SOMETHING EVERY BLACK PERSON SHOULD KNOW OR A TRUE FASHION LOVER !

                     I'M SAD TO SAY THAT I HAD TO DISCOVER THIS STORY AS A BLOGGER,  LOOKING FOR GREAT STORIES I RAN ACROSS MS. ZELDA WYNN VALDES. THIS WOMAN'S RECORD IS UNHEARD OF . GOING TO TWO FASHION SCHOOLS, HOW DID I NOT HEAR OF HER ? IT'S SAD, BUT IT IS NOW MY JOB IN LIFE TO SHARE KNOWLEDGE TO THE REST OF THE WORLD .  MS.ZELDA  IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MANY ICONIC COSTUMES IN THIS COUNTRY . LIKE  PLAY BOY BUNNY COSTUMES , ARTHUR MITCHELLS DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM , JACKIE O's WEDDING GOWN . MS.ZELDA IS THE HANDS OF MS. JOYCE BRYANT , HER LIQUID TAILORED CORSET SWEET HEART DRESSES CATAPULTED MR.S BRYANT CAREER .PLEASE DON'T FORGET  HER FULL NAME , ZELDA WYNN VALDES BORN 1905-2001 OF  N.Y.C. ONE OF N.Y.C. FIRST BLACK OWNED BOUTIQUES CHEZ ZELDA .

HERE IS A LIST OF SOME OF THEA-LISTERS SHE HAS WORKED WITH (THE LIST GOES ON )

1. DIZZY GILLESPIE AND WIFE
2. JOYCE BRYANT
3. DOROTHY DANDRIDGE
4. JOSEPHINE BAKER
5. JOYCE BRYANT MARIAN ANDERSON
6. MAE WEST
7.RUBY DEE
8. EARTHY KIT
9. ELLA FITZGERALD
10. SARAH VAUGHAN TO SAY AT THE LEAST ....



                                        CHEZ ZELDA HER VERY OWN BOUTIQUE

                                                      MS.MAE WEST HER SELF

                                                             JOYCE BRYANT

CHOCOLATE SEX POT MS. JOYCE BRYANT'S

                                             MS.ZELDA IS THE BEST KEPT SECRET

                                          DOROTHY DANDRIDGE STARLET HONEY !

                                                           JOSEPHINE BAKER

                                                  STARLET DOROTHY DANDRIDGE

 AT 65YRS YOUNG ARTHUR MITCHELL COMMISSIONED TO DO THE COSTUME FOR DANCE THEATER OF HARLEM .

IN 1950 'S HUGH HEFNER HIRES ZELDA TO MAKE THE PLAY BOY COSTUME WHO KNEW?

                                                                LIFE MAGAZINE

PLAYBOY BUNNY'S

                 MRS.FIRST LADY JACKIE KENNEDY DRESS WAS MADE BY MS. ZELDA

                                                          BEAUTIFUL JACKIE O

                                               LOOK AT THIS VOGUE SPOTLIGHT

                                                  THE MASTER AT HER WORK !

LIFE MAGAZINE COVER NAT KING COLE & MARIE COLE 

MS. ZELDA IN HER OLDER YEARS 

THANK YOU MS. ZELDA FOR ALLOWING MY DREAMS AS A DESIGNER COME TRUE AND OPENING THAT PATH FOR ALL WOMEN OF ALL CULTURES TO COME TRUE

BY SWAGGER WARD

CELEB LIFE !

TODAY KICKS OFF A DAY OF THE CELEBRITY LIFE !

SELENA GOMEZ IN ISCHIA ITALY LIVING HONEY , KAT GRAHAM ONE OF THE STARS OF VAMPIRES DAIRY'S LOOKING CUTE IN HER SUMMER YELLOW AT THE 85 TH ANNIVERSARY OF FOSTER GRANT !

ELISE NEAL AT THE HOLLY ROD FOUNDATION PARTY .

TAMMY ROMAN GIVING SEX IN THE CITY ALL THE WAY IN NEW YORK !

 EJ JOHNSON DOING HIM IN ALL HIS CONFIDENCE I LOVE HOW FEARLESS HE IS .

GIRLS NIGHT OUT WE HAVE LOVE & HIM HOP STAR AND BUSINESS WOMAN YANDY SMITH , ARIANE DAVIS AT WEEN CEO WOMAN ACTIVIST NALEISHA BUTTER FIELD JONES RELEASE OF THE GIRL PRINT !

BY SWAGGER WARD !

1950s STYLE COUTURE AT IT'S BEST !

Top for this Monday afternoon Designer At His Best ,This is like Hollywood Glam  on Steriods . I will Show this Collection in Two Parts. Please let me know what you think ?

AUT/WIN 2014-2015

BY SWAGGER WARD

NOT THE BABY BLUES !

KERRY WASHINGTON AND EVELYN LOZADO HAVE SNAPPED BACK FROM HAVING THERE LITTLE ONES , I WONDER IF HAVING MONEY MAKES IT EASIER WHEN YOUR IN THAT BABY BLUES TIME ? WHAT DO YOU THINK ? I DO KNOW BREAST FEEDING KNOCKS OF A LOT OF CALORIES.

BY SWAGGER WARD

SUMMER LOVE !

THE SEASON IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MANY THIS IS THE TIME OF SUMMER LOVE . WEDDING ARE ONE OF THE MOST LUCRATIVE BUSINESSES , I KNOW BECAUSE I USED TO BE A TOP CAKE DECORATOR AND WOULD DO ON A AVERAGE 10 WEDDING CAKES A DAY .SO I SHARE WITH YOU WHAT THE NEW WEDDING TRENDS ARE .

THE DRESS:

A STRAPLESS FLARE FRENCH LACE EMBROIDERED BY VICTOR HARPER 

ONE OF THE DESIGNER'S ON TOP OF THERE GAME IS VICTOR HARPER.

STRAPLESS MIKADO SILK FIT & FLARE GOWN BY VICTOR HARPER 

SATIN ALINE GOWN JEWELED YOKE BY VICTOR HARPER

THE SHOE :

 ADORABLE BY DAVID TUTERA THE CLASSIC SATIN SHOE

LIANNA BY BADGLEY MISCHKA NET ENCRUSTED JEWEL SHOE

THE CAKE :

THE CAKE IS FOR YOUR GUESS AND PHOTOS ,  PURCHASE WISELY BECAUSE THE GUESS ARE THE ONES WHO WILL BE TALKING ABOUT HOW THE WEDDING CAKE TASTE SO KNOW LOPSIDED DRY CAKES PLEASE.........

 LASER FONDANT CAKES ARE THE NEW TREND FOR 2014 -2015

THE RING :
THE RING STYLE IS IMPORTANT TO THE ONES RECEIVING IT , MY FRIENDS COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY I WANTED A RUBY INSTEAD OF A DIAMOND , SO IT IS OK TO BE UNIQUE . I GUESS IT WORKED FOR ME , I WILL BE MARRIED 16 YEARS .

 TIFFANY & CO  TWISTED PAVE ENGAGEMENT RING

NATALIE DIAMONDS SPLIT SHANK WITH ILLUSION BAND

KAY JEWELERS DIAMOND BRIDAL SET 

I PRAY THAT THIS LITTLE IN SITE HELPS SOMEONE OUT THERE.

BY SWAGGER WARD