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This is why I rock: I am Candace Cooks, a young and ambitious African American woman from Dallas, Texas making moves chasing my dreams to Atlanta Georgia. Currently I am a Fashion Merchandising student at Clark Atlanta University pursuing my goals of becoming a fashion editor of an elite magazine. I created this blog to be used as an informative tool of what's going on in the black community and fashion world.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

FASHION PROVERB OF THE DAY

"Fashion anticipates, and elegance is a state of mind ... a mirror of the time in which we live, a translation of the future, and should never be static."
-Oleg Cassini

WORDS OF WISDOM

"People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together."-Marilyn Monroe

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

SNOW WIPING THE SOUTH WHITE

WE ARE CURRENTLY IN A WINTER WONDERLAND RIGHT NOW....
ATLANTA, GEORGIA IS COVERED WITH SNOW, AND DALLAS, TEXAS IS ALSO!!!

THIS IS CRAZY!

Monday, January 10, 2011

FASHION PROVERB OF THE DAY

Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are.
-Quentin Crisp

Saturday, January 8, 2011

5 WAYS TO BE SUCCESSFUL THIS SEMESTER 4 DUMMIES

-HAVE ACADEMIC SUCCESS AS YOUR HIGHEST GOAL
-KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRIORITIES AND NECCESSITIES
-STAY FOCUSED
-STRIVE TO BE THE BEST
-MORE STUDYING LESS PARTYING

Friday, January 7, 2011

FASHION PROVERB OF THE DAY

"That is the key of this collection, being yourself. Don't be into trends. Don't make fashion own you, but you decide what you are, what you want to express by the way you dress and the way to live." -Versace

Thursday, January 6, 2011

"If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward."-Martin Luther King

WORDS OF WISDOM

HEAR NO EVIL, SPEAK NO EVIL, SEE NO EVIL....

"Dream Big you get big.. dream little you get little... so just dream BIG"

BLACK GIRLS ROCK PLEDGE

I AM A BLACK GIRL.  MY LIFE IS IMPORTANT.  I AM THE CONTINUATION OF A HISTORY, LEGACY, AND TRADITION OF POWERFUL PEOPLE.  THE LIVES OF MY FORE MOTHERS NOW HAVE MEANING THROUGH ME.  I STAND TODAY BECAUSE OF WHO THEY WERE.
I AM A BLACK GIRL. MY PRESENCE IS ESSENTIAL.  I AM A DEMONSTRATION OF THE PAST, AN INSPIRATION FOR THE FUTURE, AND I REPRESENT THE UNLIMITED POSSIBILITIES OF THE PRESENT MOMENT.
I AM A BLACK GIRL.  I HAVE A VOICE.  I SAY THE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT NEED TO BE SAID.  I DO NOT WASTE MY VOICE ON GOSSIP , SLANDER OR DISRESPECT OF MYSELF, MY SISTERS OR ORTHER PEOPLE.  I KNOW THE POWER OF THE SPOKEN WORD AND I USE MY WORDS WISELY.
I AM A BLACK GIRL.  I KNOW MY WORTH.  I HOLD MYSELF IN HIGH ESTEEM BECAUSE I VALUE WHO I AM.  I TREAT MYSELF WITH LOVING CARE, RESPECT AND HONOR.  I HONOR AND HOLD SACRED MY MIND, MY BODY AND MY HEART.
I AM A BLACK GIRL .  I AM COMMITTED AND CONFIDENT.  I AM COMMITTED AND CONFIDENT .  I AM COMMITTED TO A FUTURE THAT HOLDS GREAT POSSIBILITIES FOR ME, MY FAMILY, AND THE WORLD.  AS I MOVE CONFIDENTLY INTO MY NEXT MOST APPROPRIATE STEPS, I AM INSPIRED BY LIFE AND I INSPIRE OTHERS.
I AM A BLACK GIRL.  I HAVE A VISION FOR MYSLEF AND A VISION FOR MY LIFE.  IT IS A VISION ANCHORED  IN LOVE, PROPELLED BY INTEGRITY AND ADVANCED BY FAITH.  I AM COMMITTED TO LEARNING HOW I CAN IMPROVE ALL ASPECTS OF MYSELF SO THAT I WILL BE THE BEST ME I CAN BE. 
I AM A BLACK GIRL.  I AM NOT INTIMIDATED BY ANYONE OR ANYTHING.  I BOW TO NO ONE AND NOTHING SAVE MY CREATOR.  I MOVE WITH ELEGANCE, GRACE, AND EASE, EFFORTLESSLY ACCOMPLISHING ALL THAT I SET MY HEART AND MIND TO DO WHEN IT SERVES MY HIGHEST AND GREATEST GOOD.
I AM A BLACK GIRL.  MY LIFE IS CONNECTED  TO A LOVING CREATOR WHO PROTECTS AND GUIDES ME AT ALL TIMES.  THEREFORE, I AM HUMBLE AND HONORABLE; PATIENT AND POWERFUL;FOCUSED AND FLEXIBLE; DETERMINED AND DYNAMIC; LOVED AND LOVING.
I AM A BLACK GIRL.  I SAY IT, THERFORE, I AM IT!
I AM LIFE OVERFLOWING!
I AM SUCCESS MANIFESTING!
I AM CONFIDENCE IN ACTION!
I AM FEARLESS AND FREE!
I AM COMMITMENT THAT MOVES OBSTACLES!
I AM INSPIRATION UNFOLDING!
I AM PURE LOVE!
I AM A BLACK GIRL AND I ROCK!
-IYANLA VANZANT

Sunday, January 2, 2011

WORDS OF WISDOM

"I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHICH STRENGTHENS ME."-PHILLIPIANS 4:13

FASHION PROVERB OF THE DAY

The difference between style and fashion is quality. -Giorgio Armani

EMERGENCE 2 SERVE MODEL CALL & DESIGNER CALL!!

CALLING  ALL CATWALKERS & THE BEST DESIGNERS!!! THIS IS YOUR TIME TO SHINE AND SHOW OFF YOUR SKILLS AND COLLECTION!! EMERGENCE 2 SERVE IMAGE SOCIETY ORGANIZATION IS HOSTING A MODEL AND DESIGNER CALL FOR THE CAU SPRING FASHION SHOW! SO, MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND COME READY TO WORK JANUARY 31, 2010 AT CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY'S MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM...DESIGNERS:5PM & MODELS: 6PM. COME OUT ALL MODELS AND DESIGNERS FROM THE AUC AND MORE!