Dawn of The Dandy: The New Black Gentlemen
Blackbookmag.com September, 2011
Known to his fans as dapperlou.com, 24-year-old Haitian-American style blogger Ludget Delcy relishes the idea of throwing people off with his personal style. It started back when he was a high school sophomore in Brooklyn, New York. Amidst a sea of velour sweat suits and Air force Ones, there was Delcy (pictured here), wearing crisp white pants, a blue shirt, white tie, and a black blazer. Donning the kind of ensembles that were more Details than XXL, he was often greeted with puzzling stares and laughter as he walked down the halls of Sheepshead Bay High School. “Everyone would ask me where am I going so dressed up,” he recalls with a chuckle, “I’ve always liked looking neat and well-dressed because it speaks volume about who I am.” [Read more...]
In October, as part of the Kaleidoscope exhibit at the Ingrao gallery in New York City, Law’s eye-catching homages to the female form made their American debut. Working with high-gloss paint on aluminum, Law creates loving renditions of the body, from the indentations on the small of one model’s back to the subtle roundness of another’s belly. Fashionable props include stiletto heels, corsets, and knickers. “I find that as I draw, I fall in love with a different part of the body each time. There are endless perspectives one can take with the female form,” says Law, who is best known for her fashion illustration work and collaboration on prints and sets with the FrostFrench label from 2001 to 2003. 
Everybody’s eager to please Rachel McAdams. But, frankly, the royal treatment that’s customary for budding starlets gives this Toronto-born actress the creeps. As she says, “The more that’s given to you, the less you have to come up with yourself. And that’s not productive.” As if on cue, there’s a knock at the door. It’s the hotel staff, dropping in for the second time that day to see if McAdams has everything she needs. “She just asked me if I wanted fresh apples.” she says, embarrassed by all the attention. “And I haven’t even eaten the ones that are sitting here.” 
Fergie is tired. Frankly, she’s exhausted. For three years straight, her group, The Black Eyed Peas, has been touring the world, performing nearly every night and recording albums during the day —often following grueling, 10-hour transcontinental flights.