Black Designers Attack Michelle O.

I'm telling you, there are times when I press my temples together and look up to the sky and ask the LORD what is wrong with my own people. YES! My own people. You don't see anyone else doing this kinda ish, other than "us". Crabs in a barrel is what we are. Self-defeating is so often our attitude... But why???? Apparently Black designers are pissed that Michelle Obama chose Asian and Cuban designers: Jason Wu & Isabel Toledo to design her inauguration fits. These designers claim it was "their moment" and she should have let at least one of them shine:

“It’s fine and good if you want to be all ‘Kumbaya’ and ‘We Are the World’ by representing all different countries. But if you are going to have Isabel Toledo do the inauguration dress, and Jason Wu do the evening gown, why not have Kevan Hall, B Michael [Knight], Stephen Burrows or any of the other black designers do something too?

“It’s one thing to look at the world without color but she had seven slots to wear designer clothes. Why wasn’t she wearing the clothes of a black designer? That was our moment.

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Blah, blah, blah, whine, whine, whine. Get over it. Her choice of outfits didn't make that day any less "ours", and why gripe over something so trivial after the leaps and bounds we've come simply by her presence in the White House? These people just finished a 2 YEAR CAMPAIGN!!! Didn't they do ENOUGH for our community? Now this? And FYI, she chose minority designers-- Jason Wu is creepin-on-the-come-up, why can't we be color-blind and applaud that? I personally adored Michelle's choices for the event no matter what some nay-sayers may think. She was stunning. She couldn't have done it better. I mean, even the BIG TIME DESIGNERS sounded off and gave Michelle kudos for looking so fab and fashion-forward.Certain people just need to sit their tired-asses down. Brush it off Chelly-Chelle, brush ALL DAT OFF!

First-Lady Swagger...

No one on the corner got swagger like THIS first lady, baby! Mrs. Obama was looking elegant, fashion-forward and simply stunning last night during her and Barack's tour of all 14 or so balls/gala's for the inauguration. I know the first thing on my mind (and everyone elses) was who made that fabulous gown Michelle was wearing? Well the good people at Bossip hooked it up:

Michelle Obama celebrated her husband Barack Obama’s Inauguration in a dazzling white, one-shouldered Jason Wu gown.

“Michelle Obama once more does something new and fresh [by] working with an emerging fashion star and turning Jason Wu overnight into a household name,” Us Weekly fashion director Sasha Charnin Morrison says.

“This type of dress shape/silhouette is something that’s completely unexpected. [It's] vibrant and aspirational, full and gorgeous,” Charnin Morrison adds. “No one else in the past would have been this striking, this ravishing or been able to pull this look off. She’s bringing sexy back.”

How fresh that she linked up with a new designer, rather than do the old-reliable thing with an Armani, Gucci, Dior or Prada gown. Good for her, she's definitley bringing sexy back-- she's quite a woman. And she's prolly the only thing stopping me from jumping on her husband and sucking his face off... Oh, don't look shocked. I'm just saying what all y'all were thinking! LOL

Picture Of The Day

The beauty, style and poise that is Michelle Obama graces the cover of this month's Ebony Magazine. This is a must-buy, ladies and gents! This is a rare opportunity into Michelle's personal life with childhood accounts directly from her mother, Marian Robinson. This is a story of a journey from the mean streets of Chicago, all the way up to a promising future in the oval office. Michelle expounds on how it is to be a wife to Barack,  a mother to her children, and a style icon to all of us-- while still holding it together so well! It's hot on the newsstands now, so go pick up your copy! It is sure to be a historic and memorable issue. I would like to give a big thanks to  Ginger from Ebony Magazine, for the link!