::SKETCH OF THE DAY::

Final shirt design for mica and she loves it..yay!

::FRESH OR STALE??::

Freshness, id rock em grey ones..thats probably too much blue for me though lol. Ladies, what are your thoughts??
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::SEXCI LATTE OF THE DAY::

ShaQulia is your sexci latte for today. If you wanna talk about a successful black woman then there's no other name that can come up, homie is str8 out of Dallas, she has a master's degree and is only 23! say what?!? and on top of that she is gorgeous, keep hope alive sista! pahaha ima dork. anyway thanks buddy :)

::KAUFEE ADDIK OF THE DAY::

IDA B. WELLS
(born July 16, 1862, Holly Springs, Miss., U.S.—died March 25, 1931, Chicago, Ill.) African American journalist who led an antilynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s.

Ida Wells was the daughter of slaves. She was educated at Rust University, a freedmen's school in her native Holly Springs, Mississippi, and at age 14 began teaching in a country school. She continued to teach after moving to Memphis, Tennessee, in 1884 and attended Fisk University in Nashville during several summer sessions. In 1887 the Tennessee Supreme Court, reversing a Circuit Court decision, ruled against Wells in a suit she had brought against the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad for having been forcibly removed from her seat after she had refused to give it up for one in a “colored only” car. Using the pen name Iola, Wells in 1891 also wrote some newspaper articles critical of the education available to African American children. Her teaching contract was not renewed. She thereupon turned to journalism, buying an interest in the Memphis Free Speech.

In 1892, after three friends of hers had been lynched by a mob, Wells began an editorial campaign against lynching that quickly led to the sacking of her newspaper's office. She continued her antilynching crusade, first as a staff writer for the New York Age and then as a lecturer and organizer of antilynching societies. She traveled to speak in a number of major U.S. cities and twice visited Great Britain for the cause. In 1895 she married Ferdinand L. Barnett, a Chicago lawyer, editor, and public official, and adopted the name Wells-Barnett. From that time she restricted her travels, but she was very active in Chicago affairs. Wells-Barnett contributed to the Chicago Conservator, her husband's newspaper, and to other local journals; published a detailed look at lynching in A Red Record (1895); and was active in organizing local African American women in various causes, from the antilynching campaign to the suffrage movement. She founded what may have been the first black woman suffrage group, Chicago's Alpha Suffrage Club.

From 1898 to 1902 Wells-Barnett served as secretary of the National Afro-American Council, and in 1910 she founded and became first president of the Negro Fellowship League, which aided newly arrived migrants from the South. From 1913 to 1916 she served as a probation officer of the Chicago municipal court. She was militant in her demand for justice for African Americans and in her insistence that it was to be won by their own efforts. While she took part in the 1909 meeting of the Niagara Movement, she would have nothing to do with the less radical National Association for the Advancement of Colored People that sprang from it. Her autobiography, Crusade for Justice, was published posthumously in 1970.

::ARTIST OF THE DAY::

Michael Kutsche is one of the best concept artists of his day! The guy is most fresh at what he does, he worked along side Tim Burton for the Alice in Wonderland movie coming soon!!! Lucky sonofa biscuit! lol chillin in Germany and definitely go check out his works!! keep it fresh!

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what do you think??
Hypebeast
The females
Those fresh addidas

::SEXCI LATTE OF THE DAY::

Courtney is your sexci latte shutting down another fresh week! How can I descrie the homie? Hmm, how about awesome! extremely driven, cute, and such a badass! lol..chillin in austin doing her thing-dope piercing btw-thanks buddy :)

::KAUFEE ADDIK OF THE DAY::

BENJAMIN BANNEKER
(born Nov. 9, 1731, Ellicott's Mills, Md.—died Oct. 25, 1806, Baltimore, Md., U.S.) mathematician, astronomer, compiler of almanacs, inventor, and writer, one of the first important black American intellectuals.

