I always privately appraise another woman’s cleavage in the same way I imagine a male body builder would likewise eye up another body-builder’s pectoral muscles. My female friends comment on my embonpoint so I know I am not alone in doing so.
I love Eve Mendes' look, which surprises me since I typically hate leopard print. However, Studio 54 Schoolgirl is a concept that should not exist but will live in my brain, forever.
I love how Eva Mendes looks, very little makeup, that colour looks gorgeous on her and the headpiece is very cute...BUT the length of the gown is a bit weird, I feel it should be a tad longer.
Margaret Made -- don't know who you are, but we're on the same wavelength. I too wore all white today in a last-ditch pre-Labor day effort to wear my white pants.
I'm a little delayed in commenting because I immediately ran out to find this. All I can say is AMAZING!!! WIN WIN WIN!!!
Can we get more of this pretty pretty please (but with real moddles as people have mentioned)? It does my heart so good. I am not even remotely bothered by the "ethnic" spread or the "fetish icon" spread. These represent two facets of the identity of Black women IRL and they do merit inclusion so long as they are shown (as they are here) as part of a larger cultural framework, which also includes B-girls, haute couture, cotillion dresses and fancy hats. Plus they they manage to be both relevant and stylish (the detail on the skirt in #11 - ZOMG!)
Score: Italian Vogue - 2
Everyone else: Catch the fuck up already.
What's especially striking to me is the change in Black Barbie's features. Full lips, short kinky hair, a variety of skintones. This is a far cry from the disco hooker with an Afro Barbie I played with as a kid.
@dandelionbrowne:OMG, wow, I just thought back to that, too. The crazy thing is the (allegely) white version of Disco barbie had the same hair that you could straighten or fro out. She was seriously Beyonce Barbie (or her as Foxxy Cleopatra).
@Lisabel (ne: Dagnabbit): Right? It was basically a chocolate dipped version of Barbie with a different name. I think it was Christie?
I remember one with a really bad blonde/orange streaks in her hair. Every time I see Beyonce, I think her mama dresses her like she must dressed her Barbies back in the day.
That is the most awkward tennis game I have ever seen. Why are they all up at the net? Who pushed that fifth girl to the ground? Why is the woman with the ball striking a modern dance pose? I am left with more questions than answers.
I was never a Barbie girl, unless you count coloring their hair with markers and sending them on dates with G.I. Joe. But I just love seeing the skin color variations, and hair textures. Too bad they can't do that with actual humans.
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Can we get more of this pretty pretty please (but with real moddles as people have mentioned)? It does my heart so good. I am not even remotely bothered by the "ethnic" spread or the "fetish icon" spread. These represent two facets of the identity of Black women IRL and they do merit inclusion so long as they are shown (as they are here) as part of a larger cultural framework, which also includes B-girls, haute couture, cotillion dresses and fancy hats. Plus they they manage to be both relevant and stylish (the detail on the skirt in #11 - ZOMG!)
Score: Italian Vogue - 2
Everyone else: Catch the fuck up already.
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I remember one with a really bad blonde/orange streaks in her hair. Every time I see Beyonce, I think her mama dresses her like she must dressed her Barbies back in the day.
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I was never a Barbie girl, unless you count coloring their hair with markers and sending them on dates with G.I. Joe. But I just love seeing the skin color variations, and hair textures. Too bad they can't do that with actual humans.