really, dion, you couldn't interview the models?
guess that'll be on the next video...
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
Only the Beginning
We are planning a release party for the month of October and are seeking related art and various forms of entertainment, if you are interested in being apart of such and/or would like additional infromation, please email us at CottonQueens@gmail.com...
Saturday, August 27, 2011
The ERA of ER or A
It's used as a term of endearment and as a racial slur. It's used to big-up a friend and ridicule a lame. It's used to show love and express hatred. It's used.....too often!
How many times a day do you hear it? On the radio? In the streets? In your home? Or, dare I ask, how many times a day do you USE it?
Of all people, I understand that we give words power and meaning but it's something about 'that' word that prevents me from USING it. Perhaps it's because I'm aware of the rotten root from which it sprouted. Perhaps it's the way matriarchs and patriarchs turn squeamish each time it is used in their presence. Perhaps.....
And, so my question: Does it really matter if you pronounce it as nigger or nigga? And, who has the right to say who can use it or not?
Chime in.
How many times a day do you hear it? On the radio? In the streets? In your home? Or, dare I ask, how many times a day do you USE it?
Of all people, I understand that we give words power and meaning but it's something about 'that' word that prevents me from USING it. Perhaps it's because I'm aware of the rotten root from which it sprouted. Perhaps it's the way matriarchs and patriarchs turn squeamish each time it is used in their presence. Perhaps.....
And, so my question: Does it really matter if you pronounce it as nigger or nigga? And, who has the right to say who can use it or not?
Chime in.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Monday, August 22, 2011
Charlotte Fashion Week: Emerging Designers
Coming into their own, these budding designers
are next in line.....
Come. See. Experience.
Anno Domini Designs
Anno Domini (An-no Dom-in-eye) is medieval Latin meaning “In The Year Of Our Lord”. 
The idea was conceived sometime in 2008 and born on an unforgettable road trip to Chicago in July of that year by Emily Kramer and Amanda Gaskins. It grew up in a peaceful loving home, creating and learning until sometime in 2009 when it exploded into this amazing company of passionate artisans. We’re taking fashion, art, & photography to a new level!We consider ourselves to be “World Friendly.” We love the earth! We love our planet and it’s people. We believe in taking care of everything in our earth the best ways we can.
We’re using organic cotton and natural fabrics like Silk, linen, cotton, wool – not only do these fabrics allow your skin to breathe, they are sustainable, recyclable, and natural. We use them as much as possible, period. We’re paying all people involved a fair wage for their labor no matter where on earth they live, what air they breathe, or what side of town they are from.
We are as ecologically responsible as possible. Besides recycling as much as we can, we strive to use eco friendly inks, dyes, fabric processing methods, and sustainable materials. I still use an old wooden ruler from 1977. We love our planet, and it’s people. We believe in showing it. We believe that showing it means wearing it too.
Amber Johnson
Amber G. Johnson began sewing and illustrating at a young age, she completed her first seam on her Mother’s antique Singer and spent hours looking through her Father’s old sketch books. Before she entered school, she knew that the arts would always be a part of her life.Connecting her love of illustration and sewing abilities to create her own art became a reality at The Illinois Institute of Art in Chicago, Illinois. While studying, she was selected to participate in multiple fashion shows and events, including her participation in Chicago Fashion Week and the Dreihaus Award in Fashion Excellence scholarship show. Towards the end of her schooling, she worked for both Maria Pinto and Kate Boggiano in their production rooms.
Amber’s inspiration comes from natural textures and patterns, her designs are just as much about the textures as they are about silhouettes or colors. Each design is crafted using natural, recycled or re-purposed fabrics, she is not only passionate about the design, but also the sustainability and integrity of the garments.
Miikelle Defo
Miikelle Fowler, the creator and designer of MiikelleDeFo, is a Detroit, Michigan native. She has lived in Charlotte, NC since 2005 and started designing in 2007 as a way for her to make clothing for herself. When others saw her work and started making requests for themselves, she realized her creativity could turn into a business venture.Miikelle is a trained Architectural Engineering Technician and loves to be creative. She has not had any formal training in sewing or designing, but over the last 4 years she has become very proficient at both. Miikelle DeFo’s collection is inspired by the 50′s and 60′s with structure inspiration from the architecture and design that she loves. Dresses for all occasions have been the primary focus, but the line has recently expanded to include separates and accessories.Miikelle has been featured as an Emerging designer at Charlotte NC Fashion Week 2009, a designer in Charlotte Style Magazine’s 25 Most Stylish Fashion Show 2011, and For Sister’s Only in 2011. Articles about Miikelle DeFo can be found in Charlotte Style Magazine, Elevate Magazine, Charlotte Post, University Times and Blush Magazine.
