OlivecCoco Mag & Darryl Dwayne Checks Out Coco's New Line "Licious"

Coco Austin 

In the hustle and bustle of New York's Last Fashion Week I didn't get a chance to blog about a few of the shows that I was invited to. And of course I brought my best friend my camera because I wanted to make sure all of my friends and fans got the chance to experience some of the events that I made it out to during fashion week.  One show in particular that I wanted to blog about but couldn't was Coco Austin's Launch Party for "Licious."

Artist + Darryl Dwayne With Runway TV Host at Coco Austin's Clothing Line Launch "Licious"

On Wednesday night September 5th 2012, E!’s Ice Loves Coco reality star Coco Austin–wife of cctor and hip hop artist Ice-T–launched her new apparel line ‘Licious’ at at XL Night Club in New York City.  The venue was most appropriate considering that Coco is always the life of the party, so no better place for a super stacked party girl to launch then at a super luxe night club. Get all the details after the break!

V-A-U-N-T Photoshoot By Darryl Dwayne

Teamed up with Just J Designs again and this time we were contracted out by Sapphire Style Productions to shoot and style the Photoshoot for V-A-U-N-T.  This was another dope collaboration that was shot in NYC.

Darryl Dwayne Rocking Icon's Shoot

Wow time fly's it's already 2013!  2012 was a big year for me. I felt like I was all over the place painting the world with more color and creating more memorable artistic moments! Unfortunately due

Darryl Dwayne Gets To Kick It With Shane And Shawn At The ROO NYC Launch Party @ TOY

Darryl Dwayne with Creative Master Minds Shane & Shawn

The Roo-Shane & Shawn Shoe launch kicked off at Toy in New York City and I had a blast.  Shane & Shawn were dressed to kill and ready to greet their guests.  It was a night of double vision because Shane & Shawn weren’t the only set of celebrity twins.  Hosts Nina Sky and the ever-so-edgy Coco and Breezy were also in attendance.  Belvedere and Moet provided the complimentary drinks for the night while DJ David Katz mixed it up on the ones and two’s. Read more about our exclusive event coverage and see flicks from the launch after the break!

Darryl Dwayne With Wardrobe Stylist Just J

Coco & Breezy On Red Carpet With Shane and Shawn 

Darryl Dwayne On Red Carpet At "Incomplete" Film Premier

Morning family I know that it's been quite a while since my last post but sooooooo many good things have transpired since then.  With that being said my schedule had been super packed so I wasn't able to share with you all my experiences as I would have liked! So now I guess I'm kind of playing catch-up.  Well, for those who follow my blog you would have been aware that I was contracted out to be the director of costume and design for the Indie Film Incomplete a while back and we just recently had the first red carpet movie premier.  

The Bold & The Beautiful! (Darryl Dwayne's Early Photography Work)

Evening family! Glad you took the time to check out my blog! I know I haven't been writing any really deep post as I usually do but I've really been on my creative flow as of late, so I thought it would be dope to show you guys more of my wardrobe styling and me tip toeing into photography in this post!

Shot & Styled by Darryl Dwayne

I showed you some of the guys I shot in the last post and this one is dedicated to the ladies that I've styled and shot!

Shot & Styled by Darryl Dwayne

Shot & Styled by Darryl Dwayne

Shot & Styled by Darryl Dwayne

Trina Rockstar Live With Darryl Dwayne

Floridian Trina Rockstar Knocks Out Another Super Dope Show Live! Your Front Row Access As Been Granted Thanks To Darryl Dwayne Stay Tuned!

Trina Rockstar (Photography Darryl Dwayne)

Ace Hood Live With Darryl Dwayne

Rapper Ace Hood Knocks Out Another Super Dope Show Live! Your Front Row Access As Been Granted Thanks To Darryl Dwayne Stay Tuned!

