wow, 1st. I would love to buy kims close but I can’t stand the fact that she’s worn it, she’s not the cleanest chick out there. lol

whats good!!!

RIP!!!

Yves Saint Laurent is a legend. I remember seeing his ads in Vogue magazine when I was 8.

I saw the SATC movie and I loooooooove the fashion in the movie. Betsey Johnson did a great job. the fashion made the movie!

Oh my gosh!!! Thas is so sad! I loooove his stuff, and I had no idea he was sick! RIP YSL

I might want that book!!!

Kim K!

RIP to YSL!

His clothes were so classy.

GOD BLESS YOU FOR POSTING THIS…YSL..is an acknowledged genius…a legend in his own time… i adore his work and love for women, just look at the classy fashion from the 1960s i think he made the early 60s era…his sense of color helps me see color better…HE STATES THE CASE OF FASHION AS AN ART FORM…HE IS THE MASTER OF HAUTE COUTURE…AND READY TO WEAR…I LOVE YOU YSL

that was a really good movie i liked it!!!!

oops that should’ve said

Boo to Kim K!

okay..RIP Yves..bt ure syin that he put black models up like is a crime.if anyfing they were doin themselves a favour. because black people just have that unique beauty and fierceness that no other models have x..nd i wnna watchh sex in the cityy.just cnt be bothered lol

My condolesences to Mr. Yves family
Y’all need to quit acting like y’all know this man and his work because most if not all didn’t even know his name. I know you did Tianna.

The clothes from Sex and the City were amazing!
RIP YSL

thats yves saint laurent, tianna

sex in the city will wait a longtime b4 i watch this mess.
r.i.p. yves

#9 nobody said it was a crime i think what the man meant was that YSL was the first to acknowledge black models in the fashion industry when others would’nt as they were blinded by racism!!!

Don’t nobody want to wear Kim’s clothes. She barily want to wear them. It would be torture to go on a shopping date with HER and her SISTERS!

Number 4 get up on your fashion, Its Patricia Fields who dresses the sex and the city cast not Betsey Johnson. LOL….

Anywho, that is sad about Yves Saint Laurent. I love his clothes, they are brillant.

Kim Kardashian is not that famous for me wanting to wear her clothes, nor does she wear clothes that catch my interest.

His name is spelled wrong!

BO DIDDLY DIED TOO. AND HE WAS JUST AS INFLUENTIAL IN MUSIC AS YSL WAS TO FASHION.

I’m sorry but you spelled his name wrong,its Yves Saint Laurent.

@18 Yeah that’s right he sure did! What’s up with that CL! =(

@16 i know my fashion ok! I knew patricia fields does the fashion i dont know why i said betsey johnson LOL

R.I.P. YSL

I haven’t made my way to see SATC yet but I am going

I want to definetly buy the book the women’s outfits in the movie looked hot
Rest in Peace YSL”fashion genius”

R.I.P. YSL….sad he will always be a legend

yea the movie was good! and i didnt know that man but rest in peace!

The movie book is a bit much, IMO. Especially since I understand that Patricia’s the glue that holds what would otherwise be just a hill of “stuff” together. Knowing what they wore won’t help you get inside the stylist’s head…

KIm’s stuff will go to the perv with the most money to burn. Why are we constantly being bombarded with her as a “style star” when anybody with half a brain can see that she only wears designer dresses. Bleh! And I hear she’s a stylist! ha! I’ll file that away in my Tina Knowles file.

Too bad at YSL…sad…he lived a long life, though.

RIP YSL

Kim Kardashian wears her clothes so tight,,,all her juices will be in the clothes..YUCK, mainly strippers and hookers..should bid.

#21 because it’s easy to confuse them…they’re colorful in exactly the same way.

I I loved SATC!! Don’t know much about YSL!! But I read a good feature about him at the NYTimes site.

#29 thanks for posting that…i actually wanted to know why he was tormented…sounds interesting. yesterday, i read about sammy davis jr being a satanist…these blogs are worthwhile, after all! lol

R.I.P

YSL

Losing Yves Saint Laurent feels the same as when we lost Versace, even in fashion we don’t know what we have until it’s gone. YSL became head designer of Dior at the age of either 20 or 21, when Mr. Dior died without leaving an heir to his fashion house. He was definitely ahead of his time. May he rest in blissful peace!!!!

SATC: i am going to see this again. it was AMAZING!! love love loved it. and that’s wonderful they put out a book w/ all the outifts. i can’t afford any of it, but it’ll be a nice coffee table book. carrie loved the studded belt. she wore it like, w/ 4 different outfits.

