High-kicking through the color barrier since '87
As part of my weekly LYBLABCs series — which rolls-out a core value aligned to Oprah’s Live Your Best Life philosophy found in O, the Oprah Magazine — here’s the latest virtue! F is for Forgiveness! Sweet charity, from wealth to wishes. Forgiveness rules a generous heart and an open hand. Whatever the past may …
Louis Vuitton's latest capsule collection with fashion icon Grace Coddington is purrrrfect! Vogue's director-at-large and resident cat lady incorporated her furry pets onto LV's famous monogram designed alongside LV's creative director, Nicolas Ghesquière, for a CC of leather goods, accessories, shoes and ready-to-wear. It pre-launched at four North America stores on Friday, October 26th -- …
As part of my weekly LYBLABCs series — which rolls-out a core value aligned to Oprah’s Live Your Best Life philosophy found in O, the Oprah Magazine — here’s the latest virtue! E is for Etiquette! I don’t mean fussy etiquette, like the kind you learn at a Swiss finishing school such as how to …
Pink is the most optimistic color of the rainbow, representing compassion, romance, joy, and of course, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month! To mark October's important mission of finding a breast cancer cure, O, the Oprah Magazine has proudly partnered for the third year with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, one of the nation's most efficient …
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(Above: "Saturday Night" by Archibald Motley, 1935, oil on canvas. From the Howard University Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.) From the distance of 100 years, the art produced by its biggest protagonists is as fresh and relevant as that of today. Last week, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance, the Columbus …
I bought the book, went to the launch, and now...the exhibition! Before I headed over to yesterday's Pete Souza book launch of “Shade, A Tale of Two Presidents” at the NYC Union Square Barnes & Noble, I went gallery-hopping a handful of blocks north-west. To coincide with Souza's new book, the Steven Kasher Gallery is …
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As part of my weekly LYBLABCs series -- which rolls-out a core value aligned to Oprah's Live Your Best Life philosophy found in O, the Oprah Magazine -- here’s the latest virtue! D is for Discipline! Discipline is a dancer’s currency, almost militaristic. Dance is drilled into your memory and muscles until it becomes part …
He's a beacon of hope to the #Resistance. And regardless of political partisanship, he's a reminder of a long-gone era when a masterful photographer served as President Obama's Chief Official White House Photographer. Even if you don't know Pete Souza, you've surely come across his Instagram account -- two million followers and rising! -- the …
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Earlier today, a group of extraordinary, inspirational women (and one brave teenager!) chatted with “Black-ish” star, Jenifer Lewis, about sisterhood/feminism set against the #metoo movement and the political landscape of the current White House administration. At the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel, honorees Emma Gonzalez, Tiffany Haddish, Regina King, Natalie Portman and Lena Waithe were …
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As part of my weekly LYBLABCs series -- which rolls-out a core value aligned to Oprah's Live Your Best Life philosophy found in O, the Oprah Magazine -- here’s the latest virtue! C is for Change! Change is binary: good and bad. Change, when good, churns the wheels of idealism, and actively roots-out the ills …
