SWIMSUIT SEASON

I love the retro look of the swimsuits below, the high bottoms are and ode to the '50s and they are so pretty.

The one on the left is from Topshop and the right is from Grey Antics. The Grey Antics pieces can easily be worn separately (a very daring separate in the bottom) and would look good with cut-offs, jeans or a flowy skirt.

SHE'S BAACK...

Long blonde hair, on-trend dresses (the cut-outs!), McQueens and Louboutins, she's making it hot, hot, hot!

Listen to her new single here.

MODEL MODE: GRACE BOL

 

So Grace Bol is model from Sudan but raised in Kansas City (my hometown) and is making creating chatter in the industry with her striking features and height. She's had appearances at Vivienne Westwood, Givenchy, Maison Martin Margiela, L'Wren Scott and Jeremy Scott.

 via hintmag. 

WOMEN IN MUSIC: ELLE MAG ANNUAL DUPLICATE COVER ISSUE

Elle's annual 'Women in Music' issue is pretty diverse this time around. This is Nicki Minaj's first Elle cover and spread along with Robyn, the electropop singer who is starting to make her way back to the forefront of everyone's iPods and Gwen, a women's magazine cover regular.



Here's a throwback vid of Robyn's first song when her hair was a little less platinum blonde and her beats a little less electro...Love the retro looks of today's pop stars when they were just getting their start in the biz.

TWIN TITANS: MARY-KATE AND ASHLEY

Mary-Kate and Ashley, who both have been an inspiration for me since elementary, with The Adventures of... series and have grown into sartorial icons with editor-approved lines Elizabeth and James and The Row, are now about to embark on something that keeps them in the stratosphere of big names in fashion and style.

The duo will create their fifth fashion line that will be in the form of a new website, Stylemint.com. After members take a personality and style quiz, they will be offered T-shirts starting at $29.99 that are geared to match their personality and style, hence taking the quiz. This is similar to Jewelmint.com, the Kate Bosworth-endorsed website that offers jewelry items to members also starting at $29.99 a month. What will they come up with next?

COLOR BLOCKING: H&M SPRING PALETTE

H&M is letting the bright and pastel colors palette loose on their new spring/summer collection, I like!







images via nitrolicious.com.

NICKI MINAJ: SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

Nicki Minaj gets mixed reviews from writers, bloggers and commenters across the board: "She isn't a real MC, her raps are just punch lines," to speaking about her outfits and how they represent black females: "She's just a sex symbol, she not a good representation of black females," and a rebuttal of her image as a sex symbol: "With most of her costumes she is completely covered, so you can't say she's completely exposed."

But no matter what you say about her, you can't deny her strength, her "balls" and her determination to be to be one of the top female artists of this generation. In an older video from MTV's documentary of her, "My Time Now," you can truly see behind the crazy costumes and over-the-top antics, that she is a human being living her dream.