THE LEADING BLACKS

"Today's black leaders, I'm afraid, have become leading blacks. And you don't ever confuse the two. Black leaders are chosen by us...The leading blacks are chosen by the media." —Dr. Julia Hare

DEEP IN ♥ WITH CAT POWER’S NEW SINGLE!


It has been too long since I’ve been so emotionally charged by a song.

♥ BETH DITTO (AND HER MOM!) POSING FOR HER NEW M.A.C. MAKEUP LINE!

♥ ARIAN WOMEN LIKE ARETHA FRANKLIN

Born today, March 25(as Aretha Louise Franklin), in Memphis, Tennessee.

She is 70 today; still recording, y’all.

♥ING NYASHA IN THIS NEW EDITORIAL!

blackfashion:

Nyasha Matonhodze & Edie Campbell in Dreaming in Color for Allure Magazine March 2012 By Mario Testino .


(Source: blackfashion)

R.I.P. ZELDA KAPLAN In my days as a nightlife reporter, I would often run into Zelda Kaplan and marvel at her zest for life. The same age as my own grandmother, Ms. Kaplan was still travelling, still hitting her favorite New York parties, and still being inspired by the styles of her favorite place in the world—Africa. She was an awesome lady who was just as at home in a room full of drag queens and club kids as she was at an established New York dining club.She literally did the most until the end, having collapsed while seated front row at a fashion show. She was 95. Somehow, I have a hunch that she’s on the list at whichever boite she hits on the Other Side. 

R.I.P. ZELDA KAPLAN

In my days as a nightlife reporter, I would often run into Zelda Kaplan and marvel at her zest for life. The same age as my own grandmother, Ms. Kaplan was still travelling, still hitting her favorite New York parties, and still being inspired by the styles of her favorite place in the world—Africa. She was an awesome lady who was just as at home in a room full of drag queens and club kids as she was at an established New York dining club.

She literally did the most until the end, having collapsed while seated front row at a fashion show. She was 95. Somehow, I have a hunch that she’s on the list at whichever boite she hits on the Other Side.