Random Recs

I've never seen Pretty Baby before but from seeing these pictures alone, I'm going to try and watch it sometime this century. The picture with Brooke Shields and that big floppy hat is very endearing to me. I might try and emulate that picture sometime soon...

Rumi of Fashion Toast fame did some DIY customization, and IMHO it came out really well. *___*. She studded a block of space on her Zara boots. Ugh my shoe collection is in such a sad depleted state, but this is inspiring me to kick my butt into learning how to sew and to customize other items of my wardrobe.

Isn't this girl just the cutest darling? I want to see what she'll look like in 15 years.

The Sartorialist

24 Free Dinners
DUNNA NUNNA NUNNA NUNNA BATMAN!
I wonder if the O-man has seen this?

New Music Muse?

Janelle just might be my new music muse. Her style and stage presence definitely doesn't hurt. Here's a link to her myspace.

Link Love #3

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fashion editorials
Made In China
A Long Day's Journey Into Night
Classic Kate Moss
The Greatest Show on Earth
Is It Better To Be Alone?

If I was old enough and had the money for it I would live here, here, here, here, here or here.

ONTD is a huge celeb gossip site. The launched a political remix of the site a while ago. Go check it out.

Gala why you so hot?

Part 1 & Part 2 of Upcoming Fall Movies

Who We Choose to Be, a really interesting introspective post on what really defines "us".

Why being rough is the better answer sometimes.

Say it ain't so! Crocs? In French Vogue?!?

**This is one of those pictures that I saved but either couldn't or forgot to save the file as the photographer. So I have no idea who it belongs to. If you know, let me know.

Eye Candy #1 {The Mask}

the mask

"Arrogant" is the new "uppity"

Holy crap and oh my god. I was going through my rss feeds and came across this article by the Black Snob. It's about subversive racism that is pervasive in America and how that ties into how people are going on about how arrogant and elitist Obama is being. Read it, comment on it if you wish and pass the link on.

"And Massa said, "Who let you in here? Yes, you. With that inconveniently independent mind armed with facts. With your standing up straight and talking white, looking The Man directly in the eye. Just who do you think you are? Because you're not me. You're nothing like me who is better than you. So you are an insult to me. You refute my long-held beliefs about you so you must be proven wrong.

"This is a trick. This is a gimmick. This is a game. I am the fleet of foot and you are the beast of burden. I placed shackles on your feet so that you would never get off the ground, yet there you are, an indictment of me, flying high above me, doing me one better, twice better, thrice better over and over again. Who released you from those chains because someone like you could have never figured out how to get out of them yourself.

"Who gave you the right, the permission, the clearance, the verification and insinuation that you are free? Who did this? Who taught you to read? It was against the law and you are too obtuse to understand the meaning of these words, yet you insist on speaking them. Yet you insist on looking me in the eye and demanding that I address you by your name. Who do you think you are and who let you in here? I said, who let you in here where the sign said niggers and women need not apply?"

Places, Please! by the Black Snob

Dumb It Down

You've been shedding too much light Lu

(Dumb it down)

You make'em wanna do right Lu

(Dumb it down)

They're getting self-esteem Lu

(Dumb it down)

These girls are trying to be queens Lu

(Dumb it down)

They're trying to graduate from school Lu

(Dumb it down)

They're starting to think that smart is cool Lu

(Dumb it down)

They're trying to get up out the hood Lu

(Dumb it down)

I'll tell you what you should do

(Dumb it down)

Dumb It Down

LUPE FIASCO - DUMB IT DOWN
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