beautiful. dirty. rich.

Elle.com highlights the top 25 most influential and fashionable women in music, featuring the likes of Grace Jones, Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Madonna, Diana Ross, etc. Check it out here .

black n white n red all over

rih rih has officially gone off the deep end. let's just hope it's a trump-esque toupee.

pics via Theybf.com

art and the city

Reason #457 why I love New York City: Public art is inundated within the hustle and bustle of this urban jungle. New York Times Magazine features several events free and open to the public, from Bushwick in Brooklyn to Bowery on the L.E.S., there's something for everyone to enjoy. Click here for more information.

video cult(ure)

Amel Larrieux. Misery .




Erykah Badu. Jump Up In The Air .

bondage.

give.me.these.now. Gucci Venus Platform Sandal . On sale now at Bergdorf Goodman for $693.

stuff.fly.girls.like.

Africa ring. Purchase on Etsy.com

serendipity

On perhaps, one of the most serendipitous weekends of my life, a dear friend and I encountered this monumental mural wheatpasted by one of the most important political artists of our time. Shepard Fairey. As it turns out, May Day was commissioned by Dietch Projects (a prominent New York gallery that represents some of the most influential contemporary artists in the world, like Kehinde Wiley).

Below is an excerpt from the press release:

Shepard Fairey’s mural addresses contemporary political themes, but also pays tribute to some of the Pop artists who have influenced him. The American flag and the target reference the iconic paintings of Jasper Johns who is also the subject of a portrait in the May Day exhibition. The newspaper and the May Day megaphone advertisement pay tribute to Warhol's early painted renditions of common subject matter. The mural also weaves in many smaller images and decorative patterns which supplement the aesthetic and themes of the larger images.

visual cult(ure)

Gil Scott-Heron. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

touchez.

Clutch Magazine's Geneva S. Thomas makes a compelling treatise on why we don't love B, love to hate B, and/or hate to love B. Couldn't have said it better myself.

Decades after the women’s/feminist movement, some how we still conceptualize the feminist or more liberally, the socially conscious woman as a makeup-less, bra-burning, hair wrap wearing butch. A disregarded or misinterpreted sexual revolution unrealized, today a woman in towering Brian Atwoods and a cute mini is still not taken seriously. Beyonce’s stage costumes and sidewalk paparazzi shows are visual appetizers to men and an eye-rolling, nose-turned up presentation to some women. No doubt some looks and moves are suggestive and we aren’t co-signing ‘Single Ladies’ children. But why can’t a near 30-year-old woman be sexy? Much of her off-stage looks are often casual and understated ensembles, excluding her signature fire-hydrant red lips.

Excerpt: Clutch Magazine, Why Don't You Love Beyonce? May 24, 2010 – By Geneva S. Thomas

we can do it?

You decide. Beyonce. "Why Don't You Love Me"


"Why Don't You Love Me" - Beyoncé from Beyoncé on Vimeo.