Summer Time

I havent been on here in a while...well HELLO everyone. Im going to attempt to keep everything current but let me share some new things that I love!! ♥

Rude Boy

I ♥ this video that is all...

A.D.I.D.A.Style

I fell in love in Februaury ♥

No, not the real kind oh God NO!! I don't have the energy for that but it is my love for sneakers of which I am discussing. Usually, I would play around with other sneakers, I would use them for the gym and @ my leisure. I never sought after a pair of sneakers or even cared what my sneakers looked like. Most of my sneakers were used and abused but now I think I found the sneaker that made me change my ways.
"...so I sent a text out to all the shoes I used to see saying I choose a cute kick with whom I wanna be : ) " JS Wings Sneakers

The sneaks that won my heart are from the Jeremy Scott Adidas Originals by Originals for the Spring/Summer 2010 collection, priced @ a mere $180 My Love Dont Cost a Thing!

Originals by Originals is the collaboration between Adidas Originals and three of the world’s most unique and creative streetwear and fashion designers – Jeremy Scott, Alyasha and Kazuki. Jeremy Scott’s collection was “inspired by contradictory combinations, the line offers sportswear with leopard prints such as the Boxing shoe within footwear next to nightlife looks such as the Tuxedo Jacket in sporty cotton.”

Spring/Summer Collection 2010

For his Spring Summer collection Jeremy Scott reminds us why the JS Wing (now in two new colors a rainbow reflective synthetic upper and a white patent version with golden highlights) was ever a hit and re-interprets some of the most beloved Adidas products as well as completely new designs. Inspired by rockstars, highlight pieces come with lots of rhinestones, fringes and prints.

Kudos J.S. I ♥

My Favorite Things

All shoes pictured above are from the Pierre Hardy Summer 2010 Collection

I love a nice shoe, I cant afford every (maybe not any, Ill be realistic) but that doesnt mean my value for them decreases. Not only does the brand have super fly pumps but there sneak game is on point for the fellas too...

pierrehardy.com

Fashion Victim?

Setting: Paris Fashion Week 2010
Characters: Entertainment's Elite (i.e. Kany West, and drop dead gorgeous stylish beau Amber Rose, Ciara, designers blah blah blah
Plot: To prove "FRESH IS AN OPINION, LOVE IS OBJECTIVE, TASTE IS SELECTIVE, AND EXPRESSION IS MY FAVORITE ELECTIVE. NO MORE POLITICS OR APOLOGIES!!!"

I believe Kanye West aka the "Louis Vuitton Don" is VERY stylish and is in fact a trendsetter much more than any designer has been in the last hmm lets say 3-4 years. West, along with most hip hop figures mention designer labels in their songs every other bar. But aside from the increase for the need for Gucci or Louis replicas (pardon me) the majority of the population don't have the means or the desire to turn to high end labels instead they search for the exclusive sunglass styles, the backpacks, the sneaks, and basically his entire look everyday in stores, magazines, etc. With that being said I believe West reaches a greater majority of individuals than most in the fashion industry (aside from the greats i.e. Chanel etc) have ever through his music, style, and attitude. So could anyone ever claim his fashion sense is of reproach? I dont think so...

I think Kanye West is a figure the media has decided to be made the "whipping boy" (the one to take the blame for everyone elses faults) Im sure the media believes most African American males cant be controlled or exhibit outrageous behavior and they want to reprimand them all. Which eventually they do because by the celebrities own stupidity they (pardon my language) fu** themselves i.e. Gilbert Arenas, Tiger Woods, Chris Brown etc. However, I do not believe this is so for Mr. West.

Despite the Hennesey on the red carpet thing, oh and the Taylor Swift incident, and the MTV thank you speech West has done no wrong. I say this because in retrospect the 'iffy" red carpet scene has been done (Angelina Jolie & Thornton "just had sex in the limo?") the Taylor Swift scenario was nothing but the truth we ALL know Beyonce deserved that award and we were happy Kanye made that speech and then the MTV speech, the mans mother died may she R.I.P. I believe he had the right to speak his mind and take his time so who is wrong in these situations? West or the media? You be the judge...

Below is an excerpt from West blog, I found on one of my fav blogspots @necolebitchie...check her out!

