White Linen Night takes place this weekend on Saturday, August 2nd from 6-9p.m. Over 20 art galleries in the four block radius of Julia Street Partying it up! The big question for everyone is what will you wear? What to wear in this hot and humid weather around so many folks in head to toe white. There are some options for the Fashionistas to beat the heat and stay stylish.

The cute little white knee length summer dress is cute, easy, and breezy, and extremely stylish. (Some places to find that look JC Penny, Frock Candy, Forever21, Dillards, Torrid)

White shorts/capris provides a great opportunity to wear your cute little white shorts and create a cute chic outfit. Top it off with gold accessories and there is just no stopping you.

For all those who have to be different at every cost, such as myself; find an extremely light color shirt or tank top mixed with white. You will stand out. Try it with a pair of dark denim jeans or white bottoms.

Everyday in New Orleans, I now see someone with a scarf on in someway. From wrapped around their head, their waste, draped around the shoulders, tied around the neck, to new creations. Who would have ever thought this would become such a big deal especially here.

Now the everyday person and hip hop to pop artist is rocking the scarf. But the scarf look has been around beyond 2008, worn by many and made the most popular by Hermes, which has been around since the day their first ad launched back in 1979 introducing a lady in a scarf. Another popular choice from the beginning was Burberry with their fabulous famous signature pattern.

For those not so in the loop, a scarf is a piece of fabric that can be worn around the neck, representing fashion to religious and warmth purposes. If worn right the Scarf can be a hot look during any season. In the hotter, drier climates such as our wonderful city, the scarf of choice is a thin knitted scarf.

In the colder climates, the scarf of choice is a thick knitted scarf most popular is that of wool material. The thin scarf has become a way of life in Urban America. The wonderful fresh colors and cuts have made it very cool and funky accessory. But there is a need for the return of the silk scarf as well, its hot and a little on the snooty couture side, as I so love to call it.

The scarf too me is a way for individuals to be able to be a little more creative and add a little personal flair to even the simplest outfit. This can all be seen in the choice of scarf down to how you drape the scarf around you. Everything is up to your interpretation.

After a grueling dance practice yesterday me and my friends began our weekly ‘catch up’ conversation. One of my friends announced her ‘throw back’ pajama jam party that will be next month. She said that everything will be retro, including the music. According to her there will be “No Beyonce bouncing and soldier boy snapping up in that piece.” LOL

Her party announcement sparked a conversation ‘down memory lane’ of all the songs that are throw backs for our generation. We agreed that no dance party was complete without: Monkey on a Stick, Red Rum, DJ Jubilee, Get Da Gat and drum roll please… Pump Da Party!!

Reminiscing on throw back music sparked memories of my fashion taste back in the day. I remember having Ellese tennis shoes in a variety of colors and flaunting them all throughout the school. And in high school an outfit was not complete without some Girbaud jeans. Any and all colors of Girbaud jeans were cool! Then who didn’t want “get it girl” curls to swing during 2 Live Crew’s song “Get it Girl.” I also remember having a ton of Esprit tote bags. And it was always a treat when my sister would take me to the Esprit shop in the CBD (anybody remembers that place??)! Anyone else had the half and half hair style: The big bang in the front and long in the back?? Praise the Lord that the wrap hairstyle came into play so all of us who did have the big band hair style could seamlessly grow out the front of our hair.

A couple of fashion trends that I thought was hot but my mom refused to let me participate in was starter jackets (she thought they were to manly) and Cross Colors (she thought they looked like clown clothes).

What is most funny about these memories is that a lot of the trends are resurfacing. Check out these celebrities flaunting their retro style:

While many of her colleagues of the late 1980s — like Cindy Crawford and Christy Turlington — have moved on from the runways, the 38-year-old icon continues to turn heads at the world’s top fashion shows.

“I’m very grateful for my career, but I worry for the girls after me for the opportunities they get — the way they get treated. And this is one of the reasons I still do what I do,” she told Reuters in a weekend interview in Nigeria.

Campbell, who as a teenager was the first black model to grace the covers of the French and British editions of Vogue magazine, said many fashion designers still favored fair-skinned models over their dark-skinned counterparts.

“I don’t do so many shows anymore, but I do count how many girls of color they use in the shows. It happens to be last year New York was the worst,” the British bombshell said, wearing a simple white short-sleeved top and blue jeans.

“Now at Paris Haute Couture there was only one black girl out of all the shows. It cannot be a trend.”

Italian Vogue decided to use mainly black models in its July edition to highlight the problem.
“For me, it is something that is history-making. Something that I’m going to keep forever,” she said about the magazine, which has a photo of her on one of four different covers.
The magazine also includes Tyra Banks, Iman, and other black actors, models and singers.

CUT FROM THE PROGRAMME

Campbell traveled to Abuja and Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos over the weekend to help kick-off a series of summer concert and fashion shows. It was her first trip to Nigeria, a developing country of 140 million people.

The festival, sponsored by Nigerian newspaper This Day, will make stops in Washington next month and London in October and aims to showcase Africa’s best music and fashion.

But the opening in Nigeria’s capital Abuja started five hours later and Campbell, along with the fashion show and all of the local African music acts, was left out of the show.

North American acts Jay-Z, Rihanna and Usher were the only ones to perform for the thousands of fans, some of whom paid as much as 60,000 naira ($508) to attend, a fortune in a country where nine out of 10 people live on less than $2 a day.

Campbell’s career has been overshadowed recently by her troubles with the law. Last month, she pleaded guilty to assault in an expletive-filled “air rage” incident in London and was sentenced to serve 200 hours of community service.

She spent five days mopping and cleaning toilets as part of a community service sentence in New York last year after throwing a mobile phone at her housekeeper during an argument over a pair of jeans.

Campbell did not specifically address her tirade against two British police officers and a British Airways captain, an incident she has said was partly prompted by someone calling her a black “Golliwog” doll.