A free black who owned a farm near Baltimore, Banneker was largely self-educated in astronomy by watching the stars and in mathematics by reading borrowed textbooks. In 1761 he attracted attention by building a wooden clock that kept precise time. Encouraged in his studies by a Maryland industrialist, Joseph Ellicott, he began astronomical calculations about 1773, accurately predicted a solar eclipse in 1789, and published annually from 1791 to 1802 the Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia Almanac and Ephemeris. Appointed to the District of Columbia Commission by President George Washington in 1790, he worked with Andrew Ellicott and others in surveying Washington, D.C.

::A FRESH START::

Dave Perillo is one stylish artist. The guy has such a fun style and its unique with a twist of funny. Chillin down int the Philly Burbs, definitely go check him out! keep it fresh

::SKETCH OF THE DAY::

I lke the top..not so sure about the bottom yet...something more robust, what do you think?

::NEWS::--late edition for those not aware--

ALEXANDER MCQUEEN-YESTERDAY A GREAT MAN PASSED
Lee McQueen, who would later find fame as fashion visionary Alexander McQueen, was born on 17 March 1969 in London.

Surprisingly, the boy destined for a future in high couture and style was fathered by a polyester clad London cabbie.

By the time he was sixteen, McQueen had decided to devote himself entirely to fashion. He dropped out of school and took an apprenticeship at the Savile Row tailors ‘Anderson and Shepherd’. This experience gave him the opportunity to sharpen his technical clothes making skills and tailoring, skills for which he is famed today.

He progressed to ‘Gieves and Hawkes’ and then to costumiers ‘Angels and Bermans’. The variety of his apprenticeships gave him the opportunity to master many different tailoring techniques. This would be put to good use later in his career.

From tailoring on Saville Row, McQueen made the transition to working alongside Koji Tatsuno and at the age of 21 he moved to Milan to work with Romeo Gigli.

All this experience was converted to success, and McQueen was able to complete a masters degree in fashion design at the prestigious Central St. Martins College. His collection, the culmination of his apprenticeships, received keen media attention and firmly established him as a promising young fashion designer.

He then set about making a name for himself. His shows were remarkably theatrical and his ‘brutally sharp’ style brought him much attention and acclaim.

He also crafted a reputation. McQueen, by virtue of a petulant bad boy image and frequent outbursts, became ‘L’enfant Terrible’. Attitude in tow, McQueen and his new self-titled label were taking over fashionable London.

The fashion world was quaking in the wake of l’enfant. He won the ‘British Designer of the Year Award’ in 1996, 1997 and in 2001. In 1997 he was employed by couture house Givenchy and promptly, and impudently, dismissed the label’s founder, Hubert de Givenchy, as ‘irrelevant’. Subsequently, his first Givenchy line bombed.

McQueen, however, was still respected in the fashion world and was allowed a second chance, a great mark of respect in a notoriously unforgiving industry. In 2000 Gucci purchased a controlling interest in the ‘McQueen’ line. This move ended McQueen’s tumultuous relationship with Givenchy and gave him a greater creative license.

Recently McQueen has used this to score a ‘Designer of the Year by The Council of Fashion Designers of America’ and a CBE. The cabbie’s enfant done good.

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SHOES
FEMALES
That jacket is fresh in my opinion, smooth even. The kicks id rock em no doubt. I'll leave you to the purses, im a fan of earthy tones.

::SEXCI LATTE OF THE DAY::

Sammar is your sexci latte for today. After chit chattin with the homie i've dubbed her one of the coolest. Handling her biz doing what she loves and going to school to get ahead of the game. Ambition-gotta dig that! anyway thanks buddy :)

::KAUFEE ADDIK OF THE DAY::

MAHALIA JACKSON
Gospel singer. Born on October 26, 1911, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Mahalia Jackson became a leading singer in Gospel music, known for her rich, powerful voice. A devout Baptist, she still found time for secular sounds of such blues artists as Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey.

After moving to Chicago in the late 1920s, Mahalia Jackson joined the Greater Salem Baptist Church, and soon became a member of the Johnson Gospel Singers. She performed with the group for a number of years. After singing with the Johnson Gospel Singers, Jackson started working with Thomas A. Dorsey, a Gospel composer. She also worked a number of jobs before her musical career took off.