WHEN IT’S ALL SAID AND DONE, REMEMBER THE FEARLESS, REMEMBER THE DREAMERS, REMEMBER THOSE WHO REPRESENT THE GHETTO…THE FAIRY TALE OF NOTHING TO SOMETHING. I’M BRIEFLY SADDENED BY NEGATIVE COMMENTS, BUT I HAVE TO REMEMBER THOSE PEOPLE ARE SCARED, INCAPABLE OR JUST PLAIN IDIOTS.

WE ARE THE F*CKING ROCK STARS BABY. NO COCAINE, JUST LIFE MY N*GGAS!! NO COCAINE, JUST LIFE! IT’S FUNNY TO ME WHEN FASHION BLOGGERS DOWN OUR OUFITS AND THEN SUPER JOCK OUTLANDISH sh*t ON THE RUNWAY BUT THEN THEY DRESS MAD PRUDE AND DON’T LIVE FASHION. WE LIVE IT MAN. F*CK THAT, WE LIVE IT!!! WE LIVE IT SO HARD PEOPLE LIVE THROUGH US! WE REPRESENT YOUR INNER SPIRIT!! TRAPPED UNDER IT! WHEN YOU TRULY UNDERSTAND CULTURAL SETTINGS, BOUNDARIES, AND OUR MODERN DAY CASTE SYSTEMS, THEN YOU CAN FEEL THE GLORY AND PAIN FROM THE DAYS OF KINGS IN AFRICA TO THE NEW KINGS OF THE MEDIA. LET THE BALL PLAYERS DANCE AFTER THEY SCORE! IT’S LIFE MY N*GGAS, IT’S LIFE! REMEMBER CLOTHING IS A CHOICE. WE WERE BORN NAKED!!! FRESH IS AN OPINION, LOVE IS OBJECTIVE, TASTE IS SELECTIVE, AND EXPRESSION IS MY FAVORITE ELECTIVE. NO MORE POLITICS OR APOLOGIES!!!

Read more: Necole Bitchie.com: So Who Pissed Off Kanye?

Go Hard or Go Home

Rihanna has really "transformed" into a style icon over the past year. Despite her publicized love quarrel with then beau Chris Brown, Rihanna hadn't mad a name for herself. She was simply Jay Z's new artist, or Chris Browns girlfriend, she was never her own person...until now.

The songstress has advanced in her music career as a pop princess overnight with the release of her new album Rated R and has showed us another side we've never seen before. From her provocative tracks (Rude Boy) to her revealing yet fashionable outfits shes not the same Ri Ri we knew before. Before, Rihanna was a simple, down to Earth "Pink" sweat suit wearing girl. However, post Brown you might catch the songstress prancing around town in all the shoes that Giuseppe made. Perhaps she took the concept of Good Girl Gone bad too far. I never considered Rihanna as a style source but she has this ability to transform through many looks: glam, rock, chic, grunge, hobo, and she looks good in almost every last one of them. Which brings us to the cover of W magazine, in this Febuary issue Rihanna brings us to the place she was in last year and how she coped with it all...

“Not talking was a big thing for me,” says Rihanna

But just because Rihanna wasnt talking it does not mean that she didnt have anything to say...she let her tattoos say it for her with her, 13th tattoo which

"reads 'never a failure, always a lesson', but backward so she can read it when she looks in the mirror. “I’m glad I didn’t talk to people, because I was able to deal with things in my own way, without saying the wrong things or giving people the wrong impression.”

Once a good girls gone bad shes gone forever : )

Our Bottoms are Red lets follow suit, GO RED

Today marks the 20th World Aids Day. Despite the sensitivity of the subject, AIDS is an issue plaguing our communities. This is not an issue beyond our control there is something we can do to prevent the spread of the disease by one simple step, GET TESTED. It is quick, fast, and easy. If you are not on any form of insurance visit your local clinic or today there are a number of agencies offering the test free of charge. It is nothing to be embarrassed about or fear doing!! Consider the statistics:

• 33 million people in the world have HIV. 22 million live in Africa
• more than 1 million people are infected by the virus and 1 in 5 of them don't know it
• on December 31, 2007; Maryland had a total of 28,270 people living with HIV and AIDS (Cases reported by name through December 31, 2008).
• there are an estimated 2,100 new HIV infections per year in Maryland.
  

http://www.dhmh.state.md.us/AIDS/Data&Statistics/statistics.htm