Bad News: Gilt Groupe Lays Off Staffers, ShoeDazzle UK Shutters
If the old adage rings true — death comes in threes — who could be next? It was reported this week that Gilt Groupe – one of the original high-end flash sale sites — laid off about 10% of its staff, including Gilt City Director, Nate Richardson. Then word spread that staffers would be losing their jobs in Houston,...
12 Goals for 2012
If I had to be completely honest with myself and accept responsibility for opportunities passed up or passed by, for not being persistent or consistent or for just being totally clueless and lacking any direction, then that would probably sum up the 12 months that were 2011. Now don’t get me wrong, there were some...
Uh-Oh! Rihanna’s Accused of Ripping Off Another Fashion Photographer
And this time it’s Solve Sundsbo. In her sultry new video for “You Da One”, Rihanna sports a short blonde mushroom cut in a sequence of shots that seem dangerously similar to the work of the famed fashion photographer. As a busy celebrity with a crammed work schedule barely allowing any sleep, I don’t blame Rihanna 100%. The...
Discussion: Shala Monroque’s Town & Country Magazine Controversy
What good would the world be with out some level of controversy, right? This time on the receiving end of the scrutiny is Lucian-born fashion socialite Shala Monroque and her cover status with Town & Country Magazine. I’ve read through the comments on various websites and readers are questioning her importance to even land a...
Discussion: Are You Sick of Being Force Fed Fashion?
I’m going to start this off with a school of thought that is all too familiar with my business savvy folks. We’re living in a buyer’s market. Brands need to unload. They produce big product due to the whiny nature of consumerism, but on many fronts the consumer still isn’t purchasing. Post-recession life has tainted our...
Sick Inspiration
Last night I literally spent the whole night at work filling in for a co-worker. Whenever I pull the “all-nighter” I spend most of my time browsing blogs, YouTube, and checking out my email offers of some of the favorite *e-tiques. This was all going on as my cold began to come down. I seriously...
Discussion: Why Doesn’t Tyra Banks Receive The Same Level of Respect As Other Black Legendary Models?
News broke this morning that Kelly Cutrone, owner of People’s Revolution and ex-Bravo TV reality star would be replacing Andre Leon Talley on America’s Next Top Model. I noticed the news wasn’t received with a lot of cheers or it was mostly shrugged off. That got me thinking. By no means am I a Tyra...
Color Blocking — I Am So Over It!
I’m going to answer that question with a resounding YES. I really struggled with this post. I mean, I didn’t want to seem like Bitter Betty whilst everyone is still having a great time at the color blocking ball. Is there no other to express our undying love for fashion then to become some type of...
Essence Hires a White Fashion Director
Some of us bloggers just love a good debate. We love to serve a regular piece of meat as cold and infested with maggots and samonella because it’s more exciting and gives us more clicks. Things can’t ever just be. The shit-storm began this week when word “leaked” to the blogosphere that long-time, go-to, readers...
5 Things I Know About Style – Zooey Deschanel
1) I love getting dressed up and shopping, but I don’t follow trends. My style fluctuates: it’s whimsical and feminine. When I was little, I was a really girly girl who didn’t like to wear trousers. I just wore party dresses all the time with patent-leather shoes. 2) At school the kids wore hippy dresses...
Do You Suffer from the Good Hair Complex?
This is a topic which I thought, as a culture, and as cultures infused, and as diversity became more prevalent we kind of put behind us. Guess not. Chris Rock with the awesome documentary Good Hair challenges if we are really over the whole good hair/ bad hair complex and what does it generally mean?...
