"Nasty" (1986) When she first declared Control in 1986 -- control of what she says, control of what she does -- Janet was only 19 and her conservative style may have belied her years. But make no mistake, she wasn't a prude. She and her gal pals -- including a young Paula Abdul -- just wanted some goddamned respect.

"When I Think of You" (1986) The hair got bigger and the outfits got wilder with Jackson's first #1 hit, though at the time Janet was probably hanging her head if not in sartorial shame, then from the sheer weight of all that teased out hair.

"Rhythm Nation" (1989) Janet got serious and soldierly with 1989's Rhythm Nation 1814, her blockbuster album that spawned a record 7 top 5 hits. Befitting the theme of a unified nation under the groove, Janet brought out the epaulets, unfrizzed the hair and pulled that pony through her baseball cap for some dance-army realness.

"Love Will Never Do (Without You)" (1990) Janet reinvented herself as a sex symbol thanks to famed fashion photographer Herb Ritts. With a brown wig in a classic updo, a black halter top and ripped blue jeans, Ms. Jackson kept it beautifully simple and opened the 90s on a sexy but chic high note.
Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do Without You by jpdc11

"If" (1993) Once Janet flashed her midriff there was no going back. As possessor of the most famous bellybutton of the 90s, Janet wore a strikingly similar outfit in "That's the Way Love Goes," which features a young Jennifer Lopez before she began her long love affair with eyebrow contouring. This video is notable, of course, for what is hands down the greatest dance break of all time.

"You Want This" (1994) After gallivanting about with that hoodlum Tupac Shakur in 1993's Poetic Justice, Janet got in touch with her inner Banjee girl -- donning dookie braids, gold hoops and a whole lot of attitude.

"Scream" (1995) Though she was probably wearing less foundation than big brother Michael -- may he rest -- Janet's gorgeous smokey eye (courtesy of legendary makeup artist Kevyn Aucoin -- may he rest) steals the $7 million show. That's right this video cost $7 million, making "Scream" the most expensive music video to date. And for good reason, this was the first and only time the brother and sister have shared screen time. Sidenote, MJ was so impressed with Aucoin's work the King of Pop wanted him to be his full-time make up artist, but perhaps noting how much time that would actually entail, Aucoin declined.

"Got 'til It's Gone" (1997) Almost 15 years before Rihanna saw red, Janet rocked the flaming fro for her The Velvet Rope album. Featuring supermodel Alek Wek, "Got 'til It's Gone" channels 70s-era South Africa during apartheid with Janet presiding as a funky-haired lounge singer to a club of stylish folks dressed in a mix of tribal prints and vintage threads.

"I Get Lonely" (1998) Janet had explored masculine dressing in 1989's "Alright" in which she donned a zoot suit and hoofed it with Cab Calloway, but here she successfully plays with both the masculine and feminine...right before tearing off her tie and sequined corset and ripping her shirt open to bare her famous breasts in the video's thrilling conclusion.

"What's It Gonna Be?!" (1999) Another high-priced, futuristic video, this time Janet joined Busta Rhymes for her most avant garde look to date: we're talking leather from head to toe, laced-up thigh-high boots, a towering crown of weave, an impossibly long train, foot-long eyelashes, a black lip and the real kicker -- nails pierced with gold rings. Even Lady Gaga would have to raise her paws in respect.

"Doesn't Really Matter" (2000) Janet commits wholly to the millennial J-Pop look with wide-legged jeans you could smuggle a family of skateboarders in, bright colors galore and an architectural wedge or two as she and her similarly-attired girls dance it out on a gyroscope.

"Make Me" (2009) The style in this video sort of takes all of Janet's past hits and squeezes them all together: a fedora à la "I Get Lonely"; a kimono top that wouldn't be out of place in "Doesn't Really Matter"; however Janet left the 80s shoulder pads at home in favor of a sleek metallic bold shoulder -- the only shoulder worth wearing. Her 19th and so far last #1 dance hit, my fingers are crossed we have more Janet Jackson music and visuals to make us move in the coming future.

Color palette: Red, white and blue
Mood: Magical, nostalgic, enlivening
Statement Pieces: The whole damn show was a statement
Front Row Name Drops: Phillip Bloch, Garance Dore, Elizabeth Hurley, Margherita Missoni, Amy Sacco, Alek Wek, Scott Schuman and Waris Ahluwalia were all in the house
Gossip: “Oh my god this is amazing. I’m going to cry.”
Runway Music: The Harlem Boys Choir, M.I.A.

North America : Canada

Jessica Stam

Coco Rocha

Shalom Harlow

Linda Evangelista

Alek Wek

Jessica Stam

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Alek Wek and Naomi Campbell’s design

Top models and designers (including Manolo Blahnik) are teaming up with Havaianas to create original designs which will be auctioned off between July 15 and 26 for charity, CLIC Sargent, a young cancer patient organization.  See them on display in Selfridge’s Oxford Street window and bid on their website.

SOURCE: Modelina

GALLERY: Models At The Met 

Thanks NY Mag!

I believe Alek Wek can do no wrong, and this spread is no different. The supermodel is transformed into an African queen for the latest issue of I-D magazine. Wek shows off the ethnic fashion of the season better than anyone else could. I absolutely love her shoes in this photo; finding out where to buy them would put my wallet in grave danger.

GALLERY: Alek Wek in I-D Magazine, March 2009

LINKAGE: Rock The Trend

Alek Wek seems to have mixed up the Golden Globes for a night of clubbing in the Meat Packing District. The model decided to alter this Christian Dior dress converting it into a horrid Forever 21 rejected mini.

So that begs the question to be asked.

Is it an all Black Vogue if some of the models aren’t black? Or is this more a non-white Vogue?

Either way, it’s kind of exciting to see a model on the runway from the island countries. It isn’t my native Puerto Rico, but I’ve spent enough time with Dominicandies to call them friends.

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