I wanna see that movie!
aww rip to ysl i love his style.

RE: Number 3 Miss Dynomite,

the SATC stylist= Patricia Field. Not Betsey Johnson lol

SATC was great!!! I saw it on Friday and the entire theater had nothing but woman and a few gay men. i’d definitely see it again!

Here are my sequel idea’s and let me warn you, they are HOT!

1. Anthony is diagnosed with HIV…and this surprisingly brings him and Standford closer together, and Charlotte in honor of her dear friend becomes an advocate for HIV awareness in NYC, causing a major shift in public awareness! Charlotte will plan a major art gala and fundraiser to raise the most profit ever heard of for HIV awareness and prevention, making her a NYC legend in her own right! Major celebs will be involved in fundraiser..this will attach big names to the movie and soundtrack.

2. Carrie and Big are very happy..until Carrie suspects that Big may be having an affair with his new assistant, Carrie then sets off to discover the truth, never letting on to Big of her insecurities. This will be more about Carrie being confident in herself than about confronting Big…..And then Carrie will discover she is pregnant, after she thought she could not concieve….Carrie will toy with the idea of being divorced, single and a baby mama!! (Oh, this is good folks)

3. Miranda makes a major decision to leave her law firm after encountering sexism or sexual harrassment…and decides to strike out on gold, heading her own law firm constituting of NYC finest female legal representation. Steve’s mother passes away, leaving a major life insurance policy….the money is a substantial amount that will allow them to move BACK to Manhattan!!! Miranda wants the move, Steve does not…Steve wants to open another business! Who will wear the pants this time?

Samantha finds herself in an unfamiliar territory. She is second guessing some of the decisions she has made and in the midst of Carrie’s dilemma, she encourages Carrie to put her marriage first, NOT her career. Meanwhile Samantha and Smith have a healthy friendship inspite of Samantha’s decision to go solo, will Smith’s NEW lady…who is stunning and successful…upstage the love he once held for Samantha? Will this new relationship intervere with Samantha’s ability to still be Smith’s manager? Will Samantha find new love or realize the love she had is as good as it get’s….or remain a free spirit?

Charlotte and Harry’s relationship is every bit of the fairytale until Charlotte is losing herself in the planning of NYC biggest event ever. Plus Charlotte is emotionally pushing Harry away, as she deals with the pain of possibly losing a friend…..And with the overwhelming needs of her family. Charlotte is on the brink of depression, will she rediscover her former single self…will her family be able to pull her out? Or will Charlotte make a dicision that will stun everyone?

Aidan and Carrie will find themselves in a new place, both of their lives have changed dramatically…..will they rekindle old feelings? Will Aidan be the one when no one else is standing? Or will a new friendship bloom amongst Big, Aidan and Carrie???

Lastly all the girls will encounter atleast a few or their ex’s in their newly changed lives…how will they rebound???

Let me know if you like these idea’s…

I agree, kim wears her clothes really tight, whoever buys them will be also purchasing her vagina juices!

I was looking at some of the clothes on Ebay, Her dresses are all size 2! Thats really small, I thought she was at least a size 8. WOW!!

#10, I agree w/you. I’m going to see the movie tomorrow, but I love seeing Samantha’s (she’s my favorite!) black dress w/the gold studs when the previews come on. #39, I thought she was a size 8, too.

Sex & the City fashion..Who cares? get your own style.

RIP Yves Saint Laurent! I love you. May your unique vision live on in fashion.

Lol @ Burgendy Brew- Vagina juices is right!!! What the hell I thought Kim K was at least a sz 6-8 too.

No Problem. I always heard his name but didn’t know much about him. I just know him by name due to the celebrities.

I guess I’m a little bitter after watching Fashion Blackout on BET over the weekend because I could give a chit about Yves Saint Laurent passing. They exposed SO much about how these big fashion powerhouses will not put a woman of color (ANY asians and hispanics too) in their shows and it creates the trend of if the Versace, Pucci, Gucci, D&B, etc. only uses stick European woman then the middle of the line fashion designers follows suit and leaves everyone else out.

It was reported that it was known at some fashion places that their casting calls specifically told modeling agencies not to send Blacks or Asians to go sees…WTF!!!.

They said it the best, how we big up all of these names in music and wear their fasions and they are just flat out racist in showing any women of color repping their lines.

sorry, flashback vent

RIP Yves Saint Laurent! Ur Fashion Legacy, Lives on 4Evaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

YSL YSL YSL YSL YSL
YSL Yves Saint Laurent!
Ur Clothes, Shoes, Handbangs, Jewelry & Accessories, will be worn 4Evaaaaaaaaaaa!

