Nike’s 2009 Holiday Collection’s version of the classic duck boot named: “the Woodside”.
The boot features a brown leather upper, black ankle padding and dark green rubber toe cap. Photo & the boot available from Extra Butter.

I was web surfing a while back and stumbled across these photos of fabulous yet demented Barbie getting away with murder (literally)!
This woman by the name of Mariel Clayton spends her time recreating horrendously graphic scenes with dolls, then she snaps photos of them. I was startled at first at the way this artist portrayed Barbie & Co. in such a graphic light, but after a few views I began to appreciate the artistic approach of these flicks! Of course I’m not a doll type of guy, but I figured the ladies & guys alike would get a kick out this depiction of the All-American doll.
ENJOY!

Download here: 21 Love Salute: A Tribute to Sade

Once again we are reminded of how limited the time we have on this green globe labeled Earth can actually be. Yesterday the realm of fashion lost another icon by the name Lee Alexander McQueen, (16 March 1969 – 11 February 2010). McQueen was an English fashion designer known for his unorthodox designs and outlandish runway shows.
News has it that his mother had just passed away and he was going through a difficult time coping as he was extremely close to his mother.  Although his Twitter account has been deleted you can view it here, where he expressed himself in his final tweets.
If you are fashion illiterate, you might recognize some of his work donned by Rihanna & even more noteworthy: Lady Gaga. The critically acclaimed UK fashion designer earned the esteemed British Fashion Designer of the Year award four times!
I found out about the tragic news via my pal Sash’s Facebook post as soon as I got home it REALly saddened my night believe it or not. I am very much into fashion and very familiar with his eccentric work. ‘Tis life, we celebrate life so let us not mourn death, but celebrate the legacy of one whom is deceased so that that individual may live on forever through our work, in our thoughts and so on & so forth.  Just like the legendary and very much so iconic Yves Saint Laurent, Mr. Lee Alexander McQueen will most certainly be missed. 

McQueen’s early runway collections including his controversial “bumsters”, were known for elaborate, eccentric, & very much so unconventional tactics & designs. He was instated as head designer at Givenchy in 1996, succeeding John Galliano. Lex accomplished quite a few awards while making his mark in the fashion industry. They are, but not limited to:

1. CBE and named International Designer of the Year at the Council of Fashion Designer Awards. 2. Being one of the youngest designers to achieve the title “British Designer of the Year“, which he won four times between 1996 and 2003. 3. New partnership with Gucci Group in December of 2000, acquiring 51% of his company, and serving as Creative Director.

To conclude:
Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman paid tribute to McQueen this afternoon:
“Lee McQueen influenced a whole generation of designers. His brilliant imagination knew no bounds as he conjured up collection after collection of extraordinary designs. At one level he was a master of the fantastic, creating astounding fashion shows that mixed design, technology and performance and on another he was a modern day genius whose gothic aesthetic was adopted by women the world over. His death is the hugest loss to anyone who knew him and for very many who didn’t.” ^{(Vogue UK)}

Michael Oliveira-Salac says McQueen “turned fashion upside down”, by being different. (BBC News)

“I think I could kiss him,” owner Tom Benson said of Coach Payton.

WOW!! The underdog New Orleans Saints have become triumphant & won the Super Bowl.

Coach Payton held the Vince Lombardi Trophy high over his head in a victorious manner and ran into the end zone towards hundreds of fans to chant famed Saints’ rally cry:
“Who dat, who dat, who dat say gonna beat dem Saints?”
Who dat indeed.
Superb Super Bowl like play from Super Bowl MVP Drew Brees allowed for New Orleans to come back from an early first half 10 point deficit to beat the Colts 31-17, but NOT just any comeback!
We’re talking matching the biggest comeback in a Super Bowl ever.
Drew even influenced me into adopting a new moniker (Drew Breez) as he Breesed pass the d*mn near impeccable Colts & NFL season with a 32 of 39 passes for 288 yards 2 TDs and 0 INTs!
He also had thee 2nd highest completion percentage in Super Bowl History with 82%. Now if that doesn’t scream GREATness than I don’t know what does.  I mean, should we trace back to my prior post debating the regular season NFL Associated Press MVP award!? Hmm.. (scratches head…).

