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At least he had a car

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• Bobby Brown supposedly lived in his car in the months following his separation from Whitney Houston. I suppose that was when he wasn’t living on Superhead’s couch. [TMZ]

Glamour felt the heat from their staffers presentation on professional “Hair Don’ts” and is attempting damage-control. [LAW]

• Detroit, Detroit, Detroit. Get it together in city hall, please. []

• Black contractors in New Orleans are hard up for work, since the government only works with big corporations. Well, duh. []

• Ne-Yo is lucky Britney Spears never got a chance to record his tracks. []

Aug 29, 2007 · Link · 2 Responses

Lauryn Hill
Glamour magazine, arbiter of the dos and don’ts of fashion, recently dispatched an unnamed editor to an NYC law firm to present a slide show to employees about the dos and don’ts of professional dress. The conclusion, according to a write-up in American Lawyer magazine? Black hair is a BIG don’t.

First slide up: an African American woman sporting an Afro. A real no-no, announced the ‘Glamour’ editor to the 40 or so lawyers in the room. As for dreadlocks: How truly dreadful! The style maven said it was ’shocking’ that some people still think it ‘appropriate’ to wear those hairstyles at the office. ‘No offense,’ she sniffed, but those ‘political’ hairstyles really have to go.

Luckily, Jezebel reports, a partner at the firm later sent out a memo that basically said the presentation was a big mistake and complete bullshit. But come to think of it, the editor had a bit of a point, you know. Natural hair is really political — like wearing a business suit cut from kente cloth and refusing to allow white devils in the office to speak directly to you.

[Jezebel]

Aug 14, 2007 · Link · 52 Responses