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soberscientistlife · 9 months
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In 1948 Zelda Wynn Valdes opened her own shop on Broadway in New York City which was the first in the area to be owned by an African American.
Valdes moved to New York and opened her boutique, Chez Zelda, on Broadway and 158th Street.
Valdes was a fashion legend who was the first black designer to open her own shop on Broadway in New York in 1948.
She began to develop her skills by studying through her grandmother and working for her uncle’s tailoring business. She made clothes for her dolls and eventually made her grandmother a dress.
Her grandmother was so impressed, despite doubting Valdes could construct an outfit to fit her tall frame. Her grandmother was buried in the same dress Zelda made for her.
Valdes’ first job was at a fancy boutique where she had to try very hard to prove she was capable. Over time her good works were recognized and wanted by those who doubted her as a young black woman.
Valdes moved to New York and opened her boutique, Chez Zelda, on Broadway and 158th Street. She then moved the store to midtown Manhattan on West 57th Street.
Valdes attracted many celebrities such as Some of her clients included other notable black women of her era, including Marian Anderson, Dorothy Dandridge, Sarah Vaughn, Josephine Baker, Joyce Bryant, Ella Fitzgerald and Mae West.
In 1949, Valdes became president of the New York Chapter of NAFAD, the National Association of Fashion and Accessory Designers, a coalition of black designers that was founded by Mary McLeod Bethune.
At the age of 65, Valdes was hired by Arthur Mitchell to design outfits for the Dance Theatre of Harlem.
Later, Valdes was commissioned by Hugh Hefner to design the first Playboy Bunny outfit.
At 83 years old, Valdes closed her business to retire from fashion.”I just had a God-given talent for making people beautiful,” Zelda said during a 1994 interview with The New York Times.
Zelda Wynn Valdes died at the age of 96 in 2001.
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prodigal-explorer · 11 months
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🌠 welcome to my intro! 🌠
a few people might know me from my other blog, @golden-songbird, but this is my new sanders sides/omori/your turn to die main blog! i write a lot of stories, make a lot of headcanons, and think a lot of thoughts, so if you're someone who likes analyzing sanders sides/omori/your turn to die or just sanders sides/omori/your turn to die content in general, this might be the blog for you!
also, i'm just gonna put my masterlist here! this has all of my stories, fanfics, and writing guides!
now for some more about me!
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🌟 annie is my name!
🌟 19 - 01.30 (aquarius)
🌟 he/she/star pronouns
🌟 enfp
🌟 i speak english, but i am learning french (i consider myself to be at an intermediate level), and i want to learn tagolog!
🌟 i don't know my gender, but i identify as lesbian!
🌟 i am filipino-american, and i am mixed! i am very proud of my heritage and i talk about it a lot!
🌟 i have ehlers-danlos syndrome, pots, adhd/autism, and anxiety.
🌟 i am an ambivert who loves people but also loves my space! i am very honest and open about my boundaries. i'm not a passive-aggressive type, and i like to communicate.
🌟 i don't really consider myself a proshipper or an anti. i kinda just stay out of all that because i don't believe that censorship is okay or good, but i also don't promote harmful ideas. not to say that either of those types of people always do those things, but it's just a weird slippery slope that i honestly touch grass too much to care about.
🌟 i'm a freshman at college, and i am majoring in theatre performance and creative writing, and minoring in women and gender studies!
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✩ likes:
writing, reading, classical literature, fanfiction, journaling, musical theatre, theatre, singing, dancing, acting, video games, sunny weather, mornings, dogs, pigs, asian history, african history, pacific history, women's history, learning new things, tea, sweet foods, candy, makeup, skincare, self-care, perfume, and most of all, my twin sister!
✩ shows i watch:
i don't watch a lot of tv, but when i do, i default to the same shows. sanders sides, anne with an e, modern family, little house on the prairie, dance moms, south park, alexa and katie, no good nick, high school musical the musical the series, curious george, and fraiser are my favorites!
✩ video games i play:
i love video games but i'm not great at them. my favorite games of all time are omori, your turn to die, legend of zelda: breath of the wild (i haven't played totk yet, please no spoilers!!), spiritfarer, hades, good pizza great pizza, undertale, deltarune, pokémon emerald rogue, and story of seasons: pioneers of olive town. i'm looking forward to playing all the story of seasons games in the future!
