Look @ This Upcoming Beyonce Photo-Shoot And Tell Me What U Think...
From L'Official
Mrs Jay Z agreed to pose for an incredible fashion shoot, with the theme of African Queen, paying a tribute to the legendary Fela Kuti. Far from the glamorous Sasha Fierce, the beauty posed for the magazine with amazing fashion designers clothes, but also in a dress created by her mother. It is a return to her African roots, as you can see on the picture, on which her face was voluntarily darkened”.
Mrs Jay Z agreed to pose for an incredible fashion shoot, with the theme of African Queen, paying a tribute to the legendary Fela Kuti. Far from the glamorous Sasha Fierce, the beauty posed for the magazine with amazing fashion designers clothes, but also in a dress created by her mother. It is a return to her African roots, as you can see on the picture, on which her face was voluntarily darkened”.
I'm surprised. Nice images. I don't see the need for her to darken her skin to do that though.
Im seeing major confusion, first she does appearances and "lightens" up everything then she does a shoot and darkens everything, how about be your own self? just a thought maybe worth looking into.
"We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F
Mrs Jay Z agreed to pose for an incredible fashion shoot, with the theme of African Queen, paying a tribute to the legendary Fela Kuti. Far from the glamorous Sasha Fierce, the beauty posed for the magazine with amazing fashion designers clothes, but also in a dress created by her mother. It is a return to her African roots, as you can see on the picture, on which her face was voluntarily darkened”.
What do I think?
I think that Beyonce is a very pretty girl, but I also think that I am so fatigued of seeing beyonce trying to push herself onto us as a fashion phenomenon, because she is not. While she is arguably a pop culture darling she is not a fashion icon. There is a marked difference, the first of which is having a discernable, self-possessed sense of style that sets, rather than follows trends. No matter how may dresses she swirls around in, no many how many magazine covers, no matter how many pounds of make-up you slap on that face, Beyonce, of bow legs and pigeon toes is not nor ever will be a fashion industry legend. What she is attempting to achieve is simply best left to those who have done it best, the very uttering of their names signifying inspiration and revolution in the world of fashion. I'm sorry, but when I think of the great architects of style, Mme. Vionnet, Balenciaga, Chanel, Yves St. Laurent, Givenchy, Lauren, this is not the visage I see:
I would rather remember and pay homage to these women, the iconclasts who are the very fabric of fashion :
The Originator, Naomi Sims
Beverly Johnson
Pat Cleveland
Mounia, inspiration to Givenchy and St, Laurent, THE couture fashion muse of France
Grace Jones
Lana Ogilvie
Roshumba
Beverly Peele
Cynthia Bailey
Claudia Mason
Naomi
Liya Kebede
Waris Dirie
Atong
and The MOTHERLOAD, IMAN:
and the scores of others that go nameless to the general public, yet to the fashion industry are true stars, women with clearly defined essence, sense of style, who inspire creation. For me I'll take that rather than some blank canvas who goes with what is of the moment simply because they want another popular choice award to hang on their wall. Again, I think Knowles is an absolutely lovely girl, a great singer, but looking at her does not make me want to live, breathe, and eat fashion or originality. She makes me want to try a lace front, learn a good line dance, and practice hitting a D5 on my vocal scale, but not much else. I'm much rather interested in her sister's strong willed attitude toward dressing, or her mother's forays into Walmart sportswear and ladies dresses.
I thought she said her mother is Creole. Creoles recognize their African roots as part of their racial make-up, though. At least in Louisiana they do --
I heard her mother is a "Creole of color" of mixed ancestry (African/European heritage), like many in Louisiana.
no need to darken her skin...she's probably creole...
I don't see anything frightening about the pics, but Beyonce's mother is supposedly a "Creole of Color" - of African/European heritage. Beyonce's father is African-American. With that combination, in America, that's Black. That magazine could have found many African models to do that photo shoot.
I think that Beyonce is a very pretty girl, but I also think that I am so fatigued of seeing beyonce trying to push herself onto us as a fashion phenomenon, because she is not. While she is arguably a pop culture darling she is not a fashion icon. There is a marked difference, the first of which is having a discernable, self-possessed sense of style that sets, rather than follows trends. No matter how may dresses she swirls around in, no many how many magazine covers, no matter how many pounds of make-up you slap on that face, Beyonce, of bow legs and pigeon toes is not nor ever will be a fashion industry legend. What she is attempting to achieve is simply best left to those who have done it best, the very uttering of their names signifying inspiration and revolution in the world of fashion. I'm sorry, but when I think of the great architects of style, Mme. Vionnet, Balenciaga, Chanel, Yves St. Laurent, Givenchy, Lauren, this is not the visage I see:
I would rather remember and pay homage to these women, the iconclasts who are the very fabric of fashion :
The Originator, Naomi Sims
Beverly Johnson
Pat Cleveland
Mounia, inspiration to Givenchy and St, Laurent, THE couture fashion muse of France
Grace Jones
Lana Ogilvie
Roshumba
Beverly Peele
Cynthia Bailey
Claudia Mason
Naomi
Liya Kebede
Waris Dirie
Atong
and The MOTHERLOAD, IMAN:
and the scores of others that go nameless to the general public, yet to the fashion industry are true stars, women with clearly defined essence, sense of style, who inspire creation. For me I'll take that rather than some blank canvas who goes with what is of the moment simply because they want another popular choice award to hang on their wall. Again, I think Knowles is an absolutely lovely girl, a great singer, but looking at her does not make me want to live, breathe, and eat fashion or originality. She makes me want to try a lace front, learn a good line dance, and practice hitting a D5 on my vocal scale, but not much else. I'm much rather interested in her sister's strong willed attitude toward dressing, or her mother's forays into Walmart sportswear and ladies dresses.
