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Remembering MLK

18 Monday Jan 2016

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In memoriam

Dr.  Martin Luther King, Jr.  (15 January 1929 – 4 April 1968)

 

 

A man of peace

A man of action

A man of courage

 

 

A fallen hero

 

mlk, cbsnewscom

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(image from cbsnews.com)

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Walking with ‘pride’: Pride Parade, London 2015

26 Friday Jun 2015

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Pride London is an annual event

in recognition of and celebration with the LGBT community.

The highlight of the week-long festivity is

Pride Parade

which takes place this year on Saturday, 27 June 2015.

 

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London’s first gay pride parade took place in 1972 with

700 people participating in the march

a sizeable police presence

a mixture of curious onlookers  and openly hostile agitators.

 

 

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Forty-three years hence-

Pride Parade

is a moving street party

down some of central London’s most famous roads.

 

Music blasting

Everybody dancing

Decorated floats

Outrageous costumes

Parade participants from a host of organizations and professional bodies.

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Over 750,000 people lined last year’s parade route!

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Pride, 2014

pride parade, 2014, pride parade, 2014,

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The parade begins at 1300 and is expected to end at 1630.

For further details, visit:

http://www.prideinlondon.org/pride2015/

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(images from demotix)

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Ciao ragazzi! Favlook – Lookfav Focus: It’s summer suiting for the gents as presented off – runway at Pitti Uomo – s/s 2016

23 Tuesday Jun 2015

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Established in September 1972

Pitti Uomo

is a biannual, trade show event on contemporary menswear fashion.

Held in Florence, Italy

over the course of four days-

Pitti Uomo is a ‘must attend’ on the fashion circuit calendar.

 

It is a stage to present men’s clothing/accessory collections

to an anticipatory international audience

of industry professionals and aficionados.

 

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Yet, as expected-

the on – runway events for this year’s  menswear,   s / s  2016  presentations

(16 – 19 June 2015)

were rivalled by the off – runway fashion parade of

street style sass sartorial statements.

(Now saw that five times without becoming tongue tied!)

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Summer suiting seemed the definitive dress directive-

the look elevated by eye-catching accessories:

 

pocket kerchiefs and scarves of prints / colours

smart footwear

weaved straw hats

stacked bracelets

small clutches and oversized carriers

swank sunnies

 

all wonderfully enhanced by the essential element of

sprezzatura –

the Italian dress sense of

effortless, elegant, confidant style .

 

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Off – runway

Summer Suiting

Pitti Uomo,  s / s 2016

 Bellisimo!

 

 

(photos from the trendspotter)

 

summer suiting, s16, Yummy

chocolate brown

 

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summer suiting, s16,

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(photo from w magazine):

summer suiting, pitti uomo, 16 w magAKS7315

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(photo from the trendspotter):

summer suiting, gents, trendspotter.net Pitti-Uomo-Street-Style-2016-Day-3-17

Solid white

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(photo from w magazine):

summer suiting, s16,

White with stripes

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(photo from gq magazine):

summer suiting, gents s16

Accessorize me!

sunnies and bangles

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(photo by Tommy Ton):

summer suiting, 16,

Facial attraction

close clipped beards

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(photo by the urbanspotter):

summer suiting, s16,

Red Said

double and single breasted blazers

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(photo from w magazine):

summer suiting, 16,

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(photo from the trendsetter):

summer suiting, s16,

Prints – a – plenty

trousers or shirt options

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(photos by Tommy Ton):

summer suiting, 16,

 Bam!

colour pops in orange and blue

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(photos from gq magazine):

summer suiting, gents, s16summer suiting, gents, s16

Patched (t)  and Distressed (b)

jean trousers

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summer suiting, 16,

Braces , Braces

suspenders on display

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summer suiting, 16,

3 Ts

t-shirt casual

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(photo from gq magazine):

summer suiting, gents, s16

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(photo from w magazine):

summer suiting, 16,

Chianti classico

deep, rich, red

…

 

