I’ve kept my eyes peeled for Fashionista’s next event since I attended their How to Make it in Fashion conference last fall. On April 27, Garance Doré—blogger, illustrator, photographer and author—will be Fashionista’s guest speaker for their upcoming NYC meet-up. Doré is a part of the “first wave” of successful fashion bloggers to truly run […]
Read MoreAfter street style hunting outside of Moynihan Station, my friend Cara and I went backstage at The Dock to dress models for BAJA EAST’s runway show. I had never heard of BAJA EAST before Cara told me, but it looked like a cool up-and-coming brand to work with. Being able to witness how the runway […]
Read MoreA first-hand account of street style hunting in the New York’s fashionable tundra I stood frozen on the corner of West 33rd and 8th Avenue for over an hour and a half. Forget trying to stay out of the way of the cameras, I was literally frozen in place from the numbing cold. I wasn’t […]
Read MoreIf you’re a Francophile and you keep a mini-collection of contemporary books on Parisian journeys, add My Paris Dream to the shelf. Betts, an award-winning magazine editor and author, shares her coming-of-age story of living and working in Paris, France shortly after graduating from college. Her anecdotes finding her own way through the city and […]
Read MoreThe Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology reinterprets the original fairy tales written by the storytellers Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault and others… Not the Disney versions. Since these fairy tales were more like fictional horror stories graphic cautionary tales to keep children well-behaved, the literature is quite horrifying—read Hans Christian Andersen’s story of The Little Mermaid and you’ll […]
Read MoreAs someone who works at a locally run denim boutique, it’s hard to imagine buying anything without first knowing that the fit is perfect—so how would it be possible to buy bras online? A few weeks ago, I went to Victoria’s Secret in the hopes of finding several new under-things and it reminded me why […]
Read MoreI was pleasantly surprised to find the Women in New York Fashion: Twentieth Century Retail Mavens symposium on Eventbrite. The general public’s knowledge of fashion is solely focused on the designers and the celebrities who wear their designs. As talented and fascinating as these designers are, there’s a group of people responsible for placing them in the […]
Read MoreWhile I was writing my recap on New York Fashion Week, I ran over to Gilt and was pleasantly surprised to find another must-attend event… Fashionista is hosting its “How to Make It in Fashion” conference in the Meatpacking District on Friday, Oct. 23. Writers and editors with various backgrounds in digital media, publishing and […]
Read MoreMy friend Cara and I finally went to New York Fashion Week this year—we bought tickets on Gilt to see Lie Sangbong‘s show at Chelsea Piers. After we checked in, we ran straight to the bar for champagne cocktail hour, then checked out the rooftop bar and the Jay Godfrey SS16 presentation on the second floor. I […]
Read MoreI don’t actually wear lipstick that much—with the exception of a killer smokey eye, I try to keep a more natural look. With that being said, it was fun to learn a few quick facts about the stick of color that has been used to seduce through centuries of civilization: A University of Manchester study found that […]
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