Fashion Week – catching up with reality

I like totally spaced out on Fashion Week (Fall 2009 collections) which wrapped up in NYC yesterday. On the topic of “fashion,” I tend to defer to Robin Givhan on this blog. Like me, Robin knows fashion is more than just expensive clothes. And we don’t obsess over Anna Wintour’s sunglasses. In the Washington Post [...]

Who’s On First? 2009 – An Historic Black History Month Year

Believe it or not, I heard mild rumblings from some people who were disappointed that Barack Obama dashed their dream (or confirmed their realization that the clock had run out) of becoming “the first” Black POTUS. For me I was absolutely certain about the first; not me, but in my lifetime. In fact, my answer [...]