Justin and Omar at Boss snatch a trend and make it real PH: Fabien Montique
This weekend the heat sent the kids flooding the streets of New York...half naked of course in that grand NYC tradition. TI was quite titillated to see that Givenchy via Francois Sagat 2 stage b-boy crop rocked real world style by some of the new kids of the moment. Methinks its going to be a great summer in the city this year.
Justin and Omar at Boss snatch a trend and make it real PH: Fabien Montique
I know that style !
http://fabiendumas.blogspot.fr/2012/02/francois-sagat.html
LOL
who cares bout all your rubbish. these guys look so hot.
Oh, Man- 6, Sixth St-Louisa Marks / Queen Majesty-The Techniques
Can't we all just get along?LOL
Originally my post(s) were directed towards Wayne (Wayne, what you know about Dennis Brown and Black Uhuru , that's dope though) , maybe my approach was wrong , but I was simply expressing my feelings and trying to nEnlighten (I'm gonna use that shit all the time, it's funny). I understand its a public forum, a means to exchange thoughts and ideas, but thats just it, your not expressing any sort of intelligent dialogue, it more like some of you are just reflecting your inner turmoil.
Someone said that I'm the exact opposite of a thug (I never said that I was, but maybe you can't read) and they're very right. I would consider myself more of an a Black radical/intellectual artist. I don't know too many thugs with an expansive vocabulary such as mine, or would be concerned with fashion (besides on a personal level) the way that I am.
Your constant need to call me a faggot (or as you spell it faagot), reeks of self hatred ( Is that what the schoolboys/girls used to call you when they taunted you and beat the shit out of you? so sorry bring back those horrible flashbacks for you , oh wait, no I'm not). Listen, to help you out , I'm the type not to care if someone calls me a faggot or a nigger, I just laugh at them, kind of like what I'm doing to you right now.
Why still the fascination with my sexuality? Is that easier to concentrate on , rather than the real point of my post(s), which is that of originality of vision and the appropriation of black style. I thought this site was an art/fashion forum. If I was a bottom, I would say so (why do people say bottom like its bad thing, I know quite a few bottoms, who are more "thugged-out"/ masculine, than I will ever be or care to be, in gangs, in jail , DL and all the trappings of the "thug life").
Someone also mentioned that I have issues (don't we all), you're right, but that's neither here or there. What does that have to do with whether I'm right or wrong? Also if I'm so pathetic and such a loser (who according to a few has no life), Why reply to my posts, which were never directed towards you? Don't waste what little you have of an intellect, responding, you'll only respond back with something even more heinous and idiotic, save your brain cells.
BTW I'm in college , getting a degree (some of you should just start back from nursery, you mis-spelling miscreants), killing time by checking out my new favorite blog, TI.
Big Ups to the poster/reader who spoke of the valid points in my statement(s) and to Wayne for posting all of this, I know my post(s) are long as hell, but that's just what happens when I'm passionate about something.
Blessings
you know who the fuck it is,
Kon
GET a FUKIN LIFE
KON, HONEY...get a fukin life...maybe a job at that...you are such a fag !!! people who have to say repeatedly that your some thugged
out hard homie....is in fact the opposite. btw who really gives a fuk...
you are completely self involved and need to go help others instead of boasting of your dik and balls size. TRULY, you ARE ONE OF THE MOST UN-INTERESTING FAAGOTS I`VE COME ACROSS IN THE LAST 10 MINUTES.
you should go do what you do best....be a BOTTOM for some of your fantasy thugs.
Truce
Ok baby we can stop beatin down Kon now. I think he's cute especially because he bangs Black Uhuru and Dennis Brown. That makes him TI family now lol
One Love
TI
This is crazy- Some like it hot-Dennis Brown
Damn now I'm involved in some silly petty argument, Wayne first I must commend you for having the balls to post my comment, I knew it was a pretty volatile and inflammatory statement. I said
what I said not from a point of hating( I'm just naturally witty/mean), but a point of frustration ( and not sexual frustration, like some of these d*riders are saying, believe me when I say I do me, this weekend was crazy in a good way) I'm tired of seeing things we as black people create and then have it appropriated and sold it back to us as some "new creative vision". It's even more disheartening, when a fellow black man is involved in such treachery ( this is very reminiscent of Uncle Tom's Cabin) .
As far as the haircut, Francois Sagat himself said that he was inspired by Black and Latinos that he had seen this cut to cover the fact that he is balding, I believe it was in I-D mag ( It could be another magazine, but he did say that),btw I said his dick is little because I'm no porn star (...yet, because with this economy you never know what you'll have to resort to), but my dick is way bigger than that (again, I'm not hating but when I watch a blue movie, I want to see someone who is at least bigger than me and can put it down, A real porn star to watch is Stash, only those from the hood and watch porn know who I'm talking about).
