. . . you know, if I wanted to birth babies and if he wasn't already married with some kids, this muthafucka right here would be the ONE. Ozwald Boateng has to be the cleanest brutha on the planet.

Unmistakeably African, black as night, sharp as a tack, baldheaded, a talented fashion designer AND straight not to mention his accent . . .

For real, I might have to stalk this one.







Is this my other baby daddy Adebisi???

:nod
He is foine as hell.
Did you watch his reality show when it aired a while back?

He is single too

http://www.dailymail.co.u...l?ITO=1490

Pictures don't do this brutha justice. His walk and physicality is just scrumptious. For real I could spread that blackness on toast and eat my fill.

1sexymf said:

Yes, it's on the Sundance Channel so I've been watching it.

mdiver said:

Awwwww, shit!!! I see I'ma have to start planning the takeover.

SCNDLS said:

Saville Row is about 40 mins from our house Once Ivy is home i will leave the key under the mat.....you will have somewhere to drag him then

mdiver said:

I love it when a plan comes togeva. But, I'm seriously putting him on my radar.

Damn...not Adebisi!!...Lawd, I find him sexy. He was something else in that cable show he starred in a couple of years ago.

2elijah said:

Girl, not Adebisi, Ozwald is my baby daddy.

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

But I'll cut ya if you get too close

My gaydar is going off.

Super yum!!

SCNDLS said:

Ooooh...I'll back of then. Can I at least have Adibis's nice phat ass?

2freaky4church1 said:

I don't get gay from him at all. Even in those tight ass suits he seems ultra masculine and pro-pussy to me.

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

Yeah, and you know he a freak too.

This documentary is really awesome too. You can tell how excited he is to meet his hero, Giorgio Armani.

SCNDLS said:

A Big Ol' Chocolate Box!

mzsadii said:

Ooooh, Lawd YES!

He's okay, & he makes a NICE suit

So what season is the show in? I watched the first season on Sundance Channel a while back, then it fell off my radar. Did he open up shop in America yet?

CalhounSq said:

The episodes I'm watching are re-runs shot 3 years ago. So I'm thinking he didn't open a store in the US.

Paris: Boateng conquers Paris

The British designer with a penchant for firsts has just made fashion history in France, reports Hilary Alexander

Ozwald Boateng likes firsts. He was the first black tailor to open on Savile Row. In December, when he was signed up as the first creative designer of Givenchy menswear, he became the first black designer for a major French house in Paris.

And when his first menswear collection for Givenchy was unveiled in the Musée d'Art Moderne in Avenue President Wilson yesterday, it was the first time in the history of the house that a menswear collection has been seen on the catwalk.

His models crunched down a catwalk strewn with one-and-a-half tons of anthracite chips. The collection was sharp and sophisticated, merging French chic with Boateng's slick, hip urban signature.

In joining Givenchy, part of the vast Louis Vuitton Möet Hennessy empire, Boateng, 37, has acquired membership of the fashion world's most exclusive "club". LVMH owns, among others, Christian Dior, Emilio Pucci, Kenzo and, of course, Louis Vuitton, where the hip American designer Marc Jacobs reigns supreme. Yves Carcelle, the boss of Louis Vuitton, has been one of Boateng's customers for many years and even Bernard Arnault, the formidable chairman of the LVMH group, has availed himself of the designer's tailoring.

Self-taught, and endowed with incredible chutzpah and a showman's ability always to find the limelight, Boateng is his own best advertisement. At 6ft 4in, he is as long and lean as a whippet and his bald head is polished like a shiny hazelnut. He and his elegant Russian wife, Gyunel - as blonde and pale as he is dark - are regulars on the international social circuit.

Boateng's celebrity client list reads like a roll call of Oscar nominees for best actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, Will Smith, Joseph Fiennes, Samuel L Jackson, Russell Crowe, Wesley Snipes and Sir Anthony Hopkins. His film credits include Hannibal, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Tomorrow Never Dies, and most recently, he designed Jude Law's wardrobe for the remake of Alfie. In the music world, he counts everyone from Sir Mick Jagger and David Bowie to Robbie Williams, George Michael and Seal as clients.

