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Mike D X Clare V
My love for handbags and hip hop have been mutually exclusive up until this moment, but now these two worlds have collided in a collaboration that I had to shine a spotlight on. As part of the release of their next issue, the Australian lifestyle magazine Monster Children has enlisted the editorial styling of Mike Diamond of the Beastie Boys.…
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Album Spotlight: RenRok’s “Sixty Studies”
I think the most interesting developments in Hip Hop are taking place off the commercial radio dial and buried deep in the underground. Let’s go mining. I sat down with the reclusive underground producer/artist RenRok in his L.A. studio. We talked about the state of hip hop, musical influences, and his most recent project called…
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Cinderella Complex: The MOCA Gala and Zac Posen
So I’m kind of having a Cinderella moment. The MOCA Gala is this evening and I’m not going. To be honest the MOCA Gala hasn’t been on my radar since 2011, but I do love fashion, art and any opportunity where culture vultures can be viewed in their unnatural environment. This year’s event is lacking the hype machine’s fervor this…
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Album Challenge: When Instinct is Your Guide
As thousands of people made the trek home from SXSW armed with a cadre of musical experiences designed to put them on the cutting edge of what the masses won’t be taking about musically for another 6 months from now, I took a trek back into time. A couple of weeks ago I was record shopping…
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10 great quotes about design
“When people say, ‘I don’t get art’ … that means art is working.” Love this Design post from TED
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Power Up! My Recap of the Black Enterprise Women of Power Summit
When traveling for work I stock up on Business periodicals like the Economist or Harvard Business Review and use flight time to tackle a career challenge. During my flight from Los Angeles to West Palm Beach two weeks ago I was reading Black Enterprise Magazine and as I flipped through pages of Black Women of…
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Big Ideas from Little People
This 14 year old Designer, Animator, Philanthropist, and Entrepreneur is my inspiration. Not only did she give a flawless TED Talk but she showcased her diverse talents in a very personable way. Loved seeing this video and had to share. Maya Penn started her first company at the age of 8 and she has been…
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The History of Music in a 90 Second Rube Goldberg Machine
“You’re the one thing that always remains, Music.“ What’s a Rube Goldberg Machine? MusicRemains.org taught me something! I honestly didn’t know what a Rube Goldberg Machine was until today. I just thought of them as intricately engineered chain reaction mazes, and I loved them when I was a little kid, especially the ones with dominoes. This…
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Fantastic Voyage: Diane Von Furstenberg’s Journey of a Dress
“I created the wrap dress but then the wrap dress had a life of its own.”~DVF Forty years ago, designer Diane Von Furstenberg introduced the wrap dress whose timeless style has become a staple in many women’s wardrobes. The simplicity of the dress’ construction coupled with Diane’s powerful graphic prints unite in a style that…
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