Back in 2018 during, Agenda nodded to the history of fashion model trailblazers. This article ran in issue #4 for Black History Month. For once I was not considered Black, African American, or Negro. I was just an American. —Dorothea Church remembers her modeling career in Paris in the early […]
As we approach our 3rd month of social distancing, we thought we’d break the monotony and do something different for AGENDA’s mid-spring 2020 issue. With our second offering from The Fashion Whisperer, celebrity stylist Ty-Ron Mayes curated a colorful editorial titled “Dancing Queen” with dancer and Miss Puerto Rico 2018 […]
It’s not a stretch to say the country has been knocked for a loop with the Coronavirus Pandemic; from street protests to shelter in place orders, millions of Americans have been forced to find new ways to cope in this new normal. There is no shortage of advice (mostly from […]
GENERATION QUARANTINE! is the title of the first editorial for The Fashion Whisperer curated by celebrity stylist Ty-Ron Mayes in the 12th print issue of Agenda. Editor-in-Chief Kaylene Peoples liked the title so much, she used the name for the issue with the cover model selected from that shoot. GENERATION QUARANTINE is […]
Spring is a time of renewal. Instead of frolicking in the meadows or going out and smelling the tulips, we find ourselves in the midst of a global health crisis. Agenda wanted to address it! This issue heavily features content that raises awareness about the COVID-19 pandemic. Our cover, photographed […]
The iconic fashion house Hermès recently waded into the beauty scene with its first lipstick launch. The 24-shade collection comes with three limited edition shades, which will update every six months. News of the release predictably sent the FOMO set into a frenzy, desperate to snap up any color in […]
Larry Dunn is a 7-time Grammy winning artist. He was the keyboardist/musical director of one of the most successful bands of all time, Earth, Wind & Fire (EWF). On November 17th, 2019, the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian honored EWF by putting the photograph of the nine original in […]
Kyle Eastwood, bassist and prolific composer of jazz compositions and film scores, has just released a new album called Cinematic. On this CD, Kyle Eastwood honors scores from his favorite film composers, as well as films he scored with his father Clint Eastwood, or films his father starred in and […]
Welcome to issue 11 as we move forward into 2020 with the February/March issue. On our cover, power couple Larry and Luisa Dunn of LDO are featured. We interview the original Earth, Wind & Fire keyboardist/composer Larry Dunn about his career in the article titled “The Man with the Sound.” […]
I interviewed world-renowned bassist Bunny Brunel at NAMM 2020. Bunny Brunel is a two-time Grammy-nominated artist, who has played with Chic Corea, Herbie Hancock, and many other jazz luminaries. He heads his own band Bunny Brunel CAB, and has designed his own signature series basses for ESP Guitars. We talked […]
