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It's adorable how Chris seems to have brought out a more kiddish side of Rihanna and in these images she looks relaxed and cute in her Nike sweats and sneakers, but  RihRih is no newbie to the world of sneakers (which is part of why we lover her style, natch!). Long before she hooked up with Chris (publically anyway) we had images of her sporting a pair of dark denim straight legs with a pair of Nike Vandals.

^^That gold chain she's wearing is probably solid 14K, but it looks a lot like one American Apparel is selling on its site. (You'll have to click to the right to see the kicks she's wearing.)

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* Photo Marc Baptiste

I recently found out about Esperanza Spalding ,a musical prodigee,and a Berklee College faculty  at  the age of  20!! She is  featured in latest issue of Trace Magazine, and I thought I had a huge fro'...

She plays the Bass while singing..amazing!!!

I'll admit it, people, I'm not keeping up music-wise. My upness on the scene these days pretty much begins and ends with M.I.A. Slack. I know. So thank god for the ones who keep up. Here's a video I found on OrangiePorangie featuring The Count & Sinden featuring Kid Sister (I do know her!) and Flosstradamus. The music is almost as fun as the fashion as the dance moves. Or vice versa.

Since we're kinda on a theme of loudly expressing our love for strong women this week, the timing seems perfect not for a throwback video like we normally do on Fridays, but the recently-premiered "Miss Independent" video by NeYo.  Samia and I have had a few debates about NeYo's status but we both agree that he's had a ridiculous roll of hot, pop hits.

He got me good with both his "Do You" duet with Mary J, and his "Hate How Much I Love You" hit with RihRih, but I think I like "Miss Independent" most of all. The theme is great and the back-up dancers are wearing suits a la Madonna in "Vogue," which hey, you don't get much more boss than that. And the fedoras, gotta love the fedoras.

RihRih put in a little photo op time yesterday, flossing in the hottest/most controversial boots of Summer '08, the Balenciaga glads:

The practical in me loves Signerson Morrison's version more, but there's no denying that these brought the heat like no shoe has for quite some time.

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Everyone was all a twitter last week over RihRih's bikini shots, but Chris's bod is just as hot!

This shot and others at UltimateRihanna of the two of them on vacation were added after the initial set.

Stop staring!

It's your birthday, It's your birthday!

Queen Bee celebrated her birthday this past weekend. Nice to see her relaxed and happy for a change.

^^Ms. Kim comes correct! (You might be thinking that she would be a good candidate for HighSnobette's "Guess the Celebrity Rack Feature," however, the plastic factor is pretty much an automatic disqualifier. We like 'em natch!)

What I love more than anything about the dynamic duo of Lois and I, is that we probably contradict every single stereotype that  american society would label us with and it's really Hilarious...Granted you would have to meet us to figure it out...and I really can't get into it right now...Anyway so I  featured Elie Yaffa aka Booba a couple months back because supposedly he's the french 50 cent....

To be perfectly honest I cannot claim by any stretch that I  can begin to talk about music and compare the two.... But ladies if you take a look on the next page you will have to agree that Booba is one to watch!

Enjoy

SgP

I'm in JFK, trying to catch a flight (I'm on standby) to Las Vegas and I have enough time to throw up these images of M.I.A. They're from a Flickr account and they were taken in June, but that's about all I can provide info-wise right now.

One more image backstage...

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When first I spied Estelle in Kanye's "American Boy" video, I thought, excellent, here's a personable, up-and-coming British pop star who's gonna bring the fashion. But that just didn't happen. I posted once about her tendency to dress for events like she's attending church, but bagging on celebs nonstop really isn't my thing so I just kept it moving when I saw images of her. On that note, I'm happy to report that Estelle actually looked great at a recent concert she did in Brooklyn.

^^Skin is shining, dress is blazing, accessories correct, AND she finally realized the importance of a tight manicure!! Woohoo! Go Estelle! Maybe in Brooklyn she finally got to see what's good!

Three more of Estelle after the flip.....

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