I’m having a art-attack…..

I’m all about art, magazine layouts, typography, fonts and colour right now -and it got my thinking about last year when Prada released that Fantasy Motion Book, where they mixed photos of their A/W 2010 collection with digital illustration by OMA (Alexander Reichert and Fausto Fantinuoli). I’m soooo inspired right now and think its time for me to get crea8tive again. -Plus, it would be good to work with this medium for a project I‘m working on presently……….

Givenchy 2011 Beauty Ad Campaign makes me want to wear lots of make-up….I love it..

The Future is Now! ..Be inspired by One Management’s Avedon inspired S/S model cards…I aM

Tag says:
In April 1965, the guest-edited Richard Avedon issue of Harper's Bazaar anticipated a new era of Space Age fashion consciousness, leading the world to wonder what one would wear on the moon, or what would be appropriate evening wear for an eventual Titan fly-by. In tribute to Avedon and to the Space Age along with the recent celebration of the 40th anniversary of the lunar landing, ONE Management chose to embrace the 'many-worlds' interpretation of quantum physics to bring you a parallel universe in which our Spring Summer 2010 models (wo)man their own space mission, for which mock covers, packaging and a promotional film would be needed.

A quick trip back to 1965, taken by our stellar creative team (via convenient space-time wormhole), revealed the inherent beauty of the raw process of creating the mock covers themselves, as it was done in that time. Current-era covers emphasize the beauty of the final result, but belie the laborious and contemplative process of creating the image itself. A cover mock-up in 1965 would reveal layer upon layer of creative decisions and aesthetic maneuvers, and could hold its own as a work of art. Each crafty corner and layer of construction paper over and around the image inspired our team much more than the current idealization of the final, perfect image. ONE Management feels that using the concept of Mock Covers enables us not only to maintain all that is beautiful within the picture, but to also leave exposed the creative process that reveals just how such art is created in the process itself. The revelation of the art within the process of making these mock covers revealed a greater truth: fashion without art is not fashion at all.

But that wasn't the last step.

A minor black hole created by the European Centre for Nuclear Research's Large Hadron Collider was large enough to squeeze 1960s-vintage silkscreening implements through, which our creative team then used to silkscreen all of our packaging by hand. Of course, they didn't shut the worm-hole door behind them without collecting all the 16mm cameras, Steenbeck editing tables and animation stands our resident film maker needed to make the promo film look as authentic as possible. Isn't the mechanism of quantum decoherence awesome?

Of course, in quantum physics, reality is a many-branched tree where every possible quantum outcome is realized. So fire up your Euclidian Space-folding device and enjoy ONE Management's Spring Summer 2010 campaign. Perhaps in another quantum branch in infinite-dimensional Hilbert Space, this is all happening.

http://www.onemanagement.com/10springsummer/

High fashion models and beauty models of Ghanaian origin wanted for a new venture…

Are you 5’9 plus in height, between a size 6&8 , with clear skin and a passion for fashion. Are you aged between 16 & 24, living in England and of Ghanaian origin? If this is you, -please can you email me some resent photos, including one of you in full length, a close-up headshot and your measurements to me at nanaaba69@hotmail.co.uk


Do you have high fashion looks but are too short to be a model, do you have good bone structure and lovely clear skin -and feel confident in front of the camera. Are you of Ghanaian origin, living in England and aged between 16 & 24, if this is you and you are passionate about fashion please can you send at least a couple of resent headshots of you with at least one of them -featuring you with out make-up (especially no fake eyelashes etc) or weave-on, and your measurements to me at nanaaba69@hotmail.co.uk

***Please note, if you are under 18 years of age -you need your parents permission to send your details to me.

Thanks
Paulina Opoku
nanaaba69@hotmail.co.uk
http://www.ghanarising.blogspot.com/

Pretending to be a gangster of some sort on ‘facebook‘, his uncle wasn’t having any of it and decided to take things into his own hands…what do you think? Personally, even though I think his uncle was a bit severe….I’m also sick of all that gangster %*@# and would rather not see it -thank you!

Taraji P. Henson 4 PETA

Like good wine… Taraji P. Henson just gets better ..x

Melodie Monrose is interviewed by Bethann Hardison for Vogue Black…

“Why can’t I get the ‘White girl dipped in chocolate’ thing out of my head every time I see a new black model?"