As a designer, wife, mother and student earning her Bachelor’s in Fashion and Retail Management, she has a lot on her plate and loves it all. Miikelle DeFo would love to create something just for you.
Miikelledefo@yahoo.comwww.MiikelleDeFo.com
Gateway Village
September 19-24th
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Charlotte Seen Fashion Week: Fashion Designers
The Gateway Village will host Charlotte Fashion Week this year and it promises to be an experience. With a mix of industry veterans as well as up and coming talent, the range of ideas and presentations will be inspiring!
For more about this year's designers, click here:
http://charlottefashionweek.com/participating-talent/fashion-designers
However, I will share that Luis Machicao, Tara Davis, Amanda Wagner, Kim Pixton Millar, Danette Edwards, Melissa Davis, Odelia Rouse, Silk Falsetto and August Brandon will blow your minds with their newest collections.
To purchase tickets for shows Thursday-Saturday,
simply click here:
http://charlottefashionweek.com/tickets
Better yet, take a look at the schedule below and start
planning your looks! Come on, it's Charlotte Fashion Week, you can bring out the unexpected.....
MONDAY, Sept. 19 – THE KICKOFF – Ritz Carlton – 210 E. Trade St. – Complimentary Admission – 6:30pm
TUESDAY, Sept. 20 – PERRY’S AT SOUTHPARK’S SOIREE OF STYLE – Del Friscos – 4725 Piedmont Row Drive – Complimentary Admission - 6:30pm
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 21 – MEET THE DESIGNERS – Vivace – 1100 Metropolitan Ave. – Complimentary Admission – 6:30pm
THURSDAY, Sept. 22 – PEOPLES CHOICE AWARDS – Runway show – Gateway Village 800 W. Trade St. – 7:00pm – VIP Hour 6:00pm
FRIDAY, Sept. 23 – THE RE-MODEL SHOW Runway Show – Gateway Village – 800 W. Trade St. – 7:00pm – VIP Hour – 6:00pm
SATURDAY, Sept. 24 – MiLES OF iMPACT Runway Show – Gateway Village – 800 W.Trade St. – 7:00pm – VIP Hour -6:00pm
I'll see you there.....
Friday, August 19, 2011
just a part of me.
i guess i just feel like sharing.....
1) i am not a saint
2) i go so hard because i don't want to return to counting change for food. i go so hard because i'm tired of crying at nights. i go so hard because i have a wonderful family and i want to supply their every need and want. i go so hard because i am loved. i go so hard because i've been blessed with talents and abilities and why shouldn't i use them?. i go so hard because i don't want to return to that moment, sitting in the kitchen with 'those' in my hand. i go so hard because, at times, life hurts and i want to see my grandmother smile the remaining days of her life. i go so hard, i go so hard, i go so hard because i don't have a choice. i go so hard because i can. i go so hard because i must. i go so hard because i've got to bring about change. i go so hard.....
3) i'm really a softie
4) i've fucked up, messed up and kept getting up
5) i am not a saint
6) it hurts when i support others and don't feel or don't get the same in return
7) i cry just like you
8) i believe that i don't have to conform to find my happiness
9) i'm an author, an artist, a creative being, a poet, etc
10) i'm a queen, a woman, a bitch
11) i am not a saint
12) i've been there and done that
13) i'm blessed
14) i'm scared
15) i love love
16) i'm obsessed with tattoos and self-expression
17) honestly, i say, f*ck your red bottoms. brand names don't mean a thing to me, i can wow you with a thrifty find
18) i love fashion
19) i want to lay out in an open field of daisies
20) i wish everyone got a hug everyday
21) sometimes, i have a potty mouth
22) and, sometimes, i don't
23) i want to run in the rain
24) i want, i want, i want but i'm also a giver
25) f*ck it, i am a saint.....well, sometimes
1) i am not a saint
2) i go so hard because i don't want to return to counting change for food. i go so hard because i'm tired of crying at nights. i go so hard because i have a wonderful family and i want to supply their every need and want. i go so hard because i am loved. i go so hard because i've been blessed with talents and abilities and why shouldn't i use them?. i go so hard because i don't want to return to that moment, sitting in the kitchen with 'those' in my hand. i go so hard because, at times, life hurts and i want to see my grandmother smile the remaining days of her life. i go so hard, i go so hard, i go so hard because i don't have a choice. i go so hard because i can. i go so hard because i must. i go so hard because i've got to bring about change. i go so hard.....
