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Tag Archives: Empowerment
Jun30
Be Selective…
Jun29
Sunday Reflections
Happy beautiful Sunday!!!!
Jun27
Claudia: A Photo Essay
An amazing story and I had to share it.
Most of the football pictures I’ve taken in Brazil are pretty self explanatory… there’s a kick around going on somewhere in Rio and not too much more to add. But this one troubles me a bit. The story behind it isn’t a good one. The mother of the family, Claudia da Silva Ferreira, was shot in March by police who thought she was an armed drug dealer during a shoot-out. She was in the wrong place at the wrong time. She later died in shocking circumstances, falling from the police van on the way to hospital. I visited their home a couple of weeks after it happened with a colleague who was interviewing Claudia’s husband and this was taken as we were leaving and the kids began playing again… a brief moment of normality at a tragic time for the family. 
(Credit: Interview and words by Angelica Melo /…
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Jun25
Standing On Their Shoulders – Zelda Wynn Valdes
You may not have heard of Zelda Wynn Valdes, but you’ve certainly seen her designs. The fashion designer is credited with creating the original Playboy bunny costume. The work of the trailblazing fashion designer/entrepreneur highlighted the coveted hour-glass figure in the 1940s and 1950s.
In 1948, was the first Black designer to open up her own shop on Broadway. Valdes created gorgeous gowns many stars like Mae West, Joyce Bryant, Josephine Baker, Gladys Knight, Sarah Vaughan, Dorothy Dandridge, Ella Fitzgerald and countless others.
Later in her life, she created costumes for the Dance Theater of Harlem, and Zelda Wynn Valdes also helped found the National Association of Fashion and Accessory Designers. She died in 2001 at age 96.
Check out some of her work.
Valdes fits a gown on Dorothy Dandridge
Ella Fitzgerald
Credit: mycoloures.com
Jun24
Taka-Naka Spring / Summer 2014
Designers Tamara and Natasha Surguladze are Georgian-born identical twins, who arrived in London in 1996 to study design at Central St Martin’s and in 2000 Barneys NYC dedicated a wall to their awe-inspiring graduation collection. The Tata-Naka statement pieces regularly starred in the legendary series ‘’Sex in the City’’ and were worn by Carrie Bradshaw on the cover of the official book.
Credit: londonfashionweek.co.uk
Jun23
Rosie Assoulin Resort 2015
Ahhhh! Can’t get enough of Rosie Assoulin. Check out her resort 2015 lookbook! Incredible!
Credit: Style Pantry
Jun22
Sunday Reflections
Jun20
Happiness Is…
Happy Friday!!
Jun20
Dsquared2 Resort 2015 Collection
#FashionfriendsofTenaciousM… Gorgeous capsule collection from Dsquared2 for resort 2015. Love!
Credit: Style Pantry
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