What a weekend! Our heads are still spinning from MTV Tr3s Fashionista, an upcoming style special that taped last Friday for a premiere on August 16th at 2PM EST. NYC was the place to be el viernes pasado — you couldn’t move an inch without bumping into a hot model (ANTM winner Jaslene chowing down on not only tacos, but mcdonalds AND espaguetis), hot Latin artist (Pitbull checking out VJ Karli’s pedicure job) or host (LBoogs and Natalie Martinez shaking sus caderas in a cha-cha face-off between takes).

Among racks of ropa both couture and casual we ran into R&B singer Lloyd, whose performance of “Girls Around the World” featuring Pitbull was a highlight of the event. Before we could squeeze in any preguntas, we caught Mr. 305 schooling Lloyd on rolling his “rs.” Adorned in Dolce & Gabanna ATL native Lloyd told us that the key to having style is really about one thing:

Style is just all in the swagger. It’s not about the name brands, it’s not about the expense of the clothing, it’s just about the way you wear it. My own style consists of just configuring my outfit in wacky ways.

Sounds good to us. Lloyd also shared that he has a fetish for cute feet and doesn’t wear a shirt much in the summer — exposing his 30+ tattoos (no complaints here). At present the single crooner is promoting his album Lessons on Love and searching all around the world for the right gal.

MTV Tr3s Fashionista showed off the flyest fashion trends, from urban to sophisticated chic, on the flyest models, including featured catwalkers Jaslene Gonzalez and Danity Kane diva Aubrey O’ Day. Male and female models strutted their stuff to live performances by Nina Sky, Kinky, RKM & Ken Y, Lloyd and Pitbull. MC-ing the event were Sucker Free Latino’s L.Boogs and Natalie Martinez, of Fashion House and JT music video stardom.

Until its August 16th premiere, peep some pics from the event to satiate your style appetite.

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Alcohol, chillin’ with friends, yoga, jacuzzi time. That’s just some of the backstage antics you’ll catch Kinky doing before a live show. The band just wrapped up their four-part interview on their MySpace page this week so you can check it out and let the guys give you an exclusive one-on-one tour inside their lives, how they got started, their musical influences, and all the Kinky chisme you need to survive on for the next month, or until they head out on a tour near your barrio. [Kinky MySpace]