Writer, David Foster Wallace, once wrote that the lives of others are a writer's dinner; they are our sustenance. We observe, analog, and interrogate the sequential series of events, happenstances, and eccentricities of strangers and those closest to us, out of necessity -- not to meddle. Life's oddities are our...

In RJ Cutler's meditative 2009 fashion documentary, The September Issue, Vogue's preeminent Editor-at-Large, Andre Leon Talley, is shown dripping in leather fringe, all six feet and six inches of his imposing frame cloaked under an audacious and signature cape, discussing exactly why he's here in fashion.

Talking a mile a...

On the eve of New York Fashion Week, I found myself tipping slowly into the Uptown location of Miu Miu for the Italian luxury brand's Fashion Night Out event with a very tall date on my arm.

We whispered to one another to assuage the apprehensions of such social functions...

When sitting down recently to interview R&B singer, LeToya Luckett, I couldn't help but pick up on this certain something about the star, this ineffable quality that makes one want to just root for her. I would never consider the former Destiny's Child bandmember and now successful solo artist...

The last time I wrote here, I waxed on the subject of Beyoncé's split personality cum business marketing scheme, "Sasha Fierce", a phenomenon which more or less fortified her position as the "flyest chick in the game." It was a tipping point, for sure: a pop cultural moment that influenced...

A "robohand" is a hard act to follow, especially when attached to everyone's favorite cyborg, ahem, songbird, Beyoncé Knowles. But even more, it's certainly a difficult act to live up to. With last week's debut of her third-solo album, I Am...Sasha Fierce, Beyoncé attempts just that with what many would...