Women: for change

COVER QUEEN || VOGUE PIC's and Behind Scenes Video

Here arethe pics of the Beyonce spread from Vogue magazine, Bey is working the natural look.  You can also check out the behind the scenes video after the click.

COVER QUEEN || BEYONCE x ITALIAN VOGUE PREVIEW

Fresh from the US Vogue Shape issue, Beyonce is now set to cover Italian Vogue, thanks to Beyonce World for the preview pics.

COVER QUEEN || BEYONCE x VOGUE - SHAPE ISSUE

Beyonce cover's US Vogue's April 2009 Shape Issue

COVER QUEEN || Jennifer Hudson x JET - APRIL 2009

Jennifer graces the cover of Jet Magazines April issue on stands April 16th, the cover is a pic taken from the 40th NAACP Awards..loved this dress!!

COVER QUEEN || Beyonce - Los Angeles Confidential

Beyonce covers Los Angeles Confidential, i feel like i've seen this pic before but she does look amazing in the Herve Leger by Max Azria swimsuit.

COVER QUEEN || MICHELLE OBAMA & OPRAH - O MAGAZINE

Michelle Obama shares the April cover of O with Oprah, shot by Bruce Weber. Michelle wears Michael Kors, marking her second big Kors moment of the week after she chose one of his dresses for her official White House portrait. It's the first time in nine years Oprah's shared the cover in 9 years. Check out an exclusive look at the interview from Oprah.com

COVER QUEEN || Glamour Magazine 70th Anniversary ~ Tribute to American Icons

Glamour Magazine celebrates it’s 70th Anniversary by paying tribute to 13 women they consider icons. The spread features Alica Keys as Michelle Obama, Paula Patton as Billie Holida, Model Chanel Iman as Tennis legend Althea Gibson & Ugly Betty star America Ferrera as Dolores Huerta

Glamour.com
You can do anything! That’s the message of the seven decades of female risk takers, rule breakers and style makers here. We celebrate them with the help of some very-2009 young talents.

“She has worked hard for everything she’s accomplished, and done so with grace and humility. So many women and girls can identify with her story.”—Alicia

COVER QUEEN || Beyonce & Solange Knowles - New Samantha Thavasa Ad

Sistes Beyonce & Solange Knowles continue their campaigns for Tokyo handbag company Samantha Thavasa. They were the first black celebs to star in a campaign for the Tokyo company, while its not a suprise it is worth noting.

 

COVER KING || Jay- Z x Best Life Magazine - April 2009

Jay-Z ( Shawn Carter ) covers Best Life Magazine by the editors of Mens Health.

In the issue Jay tells his '6 rules for living your best life'.

COVER QUEEN || Slumdog Star 'Freida Pinto' - India Vogue & Cosmo

The female star of Slumdog millionaire looked dazzling at the Oscars and covers India Vogue & Cosmo.

COVER QUEEN || Halle by Halle Berry Perfume Ad

Halle's perfume is out, here are the ads for it, will you be buying it?

COVER QUEEN || BEYONCE x EBONY APRIL 2009 - BEYONCEVOLVED

Beyonce looks great on the cover of April Ebony Magazine, talking about everything from her marriage to a definition of 'Who is the Real Beyonce'?

Do you prefer the powerful dark & curly look or the straight & blond look?

When asked who is the real Beyonce, she tells the magazine: “I’m a daughter, I’m a friend, I’m a wife, I’m a sister. All those things first. I’m artist. I’m a businesswoman. I’m multifaceted. I’m a lover. I’m inspired by love. I make decisions from the heart.”

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Video || HALLE BERRY - BEHIND THE SCENES MOOD

Halle Berry behind the scenes on the Mood shoot.

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Michelle Obama covers People (US) and talks about their life in the White House from rules for the girls and the White House puppy.

 

After much speculation First Lady Michelle Obama cover's March issue of Vogue Magazine. This is definitely a collectors issue, i love it- no drama, real & down to earth.

