Kevan Hall's Spring 2009 RTW Collection

Fashion Designer Kevan Hall debuted his spring collection at the beginning of Mercedes Benz Fashion Week LA edition. Hall played homage to costume designer Adrian Gilbert with his 1940's inspired gowns. Old Hollywood glamour and style was an apparent inspiration for Hall's collection. Hall definitely wowed the audience he received applause and cheers throughout the show. I cant wait to see which celebrities will be wearing Hall's gown on the red carpet. Essence.com conducted an interview with Hall about his spring 2009 collection, click here to read the interview.

Actresses Tia Mowry and Garcelle Beauvais showed their support in their Kevan Hall ensembles at the show.

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Russel Simmons Argyle Couture Spring 2009 RTW Collection

My favorite casual wear for men is preppy wear with a slight urban twist. Of course I loved Russel Simmons Argyle Couture collection. It is ideal for the urban sophisticated brother. The clothing lines target is the successful man over the age of 25. Simmons states, " I have always intended to design sophisticated men's wear for the urban graduate." He has teamed up with GQ magazine for the spring 2008 ad campaign which will run for six months in several publications and the Internet.





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Get the look: Gabrielle Union In Ne-yo's Miss Independent Woman Video

I love Ne-yo's video Miss Independent Woman, there are some cute ensembles in the video. I like Gabrielle Union's look it is simple yet stylish. The dress is a classic sophisticated black dress. It can be dressed up for evening or paired with a blazer or blouse for work.


The shoes are fab. They appear to be a studded gladiator style sandal. I searched but I could not find those exact shoes, I did however find some of that similar style.


If you havent seen it here is Ne-yo's Miss Independent Woman video.

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Barack Obama T-shirts

Barack Obama is on the minds, tongues and T-shirts of countless Americans. Regardless of political preferences it is very moving to see so many Americans of different age groups and cultures interested in politics and voting.

Beyonce pictured walking in New York wearing a Barack Obama progress t-shirt.

Trey Songz in New York city at a video premiere wearing a ba-rocksmith t-shirt.

Halle Berry, Kim Kardashian, and Ryan Phillippe spotted in Barack Obama t-shirts.

Several celebrities, designers, and clothing brands custom designed Barack Obama t-shirts for the Runway for Change collection available at barackobama.com. Pictured are the designs of Pharrel Williams and Beyonce. Visit the website for designs by Tracy Reese, Vera Wang, Juicy Couture and several others.

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Tracy Reese Spring 2009 RTW Collection

I love Tracey Reese’s spring 2009 RTW collection so much I had trouble narrowing my favorites down to a select few. I always seem to favor her spring collections over her fall collections. I love the colors and silhouettes in her spring collection. She mixes very flattering feminine shapes and patterns. Her collection includes a lot of flowing dresses; she has pieces that can be flattering to many different shapes and size.

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Celeb Style Sightings

Solange celebrated her 22nd birthday last night a Hollywood Hills mansion. I must evaluate this look. I actually like the dress but I did not like the choice of orange shoes with the orange dress. I also did not like what she did with her hair. I think she could have had a fab look with different accessories and a different hair style.


















Rihanna appeared on 106 Park and I loved her look. The gladiators added a fab touch to her all black ensemble!


















Ashanti has been looking consistently fabulous lately. She was spotted at Cartier's Charity Love Bracelet launch in L.A. I love her look the hair, dress, and the shoes.















Taraji, Sanaa, and Nia partying at Jermaine Dupri's Tag Records Party!

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Fierce Tuesday: Tracy Reese

Today I am profiling Ms. Tracy Reese one of the fashion industry's most successful African American women. She is a graduate of Parsons School of Design. After she graduated in 1984, she received an apprenticeship from French designer Martine Sitbon. After an unsuccessful try at starting and maintaining her own line, she landed a job at Perry Ellis as design director for women's Portfolio. She later moved to a new label Magaschoni. After reaching a 4 million, she got her own label "Tracy Reese for Magaschoni." A few years later, she struck a deal with the Limited for her own line " Tracy Reese Meridian" a contemporary sportswear line. By 2002, Reese had opened a corporate showroom and her line, which had grown to include resort and swimwear, was featured during New York fashion week. Reese's looks have been called " ultra feminine and vintage inspired."

I am absolutely in love with Tracy Reese's Spring 2008 RTW collection. I tried to pick a few of my favorite pieces which was almost the entire collection.

Here are a few of my favorite pieces from her Fall 2008 RTW collection.













Visit her website at http://www.tracyreese.com/
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