Writing & Commentary

I write about fashion from the perspective of an informed and critical consumer, and explore the industry’s relationship with consumers of color. I also write about the complexities of beauty, celebrity and ethnicity.

With over a decade of experience in broadcast news and writing, I now write fashion commentary and opinion for xoJane, the web’s fastest-growing women’s lifestyle site, and The Grio, a NBC News site geared toward the African-American community.  I’ve also appeared on NPR, and produced radio features on fashion featuring  experts like Christina Binkley of the Wall Street Journal and Pulitzer Prize-winning fashion columnist, Robin Givhan.

Below is a selection of my published commentaries and talk show segments.

Givenchy’s Take on Diversity is Pretty Much Perfect YAY! Multi-cultural Louboutins! Prada’s New Campaign and Why Fashion Still Needs to Work on Diversity Dear Fashion Companies: Plus-Size Women are ITCHING To Give You Money Dear Forever 21: We’re Breaking Up Is This Fashion Racist? Michelle Obama Wore Skinny Jeans and I Sorta Died

On-air guest: Seeing Ourselves Reflected in Stock Photos Nude Shoes: Christian Louboutin Creates Nude Shoes for All   Producer: It Was  A Good Year For African Prints Liz Lange on 9/11 and Its Impact on Fashion Fashion Bloggers Descend on Paris Fashion Week Moving Fashion Forward in Detroit The Best Week Ever for African-American Girls Artist Tim Tierney and Three Decades of Paper Dolls High-End Designers Tackle New Economic Reality The First Lady: A Feminist Review

The ‘Tanning of America’ Moves To TV and Film The Complexity of Skin Color Casting in Film Is This The Best Time for Black Actresses in Hollywood? Tyra Banks, A Continual Reinvention Who’s Looking Out for Lauryn Hill? Guilty Pleasures: In Defense of VH1’s ‘Single Ladies’