Excerpts from the interview after the click

We all know Beyonce goes up and down in weight like most girls but in this month's Cosmopolitan Magazine UK, Beyonce talks about the stresses and strains of staying fit and dieting.

Halle Berry covers March 09 issue of Essence Magazine's Hollywood edition.

Vibe has just released the 2nd cover of the Style issue, featuring Keyshia Cole and Frankie. Check out this issue out now in some areas or on Feb 19th to see Keyshia & Frankie ' like you've never seen them before'.

Keyshia Cole graces the cover of Vibe Magazine for March 2009, this will be Keyshia's 3rd cover for the magazine.  It's a different style cover for the magazine's Style Issue.

Chanel Iman graces the cover of Page Six Magazine (as she say's in the interview) she should be landing more cover's than this, but we'll settle for this right now. Check out some of the interview after the click

Here is Beyonce's new Loreal Ad, its nice enough, but it looks like she's looking somewhere else , not at the camera.. or something looks a little off with her eyes. What do you think?

Ebony magazine's February issue is dedicated to true love, and the poster couple for True Love is of course Barack and Michelle Obama. The issue also features couples like Will & Jada, Mariah & Nick, Beyonce & Jay-Z & Chris & Rihanna.

This is Kanye's 1st solo Vibe Cover, i think it speaks for itself but check out what Vibe says about it's new issue;

It's a battle of the cosmetic ads, Beyonce for Loreal (how does this one comapre to the last controversial ad?) and Gisele for Max factor.

Mariah does a cute festive spread for Redbook's December 2008 issue.

Inside scans after the click

Christina Aguilera graces the cover of Swedish Cosmo, check other another mag scan after the click & a leaked track from the film 'The Spirit' - Falling in love again.

Rosario Dawson graces the cover of Lucky magazine's January issue, she will feature along side Will Smith in the upcoming movie 'Seven Pounds'.

Estelle covers the British Sunday telegraph insert 'Stella'. I'm lovin' the 60's / futuristic vibe.

In January's O Magazine and to coincide with The Oprah Show's 'Best Life' theme airing in January, Oprah confesses to gaining 40 pounds and being mad at herself and 'embarrassed' for falling off the wagon.
Many women can relate to this problem (the reason why diets and their products are so successful), and is set to make Oprah more relate-able for many.

In the January's O magazine, Oprah Winfrey confesses that she now weighs 200 pounds and has "fallen off the wagon.

"I'm mad at myself," writes Winfrey, 54. "I'm embarrassed. I can't believe that after all these years, all the things I know how to do, I'm still talking about my weight. I look at my thinner self and think, 'How did I let this happen again?'"

Beyonce is once again the cover queen for Elle US December. Inside she discusses, cadillac records, hubby Jay - Z & kids.
Check out a piece from the interview & more avant garde pics after the click

Beyonce brings classic 'glamour' for the French January 09 cover.

Victoria Beckham graces the cover of Harper's Bazaar to talk about alot of things, but should we start calling her Vicky Fierce...or is that taking it a little too far?

Ebony has landed Barack Obama’s first print interview as President in a special collectors edition:

He did it! Barack Obama has rightfully earned the historic title of President-elect! Ebony magazine conducted the first interview and photo shoot with Mr. President since his Nov. 4 victory. The exclusive interview is the centerpiece of Ebony magazine’s January 2009 special collector’s edition, which chronicles the rise of Barack Obama to one of the most powerful positions in the world.

Inside Beyonce talks about the usual, her music, performance and a lil bit about Jay;
"Jay is so cool. He can just stand on stage completely still, and the audience will go nuts,” says Beyonce Knowles. “Me? I have to work it! I’m shaking it and throwing it and rolling around on the floor.”

ESSENCE's January 2009 dual-cover issue featuring President-elect Barack Obama and soon-to-be First Lady Michelle commemorates a once-in-forever event as only we can. The 56-page tribute features the images, thoughts and dreams of some of our best writers and photographers and examines what the Obama victory means for us, our children and the future of Black America. Yes, this is our time. And the journey has just begun.

