Inspiration.

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my daughter. 

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First, I would like to thank everyone for all your condolences and for giving me privacy over the past week or so. Dealing with the deaths of my uncle and nephew, on the sme day, on each side of my family is the HARDEST thing I’ve ever had to do in my life, especially burying my nephew, who was like my child. I’ve heard people say that some things you never recover from, you just learn how to deal with it. And my nephew Marcus’ death is surely one of them. But one of the things I find comfort in is how he lived his life. See, in Marcus’ short 21 years on earth, he lived his life to the fullest, did all the things he wanted to do. So as I slowly get back into the routine of my life, I know that the best way to honor him is to live my life to the fullest; to always remember love and happiness, and never take ANY of my precious time here for granted. 

Second, I wanted to announce that I have reopened the online store today. Orders purchased this week will ship out next week. And I will begin answering emails today. Please give me a few days to reply.

Third, because of the tragedies, the spring/summer collection will be pushed back a bit to sometime in May. I have not scheduled an actual date yet, but  once I do, I will announce it. 

Thank you again to everyone for their support during this trying time.

Yesterday I was sitting here writing a post about my uncle Stan that passed away around 3am on April 8th from lung cancer/brain tumors.

Never in my craziest nightmares would I have thought I would have received a phone call from my sister telling me that her son, my oldest nephew, Marcus, was killed in a car crash. On April 8th. At 2:47am. 

It hurts so much to lose 2 people you love. And on the same day? There are no words to express the pain that I feel right now. Especially for my nephew, who was only 21. Just joined the navy. Just married his high school sweetheart. He had so much life to live…

You know death has a way of putting things in perspective for me. On one hand, I just want to crawl up in a corner and wither away; it’s just so difficult to face life without the ones you love. And on the other hand, I really want to spend time with the people I love, make sure they know that they ARE loved, which I’m not sure if my uncle knew how much he was loved. It makes me want to live life harder, to really go after all my hopes and dreams and goals; to stop letting trivial, insignificant things take up my time; to live my life with love and positivity.

I will be offline for a while. I have temporarily closed the online store and am pushing back the spring/summer collection debut to sometime in May. I appreciate everyone’s condolences right now. But I ask for privacy as this is a very difficult time for me and my family.

Rest in peace to my uncle Stan and my lovely nephew Marcus. You will always be in my heart. ALWAYS. Love you guys sooooo much!

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A BIG congrats to our resident model Amber for winning BET’s Rip The Runway Amateur Model Search yesterday. So proud of my girl!!! #doingbigthangs

i. want. these. nails.

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curlbox:

sick nails. 

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Love. Them. 

streetetiquette:

It was a pleasure working with the Forecast.tv team as they followed myself and Travis around this past NYFW - view the video piece. We definitely had a great time during the week and its awesome that we can look back at it here. 

So happy this posted during Fashion Week. Back in October 2011, we shot this photo shoot naming me as one of Time Out NY’s Most Stylish New Yorkers. I always wanted to be named and when I got the email from them, I was shocked. A dream come true!

Here are a couple of pics from the shoot. Of course I am rocking Nakimuli in every look. You can see more here:

Most Stylish New Yorkers: Tennille McMillan

This week keeps getting better…more info on my other lovely blessings shortly.

meloxtra:

Check out my feature in this amazing editorial.

sidenote: I Love my Hair.

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Black men. Hair.

This pic was one of the last things I looked at online on Thursday night. Then I had a dream that Willow came to me (cuz you know she is my daughter in my head; don’t judge me) and asked was I mad that she cut her hair like me. And of course I said no cuz I love her so much. I was actually flattered and gave her a hug. She was such a sweet & innocent girl in my dream.

Weird, I know. 

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Peace, Love and SOUL!!!

Thank you for your contribution. I have so many lovely memories of watching Soul Train on Saturday mornings. 

Rest in Peace Don Cornelius.

Santigold

The animations in this video make me laugh.

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one day soon…

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