Fashiona’s Unveiling
on Apr 1, 2009 in Entertainment Fashion Retro Style Shopping Style Trend Watch Urban Fashion Black Mecca New Yorker moving to Atlanta Southern belles Urban Chic Fashiona loves to laugh, so much better for the soul and the skin than crying…but decided against an April Fool’s post. The dire economy is enough bad karma for the century year in her book. So true story: Miss Fashiona IS closing her New...

Night of Thousands Gowns~Day’s Night Out
on Mar 29, 2009 in Celebrity Sightings Entertainment Fashion Photography Politics 23rd Night of Thousands Gowns costume balls drag queens LBGT LIFE beat MAC MCCNY Homeless Youth Services. Ongina RuPaul Rupaul's drag race The Imperial Court of New York Viva Glam spokesgirl Day, Fashiona’s  20 something friend and sometimes photographer, went to the 23rd Night of Thousands Gowns.  The event held by the Imperial Court of New York is the largest LGBT fundraiser of the year. This year’s silent auction  ben...

Fashiona revisits the Business of Fashion
on Mar 28, 2009 in Entertainment Fashion Fashion Magazines Fashion Shows Shopping Style Trend Watch FIT Night of Thousand Gowns‏ Parsons Pratt RuPaul RuPaul drag race SCAD WWD Fashiona is ready to answer two outstanding questions: How do you pronounce Fashiona? It is pronounced Fash-in-a.  Only Col. Dad and Mr. Random are allowed to say Fash-own-a   What happened to that  class that she was supposed to teach?  Long...

Fashiona breaks down Harlem Heights
on Mar 25, 2009 in College Entertainment Fashion Shopping Style Stylish Men Trend Watch Urban Fashion Baldwin Hills BET Harlem Harlem Heights Martha's Vineyard Morehouse Reality Shows Spelman The Inkwell Ok so Fashiona was introduced to Harlem Heights back in January when she went to the final taping of the show but no worries she won’t reveal the ending. She also interviewed one of the co-producers, Randolph Sturrup last week. Did you catch h...

Because Great Things are sometimes in Petite Packages
on Mar 23, 2009 in Entertainment Fashion Fashion Magazines Model Retro Style Shopping Style Trend Watch Eva Longorina Parker Hanky Panky Jada Pickett Smith Salma Hayek signature lace low rise thongs The CW's America's Next Top Model Tyra Banks Tyra, who has legs a mile long, is showing love to the petite ladies among us. The 13th cycle of The CW’s America’s Next Top Model will be required to be at or below five feet, seven inches (5′ 7″) in height for the first tim...

Naomi Campbell’s Fashion for Relief
on Mar 20, 2009 in Celebrity Sightings Entertainment Fashion Fashion Magazines Fashion Shows Fashion with Purpose Model Photography Retro Style Runway Shopping Style Trend Watch Carolina Herrera Diane von Furstenberg Dolce & Gabbana Fashion for Relief Lakme Fashion Week Lil Kim Manolo Blahnik Mary J. Blidge Matthew Williamson Oscar de la Renta Roberto Cavalli Sabyasachi Mukherjee Versace Vikram Chatwal Zac Posen One of biggest compliments that  Fashiona’s mom  has paid her recently is on the “quality of her close friends.” While Fashiona is  generally a friendly and upbeat person, she surrounds herself with like minded people and quickly...

Fashiona talks with Harlem Heights’ Randolph Sturrup
on Mar 18, 2009 in Entertainment Fashion Fashion with Purpose Hollywood Politics Retro Style Sorority Style Stylish Men Trend Watch Urban Fashion BET FAMU Harlem Heights Minna Mae Productions National Academy of Television Arts & Science National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communicati Randolph Sturrup Fashiona’s best friend,Topaz, always says “Show me your friends and I will tell you who you are.” Truer words have never been spoken and is one of the premises behind the hit show Harlem Heights which follows the lives of 8 black p...

The Color Purple
on Mar 16, 2009 in Entertainment Fashion Fashion Magazines Jewelry Model Photography Retro Style Runway Shopping Style Alice's Teacup Anna Wintour Badgley Mischka Baldwin Hills BET Gucci Harlem Harlem Heights Kara Ross Prince Reality Shows Topaz calls Fashiona her “tea party friend” in part because of the fun things they do like go to Alice’s Teacup where they serve fancy tea,  scones and yummy finger sandwiches. Both of them are prissy beyond reproach most of the t...

Fairy Tales do come true~at least the shoe part
on Mar 13, 2009 in Fashion Magazines Fashion Shows High Heels Retro Style Runway Shoes Style Trend Watch Vintage dressing Cinderella Friday the 13th Glass Slippers Hercule Poirot Maison Martin Margiela Paris Fall 2009 Fashion Week Saks Fifth Avenue Shoshanna Zyrtec Yesterday, Fashiona had every intention of going to Saks to meet the lovely Shoshanna…but she had an allergy attack worthy of a 30 minute Zyrtec infomercial…she elected to protect the women and children and stay home to recover. Fashiona...

Shoshanna and the ladies who love her
on Mar 9, 2009 in Celebrity Sightings Entertainment Fashion Fashion Magazines Hollywood Photography Retro Style Shopping Style Trend Watch Urban Fashion American Idol’s Kendall Beard Ashley Tisdale Audrina Patridge Demi Lovato Leslie Bibb Saks Fifth Avenue Seinfeld Shoshanna Fashiona is still in Hotlanta, enjoying the warm weather and not feeling badly because when she left NYC last week there were inches of snow on the ground. She will be back above the Mason Dixon line later this week…to go to Saks Fifth Avenue.W...