Fashion || Rule Breaker: KELIS ROGERS

Fashion || Rule Breaker: KELIS ROGERS

Kelis releases her fifth solo album since her debut in 1999 tomorrow.

With growing controversy over from whom and where many of the music industry's most

colorful entertainers gathered their inspiration, Kelis undoubtedly set the tone for

individualism long before such style was considered "acceptably-edgy" by the mainstream.

Since I have known the work of Kelis Rogers, her trendsetting ways have gone far beyond

hair cuts & color, attitude, pop-art sex-appeal. Her fans know, just as well as she does,

what there was to gain from creating songs with the depth of her experiences.

If the film "What Dreams May Come" could manifest within the body of artist,

the results would be Kelis, a singer who has implemented over a decade worth of fabulous

fashion rule-breaking.

Never second guessing or limiting her options, she was one of the few women

in music that could utilized her wardrobe, as a mood ring

and you could actually believe the mood her look was conveying.

Time and time again, she created not fully compromising her artistry to the demands of

the mainstream, and continuously dedicated herself to creating music SHE wanted to deliver;

music her loyal fans continue to devoure and demand.

We all had an opportunity to venture through growing pains with "Kaleidoscope (1999),"

journyed into self-discovery with "Wandarland (2001)," tapped into our inner vixen with "Tasty (2003)",

came back to earth with "Kelis was Here (2006)," and were reborn in the epic dance album that is "Flesh Tone (2010)."

If there was one thing that we could count on from Kelis, it was a quality that can't be found

in much of the manufactured appeal that graces our music store shelves;

We could alway count on her to be true to herself.

Kelis never reinvented the wheel, she just kept it spinning.

Welcome to the 22nd Century of Music and Fashion. Life and Love.

Pick up "Flesh Tone" tomorrow, and dance until your heart's content.

For more information or to cure amnesia regarding Kelis' Fashion and Beauty History:

Ultimate Kelis | Appearances Gallery (Archival)

Curlista | Hair Evolution: Kelis

VH1: The Fab Life | Kelis' Top 20 "Most Bizarre Looks"

Zimbio | Kelis - Lookbooks (Contemporary)

♥ Designer Jenny P.