✩ my favorite plays and musicals:
my favorite plays are little women (adapted by kate hamil), dance nation, fences, puffs, the importance of being earnest, and especially the miracle worker.
my favorite musicals are hadestown, matilda, gypsy, west side story, ragtime, in the heights, great comet of 1812, pippin, come from away, the color purple, amelie, the mad ones, and fun home.
✩ celebrities i enjoy:
i don't really talk about celebrities much, but when i do, it's about these guys: maddie ziegler, chloe lukasiak, nia sioux fraizer, jojo siwa (i don't really know all the drama surrounding her, i just like her message), paige hyland, sofia vergara, lea salonga, eva noblezada, lin manuel miranda (i just think he's goof), beth malone, phillipa soo, karen olivo, dolly parton, amber gray, lauren zakrin.
✩ dislikes:
bossy people, authority in general, staying up late, coffee, bitter foods, dear evan hansen, be more chill, most cartoons, roller coasters, twitter, dream smp, milk, traveling, writer's block, lifting heavy things, being teased, passive-aggressive people, patton sanders, basil, keiji shinogi.
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here's the stuff about me pertaining to sanders sides!
★ my favorite side is roman, i actually kin him and relate to him a lot!
★ my least favorite side is patton. i don't think he's evil or anything, but i am very critical of him and i make him the antagonist in a lot of my aus.
★ my opinion on the sides from favorite to least favorite are as follows: roman, logan, remus, virgil, janus, patton.
★ i am an avid remy enjoyer and i think emile picani is cool.
★ i do a lot of canon-deviant headcanons such as race headcanons, pronoun headcanons, and disability headcanons. i am very respectful of these things and do lots of research, mainly because such headcanons are usually projections of myself and my own experiences.
★ i write a lot of sanders sides fanfiction and roleplay ideas, as well as aus. feel free to use anything you'd like for inspiration as long as you give me credit! i've had my work stolen before and it doesn't feel good.
★ my favorite ships (in no particular order) are roceit, prinxiety, logince, literally all poly combos of roman/logan/janus/virgil, intrulogical, analogical, dukeceit, remy/roman, remy/remus, remile, roman/emile, and loceit!
★ my least favorite ships are pretty much all patton ships and remrom. i'm not a remrom destroyer who will burn down your house if you ship remrom (as long as they're like- not explicitly brothers) but i'm an identical twin so the idea of them being in love is super weird to me lmao. i can't take it seriously.
★ i love talking about sanders sides please talk to me about sanders sides! especially if it looks like we have a lot in common!
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here are my other socials!
✯ ao3: ultraluminary
✯ quotev: tinyrevolt
✯ discord: waterfalldancer#7803
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thanks for reading all that! i hope we become great friends!
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artadorkable · 1 year
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Hey sorry I don’t have a name for her yet. But her character plus others and her story will be inspired by my culture. I’m African American West Indian and my grandparents hailed from Saint Thomas.I have tons of family that’s from Nigeria,Saudi Arabia,Jamaica, and other parts of the Caribbean.
This character is a Draft horse/gypsy mix and a unicorn
Her story is going to be based and inspired by the folklore,mythology,and fashion from my culture and other medias
Inspired by
Castlevania
Wakanda
Disney’s Atlantis
Elding ring
Kirby
Legend of Zelda
Rick and morty
Neon Genesis
Afro punk
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eclipsecrowned · 1 year
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SIX MUSES ADDED! mini bios under the cut! Fandoms in this update include: FALLOUT, RESIDENT EVIL, and THE LEGEND OF ZELDA
Ada Wong (Canon ; FC TBD ; Human ; 20s - 49 ; Bisexual ; Trans woman, She/Her ; They're a part of her now, the butterflies. Their transformation to come of age, that one is obvious, even if only to her. Their beauty, there she excels. But they're all drawn to the flame, just the same as the woman sometimes called Ada Wong. Unknowable, composed, and with her finger on every pulse, "Ada" has made a career out of that addiction, even as the world has gone to Hell around her. Working for the highest bidder and daring locales that have een given up to the dead, her name might not be known, but her string of successes speak for themself.)
