FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!

Well today was my first day of school and I am a SEN10R! It hasn't settled in yet that we are now the old heads of the school and that everyone either looks up to or fears us. I am fine with both quite frankly lol. We saw new faces and hugged and jumped all over the old faces. We didn't do very much except get our schedules, eat ice cream, sleep during quaker meeting. The seniors, however, got a nice little speech from our dean, head master, and college counselor. It was a nice speech especially after the torture we went through last year at the hands of these people but let's not dwell on that subject. I'm chilling here with my buddy Asha K. Bee and we took some pics of our first day of school outfits with these lovely mac. Peep this hot shizzzzz:










[My name in Farsi =) ]

“Thriller” in i-D by Emma Summerton

While everyone else is shoving Rihanna's Vogue editorial pictures down your throat [they are pretty dope no tea no shade], I will present to you 'Thriller' featuring Arlenis Sosa, Chanel Iman, Jourdan Dunn & Sessilee Lopez. Marinate in this tricks...














Either these were shot a while ago or Jourdan hides pretty darn well for 5 months. No fashion week for her =/

[pics via tfbd]

Guess Who's Pregnant?

No it's not one of Lil Wayne's many trollops, praise the Lawd.

So take a wild guess!

Miss Jourdan Dunn is pregnant!

Bet you never thought of her huh? Yeah I didn't either until I read it in a Style.com article. The 19 year-old British model has left her mark in the fashion world and was named Model of the Year at the 2008 British Fashion Awards . From being the first black model to rip the runway for Prada in 10 years to being on the cover of the historical Vogue Italia's All Black Issue, Jourdan has had a colorful yet short career. She is due in December. I don't know about her career because we know how the fashion world is, unless you're Heidi Klum, they are ready to chew you up and spit out. And at the rate they are going with this diversity issue and she needs to stay in the game and snatch up all the work she can get. Well good luck and all the best to her and the unborn bebe. Heidi is pregnant, Adrianna Lima is pregnant, Karolina Kurkova is preggy, Gisele Bundchen is pregnant, SHEESH! Where do they find the time?

I'm A Barbie Girl, In A Barbie World

'...packed in plastic is fantastic..."

The first black Barbie released in 1980


The first black doll, credited as the first black Barbie, made her debut to the world in 1967 by the name of Black Francie with friends Christie & Julia. She was created by using the old head molds of the white Francie doll and lacked black characteristics in termd of facial structure. The first official black Barbie was released in 1980 with an afro. A new line of Barbies titled the So In Style Barbie dolls are set for a Fall 2009 release and will be available in the UK next year. These dolls will have distinct black features, different personalities, and different skin tones [because we black folk do capture every shade in the brown spectrum]. Courtney, the cheerleader, has a fuller nose and fuller lips than regular Barbie; Trichelle, the doll who's personality is to be into art, has curly hair and Kara, who loves music, has a darker skin tone. The pictures below are just the samples so trust that there will be a change to skin tones and hair textures.

Trichelle and Janessa

Kara and Kiana

Grace and Courtney

Vogue Italia Fades To Black Once Again

In July 2008, Vogue Italia took notice of the lack of diversity in the fashion world and took it upon themselves to create the first Black Issue of Vogue. It was/is the best selling issue in Vogue's history. The idea for the Black Issue came from Franca Sozzani, who is also the mastermind behind this current issue honoring the black barbie. "Barbie has been an icon for whole generations which is why I really wanted to give a strong sign in step with the times, and dedicate the anniversary issue to Black Barbie” Franca Sozzani, Editor-in-Chief, Vogue Italia.

The July 2009 Vogue Italia is currently available.