BIKER
Let’s talk about how much I love my biker jacket. Like I love you to eternity kinda love. It seems to get better and better with age. If I could, I would rock it daily, there’s no shame in showcasing love right? Any kind of love… If it could talk, well, let’s just say Biker J here would be having their own blog!! Here’s a list of where my biker jacket has been spotted.
With my go to Sunday best dress? check
Date night? Check
Gym? Check
Movie night with the musketeers? check
A movie screening in New York? check
A quick stop at Rite Aide in Sweat pants? Check
New York again? Check
Strolling on the Las Vegas strip at night? check
Rocking it in the house cause I just want to? Check
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Ok! You get it…. There is always that one piece in your closet. Always!
For today’s look I felt totally bad ass. Think western movies…dusty salon… gun strapped in holster… quick on the fingers…ten paces out… sort of bad ass. (It's a biker jacket not a cowboy hat?? I knoooowwww, I’m letting my imagination run with me here so just enjoy the ride) Bike or horse, you choose.
That is the best part about dressing up. It makes you feel amazing! Afterall, that’s your style, right? You can be bad ass one day, get a French connection- berets and all the next day…be a diva on the streets (flips hair** wait no... those days are long gone! Rubs bald head***)…the list is endless.
Then they are days where I really don’t give a flipping %$^%. Am in a get-up so bad, am hardly recognizable. Days that if I attempted to walk out the house, Keziah would say she doesn’t know me, my brother Wesh would confirm that am a tad cuckoo so its alright!!! Then I think about the random friend I might see at IKEA. I don’t know what it is about IKEA, every time I’ve stopped in for some throws or something, I always see someone I know. Weird right?
How about gasing up the car and someone yells your name from gas pump 8? Am on Pump 4, on the opposite side, looking like a total slob! Yes that too can happen… Oh the best one… lining up at whole foods during lunchtime rush hour because you dint want to miss that oh-so-delicious buffet, along comes your ex from three years ago!! Ever wished the earth would open up and swallow you at that exact moment or that you could pull a HOUDINI but since you don’t have such magical powers…you humble yourself before the Lord. For he will lift you up! (You are still frozen on the same spot!) Yikes!!
Ah…MORAL of this over-active imagination? You never know when you get to have a date with destiny. For destiny, you better be looking your absolute best. Be it lining up at the cleaners for your coat, brunching with the ladies on a Sunday afternoon or a late-night Grand Marnier run… You just never know.
Photo Cred: Kimnation
Knee-high boots, skinny jeans, and biker Jacket. My absolute Fall must haves. Is there anything in your closet that you just love…love…love? Let me hear about it..
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BLUE JEANS
“Jeans represent democracy in fashion.” Giorgio Armani (Fashion Designer)
“Don’t trust the scale, trust your jeans.” Unknown
“Blue Jeans are the most beautiful thing since the gondola” The late Diana Vreeland (former Editor of Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue)
And my all time fave…
“I wish I had invented the Blue Jeans. The most spectacular, the most practical, the most relaxed, and nonchalant. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - All I hope for in my clothes.” – Yves Saint Laurent (Fashion Designer)
The Late Yves Saint Laurent summed up everything on Blue Jeans. They come in different washes and style, and they are a classic. A must have wardrobe staple. I have yet to meet someone who does not like a pair of blue jeans. I, too, wish I'd invented the Blue Jeans….
Grab a cup of tea because I have a little story. Long time ago, 1853 to be exact, there was a young guy named Levi Strauss. He was a German immigrant who decided to leave New York for San Francisco with the intention of selling dry goods. When a prospective buyer asked him what he was selling, Levi said he had canvas for tents and wagon covers. The buyer indicated he should have brought pants, since the ones they had never seemed to last.
After a few google searches (back in 2014) I discovered that 1853 was the Gold Rush Era in Frisco. Lots of miners wearing pants that don’t last??
Light bulb moment for young Levi!!!
He started making pants for the miners in canvas, they loved the pants, but they were not comfortable to wear due to chaffing. Young Levi decided to substitute the canvas with “ serge de Nimes” A twilled cotton cloth that came from France, first made in the city of Nime. Eventually, Levi Strauss and Company was born, the fabric was later known as denim, and the pants referred to as ‘blue jeans’
Over the years, the blue jeans have evolved in many different colors and a name for every style. Baggy Jeans, Boot-cut jeans, Flared jeans, Straight –leg jeans, Mummy jeans, Skinny jeans… the list is endless!
Then along comes my distressed pair of blue jeans. My sister Flo, her best friend Val, and I were in Massanutten, Virginia this past weekend. We had a good ol time trying out new things like Zip-lining and horse back-riding in the woods.
For this look, I decided to change things up from my usual clean, somewhat demure style, to more of an urban street flair. I paired by ‘blue jeans’ with a t-shirt and my now famous biker jacket as we headed out for dinner. I then added a faux fur stole to add some zsa zsa zsu to the outfit, the IT bag that’s debuting on here, and my comfy ‘afande’ boots. The snap back hat made the whole look come together, it was a gift from my friend Sophie, who is all about the Young Life.
Photo Cred: Flo Ngesh
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GARDEN FULL OF FLOWERS
It being March, it’s without a doubt that flowers are about to bloom. Florals are on my mind especially after that horrid winter we’ve been having. The zinger Meryl Streep's character (Miranda Priestly) quipped on the Devil wears Prada always comes to mind when I think of florals.
“Florals? For Spring…? Groundbreaking.”
As I was perusing my favorite thrift store for vintage finds this past fall, I came across this 80s flowered dress that had linebacker sized shoulder pads!! It also lacked hanger appeal, and just seemed too long for my 5’4 frame. After trying it on, I was quite surprised at how beautifully it draped on me. The pleats were divine, and the length was spot on! I just had to have it.
Personally, I think biker jackets should be a closet staple. They add that extra zing to an outfit, making it more edgy. Nothing completes an outfit like a shoe, for me these classic black stilettos are everything!!! Everything!!!
I have been looking for the classic black shoe for a while and I think I just hit the jackpot with this pair. I rated them R for having some serious toe cleavage. For such a colored outfit, I decided to have the monochromatic accessories to tone things down. Then once in a while, Forever 21 scores some major finds, like the green structured clutch bag which completed the whole look.
Strutting in my garden full of flowers..lol
Photo Cred: Kez Kez
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MIDDLE ROAD
After all the hype I heard about THE BEST MAN HOLIDAY movie, I decided to go watch it and was not disappointed. Loved the movie and it's talented cast. Ladies, there's eye-candy for days..... yes I recommend you go watch it!!. LOL
These pictures were taken a few days ago on a beautiful warm afternoon, and couldn’t resist rocking a skirt, with my favorite boots from shoedazzle. I love pairing sweaters and biker jackets for the fall. There’s something about Biker jackets, they make everything seem edgy.
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PRETTY LITTLE FROCK
The fact that the weather is getting better each day is what I absolutley adore. For a minute, there winter seemed to have attached its claws on spring! Anyway, with the gorgeous weather comes the need to don pretty dresses.
I wore a pretty Prabal Gurung for Target frock and neon sandals (by the same designer) to the African Movie Festival, and ofcourse my now famous leather jacket. Am afraid I will wear it to shreds, it just seems to go with EVERRYTHING!!!
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