With a stint in Amsterdam working for Tommy Hilfiger as a product developer, Andi Bakos got her foot in the door working for Nike in Europe. Now this lady has the coveted title of Product Line Merchandiser at Nike World Headquarters.

As a Product Line Merchandiser, Andi leads the development of Nike apparel products. She is pretty much responsible for making products with the name of one of the world’s most popular brands 100% ready to hit the consumer aka all of us! And for this, we salute Andi Bakos of Nike as our last Women Making History honoree for Women’s History Month 2009!

Above: A fun-colored Nike windbreaker and SPANDEX!

Windbreaker by Nike in Complex Mag.

After the jump we take a look at some more of Andi’s fresh Nike pieces. She also hits us with a handwritten survey and tells of once moonlighting as a make-up artist for internet porn in LA via a Q&A!

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Many of you have the art of Isabelle Lumpkin in your homes and you may or may not know it…

In January, the London-based gallery Art Vinyl, revealed the results of their competition to find the best vinyl/CD sleeve of 2008. Among the results was Santogold by Santogold (now Santigold). The designer of that album art is the woman we honor today—Isabelle Lumpkin aka Narcissister.

We’ve honored many creative ladies since the start of our Women Making History series but it’s safe to say that Narcissister is unlike any lady we’ve featured before.

Before Isabelle called herself Narcissister, she was a professional modern dancer. Her most formative training took place at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center. Among her professional highlights was performing with the Ailey company in Memoria, one of Ailey’s seminal pieces, touring Europe as a dancer in a German rock-opera, and performing in industrial work for Mercedes Benz.

In addition to her performance work, Narcissister has worked in many other creative media including contemporary quilting, collage, sculpture, printmaking, and her most recent medium of photography. She has participated in multiple studio residencies and her work has been included in group shows and media publications. To earn her living, Narcissister works as a commercial artist, designing window displays and working as a stylist and art director.

This lady’s creativity is explosive and we have a lot more of it to share with you after the jump, including more from the Santigold project, a survey, Q&A and shots from her performance projects..one being a NSFW image...Jump!

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WOW. So the latest issue of Dazed & Confused just dropped and it is NSFW!

Chris Cunningham shot the forever-fierce Grace Jones for an “anti-fashion shoot” and the shots will make your jaw drop when you realize the body you’re looking at has been on this good earth for 60 years!

Get a look at the spreads HERE or pick up the latest issue of Dazed & Confused on newstands now!

Singer, actress, model extraordinaire, Grace Jones, is releasing a new album called Hurricane on October 27th, 2008 in the U.K. Collaborators on the album include Brian Eno, Sly and Robbie and Tricky (I love!). Her first single, Corporate Cannibal, has already been released and you can watch the video below. I enjoyed it a lot - I like the sound, message and the video was pretty cool - putting a little artsy fartsy back where it belongs. See for yourself . . .