To the ten people who read this blog, I apologize for not updating much lately. I'm in the middle of a fashion funk and just can't muster much excitement for the industry, especially with the economy going south for the winter. Also, I'm mad that snot faced Kenley made it to Fashion Week on Project Runway instead of Jerelle.
The family and I will be out of town for two weeks so I won't be updating at all until the end of October. In the meantime, please check out some of my favorite blogs and sites from the right hand columns.
Also, feel free to drop me a line: makefetch@gmail.com
Raven-Symoné the actres best known for her rolls of Olivia on the Cosby show and Raven Baxter on That's so Raven was born in Duluth, Georgia on December 10th 1985.
Her name is Raven-Symoné Christina Pearman.
Raven Symone's career started very early. Raven-Symone started modeling as a baby. By the age of 2 Raven-Symone and her family moved to New York when Raven-Symone got a deal with Ford models.
When Raven-Symoné was 3 years old she auditioned for a part in the Bill Cosby movie ghost dad. Raven didn't get the part but that audition lead Raven-Symone to getting the role of Olivia on the Cosby Show.
shortly after the Cosby Show ended Raven-Symone landed a role on Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
around this time young Raven-Symone also started her singing career and released her first album Here's to New Dreams which was a hit in kiddie pop world.
followed up by Undeniable 6 years later.
and then This is my Time and then Raven-Symoné
Raven-Symoné appeared in the first two Eddie Murphy remakes of Dr. Dolittle playing the role of Dr. Dolittle's teenage daughter.
in 2003 the TV show That's so Raven which is one of the Disney Channel's longest running and most popular TV shows. Orginally Raven-Symoné was going to only play the best friend of the show (titled Absolutely Psychic) put not only did she blow them away so much that they gave Raven-Symoné the lead but also renamed the show after her.
that year Raven-Symoné also got the lead role for another Disney channel franchise The Cheetah Girls and started in the first 2 movies and sign on the The Cheetah girls albums.
durning the last years of That's So Raven, Raven-Symoné produced the last season of the show. Raven-Symoné also produced the second Cheetah Girls movie.
Raven-Symoné also Produced and starred in the movie College Road trip which also starred Martin Lawrence.
Raven-Symoné also starr in the movie Little Focker (a sequel to the film Meet the Parents) as the baby sitter for the Fockers.
Halle Berry has been chosen as Esquire's "Sexiest Woman Alive" this year and will appear on the November issue of the magazine.
Halle's cover look will re-create a 2000 issue that featured former President and non-Obama supporter Bill Clinton.
Unlike former actresses chosen for this issue, Halle's cover wasn't preceded by a months long campaign revealing photos of various body parts with clues inviting readers to guess who the the sexiest woman is. It's not like magazines aren't familiar with whitewashing a model's color away with lighting and Photoshop so I don't see how Halle's brown skin would have been a give away.
Maybe TPTB at Esquire just don't think a black "sexiest" woman is worth the hype.
I ripped this page out of an issue of Marie Claire magazines years ago.
Even though I've purged my magazine files many times over the years, I've always hung onto this page. There's just something about this lovely woman that sticks with me.
If you read the scan she just talks about how she's never been happy with the way she looks. She's had a boob job, surgery on her feet, and damaged her body with fad diets.
Nothing was ever enough. It's really easy for me to look at this pic and think "Damn, there is nothing wrong with the way she looks, why is she tripping?" But, if I'm being honest, at thirty-something years old, I still do the same thing to myself every now and then.
I don't usually go in for the more avant-garde shows but Hussein Chalayan's Spring "ready to wear" show sure did put a smile on my face. One can really see the innovation in his creations. They really do belong up on stage because seeing some marginally talented starlet show up in one of these designs would be a major downgrade.
