Dresses from Forever 21 to Stella McCartney….Who doesn’t love a dress?

“Your dresses should be tight enough to show you’re a woman and loose enough to show you’re a lady.“
~Edith Head

So you probably read or heard about the ridiculous New York Times article this past April that claimed that the dress is dead and by the fall the item to own will be “the pant”. While I love bottoms, there is nothing wrong with a dress for any occasion. While “the pant” is more and more prevalent, I can’t see myself or any other fashionista giving up their dresses anytime soon.

For those dress lovers out there, check out these dresses I found for every occasion and for various pockets. From $17 to $825 there’s a dress for everyone.

Print dresses are fun and look great in the summer. Try these:
Development $385, Anna Sui $332, Nicole Miller $410, Diane von Furstenberg $345, Temperley London $895, La Rok $297 , Free People $128

Long and flowing dresses are great to feel relaxed while still sexy. Try these:

French Connection $178, T-Bags $215, Jovovich-Hawk $695, Nicole Miller $378, Lucky Brand $88, Asos $82, DAY Birger et Mikkelsen $240

A classic neutral is great for the day or night. Try these:

Thread Social $395, Asos $148, Black Halo Bustier Dress $315, Laila Azhar $374, Stella McCartney $895, Antik Batik $535

The little black dress is a long standing staple that looks great for any occasion. Try these:

Shopbop $120, Kova and T $360 ,Love Yaya $191, Urban Outfitters $48, French Connection $148, Sass $ Bide $265

Bold colors are one of my favorite looks, especially during the summer. Try these:

MINT jodi arnold $430 ,Rory Beca $299 ,Robert Rodriguez $396, Delia*s $34,Forever 21 $17.80, Banana Republic Silk Tie Waist $128, Asos $98, Alice+Olivia $495,

Sweet and girly dresses can bring out the lady in anyone(including me lol). Try these:

Asos $109, ,French Connection $168, Thread Social $560, Phillip Lim $550, Zimmermann $335, Vivienne Westwood $825

Multiple colors incorporated into dresses look great when they don’t go over-board. Try these:

Abaete $495,Forever 21 $24, La Rok $248, Miss Sixty $239, Asos $78, Philosophy Di Alberta Ferretti $595

Kanye West: “Flashing Lights Part 3″….Wooooooooow

The final video for Flashing Lights is fiyyyyyyyaaaaaaaa! I love it! I’m thinking he was inspired by Clue but with a dark and artistic look. I felt like I was watching a movie and wanted to hurry and get to the end just to see what happened. All I have to say is how does he manage to make 3 hot videos for one song when some people can’t manage to make one good video for one song??

Tyra you really did it this time

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I think I have said at least fiftyleven times since I started this blog that I’m a nice person and don’t like to talk about people. But with Usher defending his 75 year old wife and Mariah looking like an overgrown preschooler playing in a stripper or barbies clothing, I just can’t anymore.

Tyra “smile with your eyes” has taken the award for, “I am not only speechless but left with no other option but to shut down my computer, close my eyes, get down on my knees and pray I didn’t see what I think I just saw”. Is it just me or does she look like some sort of voodoo doll. Can someone stick her ass in a box for me? Please? Thanks!

“My Wife Is Not 40 Years Old”

Yes Ursher. You are right. She is 50 years old. No sorry, 49 1/2. Let me stop because I don’t get why people are so bothered by him and his cougar. And when I say cougar, I don’t mean hot older woman. I mean scary older woman that may really have claws.  (I Kid…I kid).

Check out this video of Usher defending his wife on TRL. That still comes on? The hell! I thought that went off when Mariah went crazy and handed out ice cream wearing booty shorts. I’m so happy she got herself together and is better than she was back…..wait hold on. This just in: “Mariah Carey photographed throwing out the first pitch at a baseball game in booty shorts yesterday”.

Don’t believe me, here is the video. Ladies, quick question. Is that velvet remi or yaki? And did she really break out the Blue Magic and give herself some swoop bangs? Why not add a french roll and some pin curls while your at it!

Don’t Date Him Girl.com……how about a don’t date HER.com!

One thing that I try not to do is dog men (gasp…I know right lol). As cynical and sarcastic as I am, I don’t automatically point the finger at men when things go wrong in relationships, and at times have been a tad too blunt with friends with my honesty in certain situations. I’m a strong believer that a lot of what some women go through in relationships can be prevented by the choices they make in men. There are those instances where a seemingly nice guy hurts us, and I can be reaching here, but more times than not I, and I’m sure many of you, are left looking at our venting, hurt friends wanting to say, “I told you so”…..or in my case since I have little tact, “Bi@c# what was your m#$u#c@king a@@ thinking was going to happen???”

