As part of E! News turning 30 years old today, they decided to share some throwbacks from the 90s which includes some of E!'s first interviews from the likes of Whitney Houston, TLC, Mariah Carey and our beloved Baby Girl π❤ Thank you so much for sharing and thanks to @tylanol_n_chill and @aaliyah_elite for the heads up! π You can watch below on the Instagram link for just Aaliyah's part, or if you would like to watch the full video, please watch the YouTube link. Peace and love! ❤️
πvia @color.bars:"We wanted something extra special and knew if we kept looking we would find it. Here is the 2nd set of photos we were lucky enough to find. We might need to hang these on our wall✨
#colorbars X #Aaliyah#colorbarsmerch#icon#babygirl#ianwhitephoto"
Wow! Thank you so much for sharing with us all and thanks @tiaralways for the tag! π❤ Purchase your merch here... https://www.colorbarsmerch.com/
πvia @color.bars:"We were looking through some old magazines from the early 2000’s and came across a photo of Aaliyah taken by photographer, Ian White. We decided to reach directly out to Mr. White and see if he was sitting on any rare or unseen photos of Aaliyah. We were so happy when he responded back with interest in our project. He shared with us a couple of contact sheets that we fell in love with. The images seen in this collection are from that shoot, almost 20 years ago. This is the first time they have ever been featured on apparel. Color Bars X Aaliyah drops tomorrow 3.26.2020 at 3pm.
Colorbarsmerch.com LINK IN BIO
#colorbars X #Aaliyah#colorbarsmerch#icon#babygirl#ianwhitephoto#nobootlegs"
π via @joemajor01: “I was gonna share this anyway..my archives keep trending tho.. #quincyjones #tommyhilfiger #fashionshow #aaliyah #dabrat #joemajor01 #joemajorphotographer| Thank you so much for sharing and thanks @aaliyahalways for the tag! π❤
π via @nynightclubbing:“Lollipop alert I zeroed in and inadvertedly cut out best friend Kidada in the corner .Sometimes there is only seconds to make the right decisions with many other aggressive photographers poised and ready to “kill” for their shot ! Lol it is all about access and since Getty rules the industry as a lone wolf (woman) on top of it all I was blessed and so many wonderful people along the way gave me a CHANCE of a lifetime . Thank you in this case it was Lizzie Grubman pr. AND Tommy and Andy Hilfiger at TOMMY GIRL.” | Such a dope pic! Thank you for always sharing these rare images of Babygirl! ππ½π This particular one describes so many moods! What caption would y'all have for this #TeamAaliyah π
So our competition giveaway has finally come to an end! π❤ Thank you to all those who entered! For anyone who missed out, I do intend to do more of these in the future so all is not lost! π So without further a due, our lucky winner who was selected at random is……Wiktoria Owczarek! Congratulations! ππ You will receive an email from our team who will sort you out with all the details! ππ❤
What’s good #TeamAaliyah π Since Christmas is fast approaching, I’ve decided to do a competition giveaway of my merch collection, where one lucky winner gets to choose a tee of their choice! π All you have to do is go on the link below...
What's good #TeamAaliyah? I thought it's been awhile since I've done an update on the site, so for those who do not know, I recently decided to embark on a journey of launching my own art store for all of my Aaliyah artwork. It's something which I have personally wanted to do for a very long time now, as well as doing something personal and meaningful for The Haughton's. With each purchase, a small percentage of the proceeds will go towards the Aaliyah Memorial Fund, this is just my little way of giving back to The Haughton Family ππ
As of today, sale dates are now on from 14th August till 18th August. To purchase just click on the tab above which says 'Art Shop' or alternatively you can visit the link via https://www.teepublic.com/user/aaliyaharchives79 Thank you to everyone who’s been supportive so far! I truly appreciate you all! I also want to personally thank @aaliyahalways for being one of my biggest inspirations for even starting this, as well as my fanpage/site! You’ve been a main source for this fanbase for many years now, and I honestly cannot picture it without you! Love you to the moon and back! ππ❤ On that note...here is our personal favourite from the collection π...