Britney went back to glam for her Glamour Magazine (US) cover. Inside she spoke about her new album, the past year and her plans for 2009

In January's Glamour, Britney Spears opens up about her "crazy year," her new album Circus and her future. "The whole year has been a hell of a year for me," she says, referring to her forced psychiatric hospitalizations, loss of custody of her two sons and infamous head shaving. Recording her latest album Circus -- which drops Tuesday on her 27th birthday -- "has helped take my mind off certain things," she says. "For me, my music is therapy."

Britney graces the Dec 11th cover of Billboard magazine, she's currently in Europe promoting her new album 'Circus'. Is anyone looking forward to the documentary coming out?? Bits of the interview after the click.

Keyshia cole graces the front cover of Upscale Magazine (USA), check out a snippet of the interview after the click. (Thanks to theYBF.com)

Eva Mendes graces the cover of Latino magazine and discuss' her childhood, hollywood and her stint in rehab. After the click check out behind the scenes of the shoot.

Supermodel Naomi Campbell graces the cover of December Russian Vogue. Nice winter cover...what do you think?

I can't wait until i can just write President Obama instead of President Elect, (but anyway) P.E Obama is on The Cover of Time Magazine as F.D.R (previous President). So what's the point of this type of cover? Well the caption reads ' What Barack Obama can learn from F.D.R _ And what the Democrats need to do.

Barack graces the December 2008 issue of GQ magazine and is THE man of the year.

Time is being coy about the inevitable naming of Barack Obama as Person of the Year, but GQ is all set to unveil its choice. The president-elect appears on the December cover as a Man of the Year, though he has to share in a rotation with Michael Phelps (that other winner this year), Leonardo DiCaprio and Jon Hamm of “Mad Men.” The tribute to Obama is written by Sen. Ted Kennedy, who endorsed Obama for the Democratic nomination at a crucial stage.

Some titles (including GQ rival Esquire) have made do with pick-up art throughout the campaign season and since Obama won, but GQ sent Mark Seliger to join the candidate’s press corps and hope for two minutes access. He got just under that time in Philadelphia, shooting Obama in front of a white sheet hung in a doorway after a rally. “It was very guerrilla,” Seliger told WWD.

The Magazine on stands this month in the UK, presents Leona's triumphant year as a rising international superstar.

Leona on Fur:

Leona, who is a staunch vegetarian, can’t understand why anyone would want to wear a coat made from animal skin.

She said: “It’s such an old school way of doing things. I can’t begin to imagine that people who know all these animals have been killed to make a coat can still wear it. There must be something seriously wrong with them.”

 

To say that she is everywhere is an understatement, the hardest working woman in showbiz??
Check out her cover of German GQ.

"...People have said to me, 'Oh, you make it look so easy,' and I'm like,
'Have you been in a relationship?'"
 
 -Jada Pinkett Smith
 
The December issue hits newsstands November 12!
 
There's no stopping Mr. and Mrs. Smith! Hollywood's It Couple makes marriage, love and life look easy. But for The Smiths, the good life means opening the doors to an independent school near their California home, staying connected with their inner-city roots and raising their blended family. How do they do it all and still manage to keep igniting their passion after 11 years of marriage? ESSENCE listens in on this intimate conversation between Hollywood's box-office king and his leading lady as they reveal how they bring out the best in each other.

Keyshia looks fantastic on the cover of Billboard , the article ftouches her rise to fame and success and focuses on her new album 'A Different Me' & future projects.

After chronicling her own gritty rise to fame on 2005’s “The Way It Is” and 2007’s “Just Like You,” Keyshia Cole moves in a new direction on “A Different Me,” due Dec. 16 via Imani Geffen Interscope. “The first two albums were more … painful,” she tells Billboard over lunch in Los Angeles. “It’s a different me this time: a young woman who’s still growing and finding myself, exploring life through different routes musically and in other areas. I wrote more about other people’s situations than my own. I’m moving forward.” “A Different Me” features Cole collaborating with a combination of marquee names and newcomers, including Polow Da Don, the Runners, Neffu, Kwame, Orthodox & Ransom and the Trackmasters. On her previous albums, Cole worked with such songwriter producers as Greg Curtis, Missy Elliott, Scott Storch, Bryan-Michael Cox, Rodney Jerkins and Sean Garrett.

