Arlenis & Jenry - The New Faces Of Polo Jeans Co.

Ralph Lauren sexes up his Polo Jeans Co. brand with his latest ads featuring uber hot models, Arlenis Sosa Peña and Jenry Bejarano. Arlenis and Jenry smolder together, bringing a sensual fire to the brands denim jeans and shirts. My only wish is that Jenry would have his own photo, shirtless and oiled up...or perhaps pantless and oiled up with tight white briefs and cowboy boots. Either way, it would be HOT!

The Beauties of the THRILLER!!!

It has finally arrived. i-D magazine's highly anticipated editorial featuring Sessilee Lopez, Chanel Iman, Arlenis Sosa Peña and Jourdan Dunn has hit the internet and it's every bit of FIERCENESS that I thought it would be. The editorial, "Thriller," takes subtle inspiration in both style and title from the classic Michael Jackson song about zombies, ghouls and goblins and creates a shadowy world of mood and fashion as shot by photographer, Emma Summerton. Set to both black & white and color images "Thriller" casts these four models as dark, brooding creatures on the gritty downtown streets of the U.K.

*Those shoes are sooo impractically SICKENING!!!*

It's gritty. It's edgy. It's AMAZING. By far the best editorial I've seen this month and just like its namesake, it's sure to be a classic.


Thriller - Music Video
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*Side Lipton ~ HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHAEL!!*

To see the full editorial and read i-D's article about the struggles and triumphs of these 4 ethnic models click the links below.
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P.Y.T. for i-D Mag

British fashion magazine, i-D, has chosen the world's top 4 black models (Chanel Iman, Sessilee Lopez, Jourdan Dunn, and Arlenis Sosa Peña) to grace their September "Pretty Young Things" issue. The cover, which was inspired by 80's era of B-Boy Hip-Hop, R&B girl groups and loud make-up, was shot by the amazing Emma Summerton and styled by Edward Enninful.

For anyone with a knowledge of the fashion industry's continuing history of racism this is a landmark cover. Most black models find it EXTREMELY difficult to land magazine covers, especially during September when fashion magazines publish their biggest issues (Editors think black models can't sell to a broad audience...HA!). These girls served it (Work Chanel!) and they're definitely giving me something to look forward to in the coming weeks. Be sure to check your local newstands and pick up a copy of the "Pretty Young Things" issue when it hits a news stand near you. Until then let's jam to some Michael Jackson

Pretty young things, repeat after me

say Na Na Na (Na Na Na)

Na Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na)

Chanel Iman's Got The Jazz w/Arlenis Sosa Peña

This month Chanel Iman provides a double dose of Jazz era inspired editorials in both Harper's Bazaar and MM Italy. Her spread in MM Italy, "All That Jazz," (shot by Alexi Lubomirski) is simple and playful but it's more VH1 jazz light than mood shifting, body grabbing JAZZ. In it Iman is every bit cute, child-like and airy. The fashions are nice and the mood is fun but what's missing is depth and power.





Where Iman and fer fellow model cohort, Arlenis Sosa Peña, find the real rhythm and feel of jazz is behind the lense of famed photographer, Peter Lindbergh. His Harper's Bazaar editorial, "Fashion...And All That Jazz," best capture's that 1940's era of music. Lindbergh uses some of Harlem's famous jazz spots such as the Lenox Lounge and the Cotton Club as a backdrop as both Iman and Peña provide beautiful portraits of the women of that era. Displaying her ability to meld herself into seemingly any character Iman channels the late Billie Holiday and eerily resembles the chanteuse in a few of the frames. Peña reminds me of many a young female jazz fans of that era. Young, sweet and sultry.

This jazz concept may have seen the lenses of too many photographers in its time but both Iman and Peña handle it well and deliver a moody and stunning range of images.

















"All That Jazz"

"Fashion...And All That Jazz"