2008 Fashion Week: Paris

Thanks to my reader Monee from Wai Big Media for this video. Ladies, it is a must that we get our fashion fix:

Other Celebrities Besides Layla k. @ The Magic Convention

Briefing you on: The 2008 MAGIC Convention. In a mean-girl mood so bear with me.....

My feet are still recouperating man!!!! The taxi's are too damn expensive and they drive like maniacs! On a positive note, I went alongside Vera Mitchell of She's Got Style Boutique this year. All in all we found that most companies overcharge for cheap quality and then they can't even meet their minimums when you make an order anyway. We met a few Australian designers and discovered new and interesting lines, such as Pepsi, who now has a sexy denim line. Doubt I'd wear it, but it was cute for a soda :)



Of course celebrities flocked to promote themselves and party like hell. It's Vegas baby!!! Paris Hilton was there course. Here she is leaving the Doll House Booth:

We didn't make it to the 40/40 Club, but I bet I know who did...Beyonce was there promoting her clothing line, Dereon....


Eve showed up to represent her Fetish clothing line, although she hadn't even seen it until she got to the booth. That ish was WACK and when we went in, there were less than 40 outfits and one rep all by her lonesome. No buyers, just Veronica and I chuckling at the cheap fabrics and high price point. Hell I didn't even know the line still existed.

Eve with Exec Vice Pres of Fetish: Alain Lafontant

Found this pic online. Never saw this Fetish-sporting model:

Anyway...moving on..

Cutesy sisters, Vanessa and Angela Simmons promoted those dessert ice cream and cake with a cherry on top....shoes


Oh and we ran into a designer duo from the Bay. We knew immediately where they were from by simply looking at the name: Hellagant. We asked what that meant exactly and the response we got was, "HELLA ELEGANT" lmao. Gotta love my Bay Area Oakland hyphy folks. The line itself is the hautenes though....



GOTTA LUV IT!

Foxy Brown: Alive and Well?

So Foxy was rumored to be missing recently. Ironically this mysterious disappearance was shortly after gossip columns reported that she was preggers. Hell maybe she had an abortion. Either way, she showed up at the Urban Music Awards in this gold number. Interesting.

I wish she would get it together, I really loved her music. We'll see. Oh yeah, she is confirmed for Haute.Lanta Fashion Week..her AND Lil Kim. LAWD!

A Networking Extravaganza

Got lots of business connects. Love it! Networking is what I do!


Me with Ovie Mughelli (Atlanta Falcon) and Jennifer Garippa (GM of Louis Vuitton)

So I went to D. Woods' birthday party last night. There were like three celebrities there and one of them was me. lol.....BUT I landed an interview with some tv show. Who really cares about the name, let's talk about the host (Sunny aka Sun of New York)...CUTE!!!! and my publicist says she thinks he was feelin' Layla k. a lil bit. Who knows? Anyway, D Woods wants to model in Haute.Lanta Fashion Week and she also said something about Danity Kane performing. Her PR hit me up so I'll keep all of you Danity Kane fans posted.



Left there to go to an invitation only event inside the Louis Vuitton store in Buckhead...after the mall was closed. It was quite interesting and now that I know what the party was for, it is all making sense now. It was yet another record release party for my future ex husband TI. Oh oops he brought Tiny and she is Tiny and yes she really does look like that. His ass was the only celebrity that had security, hell Jermaine Dupree had on so much ice and him and Big Boi were just chillin. As my asst. would say, TI was being so overcompensatory! Especially since it was like 90 degrees yesterday and he had on a velvet blazor. WTF. I still love you TI!



The director from BET's Black Carpet would not interview me, but when she interviewed Ovie from the Falcons, she requested that I grace the viewers with the ultimate "Doll Face Killah" experience..Okay okay so I was asked to stand there and be eye candy. lol. Hmmt! I got a few photo ops though: Atlanta Peach and the Sunday Paper.

I was at least able to chat it up with the GM of Louis Vuitton, an editor from Upscale Magazine, Jazze Phae, Don Carlos (aka Sugar Tongue Slim),Giant from SOHH, the program director for 95.5. Saw a few familiar faces including my old friend Yancey from Oakland who recently moved here to work for Atlantic Records. I met a hyphy white boy who is former A&R for Capitol. He was crazy!

My new "Billy Holiday" hairdo brought lots of attention. My publicist says I can't go anywhere without that "do" A car full of guys rolled past, then stopped, and backed up to say, "Hey girl, let me see your hair!" Ughhh

See more pics from SOHH, I am in the slideshow!

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The BIZ on Lil Fizz

Ok people, I get so many messages on myspace from young fashionistas and fashionistes who would like advice, mentorship, and tips on how to get into the industry. I figured I should add a section to my blog so that I can just refer people here. Now on to this Lil Fizz situation:

Last Thursday I was hired to style Fizz for a press event to take place in NYC this weekend, May 5th. According to his mgmt I was being hired on an interim basis and they wanted to see how much "JUICE" I had before hiring me on a long term basis at $2500 a week. Their idea of me having "JUICE" was to see if I could obtain a rack full of designer clothes (in a week) WITHOUT the following:

A professional pull letter on letterhead with sufficient contact info
A corporate credit card
Flight and Travel Accomodations to NYC
My "Confirmation and Agreement"
Media kit and event info

Now...tell me how the hell am I supposed to go to a high end boutique or to Bloomingdales with a pull letter that lacks the company logo, address, and contact?...and even if I had a professional letter, they weren't going to give me a credit card so who would the stores bill the "pull fees" to, which is usually 25% of the total? The purpose of the card is insurance, DUH! How the hell am I supposed to style someone and I would not even be in his physical presence? How the hellx10!?

They wanted to me send all of the items to NYC in a box. Meaning the garments would leave my possession and I would have to cross my fingers and hope that they make it back to me in perfect condition..if they make it back. WTF! Only the clothes that were "for keeps" were leaving my hands...period! About four days of drama and twelve clothing lines later, I cancelled with all of my contacts and sent over a nice little letter on my company letterhead, with the logo, with my contact info etc. My resignation letter was more professional than their pull letter. lol

It's ashamed that this dude just signed a major deal with Sony and his mgmt team can't even secure a budget for me to style him. I don't even think thay understand the business of fashion styling! The more I thought about it, the more it seemed suspicious. I couldn't put my reputation on the line so I pulled out just in time. I will keep all of you updated. Thanks to my own hustle and some really good fashion friends as well as Lucius Blaq, Miskeen, Storm watches, J Dubb @ Five Four, LRG and many more! Below is a photo of a couple of the lines I was to receive apparel from: Yes those are Prada tennis shoes!

MORAL: Industry people are hella unprofessional! Make sure the paperwork is in order! Good luck Lil Flip...I mean Lil Fizz. Who are you anyway. PAY ME!