(photos from w magazine):

summer suiting, s16,

Waistcoat solo

no jacket intened

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(photo from gq magazine):

summer suiting, gents s16

On a colour mission

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summer suiting, 16,

Where the wild things are

safari short trouser suiting

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(photo from gq magazine):

summer suiting, gents, s16

Boardroom business

in short trouser suiting

…

 

(photo from before sunrise):

gents, summer suiting, 2015

Stripe attack

 

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(photo by Tommy Ton):

street, summer, casual, blazer, tt, 27-spring-2016-menswear-street-style-14

 In ‘training’

sneaker fashion

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summer suiting, 16,

It’s an orange and blue thing

suit / background colour coordination

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(photo from w magazine):

summer suiting, 16,

Blue hues

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(photos from gq magazine):

summer suiting, gents, s16summer suiting, gents, s16

Window pane patterns

three piece flair

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Men, Happy Father’s Day!

21 Sunday Jun 2015

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Recognised throughout many nations;

celebrated primarily during the month of June

(although the date may vary from country to country)-

Father’s Day

was established to honour men who parent their children

unceasingly, selflessly, wholeheartedly:

 

Those who are engaged

Those who love

Those who are present

 

There from the start, there throughout.

 

 

 

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Men,

Happy Father’s Day!

(21 June 2015)

 

fathers day, the guardian paternity460

fathers day, mommyniore dad-daughter-643x430

15 May 2014 --- Father and toddler daughter playing at bath time --- Image by © Romona Robbins Photography/Corbis

fathers day,listtoptens 10-Things-A-Girl-Wants-In-Her-Husband-Participationfathers day, firstspotParenting_ManWithBaby_AFPfathers day, ask.com father-walk-daughter-down-aisle_96984188ead453a7

fathers day, haaretz .com 2349077637

  fathers day, cehd.umn.edu andson

fathers day, bellanaija Buzzfeed-Video-BellaNaija-December-2014

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D40060 Two Muslim men with their children in Sana'a, capital city of Yemen, Middle East. Image shot 2010. Exact date unknown.

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fathers day

Father with His Adult Son bxp156658h

fathes day, fathersrus father_son

 

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Images, from top to bottom:

the guardian, mommynoire, dailymail, listtoptens, firststopparenting, ask.com,

haaretz .com, cehd.umn.edu, bellanaija, izismile, alamy, today.com,

atlantavoice, flickr, fathersrus

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Remembering MLK: 19 January 2015

19 Monday Jan 2015

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

15 January 1929 (born)   –  4 April 1968 (assassinated)

 

 

(image from brynmawr.edu):

MLK day 2015

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: the “I Have a Dream” speech

19 Monday Jan 2015

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Today, 19 January 2015

marks the observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

 

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Today, across the United States

the preeminent American civil rights leader

of non-violence means for  social change-

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

is honoured for giving his life breath to the cause

of equal rights and equal recognition.

 

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On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.

28 August 1963,

Dr. King delivered his stirring I Have a Dream speech.

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(image from mirror.co.uk):

I have a Dream speech, crowd, image

I Have a Dream

 28 August 1963

Over a quarter of a million people were in attendance

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The speech was the climactic point of

the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

The March on Washington was organised to support then U. S. President

John F. Kennedy’s efforts for Congressional passage of civil rights legislation.

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The I Have a Dream speech

is lauded as one of the greatest works of oratory delivered in the 20th century:

emotive rhetoric, poignant phraseology, a rallying cry.

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(image from pbs.org):

I have a dream speech, MLK at podium

I Have a Dream

Dr. King at the podium

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Dr. King’s pacifist beliefs, eloquence, poise and steadfast calm

in the face of growing danger towards his physical person-

gained him world-wide attention and admiration.

In 1964, he became the youngest recipient of the Noble Peace Prize.

