Hello Lovelies! Happy Monday! I am currently in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Why? It’s one of my bestie’s birthdays, and she is a student at Wake Forest. I normally miss her birthday because I’m in Milan for Fashion Week, but this year, I decided to take a break and just go somewhere nice and quiet where I can get work done. Writing a book is not easy, and a holiday deadline is killer!! So I’m currently typing away in a quiet…
Claire’s Life: Locs, Dreadlocks, and the Pitfalls of False Perception
I decided to loc my hair over 10 years ago. I had been a huge fan of box braids, but when I went up to Cambridge to attend Harvard College, finding someone to braid my hair proved both time consuming and expensive. I figured: braids look good on me, so why not try locs? It’s my hair, it seemed as if the opportunity for hair growth was endless, and I could maintain it myself! Sold. I also went through this…
The Bomb Life 101: Always Be Prepared (You Never Know Who You’ll Meet)
Happy Wednesday, folks! Excuse my absence yesterday. I was doing my expenses, and it literally consumed every minute of my time (and I’m still not done…!). We’ll save that for another post. For today, I wanted to say: Always be Prepared. I was invited last minute to a Revolt TV x Urban World Film Festival dinner, forgetting that I had another meeting at the same time. I would’ve gotten my makeup done for the dinner, but figured my meeting was…
The Bomb Life Tip: Maximize Time by Writing in the Back of an Uber (in Marc Jacobs and Iylia’s Killian Silver & Snake Sandals)
I’ve got a lot of writing on my plate. Drafts for blog posts are due. And oh yes, I’m writing a book. Thus, I now use an Uber as my third office. I get comfy in the back seat. Turn my phone into a hot spot. Request that the driver put on 105.1. And it’s business as usual. How do you maximize time in your day to day life? Love + Light, *I’m wearing an Altuzarra x Target top and…
The Bomb Life 101: It’s OK to Take a Day and Just Do You in A 5:31 Jerome 9J BX Narratives Patch Denim Jacket (Flowers, Tigers, and Snakes, So Fly)
New York Fashion Week is OVAH (does a praise dance and the tootise roll!). I love Fashion. Lord knows I do. But as I get older, Fashion Week just sucks the life out of me. And I can’t do the things I normally like to do like…exercise, eat well, and get sleep! So today, I slept in honey, and it felt so good. And now, even though my friends are asking me to come over and eat curry chicken or…
Happy Friday, folks! So last night, I appeared on #VH1Live to talk #NYFW and fashion faves with Marc Lamont Hill, Adrienne Moore, and Brian Henry. I was the resident ‘blogger’ on set (like my sticker?). I offered my two cents on my favorite and least favorite looks from New York Fashion Week. I get nervous every single time, but I’m getting better! Did you watch? Love + Light! Claire *I wore a Zara jacket, American Apparel tank, Rayar Bombshell Jeans,…