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Honored to announce our first fashion design client debuting their collection for Chicago Fashion Week this Sunday, April 28th. The Polished Group Collection is a creative collaboration of designers and models from the Golden Age of the legendary Ebony Fashion Fair. Expect new, emerging models, couture and avant-garde styles, and excitingly creative patterns and colors which will change the trajectory of fashion in Chicago. Kiecha Lacey
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The Shows: Full Schedule – Chicago FashionBar Week

Turn your radios to "The Buchanan and Seaton Show" on WVON1690 TODAY at 5 o'clock PM for a live interview with our client Vanessa Wright, Award-winning filmmaker and educator . Her documentary "Sankofa: Chicago" claimed 1st prize at last year's global Cannes film festival in France.......

Today's office: WGN Studios, doing some client PR.

8 years ago, Vanessa Wright asked me to come speak to her Talent Management class at Columbia College. Today, she is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, scoring top prize last year at Cannes film festival in France.

Her 1st place documentary "Sankofa Chicago", won over a panel of international judges in the category of Best Educational Film. It is an unflinching look at Chicago's Black and Brown communities, finding value through education & the teaching of the real history of African Americans in our schools.

It also speaks about the importance of making sure that our children are aware of their heritage and their contributions to this country, it's commerce, and it's culture, especially if we want to comprehend racism and race consciousness in America.

Today's interview with WGN's Gaynor Hall for the show "People To People" will be televised soon. PR/Marketing by .....

At age 12 I lost my father. I was in such pain that i was searching for something, anything, to dull that feeling. And I found it. Or rather it found me. I started listening to the radio every day, for hours on end, listening to the music and the lyrics and the dj's.. I then began to imitate the djs, the way they talked, their phrasing the way they seemed to touch the audience, like a relationship.

I bought myself two Radio Shack belt-drive turntables and a 4-channel mixer. I began practicing mixing records together. I had already studied my mom and dad's record collection to no end, listening to everything from Tchaikovsky to The Isley Brothers . I developed a love and a passion unlike anything I'd ever known.

In college I began DJing fraternity parties and signed up to be an on-air personality on KDVS, the campus radio station. I started working for Tower Records as a buyer, and at times held down 3 jobs. I also became a nightclub DJ, part time at first, until graduating to my first full time gig at club called California Steamship Navigation Company (Steamboat for short)

From there I began submitting mixes to KSFM 102.5, the #1 station in Sacramento at the time. Then, the program director discovered that I had voice talent as well and offered me a position in overnights as an on-air personality.

From there it was off to Los Angeles and Motown Records. Then came Capitol Records, and Tommy Boy, and Loud, and Universal, and Def Jam, and Blackground, and Warner Brothers. Working with artists like Aaliyah, Tank, Snoop Dogg,, Eric Benet, Tamia, Katy Perry, Anita Baker, Boyz II Men, Johnny Gill, and many many others. Sean Puffy Combs, Russell Simmons, Barry Hankerson, Steve Rifkin, Andre Harrell, Jeryl Busby, Berry Gordy, and other giants.

And now Twoguard, my own company. 38 years. And counting.

This past weekend, I was interviewed on "Good Day Sacramento" from my hometown. The fulfillment of a lifelong dream.

The highlight? My mother was watching. I know my father was watching too.

This weekend I'll be honored along with a group of other influential djs from the 80s and 90s.

Never give up on your dreams. Happy Monday :+) (interview link in bio)

# October 2022
Designers, models, vendors, muas, volunteers please go to www.fashionbarchicago.com Chicago Fashion Week powered by FashionBar Chicago and The Twoguard Group is the gold standard for diversity, inclusion, and platform excellence in strengthening Chicago's global fashion destination status......

Focused. The final casting call for Chicago Fashion Week April 2022. With Founder/CEO Tony Long. The goal is a vision to return Chicago to it's status as a global fashion destination, complete with an economic ecosystem that benefits models, designers, boutiques, and creatives. It is an all- inclusive positive branding statement and platform for the City of Chicago which also helps reinvigorate the city and drives opportunities for other companies, brands, and platforms to engage and trust once again....... .lingling.li @

Release last week, good or bad. We write new chapters every day. Today is another one.

It's Monday. Let's go to work!......

They actually have a name for it.....

“Friendtor" Friend. And mentor.

A snap from this past Saturday at the now-historic New Edition show.

David Lombard isn't a name that will customarily come up in discussions regarding great music executives. He's quiet and unassuming, effective and creative. He's direct and brutally honest.

He's also my friend and one of my greatest mentors.

Our first meeting was "by chance", better known as God's plan. In 1989, in my hometown of Sacramento, California, I was a DJ at a nightclub called Coco Palms (DJ 24K if anyone is interested 🤣).

 In what would ultimately lead me into radio, the local station KSFM 102.5 was presenting a concert by four relatively unknown ladies from Vallejo California. Four women who were "born to sing" (get it?). This was one of Envogues first live shows.. And their manager: David Lombard (who also happened to manage Tony Toni Tone & their super-producers Denzel Foster & Thomas McElroy).  

We spoke and exchanged pleasantries. It didn't last long and he went about his business as I went about mine. But I knew who he was. I knew how to read record cover jackets. I also knew he was doing what I wanted to do do, work with talent. I knew he was going to be immensely successful and I wasn't wrong. He went on to work with work with Jasmine Guy, Tevin Campbell, and Vanessa Williams as well as legendary executives like Quincy Jones, Ed Eckstine, Don Cornelius, and Solar Records Dick Griffey to name a few. 

