June 2012
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The 50th Issue - a letter from the Editor in...
I remember it distinctly. It was a dozen years ago, I was at a friend’s house when I first came across a copy of Asian Woman magazine. It stirred me. As someone who’d always felt British first and Asian a close second, I think I was ill-equipped for the feelings of familiarity and cultural pride that swelled within me as I thumbed the pages of the ‘brown and proud’...
April 2012
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The Special K!
Let’s just face it. We’re all keeping up the with the Kardashians (whether we like it or not) and the fact that the word ‘Kardashians’ has been added to my spell check dictionary - is even more frightening. All that aside, there seems to be a new follower of Kim, literally. Of course has to be the ‘ball so hard mother f*ckers wanna kind me’, Kanye West. Kanye...
Preeya Kalidas returns with love between us
It was only a matter of weeks ago when Preeya Kalidas walked into the BBC 1xtra on DJ Target’s show to give an exclusive first play of her much awaited follow up single titled ‘Love Between Us’. Preeya who covered our dark issue, #48 of Asian Woman has told us that since the beginning it was all about her music. This year we saw the songstress leave EastEnders for a second time...
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Why the Jewish community hasn't welcomed Drake's...
Drake who recently graced the cover of Gentlemen’s Quarterly in the US has ran into some unexpected trouble with his native community during the promotion of his second album, Take Care. Drake known to many as ‘Drizzy’ kicked off the weekend with the arrival to two musics videos from the album. The first being his landmark collaboration with Rihanna titled ‘Take...
Introducing: Tara Priya
Here stands a girl who carries the sound of Motown coupled with classic style in ample supply. Already being compared to the likes of Amy Whinehouse and Paloma Faith - it’s not very often we find ourselves an Asian artist who carries this style of music. The great-niece of the famed Middle Eastern poet, Sohrab Sepehri, Tara has art in her blood. Piano and poetry began at 4, drums at 9;...
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Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, album...
‘I always thought I could write pop songs for someone else or I could write R&B records for someone else, but I didn’t think that people would accept me writing those type of songs and me singing them and just being who I am,’ is definitely the attitude that shines through Nicki Minaj’s sophomore LP, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded. I remember receiving a CD in the winter of 2010 titled...
Asian Bride Magazine Issue #33
It’s here, ladies. The new and much-anticipated issue of Asian Bride has hits the shelves all across the UK, inspiring a single question on everyone’s lips: where do I get that dress? Featuring a stunning design by Rohit Verma on the cover (available from biblondon.com), the issue is packed full of catwalk couture, must-know beauty essentials and insider tips to planning the perfect wedding....
Asian Woman Magazine Issue #49
In our latest issue we give a unique Asian Woman makeover to the stars of the hit reality show The Only Way is Essex. See the results in our winter issue the special Fashion Edition on shelves now.
Top features include; Why Men Love B*tches, Get Fit in Five, Sales Survival & Dawn of the New Racist.
online sampler: http://www.asianwomanmag.com/magazine/
July 2011
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Forever 21 arrives in London
Well, it’s official, the renown US fashion retailer and LA sun-kissed, Forever 21 has finally secured a spot on London’s Oxford Circus, and in adherence to the brand’s expansion strategy, it is set to open an amazing flagship store there this Autumn. This isn’t however the label’s first time in the UK fashion market as Birmingham was lucky enough to welcome the arrival of a store last November.
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Jennifer Lopez divorces for a third time
This season Jennifer Lopez has been full of “Big Announcements” and this one sure shocked us all! It was later confirmed by Jennifer Lopez’s official website and twitter @JLo that she had filed for a divorce with her husband and father of their twins, Marc Anthony.
The statement read “We have decided to end our marriage. This was a very difficult decision. We have come to an...
The making of Kanye West & Jay-Z's "Watch The...
If you weren’t already excited for Jay-Z and Kanye West’s collaborative album Watch the Throne, then maybe these photos will do the trick. Jay-Z’s website Life + Times has revealed behind-the-scenes images from the making of the much-anticipated project, expected to drop August 2.
With the success of newly managed Beyonce’s album #4 still in circulation, high expectations are the least...
Leona Lewis "Collide"
Leona Lewis’s new record “Collide”, serves as the lead single from her as yet untitled third album, due this November. Penned by Autumn Rowe (Alexis Jordan’s “Happiness”) and produced by Sandy Vee (“Firework,” “S&M”), the piano-driven number builds into a dance floor anthem, with the iron-piped diva belting about feeling an instant chemistry.
“It is a summer song that...
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We’ve embraced the digital revolution from all corners this season, and much like the summer anthem; Beyonce’s “Run The World (Girls)”, we have certainly put that in motion. Don’t forget to follow us on twitter @AsianWomanMag where you’ll find us tweeting about all sorts! AND our 47th issue is available everywhere; it’s the return of “The Man...