SARAH JESSICA PARKER HAS A HEAD SHAPED LIKE A FOOT!!
SARAH JESSICA PARKER HAS A HEAD SHAPED LIKE A FOOT!!
SARAH JESSICA PARKER HAS A HEAD SHAPED LIKE A FOOT!!

AND DESPERATE HOUSWIVES IS BETTA DAN SATC!!

#37 I think in a couple of years if the ladies still look good I can do a sequel. your ideas were brill! LOVED the movie LOVED LOVED LOVED it! critics were saying it wasn’t good and I kept waiting for it not to be good but it wasn’t it was a FAB movie and the fashion was OFF THE HOOK! Won’t be buying the book cause I won’t be wearing the fashion!

Gross at Kim K she is such a loser to me..i know everyone has to have their hustle and I hate knocking people’s hustle but she is so skank and media hungry you can tell she’s empty inside cause she ALWAYS needs a camera in her face. the whole family is a bit off to me but that’s to no surprise cause their mother has got to be one of the most desperate for attention people I have ever seen in a reality show. I mean if she doesn’t try her hardest to relive her childhood through her skank daughter Kim I don’t know who does. She gets the award for WORST MOMAGER OF THE YEAR 2nd goes to Dina Lohan.

Sex in the City - LOVED IT…. The clothes were sooooo cute, I have my own style but I know hot clothes when I see them…. Great movie…

Kim K - Do you… Somebody wants them clothes… Go for it… I sold my son’s old baby clothes on Ebay and got 170.00 bucks… If I had designer dressed I no longer wanted I would sell them too.

RIP - YEVS

@ Shauny, YSL did promote women of color.He promoted all women.After YSL retired he came back saying that beauty is not being represented on the runways.

Kim been selling on Ebay, but the fact that proceeds go to charity is a good thing.

Seen SATC past weekend, but gonna see it again with my homegirls since it be her bday this weekend

No classy lady would want to wear Kim K’s old clothes! Just the thought makes me want to gag! She’s been around the block a few times, and no self-respecting woman I know is hard up enough to buy that tramp’s used funky clothes.*SMH at the thought.

Wow this is sad! RIP Yves Saint Laurent!! My first big report in college in my apearal class was on Yves Saint Laurent! #43 thats far from the truth, a lot of his lines were influenced by women of different cultures.

Loved SATC the movie!!!

#43 aka Shauney

Learn to read before you post….YSL was the FIRST to employ black models, and when French Vogue wouldn’t give Naomi Campbell the front cover of their magazine he basically told them if you dont put her on the cover your not having my couture.

I saw Sex and the City over the weekend and absolutely loved it! I went to the mall today and saw the book in Barnes and Noble or something. They are going to make a lot of money off it. I loved all the clothes from the movie.

Yves Saint. R.I.P.

Kim is a ho! I don’t want anything she’s worn!

I went and saw SATC saturday and I thought the movie was pretty good. I used to watch it on HBO and I felt like it was another episode I was watching at home. Excluding all the screaming from the childish bitches in the audience below. My observations concluded to a theory. I told all my male friends if you wanna know what kind of girl you are dating, take her to see that movie and watch her reactions. If she gets excited by Big’s Closet plans or any other reference to money… you’re dating a golddiger/vapid hoe lol.

The first to employ Black models! Laurent R.I.P.!

SATC was a funny movie, yet nothing special. The only fashion diva in the movie was Carrie, i.e. SJP. Her style was the only one that had developed and somewhat changed from the sitcom to the movie. It was the same, but it was more put together, like the custom designer’s actually took the time and effort, to make her into a fashion maven. Because, on the show, it just seem as though they were trying to hard, and just grabbed anything from the magazine shoots, and slapped it on SJP, saying oh, this is fashionalbe, it must work.

Samantha wardrobe, was the same, fashionable yet boring, and really it appeared as if they took the same clothes from the sitcom and slapped it on her. I guess the writers wanted it like that, since her personality carried the movie, besides SJP fashion.

The lawyer outfits were cute and sophisticated, and nicely tailored to her frame, which were nice.

And Charolette, wardrobe was bland.

hey,
i’am black and french and to be honest its hard to be black in france …but i will always remember when i was younger ysl fashion show in paris with all this beautifull black women with elegance…it’s so sad to see designer now who don’t want to use black models …when a real fashion genius they love to copy was the first…
que dieu te garde u make me feel proud to be black and beautifull and i can see black culture love and respect u … thats genius merci yves see u soon

I LOVED the movie!!!
My condolences to YSL!

