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With Hollywood for years being a haven for the long-haired blond and brunette, it’s hard to be a sex symbol…

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We’re only human and equally subject to the chronic brainwashing that inevitably instills varying degrees of bigotry. Racism, sexism, homophobia,…

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Times are hard especially financially, however, my girlfriend does not seem to realize the whole world is undergoing something called…

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I remember exactly where I was that night that history was made. I was fast asleep in my bed and…

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It was proven best in the fashionable documentary The September Issue, that Fall is the New Year’s of fashion. Fashion…

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I vividly remember the day I got my first relaxer. I was 7 years old, and there I sat in…

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Brilliance is defined as: having or showing great intelligence, talent, and quality. Well, if you’ve ever had the privilege of watching…

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Once upon a time (i.e. this past spring), Spike Lee put Tyler Perry on blast:

“Each artist should be allowed to…

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I remember way back when… Reminisce with me. Life was less complicated for a youngster. My Huffy Bike was valet’d in the driveway, Saturday morning cartoons were in heavy rotation, Puma wasn’t just an animal at the zoo…

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Who can take out a housemaid with a single Smackberry? Who can rock community service hours in New York City’s…

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Who sold this idea to women that it is the sole responsibility of a man to always have condoms at…

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It seems like every week a new skin care cream hits the shelf. Products for frown lines, laugh lines, crows…

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Talent aside (ahem), there have been very few celebrities who warrant as much media coverage as Robyn Rihanna Fenty. Sure,…

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You can kill the revolutionary, but you can’t kill the revolution. – Fred Hampton, Nov. 3, 1969

This week I came across…

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The conflict in the Congo is a much overlooked atrocity that is claiming the lives of hundreds of thousands of…

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I remember when I was in high school. When it came to fitting in with all the different peer groups…

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Have you ever come across a group of juveniles whose fundraising practices consist of canvassing commercial hubs, or expressway entry…

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So you spent a lot of the governments change (not the free kind) getting your education, you haven’t gotten into…

Fashion

June 1, 2008

International Chic: Best Behavior

Best Behavior, our latest discovery on the international style scene, is the brainchild of Danish design team Marie Orberg and…

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Mariessa Terrell: Simone’s Butterfly

The exclusive design vs. the knockoff is an issue that’s as old as fashion history, but with high profile companies…

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Nneka Saran Handbags

Nneka Hurley has a penchant for creating bags that appeal to our love of all things girly, glitzy and glamorous. With…

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Hoiming

In search of multi-dimensional expression, Hoiming Fung and Baldwin Pui have challenged the traditional structure and appearance of a woman’s “handbag”. Extracting…

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May 1, 2008

Constance White: ebay’s Style Director

Constance White, the ever poised and witty Style Director for eBay, definitely knows a thing or two about fashion and…

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Baby…What Do You Think?

Welcome to “Baby… What Do You Think?” where fashion faux pas are taken to task and sartorial excellence is championed! Clutch is…

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House of Spy

When Wendy Wong decided to trade in her lab coat and test tubes for a sewing machine and thread, she…

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Okistyles.com

Whether you’re in the market for an updated trench to fight off the morning chill or a swanky maxi dress…

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Duro Olowu

With a timeless and ethnic inspired approach to design, Duro Olowu is taking the international fashion scene-along with our fashion…

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Hello Brooklyn!

On the heels of the Brooklyn Underground Fashion Rocks festivities this past week, Clutchettes from one of the Big Apple’s most fashionable boroughs shed their winter gear and show off their classic signature style elements mixed with some of their most favored spring trends to reinforce that unmistakable Brooklyn style.

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S’aint Yacque

To introduce S’aint Yacque jewels, I must first ask you to close your eyes and picture yourselves in a remote village…

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Folasade Ologundudu: Ripe Jewelry NYC

After having unveiled her debut collection last year, jewelry designer Folasade Ologundudu’s shockingly seductive pendants and earrings have attracted almost cult…

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Ciara

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Hetty Rose: Handmade Shoes to Order

‘Tis the season for pretty floral prints and shoes by Hetty Rose present an environmentally conscious way to embrace the…

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International Chic: Avsh Alom Gur

Silk, chiffon, cardboard, empty red bull cans and shopping bags. No, these aren’t the after effects of some wild party;…

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