So, this brings me to the lovely website Don’t Date Him Girl.com. I went on there once a long time ago but it was so new back then there wasn’t much to it. Today my boyfriend showed me a few posts he was laughing at with friends (and I think they were doing some double checking lol) and he came across this gem.

I got about one sentence through and had to stop reading. First and foremost, after you know they have and I quote “3 KIDS …2 IR N 1 BOY….DONT TAKE CARE OF NONE…..HE HAS NO JOB NO CAR NO MONEY N LIVE WIT HIS MOTHA” shouldn’t that be a red alert for you to say, DON’T DATE HIM GIRL!!!!

What does he have to do, walk down the street coughing, scratching, and shaking with an IV sticking out of his arm to alert them maybe he isn’t date worthy!

I know my taste in men is a little off, but at least I have enough standards to go for men like T.I., that have 6 kids….annnnnnnnd takes care of them all, a car, home, and a job…sheesh!!! Wait….that’s not a good example. He has gun charges. Ok, well at least I have enough sense to go for men like Allen Iverson..wait doesn’t he have a reputation for cheating on his wife? Wait no that’s not a good example either. Ok, well that’s why I go for guys like Brad Pitt….wait, didn’t he leave his wife for another woman? Ok what about a man like R. Kelly, you know tall, sexy, long standing career.  Wait, isn’t he on trial right now for…..Aw f#$k it! You know what I’m trying to say!

Movie Trailer for “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

Check out this trailer for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button starring Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, and even featuring Taraji P. Henson. I hadn’t heard anything about it until a few days ago but from the trailer I want to see this! The film is to be released in December of this year and is about Benjamin Button, played by Brad Pitt, who ages backward meaning he was born an old man and ages in reverse. The film follows him as he becomes a baby and then vanishes from the earth. Click here for more info. I love the art direction, there are so many good actors in it so hopefully it doesn’t disappoint.

Try This: Wide Leg Trousers

I’ve always loved the wide leg look but never thought I looked right because I’m only 5′2″ (Shut up).  Seeing Beyonce and Kim Kardashian in their wide legs made me rethink things because they are too cute to pass up.

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Check out these from Victoria’s Secret for only $39.

Once again from Victoria’s Secret for only $68.

Or try these from Theory for $255.

Try these from Asos for only $54.

The Coldest Winter Ever Sequel Finally To Be Released

I can’t deny I’m a bit of a book snob, so for the longest time I didn’t have any interest in reading The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah because the same people that swore to me up and down it was a must read were the same people that would also recommend books like this….

After one too many, “You never read the Coldest Winter Ever!!!“, two years ago I finally decided to read it, and was only disappointed in myself for not reading it sooner. After years of talk of a sequel and even movie, the sequel has finally been given a release date of October 2008 and will be titled Midnight. If you remember, Midnight was the sexy and mysterious character from The Coldest Winter Ever. Click here for more on the upcoming book.

My reading game has been slacking with my move, I try to read a new book a month but lately barely have time to read a magazine. Although these two books are not new, they are great reads for anyone looking for a summer read. Click the pictures for more on them. I remember missing my stop on the train back when I was reading these.

Kanye West: Flashing Lights Part 2

Since I still get a sh@tload of hits looking for Rita G from my original post on Kanye West’s first Flashing Lights video, I had to post the second version, which unfortunately for men will not cause them to go get their Wet Wipes. I like the first version better but this one is cool too, although I wouldn’t suggest watching it if you are hungover. Not saying I would know or anything, but, you know…..I’m just assuming.

Supposedly this is version 2 out of 3 Flashing Lights videos. It’s pretty typical of Kanye, very artsy and shot to look like frames of photos. I so love Kanye videos, he is one of the few artists that still takes time to make them creative.

Click here if the video doesn’t work for you.

Just Stop It….I Don’t Like The Way It Makes Me Feel

Since Mr. and Mrs. Carter have gone and made themselves official, they have been seen on more than one occasion doing something I never thought I would see them do more than once a year…..touch each other in public.

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Recent pictures of these two have made me go and do the unthinkable….have a warm, fuzzy feeling in my heart. I even cracked a smile at this one, but then again it could have just been gas.

As much as I love these two…nobody, not nobody warms my heart more than Fantasia and Young Dro. If he doesn’t look like the Uncle that greets you saying,”Heeeeeeeyyyyyyywatchouttherenawcomhurangimmiesumsuga” and his wife that still uses kool-aid to suffice for hair dye, I don’t know who do.

Catch Your Weave Ladies…And Do The Naomi Campbell Walk Out The Club

I’m sure that every girl has at some time feared being in the club and falling, spilling their drink on themselves or someone spilling their drink on them, or even having on something that someone else has on.