While she made some recordings in the 1930s, Mahalia Jackson had her first taste of success with "Move Up a Little Higher" in 1947, which sold a million copies. She became more in demand, making radio and television appearances. Jackson also had a successful tour abroad in 1952, and became especially popular in France. She even had her own gospel program on the CBS television network in 1954 and scored a hit with "Rusty Old Halo" that same year. In 1958, she appeared at the Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island, performing with Duke Ellington and his band.

Mahalia Jackson became an active supporter of the civil rights movement in the 1960s. She sang at the March on Washington at the request of her friend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1963. After King's death in 1968, Jackson sang at his funeral and largely withdrew from public political activities.

In her later years, Mahalia Jackson had several hospitalizations for various health problems. She died of a heart attack on January 27, 1972. She is remembered for her strong, soul-like delivery, her deep commitment to her faith, and her lasting influence on musicians from all of different types of musical genres.

::ARTIST OF THE DAY::

Jean Baptiste Vendamme aka thedoberman is your artist for today! The guy has skills yall where did i find him? Str8 out of France-that just screams that he is one fresh sonofabiscuit! keep it fresh

::FRESH OR STALE??::

I WANT THOSE SUPRAS yo!! like now!! lol
yeah thats beyonce
and what of the bottom one for Lanvin?

::SEXCI LATTE OF THE DAY::

My homie Magan is your sexci latte for today. Going way back with the homie, cool chick and very ambitious. She is a lil ball of fun lol, chillin down at PVU studying hard im sure! lol thanks buddy :)

::KAUFEE ADDIK OF THE DAY::

JESSE OWENS
..born September 12, 1913, Oakville, Alabama, U.S.—died March 31, 1980, Phoenix, Arizona) American track-and-field athlete, who set a world record in the running broad jump (also called long jump) that stood for 25 years and who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. His four Olympic victories were a blow to Adolf Hitler's intention to use the Games to demonstrate Aryan superiority.

As a student in a Cleveland, Ohio, high school, Owens won three events at the 1933 National Interscholastic Championships in Chicago. In one day, May 25, 1935, while competing for Ohio State University (Columbus) in a Western (later Big Ten) Conference track-and-field meet at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), Owens equaled the world record for the 100-yard dash (9.4 sec) and broke the world records for the 220-yard dash (20.3 sec), the 220-yard low hurdles (22.6 sec), and the long jump (8.13 metres [26.67 feet]).

Owens's performance at the 1936 Berlin Olympics has become legend, both for his brilliant gold-medal efforts in the 100-metre run (10.3 sec, an Olympic record), the 200-metre run (20.7 sec, a world record), the long jump (8.06 metres [26.4 feet]), and the 4 100-metre relay (39.8 sec) and for events away from the track. One popular tale that arose from Owens's victories was that of the “snub,” the notion that Hitler refused to shake hands with Owens because he was an African American. In truth, by the second day of competition, when Owens won the 100-metre final, Hitler had decided to no longer publicly congratulate any of the athletes. The previous day the International Olympic Committee president, angry that Hitler had publicly congratulated only a few German and Finnish winners before leaving the stadium after the German competitors were eliminated from the day's final event, insisted that the German chancellor congratulate all or none of the victors. Unaware of the situation, American papers reported the “snub,” and the myth grew over the years.

Despite the politically charged atmosphere of the Berlin Games, Owens was adored by the German public, and it was German long jumper Carl Ludwig (“Luz”) Long who aided Owens through a bad start in the long jump competition. Owens was flustered to learn that what he had thought was a practice jump had been counted as his first attempt. Unsettled, he foot-faulted the second attempt. Before Owens's last jump, Long suggested that the American place a towel in front of the take-off board. Leaping from that point, Owens qualified for the finals, eventually beating Long (later his close friend) for the gold.

::ARTIST OF THE DAY::

She goes by Laura Zombie and man o man! Words cannot describe how cold this chick is! her work is full of random splatters and paint spills and on top of it all she ads the detailed linework that is some how siplistic as well! I believe she is in the UK but definitely go peep the rest of her gallery!!! keep it fresh