A Black and White Affair…

Thandie Newton and Eva Mendes attending the launch party for new range of bags created by Mulberry for Giles, at Harvey Nichols, London in January 2007.

Angela Bassett attending the ceremony honoring Oscar-winning actor Forest Whitaker with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame earlier this week in Hollywood.

Cassie posing backstage after her appearance on MTV's Total Request Live last September in New York City.

Sanaa Lathan at the Cosmopolitan Magazine launch of Bebe Sport with Eva Longoria last March.

Kimora Lee Simons posing in the lobby during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2007 in New York City.

Kelly Rowland with designer Tracy Reese backstage at the Tracy Reese Fall 2007 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in the Promenade in Bryant Park this February in NYC.

Sorry the posts have been slow this week I’ve been busy with papers and then blogger was acting up. Anyway, monochrome prints are going to be hot this summer but if you don’t do pretty patterns opt for block colors. Black and white stripes like Cassie and Thandie’s give this look a harder edge.

Eva Mendes

Eva Mendes at the Sony Global Marketing Partners' Conference Closing Celebration held on Rodeo Drive in September of last year in Beverly Hills.
I love the flesh-colored/neutral dresses that I see all the time on celebrities but I ask would they have the same effect on us black girls? The whole point of this trend is to wear ‘neutral’ colors that seamlessly blend in with your skin but if we can’t find an outfit that matches our skin tone it doesn’t really work. I remember an episode of Sex in the City, the one where Carrie visits Vogue, she had on an amazing pair of nude, patent Manolo Blahnik slingbacks (she actually wore them throughout season four). They looked magnificent… on her. Where can I find a pair like that? Let a sista know! Anyway you can get a similar dress like Eva’s made for you via Gorgeous Couture (U.K. only). Ladies here can see below.