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Filed Under California, Music, New York, Pittsburgh, VA

Apr28

Too many mixtapes lately! I’m not complaining but eh, took me forever this time around to get to actually listening to them. Anyways if I listed every single one I downloaded we would be here until next year. Most notable are listed below with links. Now… about that Curren$y…

Kush x Orange Juice – Wiz Khalifa

A Nightmare on Elm Street – The Lox

Early Mourning Signs – Talib Kweli

Don’t Mention It – Pac Div

Love King – Trey Songz

Filed Under Celebrities, Fashion, Magazines, New York

Apr28

YES! Marc Jacobs made Time Magazine’s Time 100 List!!! It was only about time, seriously. He has not only been the creative director at the French fashion house, Louis Vuitton since ’97 but also manages to create countless wonderful pieces for both of his collections, Marc Jacobs and Marc by Marc Jacobs.

He is the only designer to make the Time’s list this year, but not the only one mentioned in this issue. While Jacobs was interviewed by longtime friend, Victoria Beckham, other designers stepped in to help interview others. Included are Tom Ford interviewing the model Liya Kebede, Donnatella Versace interviewing Jet Li, and Donna Karan interviewing the architect Zaha Hadid.

The issue comes out tomorrow! So excited. Before I go to class I am going to pick up a copy of it just because it is him.

Filed Under Music, New York, Performances, R.I.P.

Mar12

Days late on this one. Please forgive me. On March 9, 1997 Hip-Hop lost one of its greatest talents, Mr. Christopher George Latore Wallace at the age of 24. So here is to the man that helped establish what is now Bad Boy Records and “Puff”. This is for The Notorious B.I.G..

To watch the performance in high quality, click here.

Filed Under Music, New York, Videos

Feb23

Sweating out a fever tonight and don’t want to do anything productive. Just on my laptop browsing through videos and about to watch Dane Cook: Vicious Circle. Anyways, came across this on WorldStar and thought it would be good to share. The narration is in Swedish but you can understand the jist of it. The now 46-year-old Andrea McCardle who had played Annie at the age of 14 was totally ripped off. I thought she got royalties for her voice being sampled!! Smh.

Filed Under Fashion, Movies, New York

Feb18

Bold colors and feathered hair. Pure wonderfulness!! Oscar de la Renta went all out with his design aesthetic and every detail possible was covered from embroidery to trim to hems and prints. It was gorgeous and reminded me of what you could have found in the wardrobe for Michelle Pfeiffer’s character in Scarface. You know as the fiesty, bitchy and overly defense Elvira that wedded Tony Montana, but dressed with the fabulousity of those women parading Fifth Avenue in the 80s. I am also very excited that he opted for some color in his collection as opposed to the other designers we have seen so far in New York Fashion Week that decided to stay in the earth tone and neutrals range. To view the entire collection click here.