I will never forget that night. The Superdome was glowing in purple, looking like a purple flying saucer and he asked all of us to dress in purple to commemorate that night. Prince was the ultimate performer and the crowd went wild as he performed his classic hits. 

Death is inevitable and all of us will experience it one day, so live your life to the fullest. Stop wasting the best years of your life with people who deduct from your lives and stop worrying about people who hate you. Live unapologetically!!


I thank Prince for the great music and the wonderful memories and may his soul rest in power. His music legacy will live on forever.

Illustration Credit: Vonmiwi

ONE TREND TWO WAYS: Takenya "TK Wonder" Quann and Cipriana Quann For Cosmopolitan Magazine May 2016

Just when I thought I should cancel my subscription to Next Issue Digital Magazines, Cosmo comes out with this fab editorial featuring the stylish Quann sisters, aka Takenya "TK Wonder" Quann and Cipriana Quann of the Urban Bush Babes Blog.

I might keep my subscription after all if the magazines continue featuring African descendant women and other WOC in their editorials. I don't know about that damn Harper's Bazaar, though because they hardly ever featuring anyone worth seeing. They haven't been the same since the Liz Tilberis years and I don't even see how they stay afloat. Enjoy!












Photography by Jason Kim
Fashion Editor: James Worthington Demolet

CURLS LIKE HERS- Esperanza Spalding for GLAMOUR MAGAZINE May 2016

"CURLS LIKE HERS"

Photography by Dusan Reljin 

Styling by Jessica Sailer Van Lith

Model Noémie Abigaïl for L'OFFICIEL PARIS APRIL 2016

I'm loving all of the editorials featuring Afro hairstyles in all sizes and shapes and this time L'Officiel Paris presents readers with a menswear inspired editorial. Photographer Nik Hartley captured model Noémie Abigaïl perfectly.  Stylist Vanessa Cocchiaro retained her femininity with just the perfect hint of masculinity and I love every last look!

 

Model Josiane Monteiro For The April-May Issue Of Air France Madame

TRAITS POP

Model Josiane Monteiro For The April-May Issue Of Air France Madame

Photography by Harri Peccinotti 

Styling by Virginie Dhello

We Can Be Heroes - Model Karly Loyce By Terry Richardson For Porter Magazine Summer 2016 #14

This has got to be one of the most beautiful and highly styled editorials that I've seen in a while. Stylist George Cortina did not miss a beat as he tried to recapture the style and elegance of the iconic Nina Simone in the summer issue of PORTER Magazine. Karly Loyce killed it in this editorial!!

Model: Karly Loyce

Photographer Terry Richardson 

Stylist George Cortina 

Hairstylist Peter Butler

Make-Up by Mark Carrasquillo

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