Boateng is renowned for his sharp cut and his vibrant use of colour. His chiselled suits in charcoal or pewter-grey flash electric violet or Hare Krishna orange linings. A pocket or cuff is stamped with a band of lime or scarlet. He attributes this to his heritage. Although born in Archway, north London - "as grey a place as it's possible to imagine" - both his parents are from Ghana and, he says, "there's 1,000 years of Ashanti culture in my genes".

He was given his first made-to-measure suit as a fifth birthday present; it was double-breasted, bright purple and came with a matching shirt and tie. For Givenchy, however, he has wisely turned down the volume.

Although there are some ruby deerskin blousons, short-sleeved red and white gingham shirts, suits and knits in a pale apple green, and crisp, blue and white pinstripe jackets, shades of black, grey and white predominate. Suits in fine Prince of Wales check and herringbone unbutton to reveal wicked linings in tiny black and white pin-dotted silk.

"Clearly, Hubert de Givenchy has enormous style and I have tapped into the heritage," says Boateng. "But I have made it modern. It's a very French colour palette and all the emphasis is on the cut and the texture of the fabrics." The designer has also produced a range of accessories, including luggage, shoes and eyewear.

When he left school, Boateng initially planned to go into business, but he felt a strong calling for tailoring. A friend told him about Savile Row and, intrigued by the history, he introduced himself to the late Tommy Nutter, the rock 'n' roll tailor who revolutionised the Row in the Sixties and Seventies.

"It was Nutter who showed me how suits were made. Then, I just started going round all the different places where they did the shoulders and the collars, watching and learning the processes. Because I was self-trained, I could question the methods of working and, as I learnt the skills, I also learnt to adapt them."

Boateng began making made-to-measure suits from a studio in the Portobello Road. "I had zero," he says. "I'd get a deposit for a suit and go from there. It wasn't easy, but I never had any doubt that I would make it."

The designer gradually made a name for himself in media and music circles and, in 1998, launched a ready-to-wear line and his first shop on Vigo Street. Two years ago, he opened his headquarters and main showroom on Savile Row.

"My father told me I was named Ozwald after an uncle who lived his life according to his instincts and intuition," he says. "When I walked into Givenchy, I had this image of a tulip. I decided to make it a symbol for my first collection. A few weeks later, I got a call from the Dutch Tulip Association, telling me they'd just decided to name a tulip after Hubert de Givenchy."

SCNDLS said:

Aww man! People rock his suits here though, I wonder what the holdup is At least he's still going strong, I didn't know about the Givenchy deal until the article you posted

CalhounSq said:

Yeah, the TV show actually showed him putting on the Givenchy show, but he parted with Givenchy after the Spring 2007 collection.

To be honest, watching the show and listening to him talk about the expansion made me think he's not ready. It doesn't sound like he had a good, sound business plan. When he was speaking with the American recruiter she asked him what his business goals were and he said "To be as big as Armani." Girl my face and hers was like I mean, uh, that's nice but do you have a detailed plan for doing that and growing your biz? Then she asked him "Yes, but is bigger better OR is better better?" Dude, was baffled. I ask my clients this all the time and if they can't answer it lets me know they're ducks ain't in a row.

Even Mark Echo said his micromanaging approach is not gonna get him where he wants to be. So, I don't know.
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His fashion shows look like so much fun too. I gotta figure out how to wrangle an invite to one. BTW, I think he'd be a great designer for Prince to rock. His use of colors, great fabrics, and lines would look great on P's lil frame IMO.



I also love the way he ends his shows.


[Edited 4/16/09 12:54pm]

Damn, I just found this clip of Ozwald with my OTHER baby daddy, Dhani Jones. Lawd, this could get messy . . .

:bump:

SCNDLS said:

SCNDLS said:

Don't look ova here while you busy cuttin Miguel....