Vogue is eager to include Michelle Obama in an upcoming issue. In other news, we're wearing our Captain Obvious hat today! A Vogue spokesperson told WWD, "Starting with Eleanor Roosevelt, it’s been a long-standing tradition to photograph the new first lady. So needless to say, we are very interested in working with Mrs. Obama. Precisely how is still being discussed." Michelle has already appeared in Vogue but never on the cover. She was featured in the September 2007 issue and included as an "It" girl in the April issue.

 

Singer Rihanna is a face of the new ad campaign for Tattoo Heart.

Italian fashion house Gucci and charity foundation UNICEF are partnering again for the fourth year in the row.

Gucci has launched a special white version of Tattoo Hearts Collection of handbags and accessories to help with UNICEeart tattoo design F’s motives.

The collection is adorned with a stylish illustrated heart tatto design

decorated with the iconic Gucci symbols - the horsebit and the web.

The tattoo heart line features canvas totes and silk scarves with tattooed hearts, flowers and stars. Handbag styles are presented in a variety of materials.

Rihanna commercial after the click

IT’S RAINING IN NEW YORK. A hot, muggy, gray rain that splashes in heavy sheets off the line of black Escalades parked outside a photo studio on the West Side. Just a few weeks ago, Hurricane Ike brought far more relentless rains to Houston, destroying the neighborhood where Beyoncé Knowles grew up. Oddly, her favorite memory is tied to a similar meteorological disaster almost 20 years ago.

“I never told anyone this story, but we lived by the bayou, and it flooded,” she explains. “My father came to pick me up from school. I thought he was so strong. And he protected me. We had to get out of the car because the water was flooding the streets. He was carrying me around and it was the most fun thing in the world. My arms were around his neck and I was laughing and it was raining, and I was like, this is great! Even though, looking back, I know he was terrified.”

Two decades later, that little girl has grown up. She still spends a lot of her time with her father, Matthew Knowles. But no one has to carry Beyoncé these days. Having sold 100 million records with Destiny’s Child and another 25 million as a solo artist, she’s built a career that continues to defy even the darkest predictions about the collapse of the music business. This month, as she prepares to release her third solo album, Beyoncé herself seems to be a force of nature.

COVER QUEEN || MICHELLE OBAMA x PEOPLE MAGAZINE

Michelle Obama covers People (US) and talks about their life in the White House from rules for the girls and the White House puppy.

 

COVER QUEEN | MICHELLE OBAMA x VOGUE March 2009

After much speculation First Lady Michelle Obama cover's March issue of Vogue Magazine. This is definitely a collectors issue, i love it- no drama, real & down to earth.

Excerpts from the interview after the click

Cover Queen | Beyonce's Current Diet 'I Eat Veg & Drink Water'

We all know Beyonce goes up and down in weight like most girls but in this month's Cosmopolitan Magazine UK, Beyonce talks about the stresses and strains of staying fit and dieting.

Cover Queen | Halle Berry x Essence Magazine March 2009

Halle Berry covers March 09 issue of Essence Magazine's Hollywood edition.

Cover Queen | Keyshia Cole & Frankie x Vibe Style Issue March 2009

Vibe has just released the 2nd cover of the Style issue, featuring Keyshia Cole and Frankie. Check out this issue out now in some areas or on Feb 19th to see Keyshia & Frankie ' like you've never seen them before'.

Cover Queen | Keyshia Cole x Vibe Magazine March 09

Keyshia Cole graces the cover of Vibe Magazine for March 2009, this will be Keyshia's 3rd cover for the magazine.  It's a different style cover for the magazine's Style Issue.