Trends: Pretty Ballerina S/S 2011

By Jan Masny -http://www.janmasny.com/

Chloe S/S 2011 -Details

Ballet Dancers by Edgar Degas

 

Karen Kain (National Ballet of Canada)

 

Marilyn Monroe

Ballet Dancers by Edgar Degas

Painter: William Whitaker -http://www.williamwhitaker.com/

By Andreas Sjodin -http://www.andreassjodin.se/

By Jan Masny -

Natalie Portman

By Andreas Sjodin -http://www.andreassjodin.se/

Dancers in pink by Edgar Degas

By Jan Masny -http://www.janmasny.com/

Ballet Dancer by Edgar Degas

Chloe S/S 2011 -Details

Ballet Dancer by Edgar Degas

Ballerina 1 By Hyatt Moore -http://www.hyattmoore.com/egallery/page/2/

Alexander McQueen  S/S 2011 -Details

By Edgar Degas

Beautiful

Ballet shoes By ken Tiessen -http://www.kentiessenart.com/#01P

By Andreas Sjodin -http://www.andreassjodin.se/

Ballerinas by Ellen Spencer -http://www.ellenspencerprints.com/id5.html

By Jan Masny -http://www.janmasny.com/
http://www.janmasny.com/

The Ballerinas by Pierre Grisot -http://www.artexpertswebsite.com/pages/artists/grisot.phphttp://www.janmasny.com/http://www.janmasny.com/http://www.janmasny.com/

Identity: Did Vybz Kartel bleach his skin to move to the next level?

Before

Comparing his drastic skin bleaching to white people tanning, Jamaican dancehall reggae artist Vybz Kartel has taken skin lightening to another level -causing an uproar in Jamaica, claiming that ’Cake Soap’ has turned his skin not just smoother but lighter. Unfortunately, Jamaicans aren’t buying it! What do you think? Personally I’m bored! What’s new about this? Self hate has existed in the black world since timing memorial -and were not the only community with these issues…


Now

A Bit More…




I’m thinking, -'Cake Soap' must have run out in Jamaica…..

The Colour of Beauty

A little something (the sad truth) for you to chew over…..

Tattoo Turn-off………….

Gucci Mane



(Gucci Mane, Soulja Boy, Birdman, Lil Wayne, The Game)

Am I the only woman on the planet, not turned on by tattoos? I can’t image myself physically touching a man, no matter how hot/powerful/rich he is with tattoos all over him,-its just too prison, and the connotations of prison life (survival, tear-drops tattoo, prison showers and what-have-you) just don’t appeal. Gucci Mane has recently had an ice-cream tattooed on his face and I just don’t know people.....

Fashion et al’s ‘One to Watch 2011’ Rye Rye

Watch out for Baltimore native, Ryeisha Berrain aka Rye Rye -a protégé of the M.I.A school of rap -and a talent I’m predicting is about to blow up big stylee.. For more info on Rye Rye or to download her debut album ’Go! Pop! Bang!’ visit: http://www.ryeryemusic.com/

I’m in the mood to dance…..so where better than Africa -the continent of HOT music. I’ve chosen my favourite African Artists, past and present….……..Enjoy

Kiss Your Hand by R2Bees featuring Wande Coal (Ghana/Nigeria)


**What can I say….R2Bees of Ghana -the best group in Africa and Wande Coal the hottest artist in Nigeria -right now, what’s not to Love?

‘I Need It’ by Tinny featuring Donaeo (Ghana)


***I still love this…….its probably the best collaboration I’ve heard thus far

Micko by Koffi Olomide (The Democratic Republic of Congo, Central Africa)


**Some nostalgia with the one and only Koffi Olomide (the king of hot African music as far as I’m concerned), This tune still sounds as sweet as ever. I hope someday this great originator of Africa music will truly be celebrated -he soo deserves it..xx


‘Djéssiminiéta’ by DJ Arafat (Ivory Coast, West Africa)


**The best Ivorian artist of all times....Big love to DJ Arafat xx

Tchoucou Tchoucou by DJ Kedjevara (Ivory Coast, West Africa)


**There was one special month -way back when I danced to this hot tune in: Belgium, the ghettos of Amsterdam, the night-clubs of Zurich and that Ivorian place in London……fabulous! Its unmistakably African and I lovesssss it. Gwaaan Africa…

Swagger Up by T-Wizzle featuring Quata and P Shaun (Ghana)


**I’ve had my beady eyes on Quata and his many incarnations over the years and T-Wizzle recently -so its good to see them together

‘Sous Sol’ for the Primus Advert by Werrason (Congo, Central Africa)


**Fabulous……..x

‘Obi ate meso bo’ by Daddy Lumba (Ghana)


**More nostalgia …sweet music from my childhood, I love this brother and send big blessings his way..x

‘Vulindlela’ by Brenda Fassie (South Africa)


The Late Brenda Fassie…..her music will live on for ever…..…R.I.P Mama Africa..

Fashion: Desiree Rogers

How fabulous does Desiree Rogers, former White House social secretary and now CEO of Johnson Publishing look? Younger, softer and happy, Desiree (pictured here with actress Kerry Washington) glowed at the Thakoon S/S 2011 show.…Here’s to a wonderful new year Desiree…x

Pharrell Williams’ Miami home


Check out Fashion et al favourite, Pharrell Williams’ Miami home on the Selby -its poptastic-artistic… http://theselby.com/5_25_10_PharrellWilliamsEd/