THIS WEEK EVERYONE’S TALKING ABOUT… MJ FANS’ FURY OVER CANCELLED SHOWS

Some will say they are not shocked at the recent cancelling of the opening nights shows, all I’m saying is ‘Jacko, just make sure you don’t cancel the show for September 21, or I will be hella mad’.

According to reports, organisers of the MJ’s lucrative 50 date London residency at The O2 Arena which was supposed to start in July have axed the first four nights, putting blame on “technical issues”. Technical, smechnical… just make sure you’re able to do your kick ups, gyration of the hips and the moonwalk on the 21st September, whilst singing live. Oooh, I just had a thought. Imagine if he had the audacity to not sing live? I kid you not when I say I would physically make my way to the front and kick his 50 something year old ass off the stage myself.

FASHION NEWS: EXCLUSIVE DESIGNER FASHION SALE AT MATCHES

If you’re serious about fashion then you’re probably already a member of http://www.fashionconfidential.co.uk/, a site which informs and invites registered members to pre sales and private sales for various designer houses.

This week, they are offering members the opportunity to shop exclusive on designer e tailer http://www.matches.com/ website. The sale includes this season’s clothing, bags, shoes and accessories at 30% off from DVF, MaxMara, Marc Jacobs, Chloe, Thakoon and Acne to name a few.This private sale is only open for 72 hours* so if you see something you like don’t hang around!Register to find out about how you can take advantage of their 30% discount. Confidential72 at checkout

I’VE GOT MY EYE ON YOU… CHRISETTE MICHELE

Chrisette Michelle is an American R&B soul singer and song writer, signed to the Def Jam label group. Whilst she’s already won a Grammy for Best Urban/alternative Performance in 2009 for her song entitled “Be Ok”, I’m blogging about her today for her current single “Epiphany” (I’m leaving) – which I’m loving right about now. Her sultry, soft voice can be likened to old school songstress Ella Fitzgerlad or to current day talent such as Jill Scott or Erykah Badu. Whichever talent you choose to put her against, she has enough of the singing gene (actually buckets of it), to be considered a damn brilliant and serious artist in her own right.

Her sophomore album which carries the same name as her current single, is out in the states now (released May 5th), it actually hit No. 1 selling 83,000 copies in the first week, however it’s now holding the no. 2 spot. Regardless whether its dropped down 1 spot, as soon as it’s out here – I’m downloading it from iTunes…

For those who are yet to see this lady in action, I’ve included a clip below which shows part of the video for Epiphany as well as an interview with her and Ne-Yo, who co wrote the track with Chuck Harmony.




If you’ve viewed the above video and think you recognise her, you probably remember it from when she featured in Nas’s track ‘Can’t Forget About You’… see video below.

TREND WATCH: JEGGINGS

Don’t know what ‘jeggings’ are? Not hard to work out… jean leggings. A term made up by some chuffed fashion writer no doubt, they are hot, fierce, hot. The fabric is stretchy enough you can wear them as leggings, whilst still looking like jeans; however beware – they’re very revealing and will show the ‘spare tyre’ I mentioned earlier (should you have a spare tyre of course).

All the major high street contenders have them in… all you need to do is pick who to go with, however I’ve included a pair from ASOS above, as there are too damn sexy and their only 25 quid!

I’M IN NEED OF A … SHOPPING SPREE AT AMERICAN APPAREL!

So I was suppose to only be blogging about their Afrika Printed Cotton Spandex Mini Dress (in grey and white for £42) as I’ve liked it for a while (but still have a ‘spare tyre’ lurking around my waist which stops me from buying it, as the dress ISN’T forgiving at all), but then I started looking at other bits from their collection and couldn’t stop. It was like I was on speed mode.

Now let’s take the ‘Le Sac’ dress… available in 27 different colours (!); if that wasn’t enough, you can also wear it in six different styles. You can step into the dress with the long ties untied, slide your arm through the loop and gather the material towards the shoulder and take each long piece criss cross under the arm and wrap excess length around the waist as desired, just to list a few. So effectively, you could buy this dress and wear it out raving every weekend for six weeks and you’d look like you have a new dress on each time! This is what I call credit crunch saving. Think about the ‘cost per wear’ of this dress. Would be uber worth it!

