Alicia Keys together with Swizz Beatz

It’s official! Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz are engaged. Ok! Magazine’s reporting that Alicia “had more to smile about” on January 25 than simply celebrating her 29^th birthday. Aside from a romantic getaway with her boo Swizz Beatz, Alicia also got a wedding proposal.  

According to OK!, “Beatz proposed with a 7-carat sparkler right before her big day. Her rep denies she’s engaged, but another friend reveals that they are currently celebrating her engagement. She feels blessed.”

Like Wendy Williams says, “you have to be careful how you get a man, because that’ll be the same way you’ll lose him.” Definitely words to live by. Maybe Alicia should adhere to what Wendy’s saying. In related news, Swizz is still working on his divorce from ex-wife Mashonda.

Madonna

From leg warmers to shoulder pads, Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses and lingerie as outerwear, there’s something about trends in the 80’s that still spark a bit of fascination. Let’s go way back to when everyone played Pac man, graffiti was art, kids hopped the subway and everyone’s dad owned a Cadillac with a paint job.  Let’s not forget about those acid washed jeans and member’s only jackets that came in a variety of colors! Everybody who was somebody had one.

 There were a handful of artist that made their debut in the 80’s and eventually faded with the rest of the trends. Her dirty blonde wavy hair was her high fashion. That eye popping red lipstick made a statement of its on. Pointy bustiers, bulky accessories, and those memorable layers is what made her a fashion icon. In Italian her name means “My lady” but around the world she is known as Madonna.

If that doesn’t ring any bells by now then I’m sure her “Like a virgin” single will. During her appearance at the 1984 VMA’s she stepped out looking like a bride in a white lace gown that could have been mistake for an undergarment. Those matching gloves and plated belt that read “Boy Toy” made eyes pop that night. And of course there were many more accessories that went along with it. 

“I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art,” she once said. From youth to adults Madonna became an inspiration. In fact, she gave girls a reason to sing in the mirror, and sport their bras with a jacket in public! Today, Madonna is in her 50’s and looks like she hasn’t aged a bit. From her curves to the way she wears couture, she continues to make an enormous amount of heads turn.