Videography: Beyoncé

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

In the post-millennial pop culture landscape, there is one name that stands a stiletto taller than the rest: Beyoncé.

Concert Clothes: What To Wear, Where

Edited by Zosia Baroody

With summer comes an abundance of concerts.  From festivals to nightclubs, artists from every genre are booking themselves up for the next few months.  From mosh pits to classy, sit down performances, here are 5 looks to wear to each type of concert.

From Vogue to Vinyl: Music’s Fashion-Forward Album Covers

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Whether its supermodels posing on the sleeve, renowned photographers behind the lens or just rock stars banging anything that catwalks, music and fashion have long been intimate bedfellows. Here, 30 iconic album covers with a delightfully high fashion twist. 

JLo Tops Forbes Celebrity 100, Aggy Deyn Is in a Movie, and Amanda Lepore Tells Louboutin Line to ‘Go to Heel’

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

- Clearly mistaking the German premiere of Men in Black III for the Las Vegas premiere of Men in the Back IV, alleged model Micaela Schaefer trashed it up in a dress seemingly made of recycled VHS tape. [Huff Po]

- Martha Stewart giving Veronica Lake realness, courtesy of the late makeup maestro Kevyn Aucoin. [Tumblr via Paper]

- In what has to be regarded as one of the greatest — and most inexplicable — comebacks in recent memory, Jennifer Lopez tops the Forbes annual Celebrity 100 list for the first time, unseating Lady Gaga who falls to a respectable fifth place behind perennial power player Oprah, and fellow poptarts Justin Bieber and Rihanna. [Forbes]

Penis Talk, High-Fashion Crowns Fit for a Queen and Lady Gaga Forced to Cancel Concert Over Outfits

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

- This is the cover of Azealia Banks‘ upcoming EP, 1991. [Styleite]

- Kidult has responded to the  $689 Marc Jacobs T shirt bearing his handiwork by releasing a “Not Art by Kidult” T for 6.89 Euros. [High Snobiety]

- Harrods is celebrating Queen Elizabeth‘s Diamond Jubilee with 31 redesigns of the St. Edwards Crown — what she wore to her coronation in 1953 — by the likes of Mulberry, Lanvin, Valentino, Bulgari and Tiffany’s.  [Fashionista]

Videography: Whitney Houston

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Though she ‘s now belting in that great sold out concert hall in the sky, Whitney Houston left behind a catalog of classic tunes that redefined what it means to sang. Visually, her model good looks were a hit with the MTV crowd and as a result Whitney was a huge crossover success — picking up the torch passed to her by godmother and Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin. Throughout the 90s Whitney made a series of comebacks, effectively earning her diva stripes and also some of the biggest hits of her career. Her output was more erratic in the 00s, but she at least had one last hit with the Alicia Keys-penned “Million Dollar Bill.” While we may mourn Whitney Houston’s untimely death,  we’ll continue to dance, emphatically point and lip-sync for our lives to her timeless music. 

Got the Rolly on My Arm and I’m Pouring Chandon: A History of Labels in Lyrics

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

It seems like you can’t turn on the radio, or more realistically open up your Pandora, without hearing some serious name-dropping in your favorite tunes.  But label-whoring in lyrics goes way back in the day before Kanye West was the Louis Vuitton Don and Gwen Stefani‘s Harajuku-mania. 

Videography: Madonna

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Remember when Madonna was the coolest bitch on the face of the planet? It was some time around 1983 through 1990. During that time Madonna revolutionized the music video and set the bar for the modern pop diva. Through a series of reinventions, Madge inspired and disseminated trends, influenced a generation of women and put out some seriously great music. That’s not to say she stopped doing that after 1990, but that was by far her greatest artistic and stylistic period. Of course, being the cultural force she is, Madonna kept going and kept pushing boundaries — all the while blurring the lines between fashion and music so that today it’s unimaginable conceiving one without the other. So while it’s great to go googoo over Gaga, here’s what made (and still — when she feels like it) makes Madonna the coolest bitch on the face of the planet.

Queen Elizabeth II — Her Royal Fierceness, Vidal Sassoon Goes to the Big Salon in the Sky and Kim Kardashian Allegedly Banned from the Met Ball

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

- While her high-profile, high-drama courtroom saga is now over, we can finally reflect on what really mattered during the Linda Evangelista child support trial: her FAAAAAABULOUS wardrobe. [NYT]

- Jourdan Dunn will be cooking with Hov. The Brit beauty tweeted that she’ll be appearing on Jay-Z‘s website, Life and Times – never heard of it till now — where she’ll be doing a cooking segment. [Modelinia]

- Kate Middleton who? For the State Opening of Parliament this morning, Queen Elizabeth II showed the Duchess of Cambridge how to royally turn it. Everyone else, just drink it in. This is what amazing looks like. [Styleite]

Videography: Janet Jackson

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Videography charts an artist’s fashion evolution through their music videos. First up, her name’s not Baby, it’s Janet. Ms. Jackson if you’re nasty. Janet had a string of classic hits and equally classic videos throughout the 80s, 90s and early 00s before being sidetracked by Nipplegate. But not even the sun medallion seen round the world could keep the youngest member of the Jackson clan down and out for too long. Over the past 30 years, Janet has made an indelible impact on the pop culture landscape through her genre-bending music, groundbreaking videos and cutting-edge style.