In that pic of Beyonce, she's starting to look like Dolly Parton with that big blond, hairdo.
Gorgeous pics! I love Iman, such a strong, confident woman and a philanthropist. I saw her on the BET Honors yesterday, and she is still gorgeous as ever.
Why would they need to do a photoshoot with her in it about Black Queens and then make her darker?
Black people come in every hue.
I agree entirely. No need to make her faux black when she already is black.
I think it would have been nice if they just left her complexion alone;this way she could have just shown the many shades of women of color that exists among Black American and African women. That's what the magazine could have taken the opportunity to do. They should have gathered all the known African and Black American models, with their various complexions, and dressed them up like they did Beyonce. Also the fact that it was in honor of musician/activist, Fela Kuti, and the many wives he had. They could have picked a great selection of Black American/African women to model for that photo shoot.
I agree entirely. No need to make her faux black when she already is black.
I think it would have been nice if they just left her complexion alone;this way she could have just shown the many shades of women of color that exists among Black American and African women. That's what the magazine could have taken the opportunity to do. They should have gathered all the known African and Black American models, with their various complexions, and dressed them up like they did Beyonce. Also the fact that it was in honor of musician/activist, Fela Kuti, and the many wives he had. They could have picked a great selection of Black American/African women to model for that photo shoot.
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Fantastic idea, but you know Beyowulf is not trying share editorial pages with anyone, and especially on a project tied to publicity for her husband's musical
Why would they need to do a photoshoot with her in it about Black Queens and then make her darker?
Black people come in every hue.
Non-black people either tend to forget that major fact or choose to ignore it altogether. I think, no I suspect, that in some fashion and entertainment circles Beyonce is either too black or not black enough. Consider this pic and compare to her L'Oreal commercials in which she appears with lighter skin and blonde hair. The girl can't win. She has to be all things to all people. One of these days we will see a fashion shoot of Bey with slanted eyes and a Geisha wig.
I'M NOT SAYING YOU'RE UGLY. YOU JUST HAVE BAD LUCK WHEN IT COMES TO MIRRORS AND SUNLIGHT! RIP Dick Clark, Whitney Houston, Don Cornelius, Heavy D, and Donna Summer.
I think it would have been nice if they just left her complexion alone;this way she could have just shown the many shades of women of color that exists among Black American and African women. That's what the magazine could have taken the opportunity to do. They should have gathered all the known African and Black American models, with their various complexions, and dressed them up like they did Beyonce. Also the fact that it was in honor of musician/activist, Fela Kuti, and the many wives he had. They could have picked a great selection of Black American/African women to model for that photo shoot.
[Edited 2/22/11 7:44am]
Fantastic idea, but you know Beyowulf is not trying share editorial pages with anyone, and especially on a project tied to publicity for her husband's musical
Oh yeah, I forgot he was one of the producers (?) of that play, along with the Will Smith's. I saw Will, Jada and the kids at "Fela on Broadway", when I went to see it a second time; when Patti had a part in it. They waved to the crowd. Beyo, tries too hard and seems desperate to be the center of attention, yet I have to question the image she promotes on a daily basis. It's almost like she's trying to be the "blond ambition" since Gaga's been getting all the attention.
Beyonce is Black, okay? At the very least, broadly, racially speaking. That said and agreed upon, even if you decide it’s more fun licking the fluff off the long lost Twizzler in your pocket (mmm, pocket fluff) than picking apart her exact ethnic/racial background, you’re still left with the slightly perplexing picture above. A picture that seems to suggest we need reminding of what Beyonce looks like in the botched ‘before’ pictures where L’Oreal gets a little too wild in MS Paint with its image contrast. Beyonce, looking beautiful I might add, poses and looks appropriately regal and elegant in a photo shoot in which she wearsblackface make-up for the L’Officiel Paris 90th anniversary March 2011 cover. She looks normal on what scans like a Harper’s Bazaar cover from 2007, but inside she’s dressed-up and made-up in homage to Nigerian musician Fela Kuti.
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But she's CREOLE!!!! 
'Going over to check out the Shiela E. thread' 
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The ones I found are not locked 
