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Apr 10

SHADES OF GRAY

It is impossible to peruse magazines and not run across something that immediately strikes you as problematic, unless mentally you’ve checked out.  When doing my internet sweep of what’s new this month I came across this editorial in the April Paris Vogue, shot by Terry Richardson and featuring one of my favorite models, Eniko Mihalik.  I’ve yet to see the black model’s name mentioned.  They’re supposed to be modeling watches.

So what’s the problem?  Oh, besides the black model having to fulfill the racist stereotype of the “black buck?”  We get to see Eniko’s eyes, we get to see she’s in control.  What we get to see of her male companion is his hyper-sexualized body accompanied by his desire to ravage her - all for the sake of watches.  All shot by a photographer (Terry Richardson) who is known to rarely take photos of black models.  Even further is the color of his skin juxtaposed against Eniko’s acting as a prop to show exactly how white she really is.

I’m the first person to get in line for an interracial love fest, in fact, I’m the person holding the flag in the love parade.  Asael, my boyfriend of 6 years, is Black and I’m Latina and I cannot deny the fact that when we see images like this we cringe because it isn’t the kind of representation we’re looking for.  Both of us are equipped with the academic terminology to explain why this editorial is problematic, but more importantly we’ve both experienced why it is troublesome that these racial stereotypes are perpetuated.  If your first response is to claim an oversensitivity to what is merely “fashion”  then we need to step aside and have a whole other conversation.

Might I also suggest you check out Threadbared’s “Background Color” “Redux I” & “II


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08
Mar 10

OMAR MY LOVE

If you read my twitter page or have ever heard me talk t.v., you know that I’m obsessed with everything The Wire. I’ve been holding onto these images for a couple weeks now, waiting for the moment where I saw my Wire frenzy coming to an end.  It would be a lie if I said I cannot believe Asael and I finished 5 seasons of a show in a month and a half.  When I’m focused there’s nothing that can stop me.

We’re nearing the end of The Wire, and I’m not ready to say goodbye.  We’ve got 4 discs left of the final season and my heart just wont stop sinking.  I don’t think these photos of OMAR with Terry Richardson will be enough to fill me addiction to all things The Wire.  As happy as I was to see them, it doesn’t meet my daily quota of Omar.  If you have no idea what I’m talking about, then you obviously haven’t watched the BEST show to have ever been made for television.

See Terry Richardson’s Diary here.


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09
Oct 09

MASKED WOMAN

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May I suggest you dress up as Chloe Sevigny the cat for Halloween?  Even better is to have a friend dress as Terry Richardson to take your photo.  Just some costume suggestions from Fashion Intel. xoxo


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12
Jun 09

GRADUATION DAY

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Today I graduate from college and I cannot tell you how happy I am!  Many of you I’m sure know the feeling but I am so elated I don’t know what to do with myself.  Luckily I’ve got a plan: wake up, eat breakfast, yoga at Equinox, massage/spa at Equinox, relax at home, eat lunch, graduate, cry, and dinner at Anisette. Oh, and a whole lot in between.

I really wanted to find an image that summed up how I felt about graduating.  Last week I was browsing google images for “Vogue Paris” and this image of model Natasha Poly grabbed me immediately.


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06
Aug 08

LOWE AND BEHOLD

There is no doubt we love Daisy Lowe. It has also become obvious that our readers do as well, as she is one of the most popular searches we get here on Fashion INTEL. We have all seen her Terry Richardson photos, we showed you her private school bad girl shoot in Jalouse Magazine, but its this month’s spread in TATLER magazine that has us truly fawning over Daisy.

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