And I just kept watching.

Fast-forward 30 years. A one-year deal with City Winery. Jane Eugene and Loose Ends are scheduled to perform. From out of the dressing room comes.....David Lombard. We laughed, greeted each other, and pick up as though it had been 30 days, not 30 years. I'd worked with more artists than I can even remember, and he was now managing the careers of Kenny Latimore, Rahsaan Patterson, Loose Ends, and more.

And now co-managing New Edition with the legendary Brooke Payne. 

He's my friend, mentor, and one of my idols. A very special person. Yet he considers me the "gifted one".

Thats what friends do. Real ones, anyway. 

More to come soon..........

Once again, and outdid themselves.

Serving on the committee and preparing for Saturday night's gala, I wanted to come and make an appearance while supporting the event for about an hour. I ended up staying for four. Lots of energy, knowledge, experience, and inspiration in the room today. Did somebody say "power"? Don't give Starz all the credit. We got some too........

Do not conform to other people's vision of you. A vision is an apparition. It is temporary. Vision comes and goes. Even our sight which which provides us with the physical component vision, begins to fade after time. Be who you are unapologetically and live that truth.....

In 30 minutes.....

New Edition on Humble Beginnings in the Boston Projects: “We Were Not Supposed to Make It” Legendary R&B group New Edition joins “Tamron Hall” for a daytime exclusive ahead of their 30-city “Culture Tour” with Charlie Wilson and Jodeci. During the ...

Midweek vibes. Zoom call with my first team of students who will be coming in to personally assist me for Chicago Fashion Week. This is the inaugural facilitation of a partnership between The Twoguard Group, FashionBar Chicago, Chicago Fashion Week, and Columbia College. Excited and humbled.....

How many Sigmas does it take to set a gala off? Just two. Working on the 5th Annual WBD L.E.G.A.C.Y Awards Gala set for Saturday, February 26th at Malcolm X College celebrating Black-owned businesses and entrepreneurs. Gonna be fire. Get your tickets now. Link in bio.....marco.events &white

A&E is giving fans of Bobby Brown a look at his past, present, and future with two new projects coming in May.
The network is going to showcase the R&B singer and his family with a new definitive Biography event and docuseries.

First is Biography: Bobby Brown, “the definitive documentary” that, through exclusive access and interviews, will offer “an up-close and personal look at [his] journey to superstardom and the fallout from his personal struggles with sobriety and the tragic deaths of his two children and first wife, Whitney Houston.” The two-night event will air on Monday, May 30, and Tuesday, May 31, at 8/7c.

Then, the new 12-episode docuseries Bobby Brown: Every Little Step will show his present-day life, with “an exclusive look at his life with wife Alicia Etheredge-Brown and their children as he focuses on new business ventures, new music as well as the 2022 reunion with New Edition on The Culture Tour.” The first episode will air on Tuesday, May 31, at 10/9c, then new episodes will follow beginning June 7 at 9/8c. &e

*NEW TOUR ALERT*

Kem and Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds have just shared the exciting announcement that they will be embarking on a tour together.
“The Full Circle Tour”, hosted by personality Sherri Shepherd.

Including nearly 30 stops across the U.S., the tour will kick off March 30th in Virginia. The tour will make stops in Philadelphia, Atlanta, Houston, New York, Detroit, Chicago, and Los Angeles among other cities before wrapping up in Oakland on May 15th.

Tickets will go on sale on January 28th, 2022.
3/30 Petersburg, VA
3/31 Baltimore, MD
4/1 Springfield, MA
4/2 Philadelphia, PA
4/7 New Orleans, LA
4/8 Atlanta, GA
4/10 ​Orlando, FL
4/14 Columbus, GA
4/15 Jackson, MS
4/16 Houston, TX
4/17 Grand Prairie, TX
4/21 New York, NY
4/22 Norfolk, VA
4/23 National Harbor, MD
4/24 National Harbor, MD
4/27 Detroit, MI
4/29 Chicago, IL
4/30 St. Louis, MO
5/1 Nashville, TN
5/5 Greensboro, NC
5/6 Charlotte, NC
5/7 Macon, GA
5/8 Southaven, MS
5/13 Las Vegas, NV
5/14 Los Angeles, CA
5/15 Oakland, CA

Today, Fashionbar Chicago presents The Shops. An independent entrepreneur showcase of retail businesses. 3rd floor, Water Tower Place. Our client Sole Much More Boutique .muchmoreboutique is among those showing in one of the world's most popular shopping destinations. Check it out! :

Sat 10a-8p
Sun 11a-7p

Chicago, today is the day!
ON SALE: FRI • DEC 17 • 10 AM
MAR 5, 2022
Sat • 8:00pm
United Center - Chicago, IL
New Edition: The Culture Tour with Charlie Wilson + Jodeci

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(Swipe left) Twoguard is honored to be working with and today for their "Blue Christmas Toy Drive" Day Party at the Park Supper Club 65 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637 Come by and check out our clients (jewelry) .muchmoreboutique (clothing) and other great vendors. 11 am to 3 pm Great music, food, raffles, and more. Please bring an unwrapped toy for charity