The European fashion world is mourning beloved designer Karl Lagerfeld, the talented designer worked at Chanel fashion house for more than three decades. He died on Tuesday morning after being admitted to the hospital the night before, French media report. The question everyone mind what will become of choupette is tender loving cat.
Watch HorrorNoire a horror documentary and learn the history of black horror. It's only February and shudder have already released what looks to be the best documentary of 2019! Horror Noire is an informative, entertaining and important film about the history of black horror films. From the 1800's to present day, and its impact on Black America at large. Totally brilliant!
Created and produced by @GraveyardSister a website dedicated to the studies of the representation of the Black scream queen (the Black women) unique experiences in horror and science fiction films. They also explore representation of Black women and their achievements, and creative works in the horror and science fiction genres.
This horror documentary is tremendous and fun history of Black horror that is required viewing for any cinephile. Head to shudder.com and watch it now.
Still last summer the faith of Toronto Fashion Week was unclear, IMG Canada cancelled Toronto Fashion Week due to a lack of local support.
The highly anticipated Toronto Fashion Week x RE\SET™️ return bigger than ever with new programming for his fourth installment, February 2019. TFW took over Yorkville Village into a fashion hub this past week with fashion talks, runway shows and more.
This fashion week, saw plenty of incredible fashion presentations and new comers. Include impressive list of multiple brands ranging from some familiar faces established designers like Christopher Bates, and Mikhael Kale, Narcesto emerging Canadian designerslike Mani Jassal, , Namesake, Sid Neigum, Thomas Balint, Lesley Hampton and Zoran Dobric,, among others.
Photos: George Pimentel for Toronto Fashion Week
DAY ONE AND TWO:
Lesley Hampton’s Collection Honouring Indigenous Women & Other Highlights From Day Two of Toronto Fashion Week opened with a powerful performance by Indigenous singer with a live band and musician Iskwe. Ending with a call to the entire room to join in on a song titled ‘The Unforgotten,’ which she says is about “trying to heal all people; it doesn’t matter where you come from.”
A cast of Indigenous models who belongs to the Temagami First Nation of Bear Island, walked down the runway Wearing leated pleather and floral embroidered dresses.
Photos: George Pimentel for Toronto Fashion Week
Thomas Balint Men's wear designer arranged a group of models in a tableau setting, while Nadiya Svirsky, a Ukraine-born, Toronto-raised visual artist, live-sketched each of the model’s faces.
Day one of TFW saw designs by Croatian-born designer Zoran Dobric utilizes an array of artisanal techniques in his work, such as block-printing, shibori pleating, batik, and hand-painting. For his latest collection, he collaborated with Japan’s Aoyama Kohaze.
DAY THREE: THE ONE TO WATCH
Next was Mani Jassal, whose Free Spirit Bollywood inspired collection titled ‘With Love,’ featured inspired floral prints blended her South-Asian heritage and Canadian culture. Open with florals and flowy silhouettes, and a looks full of romance with an all over 90s flower vibe.
The celebration of the Black history month continues in Canada, this time is in London. Black Canadian history and culture is Canadian history so as such, it will have a spotlight in honoring of black Canadian authors in London this February and organizers of Black History Month are sending out invitations across the city.
A Black Canadian Culture Celebration
The celebaration will officially began on Saturday with an opening celebration at Museum London, but there are still plenty of highlights left until the schedule wraps Feb. 23.
Here some Highlight of the many events taking place.
A Family Day event at the Central Library co-sponsored by the London Children’s Museum offers free family-friendly activities Feb. 17.
The London Black History Coordinating Committee is hosting a special event at the Children’s Museum, in celebration of Black History Month. Enjoy interactive workshops, art activities, performances and games that the whole family can enjoy together. Plus Princess Tiana will be here.
There will be a nomination for this year’s 17th Annual Black History Month Closing Gala & Reception. Black Community Achievement Awards submissions are open until Feb. 12 Winners will be unveiled at the conclusion of Black History Month Feb. 23 during a closing Gala at Wolf Performance Hall. The closing event also includes performers Chad Price and Alexandra Kane as well as a tribute to Viola Desmond.
A list of Black Canadian authors displayed by London Public Library
Adult and teen
Scarborough — Catherine Hernandez
The Chaos — Nalo Hopkinson
Any Known Blood — Lawrence Hill
Things are Good Now — Djamila Ibrahum
In The Black — B Denham Jolly
The Return — Dany Laferriere
Policing Black Lives — Robyn Maynard
Learning to breathe — Janice Lynn Mather
Dr Edith Vane and the Hares of Crawley Hall — Suzette Mayr
Fifteen Dogs — Andre Alexis
Aluta — Adwoa Badoe
Love Enough — Dionne Brand
I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You — David Chariandy
The Polished Hoe — Austin Clarke
The Motorcyclist — George Elliot Clarke
The Hanging of Angelique Black — Afua Cooper
Washington Black — Esi Edugyan
Independence — Cecil Foster
This book betrays my brother — Kagiso Lesego Molope
Moving Sideways Forward Like a Crab — Shani Mootoo
Fate of Flames — Sarah Raughley
The Stone Thrower — Jael Richardson
The Pain Tree — Olive Senior
Even This Page is White — Vivek Shraya
Personals: Poems — Ian Williams
Children’s novels and nonfiction
The journey of little Charlie — Christopher Paul Curtis
Dragons in a Bag — Zetta Elliott
The Watsons go to Birmingham – 1963: a novel — Christopher Paul Curtis
Bud, not Buddy — Christopher Paul Curtis
Oscar lives next door: a story inspired Oscar Peterson’s childhood — Bonnie Farmer, illustrated by Marie Lafrance
The stone thrower — Jael Ealey Richardson, illustrated by Matt James
Black women who dared — Naomi M. Moyer
The kids book of black Canadian history — Rosemary Sadlier, illustrated by Wang Qijun
Children’s picturebooks
Joseph’s big ride — Terry Farish, illustrated by Ken Daley
Malaika’s costume — Nadia L. Hohn, illustrated by Irene Luxbacher
Dear baobab — Cheryl Foggo, illustrated by Qin Leng
Viola Desmond won’t be budged! — Jody Nyasha Warner, illustrated by Richard Rudnicki
Please clean up your room! — Itah Sadu, illustrated by Roy Condy
Greetings, Leroy— Itah Sadu, illustrated by Alix Delinois
Africville — Shauntay Grant
