Tyson Beckford at the height of his undeniable beauty

My colleague at MDC , Betty Sze uploaded a post on OTM titled, "Change Begins Today" which contrasted the inaugration of Barack Obama as the President Of The United States with the lack of color on the Milan FW 09 men's runways (as per a Guy Trebay article in the NY Times). The following day I was at a shoot for frillr.com with an unsigned black male model. The subject of why there has been no black male super-star since Tyson Beckford came up. I was asked why did I think that was . I found myself stumped. Not because I didn't have a point of view on the subject but more truthfully, because I had several complicated and conflicting ideas about the issue. A whole frenzy of questions came to mind.

Ger: Boss Models: Photographed by Shameer Khan . Still from frillr.com's red hot video series

Olivier Zahm in Paradis Magazine:

Pure NY street flavour

You have to pop over to the NY Times Style section and listen to Mr Cunningham's hilarious audio commentary on the ever dropping pants on the black and Latino kids of NY. TI finds it criminal that there's not a "Collected Works" of Cunningham's street images. They are pure NY history!

Judy Blame was a genius of unorthodox styling

"I wanted a lady name because everyone changed their name to one of the same sex, so I thought I'd confuse people. Judy was a nickname given to me by a friend, and Blame just sprang to mind one day. It sounds like a trashy b-movie actress from the 50's - a bleached blonde tart who only made one film and never got anywhere - I like that"
Judy Blame

Are you buying it? Kinee/NY Models as the apotheosis of chic. Marcus Hill/Major as the embodiment of...you know.

Toni/Women: The Only Calvin Klein SS 08 exclusive that counts

Instant sensation Toni Garrn opens AND closes Calvin Klein SS 2008.