It Girl: Actress Lupita Nyong'o For VOGUE January 2014

Talk about something that got my heart racing this morning. I couldn't click on the link fast enough on my digital issue of VOGUE after seeing Lupita's photo. Not that she needs a VOGUE cover for validation, but gracing the cover would have been super nice instead of the cover subject they used, but again, I digress.

Beautiful In J. Mendel: Actress Lupita Nyong'o

Beautifully Captured By: Christian MacDonald

Le Look Du Jour: Actress Lupita Nyong'o For InStyle Magazine December 2013

I tend to relish in my so called psychic abilities and being that I was totally disappointed in the November issue of InStyle Magazine, I knew that Actress Lupita Nyong'o had to be in the December issue and here she is: Swept Away

The beautiful Lupita was photographed by Emma Tempest 

Styling by Melissa Rubini

VOGUE NOVEMBER 2013 | Actress Lupita Nyong'o

Some things are just worth the wait and this is one of them...

Actress Lupita Nyong'o for VOGUE 2013

She Looks Absolutely Stunning In This Zac Posen Gown!!!


Photo:Christian MacDonald

The Best of The September Issues: /Actress Yaya (DaCosta) Alafia for InStyle Magazine September 2013

Some things are worth the wait and it seems that digital magazines are beginning to get a lot like the mail when it comes to delivering them, but this fabulous editorial featuring Yaya (DaCosta) Alafia in the September issue of InStyle Magazine certainly makes up for it. I've seen several September issues and many have not lived up to the hype of their previous September issues. I have to give InStyle an A+ for theirs because everything looks better than their competitor's, to include content and editorials.

Photos: Dusan Reljin

Styling By: Joane Blades

Lee Daniels' The Butler Hits Theaters Today!

Frotabulous: Oprah Winfrey-O Magazine September 2013

Let's Talk About Hair: Oprah Winfrey's September 2013 issue of O Magazine, is probably going to be one of the most talked about September issues.

Check out Miss Winfrey's stunning cover.




This issue hits newsstands on Tuesday, August 13 and I hope digital subscribers get it earlier than that.

Photos: O Magazine/Ruven Afandor

The Best of the September Issues: Issa Ray For Glamour Magazine September 2013

As I stated earlier, my digital September issues are arriving slowly to my in-box just as fast as they can publish them. I've seen the latest issue of Glamour magazine and was pleasantly surprised to see up-and-comer Issa Rae featured in their exclusive: "Look Who's Running Hollywood Now" editorial along with other's who are now setting the tone. I can't wait to see her new show that she and Shonda Rhimes has in store for us.

Solange Knowles Attends "Blue Jasmine" New York Premiere - After Party

The fabulous Solange Knowles was recently seen out and about with her man, Alan Ferguson at premiere of "Blue Jasmine" wearing a look from PRADA's SPRING 2013 READY-TO-WEAR Collection.

Solange x Alan

Photos: Getty Images

Le Look Du Jour: Actress Kerry Washington For Vanity Fair Magazine August 2013

Actress Kerry "Miss Olivia Pope" Washington has scored another major magazine cover and congratulations are in order for her lovely Vanity Fair August cover.

I think one of the best things that I've done recently to save money was to subscribe to digital magazines and NEXT issue has to be the best so far because I get to choose some of my favorites.

Actress Kerry Washington: The Most Intriguing Star - The Most Intriguing Show

Screen captures were done by me, but the fabulous Norman Jean Roy captured Kerry beautifully in Bridgehampton, New York.

Photos by Norman Jean Roy
Styling by Jessica Diehl

Le Look Du Jour: Solange Knowles Festival de Cannes-Day III

"I have instinct and I apply that to my style, but it's definitely more refined now. That's the part of growing up. You evolve." ~Solange Knowles 

"Rocking Roberto Cavalli SS2013 RTW"

And evolve she has- into one of the best dressed women in the world who also happens to rock to her own drumbeat.