I never Knew YSL was the first to employ black models. That’s ill.
RIP YSL

I will take my chances buying flavor flav’s toothbrush before I buy anything that been that cum stain Kim K done worn!…I seen the sex tape damn it!

*I meant to say “that cum stain Kim K done worn!…I seen the sex tape damn it!”

Yves Saint Laurent is a legend. I’m very saddened by his death. He will always be remembered…shear genius.

The Sex and the City movie was so effin good. ITS A DEFINITE MUST SEE!! I didnt have hopes of it being good before i went to see the sneak preview but after doing so, im happy i did. DOPE!!!

I put up more scans from the Sex and The City book on my blog yesterday…check them out there are about 6 scans on my blog lipsticklacebrassknuckles.wordpress.com

I went to go see Sex in The City, I love every part iof it but the role Jennifer Hudson played. Why did she have to have a rented Louie or Chanel. Do they think Blacks can’t afford the real deal. I had no problem with her role as the assistant, it was just that little part. I hate the way Black Women are protrayed in the media

I’ve never understood what’s so special about her. She’s not attractive (ODD looking face, nasty hair) and her ‘acting’ is just being herself. I’m beginning to think that anyone can make it in H’wood, you just need to GO there and keep auditioning. Look at all the average looking duds who made it big. Maybe they just knew the right people. It’s not what you know, it’s who you know. I am a single black girl from Mixedfriends.com which is a niche dating service.

I`VE 3 PIECES OF ysl AND TIL TODAY I DIDN`T KNOW what it stood for LOL
R.I.P to him
Don`t by Vogue and buy his clothes cos he gave black models a chance ok

Rip ysl!
He gave credits to black models like katousha who died not so long ago before him …….sad!

lol AT 65 YES INDEED its not baout the face cuz……… but about clothes!

No mention of Bo Diddley’s Death?

hmmm…

Fashion is always changing but icons are forever, rest in peace YSL.

Kim K–who cares, but to the Ebay people can someone tell me how you figure out shipping. I am so confused.

Sex in the City was the best movie. I am so glad that it made, lets hope two and maybe three are just as great.

I loved loved SATC. It was very entertaining. And I also like SJP. She’s not the definition of conventional beauty but she potrays a lot of confidence and seems to always be having so much fun.

^^**portray**

#37.. Ur Ideas are too great!

#18.. yes CL DOES need to recognize Bo Diddly’s Death too, since we are discussing it. Maybe they didn’t know. I surely didn’t.

Now. for my comment!
S&TC- LOVED IT! I need to get that BOOK!

YSL- Thanks for being the first to use black models.. RIP, Fashion will definitely miss you. (i’m sure celebs like Kanye will miss u too. :D)

Question though, I went to Italy and studied fashion, but I don’t recall YSL being the first to but women in pants or the first to put them in tuxes.. I really thought that was Mr. Giorgio Armani’s doing. Could some one correct me if i’m wrong?

I loved YSL stuff but I never knew he was the first to employ black models. He was a true legend.

RIP YSL…

J.Dakar– With the Plethora of fall out that is going to arise after tomorrow…Please Post This…and shout out and add the theroot.com to our cl links. We should have CL Headlines talking about the most historic time in our history today…..OBAMA THE FIRST BLACK MALE NOMINATED FOR PRESIDENT! I don’t give a flying crap about SIC(Sex in the City). We have to keep our readers engaged right now…this is more important than cele-u-tard stuff all of the time….Please post a link about Obama..and Tuesday, and his speech this evening…”FINALLY CLINCHING THE NOMINATION! Thanx

Black Women Are Not Feeling the Feminists’ Pain

BY MARJORIE VALBRUN | TheRoot.com

Is the sisterhood in peril?

March 17, 2008 — Note to Geraldine Ferraro, Gloria Steinem, and complainer in chief, Hillary Clinton: Get over yourselves.

Your cries of reverse racism, your complaints about overt sexism in the campaign, your vocal protests about media favoritism being shown BarackObama, ring hollow.

We are not feeling your pain. None of you are symbolic of female oppression. You are all well-educated and well-connected. You are influential and have ready access to the media. You have had more opportunities than most black women could ever dream of and we doubt you could ever relate to the level of sexism and racism we regularly
face.. We know you couldn’t even begin to understand what it’s like for black men.

