BY Led Black (@Led_Black) For the last installment of En Tu Esquina Con Ford, Elizabeth Ortiz hit up Uptown Fashion Week to take in all the awesomeness and speak with the event’s founder, Albania Rosario as well as Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez. Uptown Fashion Week has grown from a one-day event with a handful of designers […]
Dec 18, 2015 | Categories: Estilo, Uptown Video | Tags: Fashion, Inwood, uptown, washington heights, Ydanis Rodriguez, Ford, Albania Rosario, Uptown Fashion Week, Marcus Johnson, En Tu Esquina Con Ford, Rationout | Leave A Comment »
By CRYSTAL MARTIN Maisha Stephens-Teacher opened her hair salon, Bibi, on Frederick Douglass Boulevard five years ago. “I’ve done this for 27 years,” she said. “My salon uses high-end products. Our stylists are very talented, but I couldn’t command prices commensurate with that. People would say, ‘Well, I can pay that downtown.’” But in the […]
Nov 25, 2015 | Categories: Estilo, Uptown Love | Tags: beauty, Harlem, Inwood, NY Times, Photography, washington heights, Wahi, Uptown Manhattan, African-Americans, Bibi, Beauty Boom, Vivrant Beauty, Harlem Beauty Boom | Leave A Comment »
BY Brian Rashid When Albania Rosario arrived to the United States from the Dominican Republic at age 18, she came alone. She did not speak a word of English. Not one word. But sometimes, vision speaks louder than words. Sometimes not even a basic lingusitic understanding is needed to achieve greatness. Albania is a perfect […]
Sep 18, 2015 | Categories: Estilo | Tags: Fashion, Inwood, United Palace, uptown, washington heights, Ydanis Rodriguez, Albania Rosario, Uptown Fashion Week, Marcus Johnson, Forbes, Brian Rashid | Leave A Comment »
Photography by Jsuspekt Probus, which will celebrate its 20th anniversary this year, opened the doors to its new, more expansive retail space on Broadway in Inwood. Guests in attendance included Reach Records artist, Andy Mineo and recording artists Emilio Rojas and Youth Soul Love. Friends and fans of Probus mingled to the sounds of DJ […]
Sep 16, 2015 | Categories: Estilo, Uptown Love | Tags: Broadway, Inwood, Probus, washington heights, Nightlife, Latino, Hennessy, Andy Mineo, Emilio Rojas, Youth Soul Love, DJ Ignition | Leave A Comment »
Photography by Marcus Johnson You better work… Uptown Fashion Week is back and bigger and better than before. Uptown Fashion Week has grown from a one day event with a handful of designers to a full week with 32 designers. The next-level function is held at the magnificent United Palace and is dedicated to giving […]
Sep 09, 2015 | Categories: Estilo, Framed, Uptown Love | Tags: Fashion, Inwood, uptown, washington heights, Ydanis Rodriguez, Albania Rosario, Uptown Fashion Week, Marcus Johnson | Leave A Comment »
History will be made this Sunday. The newly re-opened High Bridge will be transformed into a next-generation runway showing off the designs of Iliana Quander, Tom Sohung, Sarah Bacchus and Martin Polanco. There will also be a clothing swap boutique for anyone looking to swap their gently used clothing. This one-of-a-kind fashion show will feature […]
Jul 28, 2015 | Categories: Estilo, Uptown Parks | Tags: Fashion, Highbridge Park, Inwood, uptown, washington heights, Ydanis Rodriguez, House of Glam, Eco-Fashion, Iliana Quander, Tom Sohung, Sarah Bacchus, Martin Polanco | Leave A Comment »
by Chris Wild Jack Garofalo (1923-2004), one of the leading photographers for Paris Match magazine, spent six weeks in Harlem, New York, in the summer of 1970. His images were the cover story for Match in October that year. In the 1960s, large numbers of residents left Harlem for neighborhoods in Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx, seeking better schools, […]
Mar 02, 2015 | Categories: Estilo | Tags: Fashion, Harlem, Style, Washington Height, Spanish Harlem, Mashable, Harlem 1970's, 1970's, Reto, Chris Wild | Leave A Comment »
BY Ginger Otis | NEW YORK DAILY NEWS It’s dope to be dapper at the Schomburg Center. Fashion photos of famous Harlemites like Fab 5 Freddy, Al Sharpton and chef Marcus Samuelsson were on display at the Schomburg last week during a panel discussion on images of black men in modern media. Striking pictures of […]
Feb 19, 2015 | Categories: Estilo | Tags: Fashion, Harlem, Hip-Hop, Inwood, NY Daily News, Style, washington heights, El Barrio, Jazz, Fab 5 Freddy, Spanish Harlem, Intersection, Al Sharpton, GQ, Schomburg Center, Dapper to Dope, Chef Marcus Samuelsson, Michaela angela Davis,