Category: NEWS
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My First Fashion Show in LA – Metropolitan Fashion Week
Let it be written forever, that my introduction to fashion productions in California was via Metropolitan Fashion Week. Three weeks into living in California and I get an opportunity to volunteer with the Metropolitan Fashion Week production team. For that I’m so grateful to Ms. Shelli Bradley for putting me on and to Ms. Damaris…
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4 Tips of How To Leverage Free Photography Meetups
With so many photo meetups happening now, the biggest question is how do participants maintain the value of photography when it’s happening for free so often? Models, enthusiasts and photographers find these meetups to be a great opportunity to learn, to practice and to network. However we know that the end result is free work.…
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Recap Photos from the 2019 Kickback Sneaker Expo
Listeeeeeen, I’m still a noob when it comes to the sneaker world. However, I’m still very much an admirer of the sneaker head, hype-beast culture, so where did I end up again, the 2019 Kickback Sneaker Expo. I have to give a big shout out to the visionary of this event, thanks Kay for the…
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TBT: Andre Leon Talley Lighting Fashion Fires In His Hometown
I’ve mentioned many times that North Carolina is clearly not a fashion state. So if or when an icon comes through, that is a night to show up and drop everything to do so. Andre Leon Talley was in town so you know what I and my fashion buddies did? Rescheduled things to be at…
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TBT: The Demode Meetup From 2015
Parallel to the recent Street Style Meetup series that I’ve been working on, I am reminded of the first meet-up I went to. Demode, a local streetwear brand that has since gone national, hosted a hipster-type gathering. It was probably the first one done by a streetwear brand in Raleigh. Whether or not it was…
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African Fashion Week NC 2018: Looks For Men
This year’s African Fashion Week NC has grown. It was good to see the event move from the burning coal theater to the new entertainment complex building, The Fruit which is huge in comparison. To my liking, there was way more men’s fashion this year and I am happy to show you some of the…
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Affordable Sock Sneakers
Balenciaga has made them popular but not many people tryna save $750 to get some sock sneakers. This post is inspired by a pretty fly pair of AFFORDABLE sock sneakers. The shoes in the lookbook video are by Zara. Somebody say thank God for Zara. These budget sock sneakers retail for about $90 and I…
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KbySanora Fashion Preview Recap Gallery
Congrats to new fashion friend, Kimberly Boone for reintroducing KbySanora to fashion connoisseurs of NC. At the Unscripted hotel in downtown Durham, KbySanora show cased some of its to-be-released items that embody the words, classy and chic, dressy and fun, sexy and sensible. A lot of transitional pieces marched across the runway with some standards…