You see those baggy jeans and luxury outfits worn by rap artists? Yeah, they were all inspired by one man: Dapper Dan. Dapper Dan, whose actual birth name is Daniel Ray, is the Harlem Couturier known as the “king of knock-offs.” He became especially famous in the ’80s and ’90s for being the tailor who […]
Finding the perfect vintage style dress for any season can be a bit of a pain. You need an outfit that stands out and has some spark but doesn’t scream over-decorated. However with vintage, you are guaranteed to be unique. Vintage Style Dresses have already lived. They have attended fabulous and glamorous and sensual cocktails […]
Style is everything! If you are familiar with fashion especially old school fashion, you might have heard of the fascinating style of the La Sape who imitated their Belgian and French colonizers in style and dress. This trend has continued to the modern era, where a group of Congolese Africans called the Bakongo Dandies adore […]
I’m 40 and consequently pushing middle age, so growing up I was closer to the 1970’s than I realized. I can just look back at old Polaroids of me to suss that out. What that means is that many icons from the 70’s were still somewhat relevant in the early 80’s, if cocaine hadn’t already […]
TPAF is extremely saddened to report the passing of actor Natheniel Taylor, also know as Rollo from the famed Sanford and Son Series. Taylor was cast as the role of Rollo, the smooth-talking, slightly criminal but always cool counterpart to Lamont’s uptight antics in 1972. Although friends on the show, Rallo and Lamont were anything […]
This past week I learned about Pachuca’s, a word that apparently I’ve been mispronouncing for a few days now. Regardless Pachuca’s are the epitome of flyness, for the simple fact that their look is a direct challenge to the “machismo” prevalent in many Latino and Hispanic cultures. According to Wikipedia: A pachuca is the female counterpart, often idealized […]
I don’t know much about Kevin Wang and Minn Hur besides the fact that I truly aspire to look like them. This is mainly due to them being fairly rare in the fashion world: not only are they Asian male models these two blokes are highly successful fashion designers. What truly sets them apart from most […]
Okay, so I’m going to take another stroll down my pockmarked and littered memory lane and reminisce about the days when Cable TV consisted of twisting the coat hanger that doubled as your TV’s antennae so you could get a fuzzy reception of Music Box TV, PBS and Univision. Obviously, it was Univison (Telemundo’s sluttier sister) that […]
Anyone who knows me well knows that I love me some Sanford and Son, I love it. So much so that I can literally quote entire episodes verbatim, know what types of drugs Lamont, Fred or Rallo are on based on the season and can still feel the curious vibrations deep in my loins anytime the […]
Let’s not even get started about the undertone of white supremacy at the very root of his tweets insinuating black NFL players should somehow feel beholden to their white team owners. No, what Donald Trump did this past month was far worse, far more insidious. He talked shit about the NFL players mamas. You just […]
