A Fashionable Life: Thelma Golden

"A Curator of Style"

Thelma Golden is presently the Director and Chief Curator of The Studio Museum in Harlem. The petite powerhouse, style-maven, socialite, activist, art diva and philanthropist has been serving us her sense of style ever since she became the Deputy Director for Exhibitions and Programs in 2000 before succeeding Dr. Lowery Stokes Sims, the Museum’s former Director and President, in 2005. Thelma is heavily involved in numerous charities throughout the international art world and in the New York Art Society.

Thelma and her husband Duro Olowu

Thelma is one lucky woman because there aren't  many women who have husbands who are fashion designers(unless your name is Annette de la Renta, the wife of fashion designer Oscar de la Renta.) and Thelma Golden  happens to be married to London based fashion designer, Duro Olowu. A woman can only hope to be so lucky if her father or husband owns any one of the successful design houses on the planet because she'll always have a great selection of clothes at her disposal.

Who could forget the fabulous New York apartment of Golden's as it appeared in a previous O at Home Magazine a few years ago? Check out the fabulous closet that's made for a stylish Afrolista. 

Afrolista Of The Week: Tarshá McMillian-Hamilton

Afrolista of The Week: Tarshá M. Hamilton

This weeks Afrolista of the week is the beautiful Tarshá McMillian-Hamilton who also happens to be the very talented wife of singer and my Mom's favorite, Mr. Anthony Hamilton.

Tarshá  also has a CD out titled: The McMillian Story which can be purchased on iTunes.

Want to learn about Tarshá Hamilton then check her out here. Show your love for this talented lady by buying her music and we must support more artist like her and her husband who give us real music without all the fluff out there masquerading as music.

For Your Eyes Only-There's Nothing Geek About Chic Eyeglasses

This is one trend that never really was a trend to begin with, but merely a style of glasses that an individual wears because they happen to like them. With the advent of the style of " Mad Men" and Tom Fords new movie, "A Single Man" be sure to look out for more people adopting this style as their own.

I still had my glasses from years ago that I wore in the above picture so I don't have to buy anything. My newer glasses are similar to the ones Liya Kebede is wearing. The Nerd label is nothing more then something the people pleaser's would say about those who like to wear these glasses.

Ray-Bans have not gone out of style and even Chanel had a pair that were two-tone last year for sale. can you rock this trend or are you afraid to be labeled a geek? Everyone from Madonna, Pharrel Williams to Jay-Z is rocking these glasses. Maybe they've seen the real trendsetters on the street wearing these and then adopted them as their own? Is this a trend for you?

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I Am Legend: Filipina Super Model Anna Bayle

I miss all of the animated fashion shows of the 40's and onto the 90's before militarism on the catwalk took over. I also miss the creativity of the designers of those days who created new looks, unlike most of the designers of today who are copying the designs of the past and trying to past them off as being new designs. We were able to remember certain clothing designs simply because of the models who wore them and we may not have had the money to purchase the couture, they had us wishing we did.

And if you lived in Europe during that time you could go into any store and buy the latest copy of what YSL, Jean Louis-Scherrer, Pierre Balmain, Guy Laroche, Per Spook, Lancetti, Hanae Mori and others were creating to make your own look. The 80's was the age that I came up in and I copied every look that YSL was creating and made it my own and I don't think that any of my friends were over dressed for the clubs in Germany because we knew we were looking good.

Which brings me to Filipina super model, Anna Bayle. Anna Bayle was also a member of the famous and iconic YSL group of  top models and not only did she model for YSL, she was modeling all over Europe and in the USA for several designers. As the video depicts, the lady had a walk out of this world and as a matter of fact all of the models of that era strutted the runways like no other. Enjoy and be sure to check out her fabulous blog.
(Photos:JalFr)

Meet the New Malcolm! Darius McCrary Has Joined The Young and the Restless!

Actor/Singer Darius McCrary

I don't do the celebrity obsession like most people and it's a rarity when I do because I often like to highlight those who hardly receive the press and the accolades from possible fans. While enjoying a few days off I decided to play catch up on a little soap opera action and was shocked to see Darius (Eddie Winslow) McCrary starring in the show as the character Malcolm Winters, a role originated by Shemar Moore. McCrary is no stranger to the cast of Y&R. Darius and Bryton James (Devon) co-starred on Family Matters back in the day, but he is a stranger to daytime television. With a history of acting in film, prime-time television, singing and songwriting under his belt, this marks his first stint on a daytime drama and I'm glad to see the man working.


(Photos:CBS)

Man of Style: John Forté

Man of Style: Mr. John Forté  is back on the music scene in a big way and is now wowing audiences right were he left off  after being released from prison on drug charges in 2008. He's paid his debt to society and with the help of Carly Simon,  her son Ben Taylor and Senator Orrin Hatch, John Forté's prison sentence was commuted by President George W. Bush. Today, not only is John serenading his fans with his lyrical content and music, he is also working as an educator at the City College of New York.

I've been a fan of  his ever since he was introduced to the world through the Fugees and it's great to see him back. Whenever anyone of the Fugee Camp made music, I bought it and still do, even if Wyclef Jean is the only one recording music because I love their style. Now that John is back on the scene I decided to buy his latest CD since I already own his previous CD's. I ordered a new copy of his latest music called Stylefree the EP which was released last year. Be sure to show your love and support by purchasing a copy of the CD. Now one can deny that we all miss great music.