Basic

Hey guys here's a quick outfit that I put together a couple of weeks ago. I'm really obsessed with this knit black crop top and thought it went perfectly with my culotte pants I thought it was a good balance. I'm really into cool neutral color palettes so this kind of look is becoming a go to for me. Hope you enjoy  this and until next time

xoxo Lulu

Top:  Forever 21

Pant: H&M

Shoes: Forever 21

Bag: TJMaxx

Favorite Looks from the Emmy's 2015

 Because  I am a television junkie the Emmy's is my chance to see my television God's reap the fruit of their labor. A lot of my favorite Actresses were nominated, so the excitement was real, and it got really intense when my baby-father Jon Hamm finally won his long awaited Emmy for Best Actor in a Drama. The Best Lead Actress in a Drama category was most interesting for me because I actually watch all the shows in this category (except Orphan Black) all excellent actresses.  I was really rooting for either Taraji or Viola because if either one of then won it would be the first time in 67 years that a black woman took home the prize.Tears came to my eyes when Viola Davis won the award for Best Actress in a Drama because her speech was so outstanding here's a quote;

  "‘In my mind, I see a line. And over that line, I see green fields and lovely flowers and beautiful white women with their arms stretched out to me, over that line. But I can’t seem to get there no how. I can’t seem to get over that line.’That was Harriet Tubman in the 1800s. And let me tell you something: The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity.You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there. So here’s to all the writers, the awesome people that are Ben Sherwood, Paul Lee, Peter Nowalk, Shonda Rhimes, people who have redefined what it means to be beautiful, to be sexy, to be a leading woman, to be black. And to the Taraji P. Henson’s, the Kerry Washington’s, the Halle Berry’s, the Nicole Beharies, the Meagan Goods, to Gabrielle Union: Thank you for taking us over that line. Thank you to the Television Academy. Thank you.'"

 Viola Davis winning showed black girls and women of color that yes we can . Yes we can be on television, telling interesting, real life, and in-depth stories. She made an excellent point about opportunity and a lot of people got into their feeling when she specifically mention her hardship  and spoke about her experience as a woman of color. But I took it as her speaking about her struggle and sharing her truth as a black woman. Yes there are a lot of different hardships that women today in the film industry face such as sexism, and inequality in pay, but when you look at the hardships that  black and Hispanic women face you can't even begin to compare. 
   Another big win was Uzo Aduba for Outstanding  Supporting Actress in a Drama and Regina Hall for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited series all these women were amazing an well deserved their award, altogether it was an amazing show and a huge win for women of color. So here a few of my favorite looks. 

xoxo Lulu

Laverne Cox in Calvin Klein

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Mother monster slayed in two gorgeous Brandon Maxwell

Kerry Washington in Marc Jacob

Padma Lakshmi in  Romona Leveza

 

* Disclaimer: All photos used in this post do not belong to me.

Lupita Nyong’o for VOGUE

If there is one thing I love its a black girl that's killing it and Lupita definitely killed her Vogue photo shoot. I mean look at her she looks absolutely impeccable, her skin, the styling, the makeup everything is perfection. It is not very often that a woman of color is given such an opportunity ,and what really resonated with me about the photo shoot was how authentic she looked.

Although it happens more commonly now then before but I still felt honored to have one of my people on the cover of one the biggest high fashion magazines. Its not something that happens often and I just wanted to take a moment and shine a light on how times have changed. How it seems that us as Black and African women are being allowed to shine in our true skin which is beautiful. We are being allowing to embrace and show off our melanin with pride.This photo shoot gives hope to little Black and African babies who are insecure or may not even love themselves because they don't look like the people who are on these magazine or on television. Seeing Lupita makes me proud that I am a African woman.

xoxo Lulu

*Disclaimer all photos used in this post do not belong to me.