Ace Hood Putting It Down On The Mic (Photography Darryl Dwayne)

Melanie Fiona Live With Darryl Dwayne

Toronto Native Melanie Fiona Knocks Out Another Super Dope Show Live! Your Front Row Access As Been Granted Thanks To Darryl Dwayne Stay Tuned! 

Melanie Blessing The Crowd With Another Number

Melanie Fiona's Beautiful Back Up Singers

Melanie Fiona's All Girl Band

Darryl Dwayne And Bravo's Chef Roble "The King Of Food Porn"

Bravo's Chef Roble with Darryl Dwayne 

Well, you know how they say you can't trust everything you see on reality T.V?  That is the complete untruth when it  comes to Chef Roble & Co. because what you see is exactly what you get.  I got the opportunity to experience the, "Roble Effect" first hand and it was far more then I could have ever expected. 

One Of Chef Roble's Custom Dishes 

I like to consider myself a foodie.  I'm from the South and a big part of who we are being from the South revolves around food.  Food especially in family units with people of color is used to show each other just how much we care for one another.  I come from a background where if you truly love someone then the best thing you can do is slave over a hot stove and pour out all of your love into a southern style smorgasbord and let your loved one's have at it.  

Chef Roble and His Right Hand Man Adam (Photography + Darryl Dwayne) 

Darryl Dwayne With Emmy Award Wining MUA Valente Frazier

Emmy Award Winning MUA Valente Frazier & Artist Darryl Dwayne

Morning Family... While show hopping during NYC Fashion Week I got the chance to play catch up with one of my old friends Valente Frazier.  Me and V go wayyyyyyyyyyy back!  My fellow Norfolk State Alum has been hard at work since we graduated from NSU.  He has continually crafted out a nice platform for himself in the realm of cosmetics.

Valente Frazier and Super Model Iman

Valente Frazier and Model Ayan Elmi

He is a highly sought out MUA who's worked with just about everybody who is somebody in the entertainment business.  Most notably known for his work and long time working relationship with Tyra Banks and fellow supermodel Iman.

Valente Frazier and Trya Banks 

Supermodel Iman and Valente Frazier

Ciara and Valente Frazier

Valente Frazier and Rihanna

Kerry Washington and Valente Frazier 

Darryl Dwayne At New York Fashion Week 2012 "The Mataano Presentation"

Photography + Darryl Dwayne 

Good morning family although as of now fashion week has moved on over to Paris where designers are revealing their spring lines. I finally was able to steal away from the crazy hustle and bustle that is my life to talk a little on the beautiful collections that I got to check out during NYC's fall 2012 Fashion week.

Mataano Fall 2012 Collection Photography + Darryl Dwayne 

One of the hottest presentations that I was able to check out was the Mataano fall 2012 collection.  I've always loved the look of clean plush clothing and thats exactly what you get from Mataano's fall line.

Designers of the Mataano Collection Twins Ayaan and Idyl 

The talented young ladies Ayaan and Idyl managed to put together a collection that I feel is very wearable by todays modern woman.  I feel that this line speaks to the woman who may have a high power career but still understands fashion and embraces the softness and femininity of a woman in control.

Darryl Dwayne Wardrobe Styling (Director Of Costume & Design For Motion Picture "Incomplete")

Good Morning Family I know, I know that I've yet again taken another hiatus but, as always when I'm away I'm hard at work and play! (LOL)  Super excited about this project that I got the wonderful opportunity to work on that finally wrapped last year.  I was contracted out to be the Director of Costume and Design for Indie Film "Incomplete."

I had and awesome time working on this movie.  When the writer and director contacted me initially about this film project I found myself ready to dive in head first.  After reading the script I knew immediately that I wanted to be apart of this project.  

So I pulled together fashion story boards for all the main characters and went before the director, writer, ad, and casting director and laid out what I had.  I totally connected with each character in the film and in creating a fashion story line for each one became very important to me.  As the characters evolved through the film so does their wardrobing and styling.