For the second consecutive season, the Super Bowl changed direction off of a interception return for a touchdown. New Orleans CB Tracy Porter picked off a Peyton Manning pass and Flash Gordon’ed his way down the sideline for the game sealing TD! When I took a break from my studies to check on the game and walked in perfectly on time to catch Porter’s play, I was so ecstatic I went to sleep with a headache! It was surreal! Just when I thought the onside kick did it, this was like the icing on the cake to seal the Lombardi deal! His 74 yard return was the 3rd longest in Super Bowl history, only 2nd to James Harrison’s 100 yards last year.

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SORRY Peyton Manning. Although he did play exceptional for most of the game or well I mean what you’d expect from a QB of his caliber, he threw for 333 yards and a TD, but a detrimental interception in the 4th quarter put the game basically had everyone simply waiting for the game clock to cease.

The Saints became only the second team in the Super Bowl era to beat 5 different Super Bowl winning QBs (Kurt Warner, Brett Favre, and Manning) in the same season.

“Drew Brees outstanding performance Sunday capped a historic playoff run. Brees is the 5th QB in the Super Bowl era to throw at least 8 touchdowns without an interception in a single postseason. He finished the Saints Super Bowl run completing 70.5% of his passes for 732 yards with a QB rating of 115.4.”
(SportsCenter)

AP Photo Drew Brees Super Bowl XLIV MVP

“TO BE LIKE DREW: If you’re like us, the 2010 NFL Draft can’t come fast enough. Congrats again to the Saints Super Bowl XLIV victory. What a dream ride, you win the Super Bowl, get named the game’s MVP and then you get to go to Disney World where they throw a parade in your honor. It’s great to be Drew Brees. Since the Saints signed Brees, they’re 12 games over .500 during the regular season, scoring over 27 points/game. The Dolphins meanwhile, the team that considered then passed on Brees as a free agent, 14 games below .500, scoring 19 points/game.”
(SportsCenter)

Ben Liebenberg / NFL.com

Saints head coach Sean Payton called a very dicey play for the onside kick to open the second half and his team recovered the ball. Coach Payton also correctly challenged the 2-point conversion attempt that was ruled incomplete at first.
If there was any one team, franchise, or city that e this championship, it is New Orleans. The Lombardi Trophy is a symbol of triumph, resilience, hard work, determination, but MOST of all and last, but NOT least HOPE. Four years ago, approximately 85% of the city of New Orleans was basically submerged in water due to he devastation brought by Hurricane Katrina.
Brees went on to state, “Most people not knowing if New Orleans would ever come back or if the organization and the team would come back. … This is the culmination of that belief and that faith.”
Once more, CONGRATS to the New Orleans Saints and the city of New Orleans & their people as a whole.

I see countless highlights of dunks and etc. as I am a religious viewer of ESPN and I always feel that most of these slam dunks are overrated when the sportscaster get all ecstatic.
But as I viewed this highlight of Minister Louis Farrakhan’s godson this past week, Virginia’s own: Mustapha Farrakhan Jr. dunking on opponent then giving him the mean “WHAT NOW!?” face, If I could utilize one word to describe this play it would be: Grrr!!!

Since the earthquake has hit Haiti on the 12th of last month I have remained quiet and have opted not to discuss it on the site because It is a very extremely sensitive subject for me. This is especially since this is BLACK HIStory Month, I have a profound LOVE for humanity, & last but I NOT LEAST of course: my family is of Haitian descent.
I have a whole lot on my mind & when I feel I am ready to vent, I will. I CANNOT neglect that I too have a voice and this site is an outlet for my voice and all the other umpteen existing blogs/sites that do exist as well.

I have also taken the liberty to include the original piece here.

via Highsnobette

I’m a BIG fan of Mr. DeVaughn’s music! I couldn’t tell you who represents CLASSIC soul music like this young fellow right here. With his upcoming album (In Love & MasterPeace) in stores on March 2nd, Raheem has chosen to put together this mixtape for all the fans.
He covers everything from A Tribe Called Quest to Trey Songz and Sade and much more.
Enjoy.

DOWNLOAD: Raheem DeVaughn – Mr. February X March Madness (Mixtape)

The month of February reminds me of how long we’ve come from chain gangs although many of us are unfortunately still working on the chain gangs. The difference is these days, we actually have the choice to avoid it, but back then it was ALL against our will.

Nonetheless I thanks the MOST HIGH every morning I am awaken and have FREEDOM!