Damn, Naomi Campbell is our girl and all but do we still need to see these kinds of images of black women in 2009? Naomi’s latest spread for Harper’s Bazaar is a far cry from last year’s Vogue Italia’s All-Black issue. We’re sure this spread will be lauded as progressive because after all it is a mainstream fashion magazine featuring a woman of color. But in light of the crude [...]
It seems every newstand you go to in NYC, the answer is “no, we don’t have any more copies of this month’s Italian Vogue. Come back next week.” Reception to the issue has been so hot that parent company Conde Nast has had to reprint copies of the now seemingly historic issue. Read the story here. “Maybe in our country it is not the best idea. But I don’t care. [...]
The glossy story: The Third annual ThisDay Music Festival took place over the weekend. According to the paper’s website the event was meant to “celebrate the Best and Brightest of Emerging New Africa” and is “designed to revolutionize global perspectives on African issues. This is aimed at shifting focus from Africa’s problems to the opportunities, and from treating the symptoms to curing the diseases and projecting a positive image of [...]