3) i'm really a softie
4) i've fucked up, messed up and kept getting up
5) i am not a saint
6) it hurts when i support others and don't feel or don't get the same in return
7) i cry just like you
8) i believe that i don't have to conform to find my happiness
9) i'm an author, an artist, a creative being, a poet, etc
10) i'm a queen, a woman, a bitch
11) i am not a saint
12) i've been there and done that
13) i'm blessed
14) i'm scared
15) i love love
16) i'm obsessed with tattoos and self-expression
17) honestly, i say, f*ck your red bottoms. brand names don't mean a thing to me, i can wow you with a thrifty find
18) i love fashion
19) i want to lay out in an open field of daisies
20) i wish everyone got a hug everyday
21) sometimes, i have a potty mouth
22) and, sometimes, i don't
23) i want to run in the rain
24) i want, i want, i want but i'm also a giver
25) f*ck it, i am a saint.....well, sometimes
DELIRIUM: A Confession
As shared via email on 8.19.11:
Thank you Davita and Company! I really enjoyed your professionalism and enthusiasm. What a great team you have. Heather and Kate look forward to working with you. I am impressed. You are a creative group and I feel that you care about everyone involved and are selfless (this is what I have not seen much of in the modeling industry of Charlotte)!
I cannot imagine the time and energy that goes into what you do, but look forward to watching it all develop!
DELIRIUM! DELIRIUM! DELIRIUM! DELIRIUM!
DELIRIUM!
Christian's for All
in the name of Christian Louboutin,
i present to you.....
the SIR MICKAEL FLAT and
the DEJA VU SLINGBACKS!
love them, cherish them
and put none before them.....
Photo Credit: HighSnobette, HighSnobiety
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
random
it's a little after 11pm
and instead of wearing basketball
shorts and a tee,
i wish i was wearing nothingness
next to him.....
no, not having sex, just there.
the intimacy is more than enough.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
DELIRIUM: A FASHION SHOW
Delirium: A Fashion Show
September 10, 2011
The Wadsworth (400 S. Summit Ave)
Doors Open at 7:30 pm
Ticket Information: www.delirium.eventbrite.com (www.delirium.eventbrite.com)
For Immediate Release:
It’s hair-raising! It’s awe-inspiring! It’s mind-blowing! It’s DELIRIUM: A Fashion Show! Slated for Saturday, September 10, 2011 (9.10.11), this show, this experience will wow and challenge your ideas of fashion and style. With four, innovative segments, DELIRIUM will take you, the audience, on a journey from fun, flirty, feminine to grunge, street, edgy, gritty—prepare and brace for the whirlwind.
Complete with ‘BIG TOP’ entertainment, actors, local boutiques and designers, as well as Charlotte’s very own pool of talented industry professionals, The Creative Collective invites you to take part of an event that pushes typical and uninspiring fashion concepts to the brinks. Simply, you will be engulfed at the presentation and find great enjoyment in determining who’s who amongst models!
The city is buzzing about DELIRIUM and those in attendance will, undoubtedly, be fed—well, fashionably. On Saturday, September 10th, come dressed to express, mix and mingle with Charlotte’s finest and flyest and enjoy the spectacle that’s DELIRIUM.
For media inquiries, please contact duppandswat@gmail.com.
Monday, August 15, 2011
Charlotte Fashion Week: A Series
Charlotte Fashion Week is right around the corner,
do you have your look together yet? No, really, do you?
Well, I can help you with that but.....I digress.
To be exact, CFW is September 19-24th at the Gateway Village and will showcase a variety of designers (established and emerging), as well as local boutiques.....
Do you have your tickets yet?
If not, what are you waiting on?
Let me help you, check this out:
So who's coming?
Stay tuned for another blog entry but between me and you, you should go ahead and get those tickets!! #justsaying ;)
Sunday, August 14, 2011
DELIRIUM: A Fashion Show
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2011
9.10.11
DELIRIUM: A FASHION SHOW
DOORS OPEN AT 730P
THE WADSWORTH
(400 SOUTH SUMMIT AVE)
4 SEGMENTS, 40 MODELS STRONG!
PHOTOSHOP
CIRCUS DE SOLEIL
WONDERLAND
ARMAGEDDON
FEATURING:
HAIR
SKYLER WARREN DESIGN STUDIOS
GLAMBAR CHARLOTTE
MAKEUP
IKEYA KISMET
MAKEUP BY MARILYN
COLDASEYCE
DEBORAH MASSEY
BOUTIQUES/DESIGNERS
DRESSING ROOM BOUTIQUE
VIVIAN B BOUTIQUE
MAE.VIVID.COUTURE
JA'NAJ
SILK FALSETTO
72 SHOE BOUTIQUE
LANORE DIVINE SHOES
ACCESSORIES
BURKINABE COUTURE
CLEO JONES
DONRAI
ADDITIONAL SPONSORS/VENDORS ANNOUNCED SOON.....
