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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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
Vanity and Taimak in 1985’s ‘The Last Dragon’
Fashion on Film: The Last Dragon
I have been fascinated with style and costumes for as long as I can remember. Whenever I would watch films or TV shows, not only was I focused on the writing and story line but also what each character was wearing and how it connected to the character personality. I loved it so much, I decided to go into the industry of costume design and styling as a career. Now, all I do is study films and TV shows that I once loved just to pay attention to all of the small details I probably missed when I was younger.
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