Last time we checked, none of you were struggling with the challenges that average working women – both black and white – deal with everyday: making ends meet, finding safe and affordable childcare,
paying the rent or mortgage, getting jobs that pay a living wage and offer opportunities for advancement. Amid all of this, regular working
women are trying to find personal fulfillment and build a sense of self.

You privileged ladies already have a huge sense of self, and an even bigger sense of entitlement. Your words have only served to widen the divide between us and you, and your faulty and misguided perspective that Obama, a black man, is the enemy only serves to underline the divide.

Obama is not getting a free pass because he’s black; he’s getting more scrutiny because of it. He did not get where he is simply because
he’s a black man; he got where he is in spite of it. Your piling on Obama is one very warped expression of “girl power.”

Somehow we don’t believe this was what Betty Friedan was thinking when she wrote The Feminine Mystique in 1963 and launched the modern
women’s movement.. The movement was built on the premise that women were smarter than men believed, wanted more than men felt they deserved, were more ambitious than men were comfortable with, and had dreams bigger than the boundaries men set for them. It was about being politically
affirming, not politically divisive.

The movement was not about being nasty, and calculating, and intellectually dishonest. And it was definitely not about playing dirty politics – like men. You make us wonder if you ever were really one of us now that we clearly see you have become one of “them.”

Hillary Clinton, earlier in the campaign you complained that your Democratic opponents were “piling on” and “taking a page from the Republican playbook.” The truth is you’ve taken a page directly from Karl Rove’s playbook and appropriated his defining doctrine of win at any cost, take no prisoners, and when everything else fails, resort to
shameless race baiting. How unoriginal.

The sisterhood, at least your version of it, has been unmasked. You have proven you will do and say whatever it takes to win, even if that
means doing irreparable harm to your political party and the good relationship you once had with black women. Honest and fair political discourse is being hijacked by your hypocrisy and that is certain to hurt the genuine efforts of white and black women working hard to form alliances on common and larger feminist causes.

Geraldine Ferraro, you said that Obama was “lucky” to be where he is and should “thank” you.

“In all honesty, do you think that if he were a white male, there would be a reason for the black community to get excited for a historic first?” You asked. “Am I pointing out something that doesn’t exist?”

What you fail to point out is that black people overwhelmingly voted for Bill Clinton for president not once, but twice. And we did the same
for John Kerry, Al Gore, and other white candidates that came before them. Over the years, black voters have also supported plenty of white female candidates for Congress – including Hillary Clinton – and in statewide races.

When many Americans turned their backs on Bill Clinton after Monica Lewinsky and impeachment, black people stood by him as steadfastly as
they would any member of their family. That’s because we believe deeply in the power of forgiveness and redemption, but if you and other Clinton cohorts keep this up, we won’t be so forgiving at the polls, even if Clinton is the nominee.

We remember, Geraldine, that you also derided Jesse Jackson when he ran for president in 1988. “If Jesse Jackson were not black, he wouldn’t
be in the race,” you said then. Your comments then, and now, seem to consistently imply that no black male candidate can legitimately run for
office or engage voters with his ideas, policies, proposals or vision for a better America . We can probably guess what you think of black women
candidates.

And by the way, what’s wrong with the black community getting excited about a historic first? Aren’t you in fact excited as well about the possibility of a historic first female president? Or did this point elude you even though you once tried to become that historic first?

Gloria Steinem, you wrote in the New York Times that Obama would not have succeeded if he were a woman because gender is “the most restricting force in American life.” Yeah, right. Tell that to the
thousands of unemployed black men in America who would gladly trade places with you and women like you whose lives bear few examples of social and economic deprivation.

Black men don’t control a whole lot in this country; not the media, not Wall Street, not Capitol Hill. So when did they start holding you back or becoming your oppressors? White women have benefited from
generations of white privilege and now that one black man has managed to play, and win, by the rules, you cry sexism?

We understand your frustration with the campaign and the failings of the packrat media coverage, we have our frustrations too. Nonetheless, it’s entirely too convenient to try and turn Obama into a symbol of sexism, or reverse racism, or the manifestation of biased gender politics. The media is fascinated and obsessed with “firsts” and the possibility of the first black or woman president will undoubtedly
continue to drive much of the focus and narrative of the campaign coverage.

So how about taking a deep breath and a couple of steps back to get some perspective.

Obama is appealing to voters of both genders and all racial stripes precisely because he’s not playing the racial victim. Perhaps if Clinton stopped playing the female victim, other voters would flock to her too.

Marjorie Valbrun is a journalist based in Washington, D.C.