THROWBACK THURSDAY: 2009

Two of my style crushes at the same d@^^n time on February 8^th, 2009.

Fatima’s earring game has always been on another level!

PEEK-A-BOO STRIPES

LIKE WHOA

Have you ever seen an item online and thought “Oh…okay…cute!” and then spot the item on someone or in person and go “Whoa!”? That’s exactly what these Piper Stand necklaces did to me. Currently available at: www.charmandchain.com

Full of IT

Full figure, plus size, curvy, thick, or whatever else society may throw at you and in need of a style push? Be sure to check out the FULL version of N.I.C.E.R.R. at www.flufffs.blogspot.com

Young-N-Style

A few years back SHAKE IT UP was one my niece’s favorite shows on the Disney channel and my sister and I would sit with her and watch the same episodes over and over and over again. One of the stars of the show, Zendaya Coleman, is now 17 and has been SHAKING UP the style scene here lately.

Oh what a pleasure, of mines, it is to watch a young lady blossom into a style that’s all her own! Her DARE TO WEAR pieces mixed with subtleness will have her at FASHION ICON status by the time she’s 21 I AM SURE. Can’t wait to see what she and, her FASHION STYLIST, Law Roach are cooking up next!

I Call This One: WATERMELON

Friday the 14th

That Leopard Chair

RED ON BROWN

MAC’S Ruby Woo…I purchased my first tube around 2006/2007 and after my purchase of the matte red loveliness my mirror told me “WHY DID YOU BUY THIS LIP COLOR? YOU LOOK LIKE A CLOWN! IF YOU DON’T SIT YOUR RONALD MCDONALD LOOKING SELF DOWN!”

And with that I felt like a fool every time I caught a glimpse of myself in it…that mind game stopped me from wearing it. It would  remain at the bottom of my makeup bag until one day I thought about how I never gave a crap about what one thought of my choice of clothing so shouldn’t red lipstick give me the same thought? I stopped…stopped beating myself up about it and wore it proudly without a thought of someone throwing shade at the shade.

As the years passed I was delighted to see a lot of women of color must’ve felt the same…women of all shades were opting for a bright red or a fluorescent pink pout! So when I saw Rocquelle, of www.considermelovely.com, interview in regards to her choice of lip color and the hate that erupted I literally cringed…I cringed a confused “WTF?!?” cringe!

My niece is in middle school and every form of bullying is being presented to her---from school to cyberspace. But to think that the parents of my niece’s peers could possibly been apart of the slanderfest that occurred due to Rocquelle’s lip color choice makes me think about Tupac’s words on the song “Keep Your Head Up”: “…there ain't no hope for the youth and the truth is. It ain't no hope for the future.”

With no pun intended I am glad to know that Rocquelle has kept her head up through all the buffoonery that occurred from ESSENCE magazine posting an image of her on their FACEBOOK page with a popping red lip. I can really go on and on about this subject but I’d rather for you to be inspired by reading Rocquelle’s blog article regarding the matter here: http://considermelovely.com/2014/02/internet-meanies-cyber-bullying.html or check out her FOX NEWS interview, regarding the matter, here: http://www.myfoxhouston.com/video?clipId=9817786&autostart=true.

(I provided the exact links just in case they didn’t work please copy and paste.)

I SALUTE YOU ROCQUELLE; stay encouraged hon!

THE RETURN

ALWAYS and FOREVER

The icon, Whitney Houston, left us 2 years ago today…wow, time will forever fly! Speaking of forever her memory will be just that…through music, film, and throwback dead stock t-shirts.

T-Shirt available here: www.radvintage.com

R.I.P. Nippy WE MISS YOU!

Wear to this Weekend

It's Friday

Step up in the club like…

PLUG LIFE

Donald Robertson x The Corner Store

TO DO

SPRING FORECAST

Just in case you needed the finishing touches to a BOHO GLAM look…my, My, MY!

(www.lionetteny.com)

CREW LOVE

'Tis the season…

THE OTHERS

I've mentioned here on the blog before...I love creating collages! Not just clothing related collages but collages in general. Below are a few that I decided to share...

I call this one "WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THOSE LITTLE UGLY CHAIRS"

I call this one "Doing THE MOST"

I call this one "BE HERE WHEN YOU GET BACK"

TEXAS GUH

BADU x GIVENCHY