Kimora Out & About

Kimora end fashion week with a bang. She had people buzzing about how great her show was. Daddy Russell wasn't there for the annual kiss on the cheek from the girls, but soon to be daddy Djimon was there... I smell a HUGE wedding coming soon.

Celebs sat frontrow and enjoyed the festatives of the Baby Phat last friend. Stars included Nina Sky, Teyana Taylor, Julissa, Naturi Naughton and Camerlo & Lala

Baby Phat after the show party. Guest included John Legend & model girlfriend, the Ross's, Letoya Luckett, Andre Tally, Julissa and many more. All that's Fab...

Kimora & Djimon arriving at Marc Anothny's Birthday Party.

Kimora at Make-A-Wish Foundation luncheon

Kimora Lee Simmons attended the Make-A-Wish Foundation luncheon at American Girl Place along with her two daughters Ming Lee and Aoki yesterday. I really love Kimora's dress. And I am glad to see she doesnt have them dressing alike. If want to read more on Kimora she just did an recent interview discussing Russell, her divorce and other fabness at allthatsfab.com

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Kimora obessesion

If you didn't know by know Kimora is a women I look up to for many reason.
Here is a couple just to name a few...

1. She is Fabulous all the time
2. She is a mougelette
3. She has the best quotes "I beat a bit** ass if she fu*ks with my husband" the line gets me every time
4. Her closet is the only closet I would keep raiding until the end of time
5. She has presence when she steps into a room!!!

A month ago I came across this article on my Ms. KLS.
It's a good read & I thought I would share it with you guys.

Here is a snippet from the article....

“It’s a wonderful thing I’ve created with you,” Lagerfeld told her that fall, “but now you’re a $5,000-tote-bag-wearing monster, and for that, I am sorry. Now sit down and be quiet!” Kimora requested Tyra Banks as her roommate in one model apartment, and they tried to visit every Häagen-Dazs store in Paris. “She always had the new Prada bag and would laugh at me because mine was from Wal-Mart,” says Banks.

Kimora talks with Giant

On Marriage:
“When you get married, you’re forced to drink the milk long after it’s spoiled.”

On Tabloid Talk:
“I hear the craziest things, like, ‘She has to have a champagne glass filled within a quarter inch of the lip,’ ” says Simmons, who dismisses any notion that she might be an “extreme diva.”

On Kids & TV:
“The reality, is I’m a dedicated mother [to daughters Ming Lee, 8, and Aoki Lee, 5] and a very kind, funny and hardworking person. My reality-TV show helps to shed a bit of light, but even that’s glamorized.”

On the Haters & Life:
“Sometimes people who don’t know me say really cruel things that are way off base. But you can’t care too much about what people think of you. You have to establish your own set of core values and live by them. Do your best, and live with the repercussions of your choices – good or bad.”

You can read more over at Giant or her issue is on newsstands now. Also, her second season of Kimora: Life in the Fab lane airs on the Style network check your local cable channel for more information....

JcPenny getting Fabulosity

Kimora Simmons announced earlier this week she will be debuting a new line. The clothing line will be called Fabulosity and sold at JcPenny's nation wide. The line will be for junior girls. She this about the collection:

Young teen girls are fabulous and my new collection will further build their confidence as they head back-to-school,” Kimora says. Fabulosity is all about celebrating who you are and your individual greatness – living your dream and being whatever you want to be.

Kimora & the girls

Kimora and daughter Ming Lee & Aoki Lee hit up the Hello Kitty Sweet Suite this weekend for the Kids Choice Awards:

Love how chick stays fab even when chillin with the kiddies. And I really want that Hello kitty with the asapness

Style wants more FABULOSITY.....

The Stlye Network just signed Ms. Kimora Lee Simmons to her second season of Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane. If you been living under a rock and haven't seen Ms. Kimora in action then your in luck that the style network brought her back. The show is awesome for your women to see a woman of color doing her thing and still be a productive CEO, mother, friend and everything in-between. The Show airs April 20th at 8 pm.

Baby Phat Fashion

Kimora's Baby Phat/ KLS spring 2008 show had the normal fabolusity that any of her productions have. Kimora and her team channeled "Breakfast at Tiffany's" to flappers to hip hop queens for this season. The looks are really hot and she is right on point for this season. I love the fringes on the dresses and the fits of outfits. In addition to that, the hues of season were also in the show. The virbant yellows, pinks, purples, and oranges. Furthermore, she had her BFF Tyra, Amerie, Lil Mo, Chrissette Michelle, Christian Milian and Andre Leon Talley in the house just to name a few.

Celebrities showing their support and face time....