I'm not hating on you in the least, in fact this one of the few blogs/sites I really enjoy, with a real point of view and one of the few with a more diverse (read: ethnic,black) vision . This is the explanation for my comment, I didn't really expect you post the comment ( I'm glad you did and I respect that), God knows, Models.com should be like this (like the time I wrote a post about the AAN- the Anorexic Aryan Nation, you know all these emaciated blue eyed blonde models, it was erased on account of it being mean and hurtful, according to Ugly Betty . I also I didn't expect the mini gay mafia, to come for my neck( is this the infamous Hiss squad your always talking about). If offended you, I would like to sorry but I'm not really , because I was vex and I needed to vent, but from an artistic point I respect and understand what you are saying by posting those pictures.
P.S. Thank you for correcting my grammar ( I won't make mention of the numerous spelling errors throughout this sites history, oh shit I just did, oh well) I think I'll reply to posts more often as it is kinda fun.
Peace,
Kon
(Don't waste time worrying about who I am, I'm not in any scene, and sure as hell am not a queen , I'm 100% man, didn't you see the hood spots I referenced you can't be soft in those neighborhoods.)
Let see if you have cojones to post this
Drama sells.
Hi Kon,
Listen baby we're just making a movie here. Your part is of the squirrel trying to get a nut (see I'm still in character) I'm not offended one whit. My true nature is to kinda not really give a shit what other people have to say about what I do. You included. But I realize the value of comments piling up and people venting and twirling. It gives the page energy and draws repeat traffic to the post.So thank you for that. Seriously!
For instance I think you just called me an Uncle Tom. Yet I'm far from that and so secure in myself on that issue I won't justify or testify . When someone is secure in their identity and self they don't need to compensate by attacking other races as "emaciated blue eyed blonde models". Beauty is infinite...People are people and it is the worst part of our selves that feels the need to pit one kind of human being against another.
So listen clocking thru Gun Hill or Castle Hill, Harlem or Washington Heights, Crown Heights East NY DL doesn't make you 100% man. TI's been there and done that. Hard some days. Soft on others. And came back with numbers. Such is the realness of my cojones.
One thing you're right about though. I can't spell for shit . Wanna proof for me? Send a picture..you sound like a thoroughly cute bottom.
Very Big Love
TI
See this is the reason why
See this is the reason why Im so scared to ever Disagree with Ms. Wayne.. She REEEEEEADS the kids toOOOO Fiercely..
Thank you, thank you- Declaration of rights-The Abbyssinians
Wayne,
Sorry, it took me so long to reply to your comment . Its interesting you refer my role in this straight- to-dvd movie, as a squirrel trying to get a nut, I see more it as the enlightened (or in your case, nlightened) teacher bringing a "new sort of creative vision" to the white washed, clone-mentality masses (sort of like a modern-day To Sir, with Love, give or take). My objective wasn't to offend you (sometimes I can't help myself, I can be a right prick sometimes), it was merely to acknowledge the contributions of black (read: hip-hop/hood) style, the original creators of said hairstyle, along with three cuts in the eyebrow and many other "fashionable" trends (note the tone of pessimism, I never said I like any of these styles, but I digress) .
I'm glad this little spat is drawing traffic to your site/ and or this particular post, you and your site deserve it, as I've said before I like your take on the industry ( for the most part), and if I didn't, I wouldn't have felt the need to reply to what you wrote.
But to clarify, and put a few things in order, I'm not attacking the white race or any other race, what I am attacking and the reason why I consider myself anti-fashion , is the conformism of every image, model and even the clothing (everything is about trends and cycles, where are the designers with there own vision, a new vision, not afraid to say fuck you to the hand that feeds it? where are the black designers, photographers, artists who want to push things forward and not assimilate to the ideas that we as a people are constantly being sold?).
Most of the in-demand models(at point or another they were) all look like and you have to really analyze to see any difference between the models, they all have the same characteristics ( mainly very skinny, in some opinions disturbingly thin, anorexic, big ass usually eyes and some shade of blonde hair), which is why I call them the A.A.N., don't believe me, let me name names- Sasha P, Lily D, Snejana O, Naty C, Johanna S, Heidi M, Gemma W (imo she started this shit), and the list goes on.
I love beautiful women and models of all shapes, colours, races, ages and sizes, I love Raquel Zimmermann ,who is very blonde and blue eyed, there is certain something about her that reminds me of Pat Cleveland , even more so than her daughter Anna Cleveland and god willing, one day I will get to work with Raquel.
