Shoe Dreams: Alejandro Ingelmo Python Pump

These Alejandro Ingelmo Python Platform Pumps are alllll I need right now. #sigh. Retail: $525. Get them at Intermix.

Shoe Dreams: Pura Lopez Peach Suede Platform Wedge

I like this one so much I think I think I'll make it my new logo shoe. #POW.

Photo courtesy of Intermix. Price $395. Shop online here.

Dreamlight-- Vogue Spread: The Life Rhapsodic

I wanted to do a post on the stunning March 2011 Vogue photo spread entitled "The Life Rhapsodic" because I was blown away by the gorgeous images of all the beautiful brown-skinned models and artists featured in vibrant S/S 2011 fashions. The photographs, taken by Norman Jean Roy, are gorgeous, happy, and, more importantly, make me want those clothes!

In researching this spread I came across a post on POSHGLAM! that said so eloquently all that I had planned to say. So, check out the article and more photos here.

Here is a list of models and artists featured in the spread:
Savion Glover (Dancer, Broadway and film Actor)
John John Legend (Grammy-winning Recording Artist)
Antonio Douthit (Dancer, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater)
Colson Whitehead (Writer)
Anthony Mackie (Broadway and film Actor)
Ajak Deng (Model)
Anais Mali (Model)
Arlenis Sosa (Model)
Chanel Iman (Model)
Jourdan Dunn (Model)
Joan Smalls (Model) - see my post on this popular young model here.

Beyoncé, Beyoncé

Seriously, why would they do this? My all-time favorite cover of Beyonce' from Vanity Fair's 2005 Hip-Hop issue, has been pilfered and re-used six years later by Cosmopolitan UK for its April 2011 edition. This is also the cover that was controversial due to Vanity Fair being accused of digitally lightening the superstar's skin tone.

This smacks of laziness. Just take a new picture.

No Minorities?...That's fine...

This is one instance where I feel it is perfectly OK that there are no minorities in a particular fashion ad campaign. The new ad for Chanel S/S 2011 depicts a handsome young man spraying 2 young ladies with a water hose in what appears to be a back yard.
Now honestly, no black girl (or Hispanic, etc.) would be giggling demurely while someone wets up her HAIR and her $6000+ Chanel boucle suit and classic quilted Chanel purse.
It just wouldn't be believable. So, I say that's fine...carry on without us. ;o)