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(image from abcnews. org):

I have a dream speech, MLK acknowledges the crowd

I Have a Dream

Dr. King acknowledges the crowd

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The sentiment of the I Have a Dream speech is a plea for the basic tenets

of a just existence for all.

(excerpt of the I Have a Dream speech)

“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.” I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today.”

(from infoplease)

 

 

 

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When he had concluded, Dr. King handed the original typewritten speech

to George Raveling, then a Villanova University student and all-American

basketball player.

 

…

Mr. Raveling, now 77 years old, still has the three page speech.

 

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I Have A Dream

Delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

28 August 1963

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In celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.

15 Thursday Jan 2015

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

civil rights leader

orator

pastor

activist

 

 

a man of words

a man of action

 

 

non-violent disobedient

Noble Peace Prize recipient

 

 

father

husband

friend

 

 

a voice for the disenfranchised

a voice for granting of freedoms denied

a voice for equality

 

a voice for peace

a voice silenced

 

 

a message remembered

a message to be

 

 

Remembering the man, his message, his dream

Happy Birthday

(image from nymag):

MLK, jr. portrait

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Born:  15 January 1929

Assassinated:  4 April 1968

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Fashion-speak: dictionary entry, and the word is ‘groutfit’

15 Monday Dec 2014

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Grey matters in all its varying hues for Fall 2014.

As an alternative to the standard subdued spectrum of 3B’s:

black, brown, blue

grey is the au courant autumn colour.

 

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Be fashion-forward savvy,

in full-on grey monochromatics as a signature look.

 

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And the word is

Groutfit

grout’fit   (adj.)

1.  an adjective:  to describe wearing slate grey hued clothing from head to toe

(as noted in Style.com).

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Phonetic pronunciation

Word reference:  grout-  “thin mortar used to fill cavity between tiles”

Synonyms:  cement grey,

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Groutfit on the runway for autumn/winter 2014

 

 

(images from style.com):

 

 

A no brainer

grey matters

Groutfit fashion for the ladies

 

groutit, women, sonia rykiel, knit top matching bottom

 V-neck knit top and matching trousers

from Sonia Rykiel

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groutit, women, isa arfen, a 14

Double-breast coat/trouser suit

coat:  fabric covered buttons

trousers:  cropped, wide leg

accent:  pointed toe, gold boots

by Isa Arfen

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groutfit, women, dress viktor& rolf

Asymmetric knit dress

by Viktor & Rolf

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groutfit, women, a14, edun, knit emsemble

Gotta have it!

(meappropriatestyle approved)

Trainer fashion and the layered look

from Edun

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Groutfit fashion for the gents

groutfit, men, a14, ermenegildo zegna, check suit

Check suiting

with oversized hooded overcoat

from Ermenegildo Zegna 

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groutfit, men, thom browne, a 14, suit

Mad hatter suiting

by Thom Browne

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groutfit, men, a14, fendi, casual wear

Keeping it casual

from Fendi

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groutfit, men, a14, ami

Weekender

from Ami

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Northern Lights Celebration 2014: L.L. Bean Flagship Store – Freeport, Maine

12 Friday Dec 2014

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Each holiday season the L. L. Bean Flagship Store  located in Freeport, Maine

is the venue for a joyous musical light show,

which features one of the largest Christmas trees in Maine.

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(image from unframedworld.com):

L. L. Bean, northern lights image

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For details on viewing of this year’s L.L. Bean Northern Lights Celebration

(until 31 December 2014 at the Flagship Store, Freeport, Maine)

visit:  http://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/512152?page=northern-lights

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L.L. Bean Northern Lights Celebration, 2012

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Getting to Zero: Monday, 1 December, World AIDS Day 2014

01 Monday Dec 2014

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World AIDS Day is recognized each year on 1 December.

Since 1988, the date marks a rallying reminder for the

global community to become and to stay involved in programmes of

research, education, service to eradicate this devastating disease.

 

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(image from umaryland.edu):

world aids day, banner, 2014

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Let’s work to zero:   getting there one person at a time.

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