Btw I love Riccardo Tisci's vision of Givenchy ( womens wear, as far as the menswear, hell no, I'm not wearing that shit,even if I could afford it, hell he doesn't even wear that shit, at least publicly)
Now address your other comments, why are you so concerned about my sexuality, first you call me a queen, now I'm a bottom (is that supposed to be an insult, but to quell your curiosity, I'm a top, and I'm man enough to say I couldn't be a bottom, that's why I have a lot of respect for them, somebody has to be, it can't be 2 tops or 2 bottoms). Why would you assume that I'm on the DL, is it because I'm black, would you assume the same if I was white ( I won't say anything inflammatory, notice the painstaking lengths I went to not say anything snide or cruel, its hard not to, its part of my natural disposition).
So no I won't be sending you any pics, because even I was a bottom, its not like I would fuck with you, I think I would be a little too real, and definitely too masculine for you. I'm never soft, Its not because I'm on the DL (which I'm not), its because I'm not pussy, and people know what will happen... All the hoods that I mentioned and live/lived in, it wasn't to big myself up, but to big them up for crafting their own style, that's being emulated the world over.
One day, I plan on showcasing my vision in a multitude of medias , then you won't need me to send you a picture, because I'll be everywhere.
Kon
P.S. If your wondering why I post song titles in the subject of my posts, its because it reflects the mood I was in when I posted my messages. I should have posted what I was listening to when I wrote my first comment but like I said I didn't think that you would approve it, much less post it (I've already given you your props for that, ), but I think I was listening to Plastic Smile- Black Uhuru.
mmmm....
...damn! something tells me we're dealing with an issue person here..i just had 1 min left in my schedule to react to your seriously lengthy post(s)..that constantly feel the need to mention how masculine you are...ok, time is up! off to other things. c ya!
Hey Kon
OK I'm back in my enlightened place now .Peace.Love. Respect. Beauty and Cum-ba-yah to you my virile never soft not pussy masculine all-top young God. I bear no anger and meant u no insult...just a bit of calculated mischief. Feel me?
One Love
TI
From the sidelines...
I've enjoyed this little tête-à-tête immensely. Some great points came out of Kon's posts. And of course, thank you Wayne for the IMAGIST. Without you, the online world would be so much less fun!
where is Justin at?
TI help, I tried to check out Justin's book but its not on Boss's website,
where can I see it?
one love
-C
Fades...
A fade implies that the hair is "faded" in from one length to the next, this is two clear lengths; which in NO way fade into one another.
i don't usually do this but shit...
Wayne/TI/whatever,
This hairstyle isn't new and that little dick porn-star did not invent it either, in fact while the fashion industry maybe pushing for this look in the real NYC hoods such as East NY, Crown Heights (BK), Harlem, Washington Heights(Manhattan), Gun Hill Road, Castle Hill (BX) this shit is actually out of fashion and pretty dated. Its actually called a fade, wait I'll allow you to process that one for a min...got it ,good. It such an old school cut, as a black man I would expect you to know this, but you probably traded your blackness in along time ago, for the little cache and clout you may possess.
pheeeew...i guess someone didn't get laid last weekend.
damn! what a sour puss you are! what are you hating on wayne that much for? were you being ignored at langston's last saturday night and that's why you're in such a foul mood?? or you're mad cause again you didn't get your body summer-ready while all the other "real hood cats" did? go take your hatin' elsewhere baby.
and yes, this clearly is NOT a fade. even my grandma knows what a fade is...and she's white and from russia. she say's it's a half caesar.
Yikes
Whoa Whoa.....! Why so angry?? I disagree. I live on Castle Hill and I have never in 5 years seen this cut. Relax man!
two responses
The first enlightened and the other nEnlightened
Baby as a man who puts down a strong and personal point of view I suppose I should expect strong and personal reactions. So say what you feel the way you feel it. Call me a crackhead but that crop might be fade derived but i do think the little dick porn star is also a explicit point of departure for the idea given that i dont know many thug boys who TATtted up their entire skull in that shape.
REALNESS Response
Listen you misbegotten queen I KNOW what a fade is and I also know what they do in Crown Heights given that I still keep an apt right there A fade got HAIR at the base not a clean scalp goddamit! And as for that simpleminded attempt in coming for my "blackness" I want you to know that I have no clout or cachet (methinks that was what you were trying to spell) except for the discipline to wake up everyday and work at what I belive in.Your need to throw that in proves you certainly dont know me and drank too much Haterade tonight. As for coming for poor Francois' penis I guess its all relative...to what you're used to.
Still Im not mad at ya ... I bet the kids will find the realness response more entertaining. Viva the bitch fight over a hair cut
Bisous
TI
ooooooh miss thing, go
ooooooh miss thing, go offf.. you better work.
The boys look incredible!
The boys look incredible! LOVING the cut!