It’s 2015. Drake’s “Hotline Bling” is repeatedly being played on the radio, FOX’s “Empire” is the number one show everyone is watching, and A’Ziah “Zola” King’s stripper-gate tale is the number one trending topic on Twitter. If for some reason you have never heard of this story, Zola details (in a very lengthy infamous Twitter thread) of her adventure meeting with “Stefani”. Stefani and Zola meet at her job at Hooters, bonding over pole dancing, then go on doing a 48 hour road trip to Tampa, Florida where everything hits the fan. Who would've thought on that fateful night in 2015 that a virtual Twitter thread would become the movie of the summer in 2021.
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Black Fashion Icons: Jody Watley
Jody Watley started off her career at just 14 on the hit TV show, ‘Soul Train’, as a dancer. Jody fast became popular on the show for her killer moves and her trendsetting style even featuring her in Ebony magazine in 1977 a part of the “The New Generation” story. After the success of being a dancer on Soul Train, she was chosen to be a part of a new music group called Shalamar. The group had major success with hits such as “For The Lover In You”, “Night To Remember”, and “Second Time Around”.
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Ashton Sanders as Bigger Thomas | Photo Credit: Awards Circut
Fashion on Film: Native Son (2019)
Recently during quarantine I’ve been on a quest to watch films and documentaries that I have been putting on the back burner since I was so busy tending to my daily workload. Now, that we have time to basically do everything (or nothing at all) we wanted to do, I have been taking the time to finally go down the list I curated and I have been amazed by all the films I’ve been watching so far
A Tribe Called Supermodel— A Tribute to 90’s Supermodels
In today’s world of fashion, models just being seen as a “human hanger” are long over. Now, they work the runway with style and grace and people all over the world adore them. With the introduction of social media platforms such as Instagram, fans of fashion feel closer than ever to the models we see on the cover of magazines. In 2020, the new tribe of models such as Kaia Gerber, Kendall Jenner, Gigi Hadid and Bella Hadid are ready to take on a new and fresh approach to the term “SuperModel”.
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