In Pics: Free the Girls
By Renae | Features, In Her Shoes HomeLast Thursday evening Image Activist (and all around fly girl) Michaela Angela Davis hosted the very first installation of her “Free the Girls” conversation series. Michaela sat down with the phenomenal Beverly Bond to chat candidly on the topics of image, beauty, and power.
Join Michaela angela Davis & Free the Girls
By Renae | Check On It, In Her Shoes Home, Save the DateSo, did everyone enjoy Sunday’s Black Girls Rock! premiere as much as I did? I laughed, cried, and loved every inspiring second of it. In fact, I’m still on a high! On the heels of this beautiful moment, Michaela angela Davis is giving us yet another reason to proclaim “black girls rock!” from the mountaintops. Project FREE THE GIRLS is a multi-platform, multi-generational critical community conversation with revolutionary women whose work and lives serve to liberate the image of women. Join Michaela angela Davis and Beverly Bond tomorrow night at the Brooklyn Museum for an empowering discussion you won’t soon forget!
Salon du Shine Presents: Bevy Smith
By Renae | In Her Shoes Home, Out About TownMichaela Angela Davis, Fly Female Entrepreneur and founder of Salon du Shine, is notorious for providing her beautiful group of mentees/mentors with intimate access to some of the most successful and dynamic women in New York City. Last weekend’s Salon Du Shine guest, Miss Bevy Smith, did NOT disappoint and was well worth the drive up to Harlem. With an amazing story to share laced with grown woman humor and personality for days, Bevy inspired each and every woman in the room to maintain authenticity in our pursuit of success and happiness
Salon du Shine
By Renae | In Her Shoes Home, Out About TownEver have one of those weekends that leaves you feeling full? Full of love, full of inspiration and if you’re lucky, full from all of the delicious treats you indulged in? Well, this is how I would describe the last couple days of my life. As if my weekend wasn’t already amazing, Sunday I got
Jones Magazine Awards
By Renae | In Her Shoes Home, Out About TownLast Thursday marked the official conclusion of the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week: Spring/Summer 2011. A collective sigh of relief was heard among NYC movers and shakers bidding farewell to one of their busiest times of the year. Fashion Week fatigue strikes again! I had the pleasure of attending a few really great events last week
“Good Hair” Rocks On…
By Renae | In Her Shoes Home, Out About TownAlthough Chris Rock’s much debated documentary, “Good Hair,” has been in theaters for weeks now, it continues to be a hot topic among women of all shapes, sizes and colors from Brooklyn to The Bay. Wednesday night, Time Inc.’s BE@T organization hosted a panel discussion on “Good Hair” featuring Michaela Angela Davis (Salon Du Shine),
Salon de Shine x Ivy NYC
By Renae | Inspired ByIn a world where people are so consumed with their own existence that they forget to reach back, it’s refreshing to see an accomplished woman like Michaela Angela Davis committed to teaching the babies. Are you familiar with Salon de Shine? It’s Michaela’s monthly career-mentoring program hosted by some of the city’s hottest fly female