π via @dionjackson:“Happy Birthday to our Baby Girl @aaliyahdanahaughton aka @aaliyahalways and @aaliyahvideos! I had the pleasure of being her fitness trainer, and a friend. She was VERY sweet! www.Aaliyah.com #aaliyah #aaliyahdanahaughton #aaliyahhaughton #babygirl #tommyhilfiger #tommy #timbaland #missyelliot #hiphop #dancec #fatima” | Thank you so much for sharing! ππ
π via @nynightclubbing“Vintage Aaliyah with her lollipop and best friend Kidada Jones and Another popular Tommy Hilfiger model turned rapper Simon Rex I think he is Dirt Nasty now????” | Thank you for sharing! ππ
“The Originator- KarlKani” A sneak peak of Aaliyah in Karl Kani's video talking about his fashion influence within the 90’s and Hip-Hop culture as a whole. He also mentions the likes of Biggie and Tupac. So please watch and enjoy! ππ❤ (SN: Thanks @weloveaaliyahhaughton for the heads up! I had no idea about this video till you showed me! Much appreciated sis! ππ).
The wait is finally over! As promised, here is an exclusive, never before seen image of Aaliyah (the first out of a series of three in total!) courtesy of photographer Eric Johnson, who has launched his own shop with full family approval from the Haughtons, as well as Aaliyah's estate. You can keep tabs on his store via his Instagram page @shop_upstairsaterics for more information. The t-shirt will be available to order on the 28th March, (in exactly a weeks time) so be sure not miss out on this amazing opportunity! All proceeds will go to the Aaliyah Memorial Fund, as well as other various charities that Aaliyah held dear to her heart.
Here is a special message from Eric himself...
Eric Johnson: "This is a previously unreleased photo of our first in a series of our official #Aaliyah tee-shirts. No bootlegging here. I shot the photo & we're working with Aaliyah's family/estate unlike all of those counterfeit pieces that you've seen out there using images from this shoot illegally."
I'm not sure if many of you are aware of this, but there tends to be a lot of clothing apparels these days who try to make a quick buck off anyone's name (especially deceased artists, who are no longer in the physical) including Aaliyah, who we all know is well known worldwide. Awhile back, Eric had to personally sue a few clothing lines as a result of illegally using his photo's, without his consent. Quite frankly, I can totally understand this, as some of these clothing lines do not even have family approval, nor do they give anything back towards the memorial fund. (This excludes Urban Escence Apparel however, who are another great store, with full family approval from The Haughtons :D)
Anyhoo...check out the images and video below to witness the whole process of how these beautiful t-shirt designs were made! You can clearly tell that a lot of love went into making these! Enjoy my lovelies! ;)
Be sure to keep tabs on Eric Johnson’s store π@shop_upstairsatericsπ for some exclusive, never before seen images of our beloved Babygirl! π Full π―% family approval from The Haughtons has been given for these t-shirt designs, so I’m beyond ecstatic for this! πππ Thank you so much for all that you do! I simply cannot wait to see these! ππ (Side note….I have the exact same Mac computer, and use my sticky notes in the exact same way! π Must be a creative person thing! π) And shout out to @weloveaaliyahhaughton for the heads up! Love you girl! ππ For all those who missed out, Eric posted one of his sample tees last January on Aaliyah's Birthday, where one lucky guy had the honour and privilege of wearing his design, which you can view below here...
Here’s a sneak peak of@urbanescenceappareldesign featuring an unreleased photo courtesy of @christopherkolk πππ I’m so happy, along with others from #TeamAaliyah to be a part of something so special and meaningful. A big thank you to @aaliyahalways for making all this possible, and simply just being the amazing person she is! And also…a big shoutout to all those who helped obtain this beautiful image! Y'all know who you are! πππ Much love and respect to you all! π
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If you haven’t already, be sure to check out the new apparel launch from the lovely @aaliyahalways which goes by the name of @urbanescenceapparel. Described as the ‘sister’ to her other apparel site @theinfluential. Exciting things are most definitely in the works ;) So stay tuned and be sure to follow on Twitter via @Urbanescence_.
I simply can't wait to see all the Aaliyah designs, since I already know they're gonna look HOT! :D