Catherine Hamilton (OC ; Emeraude Toubia ; Human ; 26 - 30s ; Bisexual ; Cis woman, She/Her ; She was born for this, when you get down to it. The oldest daughter of a retired Minuteman and a local from long lineage of settlement leaders, Cath considers it her honor to serve the community of Promise Land through her leadership. While Ma and Pa might have passed some years ago, Cath has kept up the good fight, running communication and trade between the prosperous Promise Land and its neighboring settlements. Honey-sweet and eager to do right by the Commonwealth, her dream is to show this world what it can be if people cared more -- with a certain edge to her altruistic actions. She might never mean any harm, but that doesn't mean she'll tolerate any shit, and it takes a gentle heart and a straight spine to survive in this world, even for all her dreaming.)
Danae Spencer (OC ; Eva Green ; Human ; 26 - 52 ; Pansexual ; Cis woman, She/Her ; The saintly daughter of a misanthropic madman, her name has always been self-made. When encouraged by her father to live up to an unattainable perfect, the Lady Danae took 'be better' to heart, dominating her at academia, athletics, and the social scene. In the wake of her fathers greatest catastrophe, she moved to dominate him, too -- charitable acts for next of kin and first responders, whisper wars so the people might knew what Umbrella truly was, doing all she could to wreck a name the old Earl was so loathe to give her. The world dangles off the ends of her fingers, and yet, such espionage comes with a hefty price tag, and so she moves between heroes and villains on the great battlefield the world has become.)
Shalendra, Voice of Din (OC ; Dichen Lachman ; Divinely wrought ; Ageless ; Demisexual ; Agender, She/Her ; A creation known colloquially as a Voice, one of three maidens carved from the earth to carry messages between the divine and the mortal realms. Shalendra was carved from the sand and clay by the goddess Din. This service kept her close to the Gerudo for much of her history, before a great war with the Hylians tore her away from those she served. Given a new name and purpose by these mortals, Shalendra became a long-lived spoil of war, serving whatever role a King or Queen might have for her til she was little more than a general to Hylian ambitions. Yet, time cannot erase all that she is, and Power is, as ever, Power. Change is coming, and with it, she might find one who remembers her for what she is.)
Sheva Alomar (Canon ; Shamilla Miller ; Human, 26 - 37 ; Bisexual ; Cis woman, She/Her ; If she is nothing else, she is a survivor. And yet, it would be a small life, if that was all she had. Though beaten down by the years, both Umbrella's violence and the violence that followed it, hope springs eternal. Given a second chance in a world with precious few of those to offer, Sheva has devoted herself to putting more good into this world than she ever saw of it in her youth. Devoted, optimistic, and perceptive, Sheva has turned her hard-won talents towards helping the BSAA's West African Division, working to keep her partners morale high whilst pursuing a safer world, free of the scourge of BOWs and the men and women who seek to use them.)
Princess Zelda (Canon ; Alyssa Sutherland ; Hylian ; Late 20s ; Bisexual, male preference ; Cis, She/Her ; It stretches an eternity before her, the same face, the same fate. It's a noble way to live, saving her people from the hoards of darkness that fall upon them. She'll live it, just as her foremothers did -- just as her daughters and granddaughters and their daughters will into perpetuity.  The older she gets, the surer she is that only she sees the horror of it, of a world never truly saved, only given a stay of execution. The cycle has surely served its service by now. Her letters, hidden away from her household, have seen to it that she has an ally in this endeavor. All that's left is for the heretic daughter to flee Paradise, her hands stained from the words that set this sin in motion. They will say the cycle has come again ; They will recognize too late that she left her realm of her own will.)
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amecoevr · 3 years
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Last year I thought about making a West African Legend of Zelda AU… The designs are mainly inspired by Ivorian and Senegalese culture.
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langston-draws · 2 years
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Treyvon Character Design Sheet - Nick Artist Program 2022 Submission (2021)
This is a piece I made for my 2022 Nick Artist Program portfolio. It is of Treyvon, an original character from a personal project!
His general design is inspired by the historical Black cowboys of America’s West and Link’s character design from The Legend of Zelda. His shield, with its shape and geometric designs, is based on the real-life metal shields carved by Mofu-speaking peoples from northern Cameroon. His sword is also based off American sword designs popular during the Civil War. Treyvon is a young hunter from a small farming village, so he often brings his hunting rifle (pictured) when traveling and is quite skilled with it. And finally, as Treyvon’s final pose shows, he loves music. At the end of a long day, you can find him playing blues songs on his acoustic guitar – true to both the African American and cowboy inspirations for his character.
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