The next one is not for everyone, however I feel the ‘hoochy’ in me coming out… (It’s just words people, I don’t actually mean it!) Aptly named, the shiney late night mini skirt (see above), on first glances you’ll understand why. It just says ‘dirty’ all over it (especially if you’ve got a fat ass) and it’s for this reason I love it! If I had a ‘hot bod’ I would so rock this skirt. Actually, considering I’m a mother of one and nearly 30 years old, maybe I should rethink this decision…

BEAUTY BUYS:

Guys, I’m tired so I haven’t reviewed any beauty products this week… forgive me? I could lie that I had, but that would be wrong so just accept it and I’ll try to cover two next week… (so she says…).

THE LAST WORD… TWAT BOY BEN IS AXED FROM THE APPRENTICE!

Hooray I hear you cry! I can’t tell you how happy I was to see him shaking his head in upset, when he knew Sir Alan was about to give him the chop. And did anyone watch last nights episode and hear Sir Alan’s cuss line to him re him saying YET again he was accepted for a scholarship at Sandhurst, to which Sir Alan replied about him being part of the Stamford Hill Bugle Brigade?! Too funny, his one liners crack me up!

Check Ben out in the clip below, being what he has been for the past nine weeks… a complete knob.

Til next week.
xx

ISSUE 18 WELCOME TO THIS WEEK’S FIERCE LIST…

This issue is all about animal prints, the FIERCE one they call Beyonce, style bible i-D magazine and beautiful songstress Ayo.

Whether you’re at home surfing the net, or in the office pretending to work, I’ve got all what you need here… Enjoy this weeks FIERCE LIST.xxx

THIS WEEK EVERYONE’S TALKING ABOUT… i-D MAGAZINE SCALING TO SIX ISSUES A YEAR

It’s seems yet another publication is in trouble due to the current economic climate. Style bible, i-D announced this week that its cutting back its editions and will publish six times a year starting from September.

The magazine, which always features a model with one eye closed or covered on its cover, a visual pun on the title, said instead of folding like many of the other magazines have done (Emap closed the Face back in 2004), it is attempting to protect its 30 year heritage.

Out of all the style magazines, I think i-D is one of my favourites. I have no time for LOVE, the new style bible offering from Conde Nast, as when I made my trip to my local WHSMITHS to purchase the debut issue which featured Beth Ditto completely naked on the cover, I was immediately put off by the first two hundred plus pages being full of adverts. If I remember rightly, the contents page featured on page one hundred and something… utter joke. Then there’s Bauer Media’s next issue of style biannual Pop, which has been pushed to Autumn/Winter… So, whilst it has been and continues to be tough out their for publications houses to keep their ‘bread and butter’ a float, I can say I’m glad i-D is here and here to stay.

FASHION NEWS: ASOS'S NEW BLACK LABEL

Nothing but world domination for etailer ASOS. If it isn’t enough that they are surpassing all their financial targets, despite the current climate, they’ve gone ahead and launched their new Black Label line this week and I’ve got to say, they’ve got some ‘siiiiiick’ dresses! A capsule collection of eight statement dresses in luxurious fabrics, my favourite has to be the Sequin Linear V Dress, for £85. If you view it on their website, the model wearing it doesn’t do it any justice whatsoever, so I’ve attached the image above for you to ‘coooe’ at. Me thinks I’ve found my birthday outfit?

I’VE GOT MY EYE ON YOU… AYO

Ayo, is a beautiful German born artist, offspring of a Gipsy mother and Nigerian father who left Nigeria for Germany to study in the 1970s. Ayo’s nomadic lifestyle brought her to live between Paris and New York, two of the World’s greatest capitals which sum up her musical identity. Once you hear her music, you’re immediately aware it’s influenced by her rich cultural background.

I came across her whilst doing some research for a client and I’ve been hooked ever since. Her gentle voice takes you away, especially on the popular track ‘Down on my Knees’. Again, the track entitled ‘Life is Real’ will get you feeling good whilst tapping away at your keyboard…
Her talents don’t stop there, as she is incredibly naturally beautiful, so much so, fashion chain Banana Republic feature her in their current marketing campaign, see image below.

She’s recently finished a World Tour which I’m totally gutted about as she performed here in the UK… would have been nice if it was made public? Thanks Polydor…

Anyway, to date she has released two albums, ‘Joyful’ (2006), which is the English translation of her Yoruba name and ‘Gravity at Last’ (2008). Check out her website http://www.ayomusic.com/ or her MySpace page on www.Myspace.com/ayo

Check out the video for ‘Life is Real’ below and keep a look out for the sweet naija girls dancing with her… too cute.