Ugg & Jimmy Choo To Collaborate

To our dismay, Ugg is set to smear the reputation of the impeccably fashionable house of Jimmy Choo with its oversize fur obnoxiousness.

According to Fashionista, the two mega-brands are set to collaborate on a set of boots ranging in price from $595 to $795. The collection should debut this fall, and will be sold in Jimmy Choo boutiques, Ugg stores, online, and select department stores.

While the Ugg brand will definitely benefit from the Jimmy Choo brilliance, the relationship appears to be extremely one-sided. It's smart to capitalize on the Ugg mania, but the high fashion shoe brand is nonetheless slumming it with this collabo. (Plus, Ugg-Choo sounds more like a sneeze than an all-weather uber-fab shoe hybrid.)

We are so not looking forward to the day when Jimmy and Ugg have a baby. Are you?


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A Fashionable Cause: Help For Haiti

By now we are all aware of the earthquakes that rocked Haiti recently, leaving the small island nation in complete turmoil. Well, fashionistas, here is another way for you all to lend a helping hand.

Kimora, Djimon & Baby Kenzo Cover Ebony

One of my favorite Hollywood families just posed for the February 2010 cover of Ebony Magazine.
The cover features Kimora, Djimon and their newest addition baby Kenzo.

In the issue she discusses her new life and family. She states:

“I feel like my life has fallen into the right place in a great way. I’ve been very slow and deliberate, and I feel like it has paid off for me in ways that I could not have imagined.”

Make sure you pick up this issue!

Check out the cover in its entirety here:

PASS OR FAIL? Angela Simmons' Style

Angela Simmons is a budding style icon, although it seems she doesn't always put her best pump forward.
Its always nice to see a young black woman taking fashion chances and making statements with her wardrobe. But Angela's style certainly does occasionally come across as...weird. While shes killing the high fashion game, when she dips into the realm of Pastry, her look inevitably does a nose dive.

Our style verdict is that Angie is a true blue fashionista. She has her share of both hits and misses, but the fact that she continually surprises us with her choices makes her a definite stylista.

Take a look at my gallery of some of Angela's hits and misses HERE, then tell us what you think.

Still Prejudiced? Diddy's Vogue Shoot With White Model

Diddy is featured in an amazing photo spread for the newest issue of Vogue US.

The photo shoot paints a portrait of Diddy as the throwback debonair beau to supermodel Natalia Vodianova. Vogue's opulent style of pictorials is very much evident in these gorgeous photos. Diddy's choice of model, though, is sure to get some flack considering recent allegations that the mogul is prejudiced, and doesn't like black women at his events and in his campaigns.

Take a look at the two on the last train to Paris in my gallery at HELLO BEAUTIFUL!!!

Are Black Women Winning The Battle Of The Sexes?

For a long time it was an understood rule that men were to be the breadwinners in their marriages.
While men were expected to "marry down" in terms of finances, women were inversely expected to "marry up," by finding the man most likely and able to out-earn, and take care of them. This has been the status-quo in our society for quite some time, though it seems that the tide is turning.

According to ABC News, a new trend is emerging, whereby women are marrying down, and choosing husbands that are not their superior or even their equal in terms of financial earnings, education and career potential. A new study by the Pew Research Center shows that 1 out of 5 American women out-earn their husband and almost 1 in 3 is better educated.

The study uses mega-couple Jay-Z and Beyonce as its example. Jay-Z made an impressive 35 million last year, but still, Beyonce nearly tripled that figure, pulling in an estimated 87 million.

The study goes on to say that marriage as a whole is an institution on the decline, particularly among African-Americans. While 62% of them between the ages of 30 and 44 were married in 1970, only 33% had tied the knot in 2007. In this case, the link between success and marriage is much more pronounced. One opinion in the ABC segment suggested that since Black women are attaining college degrees, climbing the corporate ladder and owning businesses more than ever before, the "number of comparable mates is slim."

Its official, the home really is no longer the man's castle; increasingly, its hers too.

What's your opinion on this study?

To watch the ABC News segment go here.

Kelly Rowland and Jennifer Lopez made red carpet at Scott Barnes' "About Face" book launch party at Hotel Gansevoort in NYC last night.


Both ladies looked stunning in their LBDs (can you ever go wrong with a little black dress?). Simple is definitely a good look for Kelly while J Lo is the consummate diva in her cropped frock.

You decide, who rocked it better?

Kanye & Amber Kick Off Mens Fashion Week In Fur

Kanye West and his beau Amber Rose were spotted taking in the Paris Menswear shows today.

The pair were caught rocking head-to-toe fur ensembles that are sure to ruffle some feathers in the PETA offices. The folks over at Paris Vogue tweeted this candid of Kamber:

What do you think, is their fur fashion-statement faux fabulous?

These two aren't the first to get caught up in the fur frenzy. To check out a few other celebs rocking fur this winter GO LOOK AT MY GALLERIES AT HELLO BEAUTIFUL!

Kid Cudi + H&M Say "Real Men Wear Skirts"

While I always encourage experimentation in fashion, men in skirts just doesn't quite do it for us. Maybe someone should let H&M and Kid Cudi know that.

First Cudi was spotted proudly wearing a kilt at a Miami New Years Eve performance. Normally we would write this off as an eccentric show of fashion experimentation. High fashion designers have been showing skirts in their menswear collections since the dawning of the runway. Entertainers are dabbling more than even in the "artistic" pretenses of high fashion looks (hello Lady Gaga), and we were fine with filing the rapper away in that neat little file.

Now, however, it seems that the man-skirt is set to infiltrate mainstream society in a big way.

According to Shine, H&M has added pleated skirts to its Spring 2010 menswear collection. Yes. Knee length, pleated, skirts. We vote no.

The entire line seems to have a feminine flair to it. According to Shine,

The spring 2010 look book for mass retailer H&M has some very surprising pieces for men. Like fringe jackets, tie-dye scarves, harem pants, and, um, skirts, to name a few. Sure Marc Jacobs himself can pull off a skirt, but can you picture even the most fashionably daring men you know seeking out and wearing a skirt from H&M?

So what do you think ladies; will you be buying your partner a skirt this Spring?

Take a look at the new line here and tell us what you think.

Hello, Beautiful...

Hey lovie doves!
I've been gone for a minute but I'm back with the jumpoff!

I went ahead and decided to follow my dreams, and the quest landed me in a deelux office building in the Manattan sky.

I'm writing for a company called Interactive One, the umbrella covering Black Planet, GIANT Magazine, HelloBeautiful.com, TV One etc. etc. etc.

...And, its fabulous.

So I got a J-O-B, and abandoned my B-L-O-G...

S.M.H.

But alas, I'm back. So lets get to love one another once again, shall we?