TICKETS?
Friday, August 12, 2011
RECYCLE-this
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN DESIGNING A GARMENT FOR CHARLOTTE FASHION WEEK?
GREAT!
WHAT ABOUT FOR THE 'RE-MODEL' SHOW?
EVEN BETTER!
WELL, LUCKY FOR YOU, SUBMISSIONS ARE BEING ACCEPTED!
IN OTHER WORDS, YOU STILL HAVE TIME.....
SO WHAT WILL IT BE?
A DRESS MADE ENTIRELY OF ELECTRICAL WIRING?
PAINT SWATCHES? CD's?
OR A PANT SUIT MATERIALIZED FROM SANDPAPER?
BETTER YET, DON'T TELL ME, JUST SHOW ME ON 9.23.11 AT THE GATEWAY VILLAGE!
CONTACT INFO@CHARLOTTESEEN.COM FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TELL THEM I SENT YOU....
the back and forth
have you ever been in a situation where repetition is familiar or found yourself in a 'here again?' presently, i'm guilty of living in such a moment. i know i shouldn't but i want to, got to, need to. and, when i do, afterwards, i ask myself, 'why?' *sigh* if only things were different but they're not. and, i know such behaviors aren't healthy but sometimes, it's hard to let go..... note to self: must do better.....
Friday, August 5, 2011
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Charlotte Fashion Week: Sep. 19-24th
IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE: CHARLOTTE FASHION WEEK 2011
May 25, 2011
It’s time to Rock Charlotte...Let’s go fashionable people! Charlotte Fashion Week is the event of the year presenting the latest collections of exceptional couture and luxury designers from around the area and abroad, as well as a showcase of local emergent fashion designers from Charlotte. Stunning models working with amazing local makeup artists and salons not to mention appearances by world-class personalities and displays of fine art, luxury products, and services. The latest edition of this prestigious event will be held over five days September 19-24, 2011 in the beautiful Center City area of Uptown Charlotte.
This week long event will be held at various locations in Charlotte and each night will be a celebration showcase of talent. Monday evening will be the kickoff event, Tuesday evening “Meet the Designers”, Wednesday evening “A Soiree of Style”, Thursday begins the start of the three day event which will focus on three local designers, three emerging designers and local upscale boutiques on the runway. Thursday is deemed “The People’s Choice Awards” giving power to the people to vote in the best of the best emerging designer of that evening.
Friday is a fabulous night of creativity where interior design and construction meet the body. “The RE-MODEL Show” will feature four local fashion designers, local boutiques, twenty local artists and business creating reinvention couture pieces from recyclable interior design and construction items.
Saturday is the finale show labelled “Miles of Impact” This particular evening brings it all together for an amazing conclusion with local celebrities and personalities taking the runway to benefit a local charity and non-profit. Saturday’s collection will be as unique as its designers and styles will range from avant-garde to classic. Many of the ensembles shown at CFW are typical of those seen at the Oscars, Emmys and other red carpet events in Hollywood, New York, Palm Beach, Monte Carlo and Cannes. Many are well within the reach of the well-heeled fashion maven.
Charlotte Fashion Week, launched in 2010, is held once a year in Uptown Charlotte. Put on by Charlotte Seen, they also bring Passport for Fashion annually in springtime. Passport for Fashion is a one night event that focuses on the local emergent designers and also brings an element of “green” to the runway. Passport offers the designers and local Charlotte businesses an opportunity to show off their creativity and passion for earth consciences by designing pieces to walk the runway made solely from recyclable materials. Both continue to grow steadily each season attracting participants and visitors from around the world to the Queen City. It is the only major event held in Charlotte that is exclusively dedicated and mandated by the Mayor as the official Charlotte Fashion Week to couture and luxury fashion both locally and worldwide. Charlotte Fashion Week offers a delightful spectacle of high fashion, theatrics and high-profile guests to over 9,000 attendees over three days.
For tickets and more information: CharlotteSeen.com and charlottefashionweek.com
BushBroads: The Book
It's official, our official book is so official and now available for purchase. Talk about a sigh of relief, it has been an incredible journey from idea to implementation to finished product. Visit www.BushBroads.blogspot.com to purchase your copy!!
RESPECT THE BUSH!
Monday, August 1, 2011
14 MORE
the goal is 40 MODELS!!
we need 14 MORE.....
you've got one more chance to be apart of a show unlike anything you've EVER experienced before.....
Sunday, August 14th!!
2-4p
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