Ki Ki and Russ are all laughs after the show



Tyra and Ms. Jay looking FIERCE in the front row





Kiki with Tyra and the girls and then Russell looking at peace being around Ming lee and Aoki Lee



And other Fab news Kimora is set to release her newest fragrance this spring called Fabulosity. Fabulosity consists of fruit floral oriental mix of Givaudan, and has hints of juicy plum, orange blossom, tiger lily , mysterious forbidden fruit; a heart of damask plum skin, Chinese osmanthus, coconut milk & purple violet, a splash of Tasmanian honey, vanilla absolute, patchouli & amber…..what a mix! The Fabulosity collection will come in two sizes: 1.7oz going for $45 and a 3.4 oz bottle for $55, also Body Soufflé, $30 for 4 oz., and will include bath salts - dubbed as “bath diamonds” - that will sell for $30 for a 4oz bottle. The Fabulosity theme will resemble a brilliant cut round diamond and is intended to lay on it’s side to show off the facets. The outer packaging will be of dark purple emblazoned in diamond accents. The Fabulosity collection will be available in April in about 2,000 U.S department stores.

Grab the Mic

Law 3
Grab the Mic

Speak your mind. Don't let people run over you. GRAB the mic and yell into it. Kimora speaks on one of the many lessons she learned from Karl Lagerfield. He told her "Speak LOUDLY, speak QUICKLY, and be CONCISE!!!! Nobody has time for-long-windedness."

Basically if you are meek you will get run over or worse ignored. What is the point of being hired for a position if you are going to sit in corner every meeting and not voice your opinion. Your a waste of a sit. Speaking out is a way of grabbing a piece of the action and declaring, "I deserve to be here". She speaks on even if your on comfortable and wondering why you are in that position is to fake it until you gain the knowledge to feel more comfortable. Furthermore, she say yes "it may be more controversial to speak your mind, but it better than staying mute". Also, the ability to speak up, speak out and stand your ground against powerful personalities is one of the most important skills any woman can have.

Take notes from males in your life. They can tell it how it is without worrying that its personal. Sure it's stressful and anxiety-inducing to enter into conflict, but its ways more stressful to be screwed over in silence and have to deal with the consequences for three months. It's like tearing off a band-aid: You'll be a lot happier if you grit your teeth and rip." Of course, the most important part of being a good communicator is knowing when to state your case-and when yo just shut up.

Reserving your SPACE

By taking up more room, you're reserving your own space and creating an awareness that you're there.

Claiming your space with Fabulousity

1. Heels, heels, heels. My motto: Four inches, no less.
2. Carry an extra-large bag in cherry, emerald, or orange-not beige, not camel and definitely no black.
3. Wear dramatic coat that almost demands someones help you take it on and off.
4. Laugh a lot. It makes everybody wonder if it's more fun to be at your party.
5. Turn up the music in every room you enter.
   

Le Freak, 'Cest Chic!

Law 2
Le Freak, 'Cest Chic!

Le Freak, 'Cest Chic, starts of by saying why be AVERAGE. Why consume yourself in picking apart how you look, your hair, body type, your accent or bizzare family or anything else. Kimora says "THANK God you're not average". And I do. Cause when you are average you are you are being safe, staying within your comfort zone, and it is boring and the most important it is not FABULOUS!!!

She points out how the most incredible artists, innovators, and entrepreneurs have always had the most awkward and unconfortable beginnings. There is a saying she says and I say it every morning now

"I (tasha sanchelle) am a Gucci-sandal-wearing, paparazzi-attracting, multi-company owning grown woman" Cause in 5 years I will be expect I already rock the gucci shoes I just need the pap n the company!!!

Throughout the next couple of pages she explains how she felt awkward at home, comparing her life to the Cosby and how if she was a normal kid she would have a strawshort cake collection in her home. Then she also elaborates on how in middle school the girls would call her "chinky giraffe". The "chinky" part was because of her mom and the giraffe part was because she was tall.... side note* I hate mean girls who think they are the shit and from cliques and push people out of them if they don't your mold.

Then Ms. Kimora explains how her mom saw her pain so she enrolled her in modeling school. Kimora now doesn't recommend modeling school cause she feels "the majority of them are designed to take girls' money and give them false promises of modeling stardom." Her first gig as a model was a "freeze model", she made $250.00 just to sit and look into space!!!! Finally at the tender age of 13 she left to Paris. She didn't speak a lick of French. She explains on how she became the "fit model" for Karl Lagerfield" During the passages, she explains how the parisian loved her cause was "exotic". And how designers told her that all the time, but sometimes she did get "she not black enough or she not Asian" .

Kimora explains that women need to make the differenes their trademarks. Embrace them instead of burying them six feet under. Being different from the norm is a blessing not a curse.