Cover Queen | Chanel Iman x Page Six Magazine

Chanel Iman graces the cover of Page Six Magazine (as she say's in the interview) she should be landing more cover's than this, but we'll settle for this right now. Check out some of the interview after the click

Cover Queen | Beyonce x New Loreal Ad

Here is Beyonce's new Loreal Ad, its nice enough, but it looks like she's looking somewhere else , not at the camera.. or something looks a little off with her eyes. What do you think?

Cover King & Queen | Barack & Michelle Obama x Ebony Magazine Feb 09

Ebony magazine's February issue is dedicated to true love, and the poster couple for True Love is of course Barack and Michelle Obama. The issue also features couples like Will & Jada, Mariah & Nick, Beyonce & Jay-Z & Chris & Rihanna.

Cover King | Kanye West x VIBE Magazine February 2009

This is Kanye's 1st solo Vibe Cover, i think it speaks for itself but check out what Vibe says about it's new issue;

Cover Queen | Battle of the Cosmetic Ads: Beyonce vs. Gisele

It's a battle of the cosmetic ads, Beyonce for Loreal (how does this one comapre to the last controversial ad?) and Gisele for Max factor.

Cover Queen | Keyshia Cole x Jet Magazine January 2009

Cover Queen | Mariah Carey x Redbook Magazine

Mariah does a cute festive spread for Redbook's December 2008 issue.

Inside scans after the click

Cover Queen| Christina Aguilera - Cosmopolitan Magazine x New Track

Christina Aguilera graces the cover of Swedish Cosmo, check other another mag scan after the click & a leaked track from the film 'The Spirit' - Falling in love again.

Cover Queen | Rosario Dawson x Lucky Magazine

Rosario Dawson graces the cover of Lucky magazine's January issue, she will feature along side Will Smith in the upcoming movie 'Seven Pounds'.

Cover Queen | Estelle x Stella Sunday Telegraph

Estelle covers the British Sunday telegraph insert 'Stella'. I'm lovin' the 60's / futuristic vibe.

Cover Queen | Oprah Winfrey Weight Confession & Why Most of us Can Relate

In January's O Magazine and to coincide with The Oprah Show's 'Best Life' theme airing in January, Oprah confesses to gaining 40 pounds and being mad at herself and 'embarrassed' for falling off the wagon.
Many women can relate to this problem (the reason why diets and their products are so successful), and is set to make Oprah more relate-able for many.

In the January's O magazine, Oprah Winfrey confesses that she now weighs 200 pounds and has "fallen off the wagon.

"I'm mad at myself," writes Winfrey, 54. "I'm embarrassed. I can't believe that after all these years, all the things I know how to do, I'm still talking about my weight. I look at my thinner self and think, 'How did I let this happen again?'"

Cover Queen | Beyonce x Elle Magazine US x The Liberation of B

Beyonce is once again the cover queen for Elle US December. Inside she discusses, cadillac records, hubby Jay - Z & kids.
Check out a piece from the interview & more avant garde pics after the click

Cover Queen x Beyonce French Glamour Jan 09

Beyonce brings classic 'glamour' for the French January 09 cover.

Cover Queen x Victoria Beckham x Harper's Bazaar

Victoria Beckham graces the cover of Harper's Bazaar to talk about alot of things, but should we start calling her Vicky Fierce...or is that taking it a little too far?

Cover King | President Obama 1st Interview after Election x Ebony Magazine

Ebony has landed Barack Obama’s first print interview as President in a special collectors edition:

He did it! Barack Obama has rightfully earned the historic title of President-elect! Ebony magazine conducted the first interview and photo shoot with Mr. President since his Nov. 4 victory. The exclusive interview is the centerpiece of Ebony magazine’s January 2009 special collector’s edition, which chronicles the rise of Barack Obama to one of the most powerful positions in the world.

Cover Queen | Beyonce x Giant - Dec / Jan

Inside Beyonce talks about the usual, her music, performance and a lil bit about Jay;
"Jay is so cool. He can just stand on stage completely still, and the audience will go nuts,” says Beyonce Knowles. “Me? I have to work it! I’m shaking it and throwing it and rolling around on the floor.”

