2FACED1.com shows one persons two different faces in photos;
Persona 1: WHAT YOU WANT TO BE CONSIDERED AS
Persona 2: WHAT YOU FEAR TO BE CONSIDERED AS
This leads to a discussion about stereotypes and inner fears of getting misunderstood by the surroundings. Thoughts that every thinking modern day person does reflect upon. We're asking every day people from an innercity context where old categories as ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexuality and class are reassessed, why they choose to look like they do. We’re diggin' deep, peeling off garments, codes and attributes. We’re searching for transnational identities - is the conclusion that we choose whoever we want to be today?!
A 2FACED1 STATE OF MIND
A 2FACED1 is highly aware of existing stereotypes related to your own ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexuality and class. You’re trying to avoid them but sometimes also play with them to make people think twice about who you are. Two faced doesn’t mean anything negative here, it explains the double folded view you have on identity if you’re not the existing norm. It means you have the feet in different worlds, can move between them but feel rather at home in that space in between. You've stepped out of your comfort zone and have become one of the new identities where ol' categories are mashed up and rootlessness and non-given identity just means major possibilities.
2FACED1 is a state of mind, 2FACED1.com is a display-window for this mindset and the network of 2FACED1 includes all of you progressive non-stereotypes with a double perspective on identity.
2FACED1.com:
Decida - Editor, Founder, Creative Director Oscar Stenberg - Web, Photography Linn Marcusson - Writer, Style Assistant (Gypsie's Mega Trip) Spoek Mathambo - (the Zombo Blog) Alex Dabo - ( the Do The Dabo Blog)
Gets the shivers, this is so much a soundtrack to Gränbyskolan in the early 90's, I copied it to tape from Selvija in my parallel class, and just danced, danced and danced. This is definitely a ground stone in the Decida Style of Motion right here hehe. I wonder if Dessa still remembers any of the choreographies we taught them Gränby kids, and I wonder if the kids remember! TLC was perfect in your headphones back then, i e His Story and Hat 2 Da Back felt like feminist anthems for us and that's the underpinning mode of the whole album.
Hat 2 da back I gotta kick my pants down real low That's the kinda girl that I am, that's the kinda girl that I am
Yesterday it was 10 years since one third of the group, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, past away and ESSENCE talks to Chili and T-boz over at their web, abot Left Eye and VHI's upcoming biopic. The tomfoolery in feeling protective over an artist that's not even longer alive...stupid as it might be, I hate when I'm like this...getting frustrated over people not knowing what's really up blogging....oh lord I'm too old for this...Anyway today an other real TLC fan hits Sweden; Gina! Will meet up with her and Lina, a funny anecdote: Lina did cut her hair like T-Boz in -94 and then some months later a certain Robyn has her breakthrough and suddenly people starts calling Lina "Robyn", Lina gets pissed and keep telling people about T-Boz, but noone really listen. Fifteen years later Robyn herself confirms that the classic Robyn bob cut anno 1995 was inspired by, yes you're right; T-Boz!
To see Lauryn in Stockholm in January wasn't joyful, at all, felt her fury in every word she sang, I couldn't stop myself from thinking about how Pop Culture treats it's women. I didn't even write anything about it here.
And she was my numero Uno hero when Blunted On Reality came out.
Plus. Shit that gays say when they talk about the best rappers in the world and you mention Lauryn Hill: "But she's a singer". Damn right, but as a rapper she can still chew and spit out your favorite rapper any day. Like her being a singer does matter, like her being able to sing make her a less talented rapper? #WhenGaysWritesTheHistory
(Come to think about one of my best of best flows from L-Boogie, how she sneaks upon the beat 2.30 in How Hard Is - just to totally kill it in the end.)
Who can blame her for her rage?
These newly taken photos of one of the most stylish woman ever comes from Ebony.
The Japanese Art Director / Costume Designer / Graphic Designer past away yesterday at an age of 73. Huge inspiration, wish I've gotten to meet her. Read more about her here.
Hey I love the i n t e r n e t. Amazing finding old photos like this one! It's Mary, her sister (i think), Misa who used to kick it with P.Diddy back when he was Puffy, and Faith. Those who hadn't been down with Mary since 1992 (die hard day one) doesn't know what a huge style icon Mary was back then. Her style was razor sharp, always on point, not too much and not too little, the perfect IT. All about how to rock someting, swäg, style - brands or not didn't matter! (I would guess below is around 95.)
This post goes out to my girls from this era! You know who you are! And I'm very stoked at the moment cause I'm meeting some of them next week, in NYC! Cause I'm doing Saturday Night Live, biiitches!!!
GARMENTOZINE is taking us ten years back (däng is it already ten years since this Collection...) and takes a look at CHANEL 2001, my mind travels back to when CHANEL was so hysterically big in my circles. I guess it was more about fake CHANEL from Canal street to be honest. Anyway here is a certain LIL KIM in her own favorite.
Some weeks ago I had a nightmare, my mind drifted away and in my dream I'd done an interview with a magazine, when opening the mag I saw they've totally mistaken my nickname and had written Maria "Chanel" Wahlberg instead. I woke up totally devastated... the level of freundianism included in that is up to whoever to decide hehe.
"Now you wanna buy me diamonds and Armani suits Adrienne Vittadini and Chanel Nine boots"