Kimora's top five freak-chic tips

1. Don't try to change yourself to fit a stifling status quo. Find people who are like you instead of trying hard and even harder to be with people that don't appericate your true beauty and talents.
2. Never compare yourself to others. Don't wish, the grass is not always greener on the other side.
   
3. Act like you are the product and the promoter. Embrace what makes you, you and don't let people water it down.
4. When in doubt, move further away from the center. Exaggerate your difference and use them to stand out even more!
5. If you really want to change your looks and are considering surgery, please wait until your out of your teens. Your body is still growing, and with age comes grace and more beauty.

She also mentions how you should dress like your going to bump into your worse enemy. And I told agree with that. Image you are at Target getting grocery and look pulled together and awesome and you run into her (your enemy) she is in sweats hair a mess and looking like she lost a fight with her dog.... She mad cause you look AWESOME... That will build anyone self esteem in 5 seconds...

Keep your life in the Fab lane. Law 3 tomorrow.

Iman, Tyra, Kimora & Alek

COVER VIA STEALSTYLE

Supermodels and moguls Tyra Banks, Iman, Kimora Lee, and Alek Wek cover the September issue of Ebony Mag. This issue covers 50 pages worth of the history and success of Blacks in fashion, as well as the history of Ebony Fashion Fair.

"If you're gonna buy caviar, make it beluga"

Okay, I was reading one of my fave blogs The Fashion Bomb and my thought from earlier where transcribed on her page... She did a Style File on Kimora Lee Simmons and her very own top ten too.

So, I told you I was reading her book and i am going to give you some notes from the book... But please go the book so you can get a real feel for the book.

Law 1
"If you're gonna buy caviar, make it beluga"

Grand Aspiration Theory

1. High aspiration breed frustration.
2. Frustration breeds motivation.
3. Motivation pushes you to action-whether you take tiny baby step or huge strides.
4. Actions breeds confidence; you start to feel in control.
5. Confidence is cumulative: Once you start acquiring it, you get more and more of it.
6. Soon enough, you prove to yourself that you're a star who can surmount any obstacle and achieve with your life. You're on a roll

Kimora states that "if a person never wishes for more rewards and better quality of life, she is being complacent."

I agree with Kimora. Why would you want to stay complacent... why not grown and spread your wings. Every dream deserves a try. The reason she believes in aspiration is because she doesn't really believe in "fairy godmothers, "lucky breaks" and "men on white horses". And to a certain degree neither do I. I remember Oprah said that "lucky + preparation = opportunity" and that is true but at the same time in the world we live in you have to make things happen yourself. Yes, people are willing to help you, but no one can help you better achieve your goals other than you cause you know them the best

Law 1 focus is letting you know that you have an inner Goddess that you need to let out. She describes how she lets Ming Lee pronounce what princess she is everyday regardless. Be who want but do it your best ability and be you.... She also discuss how frustration and fear are useful things that make her change things in her life.

Finally she ends the chapter with Kimora's guaranteed top five confidence tips

1. Never say never. Banish words that are negative "can't" , "won't" and "don't". Negative thoughts will manifest if you believe them
2. Fake it 'til you make it. Basically tell yourself that you are great even when there is a part of you doubting it.
   
3. Trust there's a reason that you are there, not someone else. You were chosen for a reason so don't second guess yourself and speak up. They didn't pick you to a quiet mouse. Show them they value your opinion
4. Believe other people's confidence in you, even when you don't believe it yourself. If they believe in you, why shouldn't you believe in yourself.
5. Choose your company wisely. Confidence is contagious. Keep positive people around you, people that stay focus and on the right track are the best to be around instead of people who are breeding negativity

Finally she says " Shoot for the moon, and even if you fail, you'll be some where amongst the stars"

"Fabulosity: What It Is and How to Get It"

Okay, If you know me you know I have never really been a "babyphat" type of girl and probably never will be. On the other hand though I belief Kimora is doing great things and achieve to new heights, but that line of clothes is not for me. I was looking at her "High End" line that she recently shown and I am loving it.




Pieces from the KLS line. Its simple and there is no damn CAT!!!

In previous post I mentioned how I loved her show. Well, yesterday during a BN trip I decieded to hit up her book. And I give it rave reviews. I only got into second chapter and this women is powerful beyond measures. She makes you feel self assure and helps make the inner goddess in you shine.



There is a part in the beginning when she discuss staying positive and not letting negative flow cause it will defer you from the real you. And she says say things that will uplift you. In the book there is a line that states "I am a gucci sandal wearing, paparizzi attracting, multi company owning woman!" and I love that line and that is what I am saying to myself every morning


I will be purchasing this book and telling everyone women to get it. It really felt like we were having a heart to heart about my life in the first 28 pages....

I might go see how Goddess smells....