Now, I may be wrong, but I don’t think weave flying off is one of the things that may be of concern. Maybe that’s because I haven’t been to too many clubs recently where people dance hard enough to loose a curl let alone loose a track, but I swear I need to start hitting up spots like this because this is hil-ar-i-ous!

The look of concentration on her face is enough, it’s almost as if you can see her doing counts of head twirls. “And a boom cat twirl, boom cat twirl, boom cat…aw shit”.

I bet AllTheParties.com was there taking pictures. Speaking of, can it be a rule that any club where people do this

hand out complimentary Wet Wipes, Penicilian, Valtrex, mace, crosses, a stake, onions and small Bibles at the door?

The Most Photographed Wedding Dress…Designed By A Black Woman

I’m going to try to continue to feature little tidbits in black history that are often forgotten or unknown. So far I have featured Sara Baartman, Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, Claudette Colvin, Donyale Luna, and Nina Mae McKinney. This time around it’s dress designer Ann Lowe.

The most photographed wedding dress in U.S. history was worn by Jacqueline Kennedy in 1953 for her wedding to John F. Kennedy Jr. The dress, made with 50 yards of silk taffeta and embellished with interwoven bands of tucking and tiny wax flowers took two months to create.

The dress is so famous that it is now displayed in the Kennedy Library where it looks as beautiful now as it did over 50 years ago.

A few years ago I was shocked to learn that the dress was designed by a black woman, Ann Lowe.

Ann, born in Alabama in 1899, is the daughter and granddaughter of dressmakers for Alabama’s first ladies. After her mother passed away at the age of 16, Ann took over her mothers projects and later went to design school in New York. While in design school, although she was not accepted by her white classmates, she was accepted by Societies Elite and became known as “Societies Best Kept Secret”. The reason for the title was because although customers loved her work, they would not admit that there clothing was designed by a black woman.

After buying dresses from Ann, Jacqueline Kennedy decided to also have her design her wedding dress, as well as 10 others for wedding guests. Aside from Jacqueline’s wedding dress, Ann also opened a store in Saks Fifth Ave and her own store on Madison Ave where she made over 2,000 dresses for New York socialites.

For more on Ann, click here for a book, Threads of Time:The Fabric of History that covers 16 black women designers.

Original Sample For That Azz

It’s been a while since I posted one of these. I usually give the artist name and ask for the title of the song that used a sampled beat, but for this one how about you tell me which artist sampled this beat and for which song. It’s not a hard one. So who sampled this song, “Invitation” by Norman Connors? Winner gets a bag of pork rinds. Mmmmmmhhmmmmmhhmmmm bitches.

Before I go, I think I have a knack for finding look-alikes. As I previously noted that Beanie Segal has a striking resemblance to Marcus Garvey, is it just me or does Norman Connors look like he can be Dr. Dre’s Daddy? I’m just saying….

Update: A supersized bag of pork grinds goes to Danielle, Kholi I wasn’t sure which song you were talking about but it sounds right lol!  Next time around I’ll be giving away Chic-O-Sticks so get ready.

MAC Make-Up Tutorials are the shiznit……..

One of my good friends put me onto this video of a MAC make-up artist that posted a ton of youtube videos where she shares tips like how to get flawless skin and getting a quick, natural look.  I always love to learn more about getting a good smokey eye so I was happy to see that there was a tutorial on that where the eye is not left too dramatic.  Check out this video where she gives a tutorial on getting Kim Kardashian esque make-up.

On a side note, if you don’t get anything else for yourself this summer, RUN out and get Vaseline Intensive Care Vitalizing Gel Body Oil.  I’m obsessed with anything that makes my skin glisten like I just spent the day in the Miami sun, and for around $5 this works beautifully!

Yay or Nay: Chanel Gun Heel

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The fact that I frequently say “If I don’t get my hands on a pair of these shoes I’m going to shoot someone” must have been overheard by Karl Lagerfeld for these shoes that debuted for his Chanel Cruise 2009 Collection a few days ago. I was on the fence about them, but after seeing this picture I actually like them in silver….the combination of the double C logo bag and pistol heel was too much for my cynical, jaded heart to bear. After all they have dual purposes, you can look cute with your bag and if anything jumps off you can pistol whip someone with your shoe.(Let me stop, if anything jumps off I would either turn Reggie Bush and hurdle my way out of danger or just faint).

Seeing this pair up close I think they look like the unfinished shoe you can buy for prom and take somewhere to have it stained to match your dress. I’m sure the girl that was banned from her prom for looking like Diamond from Player’s Ball wished she had on these that night.

On a side note, I was so happy to see Jourdan Dunn walking this show.

For tons of pictures from the show…click here.