erykah badu and anthony hamilton at the Jazz in the Gardens Festival in Miami
source: theybf

style inspiration

reykjavik.blogspot.com/paris fashion week


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t. childz©

what happened?

school happened. LIFE happened.

I am nostalgic. I want to go back to Mai 2008, paris. Ma joi de vivre. But how much longer can I hold on to the past? It's time to move on and recreate other pleasant life experiences...

What the f*ck am I going to do with my life? I need some spurts of inspiration and I need to get on my grind.

it's also time to start blogging again. I need something to look forward to everyday
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t. childz©

new designer for chloe: Hannah MacGibbon

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t. childz©

paris (the best fashion week) and the Sartorialist

One of the best things about fashion week by far are all the fashionable people you see walking around the tents for the shows. This is the case especially in Paris. These photos bring back memories of walking around the Tuileries in Paris last March... ::sigh:: These photos are courtesy of The Sartorialist.












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t. childz©

Palin + foreign policy experience

lmfao @ the latest issue of New Yorker




This woman is a joke. I am nervous for her this Thursday at the VP debate with Biden. She is going to humiliate herself.

SMH

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t. childz©

milan fashion week: i heart etro

Milan is usually the sexiest, glamest, over the top fashion week of all. think bold colors and barely there tight dresses and minis at versace, d&g, cavalli, etc. but etro is a more understated sexiness, which I just love

I adore veronica etro's prints, her beautiful flowy springy dresses.
collection has some far east inspiration. it's beautiful.









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t. childz©

Jourdan dominates London Fashion Week

Jaeger Spring 2009


but sadly the only black face...

We frequently hear about the lack of black models cast in runway shows, editorials, or campaigns and London Fashion Week exemplifies exactly what we are talking about even further. In Paris and New York we see Miss Dunn as well as other black faces including (of course) Chanel Iman as well as Sessilee Lopez, Georgie Badiel, and up-and-comer Wakeema Hollis among others.


Hollis @ Benjamin Cho & Georgie Badiel @ Christopher Kane

However on the London catwalks, Britain's own Jourdan Dunn dominates.

British-born model Jourdan Dunn was the only black model to have repeatedly walked the LFW catwalks. She recently told Style.com:

"Luck is on my side that I keep getting cast, but there are so many beautiful black girls. I don't understand why it's always only me and maybe another girl who are chosen."

London Fashion Week may now be over but the fall-out over its obvious lack of black models has only just begun. While a model of colour could scarcely be seen at New York, the situation in London appears to have only strengthened the argument that the fashion industry doesn't truthfully reflect these cities and the people who represent them. This has led outspoken designer Katharine Hamnett to blast the industry in the Guardian:

"The catwalks are full of white dogs. Cosmetic companies don't like black models - the racist bitches. I have no idea why when it's obvious that black girls are just so genuinely much more beautiful than Caucasians, who have clearly got the short straw. Black girls have much better body shapes and it's such a shame. I just think there should be a bit more of a balance." catwalkqueen.tv



Luella Spring 2009


Temperely + Top Shop (Spring 2009 rtw)

photos: style.com

to: the fashion industry
from: tc

designers, please cast more black models in your shows they are the fiercest anyway. magazine editors: put more black models in your amazing editorials/spreads...

you can start with me.... yep cast me. photograph me. i wanna be a model ;)

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t. childz©