Safety Pins's Blog Posts Tagged 'fashion' (9)

Are You A Part of the Rhythm Nation

Are you a part of the Rhythm Nation?

I find it nearly impossible not to get up and dance when you hear Janet Jackson’s 1989 hit, “Rhythm Nation”. I would think…

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Added by Safety Pins on March 7, 2013 at 2:37pm — 1 Comment

FUTURA2000 ON NYC'S FASHIONS NIGHT OUT

NYC Fashion's Night Out is a thing where you go look at fashion you can't touch or buy. Azelia Banks is at the Mac store, They're doing something weird (awesome) at the Puma store and everyone in SoHo tries to look their most famous. It's a grand ole time for friends, fashion, and falling in wedges.…

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Added by Safety Pins on September 7, 2012 at 3:30pm — No Comments

NYC FASHIONS NIGHT OUT

The kickoff to NYC Fashion Week and Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, and ETC and ALL THINGS FASHION begins with a wild uproar of fashion kids out in the streets for a little (HUGE) thing called Fashion's Night Out. Some people wait all year for FNO and some avoid it at all costs. It's a…

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Added by Safety Pins on September 7, 2012 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Hairstylist, Spikey Love, Blends Form and Function

Spikey Love--It has a ring to it doesn't it? When I first heard the name, I didn't know what to think but it stuck with me, which is rare. I booked an interview without hesitation wondering a number of things; who exactly is this Spikey person? What does she look like? Why Spikey Love? It was like a mystery waiting to be solved. Several weeks later I got the opportunity to find out. On a sunny afternoon post… Continue

Added by Safety Pins on March 2, 2011 at 3:30pm — 3 Comments

African Websites Highlight Designers Across Continent

Ask the average person who some of the top designers in the fashion industry are and the names and locations will stream like clock work: Dolce & Gabbana, Ralph Lauren, Alexander McQueen, France, Italy, London. In main stream marketing media, few cultures dominate the fashion world and the industry has…

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Added by Safety Pins on December 24, 2010 at 2:30pm — 2 Comments

Solange rocks Afro on cover of FashizBlack magazine

More fashion this month, with a nice find of songstress, Solange Knowles, on this month's cover of French magazine, FashizBlack. Photographer, Itaysha Jordan, captures Solange in some dope shots sporting an alined Afro and ethnic prints that she's been into lately. Nicely done. Solange has also been sported around New York for fashion week, hitting up…

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Added by Safety Pins on September 17, 2010 at 4:00pm — 7 Comments

Fashion month- When it comes to black beauty, do we sleep on the hood?

“In my own middle-class world, I don’t see or hear many acknowledgments of the beauty that exists in low-income urban communities. Yes, every now and then a rapper will give a shout out to hood chicks. But in terms of being a beauty muse for black culture, we tend to look elsewhere.”

When it comes to black beauty, do we sleep on the hood?

By Leila Noelliste for…

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Added by Safety Pins on September 13, 2010 at 7:00pm — 15 Comments

From a bitter girl in London, Street Peeper Punk

I'm a born and bred Londoner, and it would be fair to say that London has become the half-shaven hairstyle hub. Model Alice Dellal…

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Added by Safety Pins on July 7, 2010 at 12:00pm — 10 Comments

Africa Is The Future: Just Put it on a Shirt

The cover of the Nneka mixtape is where I first saw the big bold slogan printed on a hoody "Africa Is The Future." These four little words said volumes about current global economics, cultural, music and fashion! Once I sat back and thought about it, there is nothing bigger I would want on a shirt then that slogan! Africa, the birth place of civilization, IS the future. Through all it's turmoil and wars and poverty, you will see it make it's way back to be center, if you only…

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Added by Safety Pins on May 25, 2010 at 8:30am — 3 Comments