One To Watch: Singer Grace Lamarr aka Grace McKeown

Newcomer Grace Lamarr
The British are coming again and I mean literally when it pertains to music, even though it is nothing new because singers from the U.K. have always rocked these shores with their great music and style. Being that America's taste in music is just as diverse as it's people, the U.K. is exporting an influx of new artists to peak our interest.

Here's Grace for the most recent issue of Net-A-Porter Magazine.

Grace Lamarr isn't signed to a label just yet, but she's already attracted the attention of the influential fashion set who often introduce us to what's new and what's now and she'll soon be "It." Even though Adele has been one of the most recent successful artists to come out of the U.K., she isn't the first and nor will she be the last and I hate when many of these up-and-coming artist are labeled with the next "Adele" caption.  Just let them be who they are and live up to their own sound and standards and not those of Adele or even those of the late Amy Winehouse.

Her sound is uniquely her own and it reminds me of Ella Fitzgerald in it's clarity and carriage. Whoever signs her please don't destroy her by attempting to box her in as the next anybody and using sex to sell her music because when a woman has a voice just as beautiful as hers then that should be enough. No wonder why American record sales are down in the dumps...everyone is a clone of someone else. Please don't touch her magnificent coils!


"When you don't look like everyone else, you don't sound like them either."


Check out her Facebook page for new updates.

Need To Hear:Singer Chila Lynn

Chila Lynn is a 20 year old Cuban singer and pianist, whose music is considered as one of the best of her generation. Chila was a child prodigy having entered the Alejandro Garcia Caturla Elementary School of Music in Havana studying classical piano music for eight years and attending Manuel Saumell school. In 2005 she entered Amadeo Roldan High School, where she won several awards in national piano music competitions. Last year Chila Lynn completed her training at the National Conservatory of Music and Dance at the University of La Sorbonne in Paris.

Chila's debut album is titled "Real Woman" for EMI Spain. A beautiful voice from a beautiful young woman. To learn more, follow her on YT, Facebook and Twitter.








Photos/Source: EMI Music Espana/ Revista Antonia

"FRO'S" WE LOVE: Poetess Yashi Brown

Janet Jackson and her niece, poetess Yashi Brown.
Yashi Brown is a poetess, author, public speaker, mental health advocate and singer-songwriter also born into the legendary Jackson family. Her book Black Daisy in a White Limousine: 77 Poems, a collection of poems eloquently chronicling life’s triumphs, challenges and issues affecting humanity.







Yashi has become very passionate about mental health advocacy and continues to be an active force in bringing awareness and providing recovery resources to individuals and families facing these challenges. She’s been very vocal in the media about stigma and provided recent press on mental health for CNN, ABC, NBC, Extra, and Ebony/Jet publications. She is on the board as Treasurer for Project Return Peer Support Network (PRPSN) the largest and oldest peer support group in Los Angeles County since 1979 and is a national advocate for NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) the most formidable grassroots organization and preeminent voice on capitol health for mental health.

To learn more about this phenomenal woman click here.

Photos/Source: Yashi Brown

"FRO'S" WE LOVE: Art Curator/Advisor Ingrid LaFleur

As an independent curator and art advisor she focuses on contemporary art from Africa and the Diaspora. She has a B.A. in Art History from Spelman College and completed her M.A. from New York University with a concentration in Museum Studies.

Ingrid with trendsetting stylist, Lysa Cooper.


To learn more about this inspiring and beautiful woman click here.


Photos:BFA.Ingrid LaFleur

HER NAME IS SOLANGE! SOLANGE WOW'S IN ES MAGAZINE

It keep's getting better and just this morning I bemoaned the fact about how much I missed living in Germany and I log onto tumblr and see this gorgeous photo on EFF Yeah Solange's page I had to see more. Some of the international magazines have the best fashion editorials and even magazine covers for that matter because they don't feature celebrities ad nauseam like the American, British and Canadian do. Anyway, Solange Knowles is once again building up her portfolio with one fabulous editorial after another and this time she sizzles in the London Evening Standard's-ES Magazine in a gorgeous editorial.









Read it all here.





Thanks to Eff Yeah Solange for the info. Follow her and Solange by clicking on their names.
Photos/Source:ES Magazine