BUST MAGAZINE: SOLANGE KNOWLES

Our favorite style icon and emerging music icon is another beauty who has been on our radars lately and rightly so. Feminists-centered BUST Magazine has featured the fantabulous Solange Knowles on the cover and inside the pages of their April-May 2017 issue of the magazine wearing some of the styles, we love to see Solange wearing accompanied by a thought-provoking interview.

Available on newsstands, March 28, 2017.



Interview by Jamia Wilson//Photos by Nadya Wasylko // Styling by Peju Famojure // Makeup by Tracy Alfajora // Hair by Amy Farid // Nails by Miss Pop // Shot at Attic Studios










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A Revolutionary Love: Rog and Bee Walker For ESSENCE February 2017

"Talk about a Revolutionary Love!"

I’m just now getting around to reading the February 2017 issue of Essence magazine online and this editorial featuring some of my favorite creatives, Rog and Bee Walker made me stop in my tracks. 

I went to Jamaica and other Caribbean nations in May of last year and I had an epiphany whereas I have no desire to read any mainstream magazines anymore. I didn't want to buy any of the paper ones and I couldn't even muster up the strength to look at the ones I subscribe to online.

With all of our beauty and style being positively presented online ( these two are a part of that revolution) on various platforms, I don’t even need to read or see anything they’re saying or talking about. The aesthetics alone are enough for me.

Photographer Credit: DeAndre da Costa

Fashion Director: Julee Wilson

 

One-to-Watch: Actress Simone Missick

Actress Simone Missick is going to be added to the growing lists of bad azz heroines. Kudos to her on her upcoming series.

Check her out starring as the character Misty Knight on the Netflix series "Luke Cage" starting, September 30, 2016.

Photos: Getty Images

ACTRESS LUPITA NYONG'O FOR VOGUE MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2016

 Be sure to check out Lupita in Disney's Queen of Katwe when it hits theaters on September 30, 2016.

Actress Lupita Nyong'o is the October 2016 cover girl for VOGUE Magazine! All I can say is, wow!

Photography by Mario Testino and Kit Mikayi

Fashion Editor: Tonne Goodman

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

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

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

Photography by Harri Peccinotti 

Styling by Virginie Dhello