Vogue: and a tale of Lupita Nyongo in Morocco

When I tell people that I live in Morocco, they often ask me how I like living in the Middle East.  They blink when I tell them that I don't live in the Middle East -- that Morocco is in Africa.  

I have to confess that I felt a kind of thrill when I saw Lupita Nyongo was in Morocco for this Vogue photo shoot.  Doing Morocco and Africa proud.  

She's mesmerized and mesmerizing.  

Lupita Nyonga in July 2014 Vogue, Photographed by Mikael Jansson 

Beauty, brains and doing good.  She's got it.  A role model for us all.

Marrakech Morocco: and a Vogue tale of swimsuits and turbans

I'm thinking of wearing a turban. For real.  

My hair is not looking its best.  And I think that turbans are, well, stunning.  

But you have to have real confidence to pull off a turban.  I think it's time to reinvent myself.

And since it is Summer, why not a turban with a swimsuit?  {Okay, that might be pushing it.}

What do you think? Would you ever wear a turban?

Images Vogue Russia, 2011

Marrakech Morocco: and a Vogue tale of swimsuits and turbans

I'm thinking of wearing a turban. For real.  

My hair is not looking its best.  And I think that turbans are, well, stunning.  

But you have to have real confidence to pull off a turban.  I think it's time to reinvent myself.

And since it is Summer, why not a turban with a swimsuit?  {Okay, that might be pushing it.}

What do you think? Would you ever wear a turban?

Images Vogue Russia, 2011

Ethnic chic fashion: and a tale of the beauty of Valentino's campaign

I don't bother to hide my obsession for the embroidered, the sequined, the beaded. I make no bones about my passion for the fringed, the tasseled, the mirrored.  Let me wear it all.  Oh!  Let me wear it all!  Or at least gaze upon it in wonder....

Valentino's 2014 Spring/Summer campaign shot by Craig Mcdean

Which one's your favorite?