Today Police in Paris, France found the body of former model Katoucha Niane in the Seine River.  Naine, who gained notoriety as the face of Yves Saint Laurent in the 1980’s, went missing January 31 aafter a night of drinking with friends.  Foul play was ruled out, and it is thought that Niane simply fell into […]

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Barbara Jordan (February 21, 1936 – January 17, 1996) was a lawyer and politician from Houston, Texas.  Inspired by Edith Sampson Brown, who came to speak at Jordan’s high school, she decided to pursue the practice of law.

Jordan graduated magna cum laude from Texas Southern University in 1956, following up her undergraduate studies with a J.D. from Boston University […]

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Yesterday, the Council of Fashion Designers of America and the American Apparel and Footwear Association each sent delegates to present their respective sides in the battle over the proposed legislation, the Design Piracy Prohibition Act, to the  the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property (WWD).

Representing the CFDA and other designers, Narcisso Rodriguez (picutred above […]

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Born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Edith Sampson (maiden name Spurlock), became a successful lawyer and judge, as well as the first African-American delegate to the United Nations.

Sampson studied at the New York School of Social Work, and later, while working as a social worker, attended law school at John Marshall in Chicago, earning a degree in 1925.   Prior […]

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As the first African-American Secretary of Commerce, Ronald Harmon Brown served the U.S. under the first Clinton administration.

Born in Washington, D.C. on August 1, 1941 Brown moved to Harlem as a young boy.  Also in his young days, Brown was one of the first African-Americans to appear in an advertisement for Pepsi (below).
A graduate of Middlebury […]

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As the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Senate, Carol Moseley Braun represented the Democratic party and furthered liberal causes.

Born on August 16, 1947, in Chicago, Braun (maiden name Moseley) spent her early life in the same city as her birth, even attending college and law school there.  She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Illionis at Chicago in […]

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Remember the 1990’s days of Kate Moss and heroine chic?  Skinny was king.  It seems that lean is mean these days for male models.

The days of buff bods may be gone for the male model.  Amid current worries over the thin silhouettes of females on the catwalk, The New York Times is reporting that the […]

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While she is most well-known for being the wife of Presidential hopeful, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama is quite accomplished all on her own.

Michelle Obama, maiden name Robinson, was born on Chicago’s South Shore to two working parents.  She excelled in school from an early age, even skipping the second grade.  She went to to graduate cum laude from Princeton University […]

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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that young American designers receved major hype during last week’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week  In a video on their site, the paper points to all the credo these newbies are given.  Below is a picture of a Spring 2007 runway look from newcomer, Carmen Marc Valvo.

Do you think the young ones are newsworthy?  As always, […]

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One of the most successful practicing litigators alive, Willie E. Gary has won over 150 multi-million dollar lawsuits, including one award of $500 million dollars in damages (Wikipedia).

Gary was born on July 12, 1947 in Eastman, Georgia as one of eleven children to a family of migrant farm workers.  He used his athletic abilities as a football […]

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