November 2012
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October 2012
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August 2012
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WSJ: More Women and Minority Entrepreneurs...
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Female and minority entrepreneurs are still rare in the technology industry, although there are several efforts to change that balance, as The Wall Street Journal reported. One push is Focus100, a conference and boot camp scheduled for October in New York that aims to get 100 companies founded or co-founded by black women to raise funding or get acquired by 2015.
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June 2012
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One of the things I love most about Kickstarter is how easy it makes it to help someone realize a dream. My friend Pinny Gniwisch, who was one of the founders of Ice.com, is realizing a life-long dream to produce a broadway musical, titled RIO. Watch a clip of the musical above and support Pinny.
May 2012
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April 2012
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Easter in Harlem
ofanotherfashion:
Let one thousand more bonnets like this one bloom! This woman, photographed by famed French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, was a participant in the legendary Harlem Easter Parade (1947). I’ve been staring at her Easter bonnet for weeks now and thought I’d finally share it here. (I wouldn’t mind getting a better look at the man behind her either. His pinstripe suit looks...
March 2012
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February 2012
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Beauty Icons circa late 19th Century
ofanotherfashion:
I love that these two young African American women in matching outfits have personalized their looks with different accessories. (Virginia, 1910)
From the Library of Congress
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Non Traditional Hair Style
ofanotherfashion:
This hairstyle, dubbed the “Freedom Burst,” is another look featured in the Jones’ All About the Natural book published by Clairol, Inc. (1971). The “bursts” are created by two separate cornrow braids beginning from above each eyebrow and braided back.
Old Sckool Beauty Icon
ofanotherfashion:
I can’t decide what part of Marguerite Willard’s look I love more, her corsage or her hair which recalls Princess Leia’s hair buns but, you know, preceded them by about 50 years!
Welcome to Flapper Friday!
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L'Tanya Griffin: Beauty Icon
ofanotherfashion:
A publicity still of L’Tanya Griffin, fashion designer and model. (1950)
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May 2011
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April 2011
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