The Bailey Girls

I first heard of Chloe X Halle Bailey on a quick read about Beyoncé and her record label. I was initially reading the article strictly to learn about Queen Bey's new venture. I figured she was following in her husband's footsteps and honestly thought it was going to lead nowhere. Boy was I wrong. A few months later Vanity Fair posted an article covering these two sisters, discussing their vocal range and their eclectic music style. So of course I was ready for more, and I my prayers were answered back in April when the video for The Drop was released.

Everyone knows I'm a sucker for a well dressed girl, give me a well dressed duo and you've got me locked in. These girls have a very great team working with them, because their look to me is flawless. It's quirky, it's romantic and it's innocent but fashion forward. Their sound is nothing at all what I expected. I honestly assumed Beyoncé was going to look for other Beyoncé's of the world and sign them under her label, giving them all her rejected tracks, I expected a Beyoncé sound. I don't know exactly who I can compare their sound to, but I love it. They remind me of an urban First Aid Kit or HAIM, all three groups sisters and all three groups have a very defining sound.

Chloe X Halle's EP "Sugar Symphony" was released April 29th of this year (2016), it's available on iTunes, it's $6 and totally worth it. Watch below for a taste.

Marilyn Minter Full of Grace

I discovered Marilyn Minter about a month or two ago and I was kind of grossed out but aroused all at the same time. I'm not a fan of mouths, I mean I am in the manner of sex, but in general I think they're disgusting. French kissing has always been something that grosses me out to an extreme that sometimes I'd rather just not kiss to avoid any sort of tongue on tongue, saliva swapping experiences. Something about sharing that many germs just makes me sick. Plus there's always the chance that the other person has a gross mouth. Ew. Anyway, I digress. 

Marilyn Minter is an American artist that creates some of the most incredibly disgusting and arousing images that I've seen in a while. Her main focus is extreme closeups of women's mouths filled with diamonds, pearls and even penises. I was reintroduced to Marilyn by way of the Lena Dunham and her extraordinary newsletter, Lenny. In the issue, Laia Garcia interviews Marilyn Minter asking her a series of questions about her upbringing, her inspiration and most notably her work with Planned Parenthood, Marc Jacobs & Miley Cyrus. 

We thought, Well, let’s make more money for Planned Parenthood somehow, and we thought, We just have to get a young spokesperson. I thought, Let’s ask Jeffrey [Deitch, an art dealer] to approach Miley, because I know Jeffrey, and he had done a bunch of events with her. We thought that was [a] pie-in-the-sky idea, but we thought it might be possible because we knew she was an activist. We emailed him, and he said, “That’s a great idea,” so we wrote a letter, a handwritten letter, to give to Miley. I think we had just given it to him, and then I just happened to go to this party at Paper editor Kim Hastreiter’s house. She’s a fabulous cook, and someone said, “Oh, this is Diane Martel, she styled Miley Cyrus for the cover of Paper,” which had just come out. I said, “Oh, that’s a coincidence. I’m about to ask Miley Cyrus if she’ll get involved with Planned Parenthood.” Diane says, “I’m her best friend,” and she FaceTimed her. We asked her right there, and she said yes!

The collaboration spoken about above can be found at: Marc Jacobs where you can see videos of Marilyn and Miley working together as well as shop the two styles of T-shirts that support Planned Parenthood. 100% of net profits from T-shirt sales will go to Planned Parenthood, which provides vital reproductive health care, sex education, and information to millions of women, men, and young people worldwide. 

Here are some of my favorite images by created by Marilyn Minter

Put your white tennis shoes on and follow me...

I am in dire need of a new pair of white sneakers/hightops. I personally prefer a hightop because I also like a scrunch to my jean and I feel that those two ideas are made for each other. My first thought was to replace my Nike Air Force One's, because those are usually my go to perfect-for-every-spring-event shoes, but really it's just the silhouette of the hightop that I'm in love with. Anyway! In my obsession of clicking around and "window shopping" online, I came across these babies by Helmut Lang and Tom Ford that I personally adore. White hightop is key for your Spring wardrobe. Absolutely key.

 Helmut Lang Hightop

 Tom Ford Russel Leather Hightop

Unif 101's

Nike Air Force One High

This post was brought to you by: Lana Del Rey - Swann Song

All suited up

So I was originally planning on posting a Beyoncé rave, but unfortunately the imagery I wanted to share was and/or is currently unavailable, so the next best thing is obviously Ms. Thang Rihanna Gang.

I was really feeling the Kiss It Better video when she released it as a very short-lived single, and to be honest as much as I love Needed Me, I think Kiss It Better deserved a little bit more airplay. That's just my thoughts. While re-watching the video today over a bowl of cereal, like an adult, I couldn't help but think of Lanvin's Spring 2016. Some of the looks that came down the runway were a little...off, but there were quite a few gems and after the video, I'll leave them there for you to judge.

Enjoy!

Give me leather forever

Leather, to me, is never going to go out of style. Almost any style of leather is sexy to me, it's just so rich and provocative, which leads to the whole reason for this post. I am having a total Zana Bayne moment. I read on WWD that they have yet another collaboration, this time with & other stories. I'm excited to see exactly what  they are going to do, but regardless, I'm certain I'll drool over at least 3 pieces. That's a given.

Here's to provocation in leather!

Goo-Goo for Gucci.

I was having a major debate with myself this week on whether or not I wanted to cover the Met Gala. I personally didn't totally understand the theme, and once I really did sort of get it, I did begin to look over everyone's looks; but even then I didn't feel comfortable speaking on it. So instead of that, I thought why not treat everyone to some amazing mens wear? Duh.

Gucci's menswear right now is pretty much my dreams come true. It's like an adult version of the grunge version of myself that I used to daydream about as a pre-teen. It's incredible. So check it out, drool if you must.