Events

This weekend ABFF 2014 (June 19-22, 2014)

The ABFF (American Black Film Festival) was held in New York in the Tribeca area for the first time since it's inception in 1997. It was first held in Acapulco and then moved to Miami. The ABFF is an independent film festival that focuses predominantly on the works African Americans within the film industry. Over the past 4 days (June 19-22) the festival showcased Gala Screenings such as The anticipated "Think Like a Man Too" and the latest film from Spike Lee, "The Blood of Jesus".

The festival also showcased narrative features, documentaries and an HBO short film competition. I had the opportunity to attend the HBO Shorts ( "Muted", "Dawn", "Ir/Reconciable", "The Perfect Sacrafice"and "When it all Falls Down") as well as the directorial debut of Morris Chestnut's short film entitled "Brakedown". These short films were well done and covered issues which ranged from dealing with family members who were substance abusers, the ups and downs of relationships to racism.

Overall the festival had a great turn out for its New York debut and I hope that they bring it back next year. It was a great platform that showed there is a lot of wonderful opportunities for African American film.

Just a few looks from last night's CFDA Awards. Jennifer Hudson, Solange, Rachel Zoe and Blake Lively look demur compared to Madame Riri!  As always Rihanna makes the headlines with her controversial gown designed by Adam Selman. You either love or hate her style, but she is the only fashionista that can get away with pulling this off!

Here are a few good, bad and just plain ugly looks from the Met Gala event last night.

Yesterday I covered the Lloyd Boston Fashionable Greeting Cards event for fellow fashion blogger StyleMayvin. Lloyd Boston is well known for being a Style Maverick, Style Host, Style Editor and Author. His his detail to fashion and great sense of style is not only for celebrities but also for the modern woman. He also has a passion for design illustrations. I attended his very intimate gathering at NIQUEA.D In New York City yesterday where the style guru’s beautifully illustrated greeting cards were on display just in time for Mother’s Day! I got a chance to speak with him and he said that one particular cards the “Lyn “was inspired by his youthful mom who also attended the event. His mom told us that since he was a child he has been drawing pictures and that her entire refrigerator door used to be covered in his art work growing up. These greeting cards are very vibrant and of course fashionable. He even has a fashion tip written in them! I think that is a great twist for a greeting card. The greeting cards are a must have for all of the fashionistas. Lloyd spoke with us about when he started his greeting cards and gave great styling advice! NIQUEA.D was the perfect place for Lloyd’s event. It was very charming and fashionable, just like him:-). Here are a few pictures from the event.