Cover King & Queen | President Obama & First Lady Michelle Obama x Essence January 2009

ESSENCE's January 2009 dual-cover issue featuring President-elect Barack Obama and soon-to-be First Lady Michelle commemorates a once-in-forever event as only we can. The 56-page tribute features the images, thoughts and dreams of some of our best writers and photographers and examines what the Obama victory means for us, our children and the future of Black America. Yes, this is our time. And the journey has just begun.

Cover Queen | Britney Spears x Glamour January (US)

Britney went back to glam for her Glamour Magazine (US) cover. Inside she spoke about her new album, the past year and her plans for 2009

In January's Glamour, Britney Spears opens up about her "crazy year," her new album Circus and her future. "The whole year has been a hell of a year for me," she says, referring to her forced psychiatric hospitalizations, loss of custody of her two sons and infamous head shaving. Recording her latest album Circus -- which drops Tuesday on her 27th birthday -- "has helped take my mind off certain things," she says. "For me, my music is therapy."

COVER QUEEN x BRITNEY SPEARS x BILLBOARD

Britney graces the Dec 11th cover of Billboard magazine, she's currently in Europe promoting her new album 'Circus'. Is anyone looking forward to the documentary coming out?? Bits of the interview after the click.

COVER QUEEN x KEYSHIA COLE x UPSCALE MAGAZINE DEC / JAN

Keyshia cole graces the front cover of Upscale Magazine (USA), check out a snippet of the interview after the click. (Thanks to theYBF.com)

COVER QUEEN x EVA MENDES x LATINA DEC / JAN ISSUE

Eva Mendes graces the cover of Latino magazine and discuss' her childhood, hollywood and her stint in rehab. After the click check out behind the scenes of the shoot.

COVER QUEEN x NAOMI CAMPBELL x RUSSIAN VOGUE

Supermodel Naomi Campbell graces the cover of December Russian Vogue. Nice winter cover...what do you think?

COVER KING x PRESIDENT ELECT OBAMA x TIME MAGAZINE

I can't wait until i can just write President Obama instead of President Elect, (but anyway) P.E Obama is on The Cover of Time Magazine as F.D.R (previous President). So what's the point of this type of cover? Well the caption reads ' What Barack Obama can learn from F.D.R _ And what the Democrats need to do.

COVER KING x BARACK OBAMA x GQ x MAN OF THE YEAR

Barack graces the December 2008 issue of GQ magazine and is THE man of the year.

Time is being coy about the inevitable naming of Barack Obama as Person of the Year, but GQ is all set to unveil its choice. The president-elect appears on the December cover as a Man of the Year, though he has to share in a rotation with Michael Phelps (that other winner this year), Leonardo DiCaprio and Jon Hamm of “Mad Men.” The tribute to Obama is written by Sen. Ted Kennedy, who endorsed Obama for the Democratic nomination at a crucial stage.

Some titles (including GQ rival Esquire) have made do with pick-up art throughout the campaign season and since Obama won, but GQ sent Mark Seliger to join the candidate’s press corps and hope for two minutes access. He got just under that time in Philadelphia, shooting Obama in front of a white sheet hung in a doorway after a rally. “It was very guerrilla,” Seliger told WWD.

Cover Queen x Leona Lewis x Glamour Magazine UK

The Magazine on stands this month in the UK, presents Leona's triumphant year as a rising international superstar.

Leona on Fur:

Leona, who is a staunch vegetarian, can’t understand why anyone would want to wear a coat made from animal skin.

She said: “It’s such an old school way of doing things. I can’t begin to imagine that people who know all these animals have been killed to make a coat can still wear it. There must be something seriously wrong with them.”

 

Cover Queen x Beyonce X GQ Germany

To say that she is everywhere is an understatement, the hardest working woman in showbiz??
Check out her cover of German GQ.

Cover King & Queen x Mr & Mrs Smith x Essence

"...People have said to me, 'Oh, you make it look so easy,' and I'm like,
'Have you been in a relationship?'"
 
