The post title is inspired by First Choice’s song “The Player” from their “The Player” album (1974). “Girls I’m telling you, he’ll be knocking at at cha door. If you let him in one time, he’s gonna come back for more. Drives around at night. Living in his fancy car. Breaking hearts, going left to […]
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Day one of New York Fashion Week had me in awe & visually over stimulated. Beautiful and intensely interesting people were everywhere. One thing I noticed above most was that everyone seemed to have on black, white, gray or a combination of the three. I was thinking, isn’t everyone supposed to be highly fashionable or […]
I met Jay Manuel aKa Mr. J a few weeks ago at NY Fashion week backstage at a show. After introducing myself, I told him that I was considering going platinum and asked for advice. He looked at my hair and was like really. I’m like really but you know I was not. I was […]
About two months ago, I was all worried about being chosen to cover Mercedes Benz Fashion week. I mean, I was all nervous & checking my email constantly like I was waiting on a SSI check to come in the mail. Now all of that is a not so distant memory. I went, I saw, […]
Since last night I’ve been grinding out images from Mercedes Benz Fashion Week. I would be lying if I told you that my eyes didn’t hurt. I still have about 2000 images to pour through & this is just my digital files. I have many more film images that I need to get developed & […]
If you followed my adventures over that last few days on Twitter & Facebook then you know that I was able to “get” backstage at the Zac Posen Z Spoke show at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week. I have to say that Zac Posen’s backstage experience was the best I had out of the 5 shows […]
Five days & 12 runway shows later, I’m happy to be home where I look forward to slobbing on my own pillows! But 1st! I need to say thank you to Suite Suzy & the girls for supporting me & letting live it up in NYC without them. And I did live it up! I […]
So I’m in NYC & Fashion week is officially underway. As soon as I checked into my hotel, I hit the streets headed to Lincoln Center to pick up my media credential. Not really to my surprise, the line was pretty long & moving slowly. Once I got inside trailer, I breathed a sigh of […]
The day is finally here & I’m on my way to NY for Mercedes Benz Fashion Week. I Am: – Excited – Ready to make it happen – Ready to get lost in a new world – Ready to learn – Going to leave an impression – The Black gold of the sun To follow […]
Washing Sade’s hair is always a back breaking task that leaves me exhausted. Luckily, we only wash it every three – four weeks when she is between twists. This morning, after I got my mind right, we washed & blew dry her afro in preparation for her appointment to get fresh kinky twists before the […]