March 27. 2009 by admin.

As you all know we have been happily looking forward to Spring and the fashion fun that it brings. Bella Honey, one of our avid readers, introduced me to the term “RECESSIONISTA,” so all of you out there- this is for you! This concept came about from a conversation between myself and Dre. We were going through a bag of old clothes and we kept coming across some great pieces (much thanks to Auntie Bev!) I had a thought: do a shoot based on “old skool” meeting “new skool”. I created looks that consisted of at least one vintage piece that the look would be based on. Sorry guys, this is strictly for the ladies, but we got you. Promise. The process was CRAZY! The project was conceptualized on Wednesday (we chose potential looks, acquired models and prayed we could pull this off) and was executed on Thursday (we prayed some more, called models to make sure they were awake and prepping, endured a horrible taxi ordeal on the way to the shoot that I was already late for, prepped the clothes, did the model’s hair and makeup and styled the girls, while Dre set up lighting and finalized locations). Somehow we made it through the day and then had a night of choosing pics and editing. This is a long tedious process, but we hope the final product meets your approval. All of these looks were created from vintage finds and other pieces from the model’s wardrobes. No clothes were purchased for the shoot. Hopefully, this will inspire you to go through your closet and maybe hit up your grandmother’s while you’re at it before you head out to the stores this season.

on Whitney: Look #1
Vintage Scarf
Yellow Wrap Skirt (worn as a dress)
Bronze Metallic Belt
Pearl Necklace and Earrings
Metallic Orange Shoe

Look #2
Vintage Hood
Black/Gold dress
Black/Gold Braided Belt
Grey Jeans
Gold button earrings
Art Deco ring
Shades
Black/Gold Studded Shoe

on Teneshia: Look #1
Vintage Blazer
Black Tights
Vintage Heart Brooch
Gold Chunky Necklace
Studded watch and bracelet

Look #2
White Sundress
Grey 3/4 Length Jacket
Vintage Elephant head Belt
Metallic Headband
Button earrings
Cowboy boots

I want to give a special thanks to Auntie Bev and my late grandmother, Gloria Braxton, for their great sense of fashion and for having the foresight not to throw anything away! To Whitney and Teneshia, thanks so much for putting up with me and for GOING IN! I can’t forget Dre, who played photographer on this shoot. There’s no way I could have done this without you.

Stay up and catch my swag
FaBid

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March 27. 2009 by admin.

It’s ya boi FaBid here and as you know, I bring you your weekly current events. So let me put you up on what’s been going on this week.

• Without financial help from the government the New York City Board of Education will have to go forth with plans to lay off 5,000 employees- 2,000 of them being teachers. With a $1.4 billion budget shortfall, even if the city were to get the maximum amount allotted from the Feds, schools would still be short $500 million short by July.
• Unemployment is on the rise. New York City has experienced its highest month to month increase in unemployment on record. We are experiencing wide spread layoffs in just about every profession. One of the few fields experiencing an increase in job growth has been education and health services.
• President Obama conducted his first internet town hall meeting. One of the most popular topics was the legalization of marijuana. It was suggested that legalization could help stimulate the economy. Weed becoming legal would allow the government to regulate it by instituting taxes, enforce age limits, and build an industry here in the U.S. that would create jobs. As one would assume, the president is not seeing that.
• MTA scheduled to lay off 1,100 workers in order to help clear their deficit. Just like everyone else they are hoping and waiting for bail out money from the government.
• Plaxico Burress is planning to score a plea deal to avoid jail time for his 2009 arrest on gun charges. (When will it stop? )

Unfortunately there are very few new things happening in news at this time. As always during social, financial and political hard times the news media is dominated by these issues. I, like many others, seem to watch television and read the paper and feel like it’s the same thing day after day. It’s kind of depressing. Make sure you keep it right here.

Stay up and catch my swag
FaBid

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March 27. 2009 by admin.

How do you maintain your individuality and still be part of the team? I’m a person who believes that you can definitely play your part in a group and still indulge in personal endeavors. I’m currently- as you all know- one of the founding members of the BKBOYEEZ. It’s definitely been a struggle learning how to take other people’s opinion and well being into consideration when making decisions that I think affect only me. In partnerships- especially when it consists of more than one other partner- majority rules, which means at some point or another someone has to just swallow their pride and do things they don’t necessarily want to do. How much should one be willing to give of themselves to be considered a true team player and still fulfill the goals they have set for themself?

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