 -Jada Pinkett Smith
 
The December issue hits newsstands November 12!
 
There's no stopping Mr. and Mrs. Smith! Hollywood's It Couple makes marriage, love and life look easy. But for The Smiths, the good life means opening the doors to an independent school near their California home, staying connected with their inner-city roots and raising their blended family. How do they do it all and still manage to keep igniting their passion after 11 years of marriage? ESSENCE listens in on this intimate conversation between Hollywood's box-office king and his leading lady as they reveal how they bring out the best in each other.

Cover Queen x Keyshia Cole x Billboard Magazine

Keyshia looks fantastic on the cover of Billboard , the article ftouches her rise to fame and success and focuses on her new album 'A Different Me' & future projects.

After chronicling her own gritty rise to fame on 2005’s “The Way It Is” and 2007’s “Just Like You,” Keyshia Cole moves in a new direction on “A Different Me,” due Dec. 16 via Imani Geffen Interscope. “The first two albums were more … painful,” she tells Billboard over lunch in Los Angeles. “It’s a different me this time: a young woman who’s still growing and finding myself, exploring life through different routes musically and in other areas. I wrote more about other people’s situations than my own. I’m moving forward.” “A Different Me” features Cole collaborating with a combination of marquee names and newcomers, including Polow Da Don, the Runners, Neffu, Kwame, Orthodox & Ransom and the Trackmasters. On her previous albums, Cole worked with such songwriter producers as Greg Curtis, Missy Elliott, Scott Storch, Bryan-Michael Cox, Rodney Jerkins and Sean Garrett.

Cover Queen x Vogue Wants Michelle Obama Cover

Vogue is eager to include Michelle Obama in an upcoming issue. In other news, we're wearing our Captain Obvious hat today! A Vogue spokesperson told WWD, "Starting with Eleanor Roosevelt, it’s been a long-standing tradition to photograph the new first lady. So needless to say, we are very interested in working with Mrs. Obama. Precisely how is still being discussed." Michelle has already appeared in Vogue but never on the cover. She was featured in the September 2007 issue and included as an "It" girl in the April issue.

Rihanna Cover Girl & UNICEF / GUCCI AD

 

Singer Rihanna is a face of the new ad campaign for Tattoo Heart.

Italian fashion house Gucci and charity foundation UNICEF are partnering again for the fourth year in the row.

Gucci has launched a special white version of Tattoo Hearts Collection of handbags and accessories to help with UNICEeart tattoo design F’s motives.

The collection is adorned with a stylish illustrated heart tatto design

decorated with the iconic Gucci symbols - the horsebit and the web.

The tattoo heart line features canvas totes and silk scarves with tattooed hearts, flowers and stars. Handbag styles are presented in a variety of materials.

Rihanna commercial after the click

Cover Queen x Beyonce x Gotham Magazine

IT’S RAINING IN NEW YORK. A hot, muggy, gray rain that splashes in heavy sheets off the line of black Escalades parked outside a photo studio on the West Side. Just a few weeks ago, Hurricane Ike brought far more relentless rains to Houston, destroying the neighborhood where Beyoncé Knowles grew up. Oddly, her favorite memory is tied to a similar meteorological disaster almost 20 years ago.

“I never told anyone this story, but we lived by the bayou, and it flooded,” she explains. “My father came to pick me up from school. I thought he was so strong. And he protected me. We had to get out of the car because the water was flooding the streets. He was carrying me around and it was the most fun thing in the world. My arms were around his neck and I was laughing and it was raining, and I was like, this is great! Even though, looking back, I know he was terrified.”

Two decades later, that little girl has grown up. She still spends a lot of her time with her father, Matthew Knowles. But no one has to carry Beyoncé these days. Having sold 100 million records with Destiny’s Child and another 25 million as a solo artist, she’s built a career that continues to defy even the darkest predictions about the collapse of the music business. This month, as she prepares to release her third solo album, Beyoncé herself seems to be a force of nature.