The Fashionista Lab

Quite possibly the best – and most dangerous – thing to happen to the Internet yesterday, Barney’s decided to make their Warehouse sale available online, all the time. Now super chi-chi brands are actually within reach – some at splurge level, but still a lot at mall prices. I took a look this morning and [...]

Ok, so I was recently featured in a Q&A on the StyleUp blog. They called me a modern icon – how flattering! Now, what is StyleUp, you say? StyleUp is a pretty new website/newsletter that performs what I believe is a very valuable service: it helps you dress for the weather! I hate being cold or [...]

3 months ago I started a new blog, and forgot to tell anyone about it. Inspired by Mater Mea (run by a couple of friends), I wanted to highlight and collect all the stylish black women I see around the internet. Growing up there were very few women I could aspire to be or look like, [...]

First I would just like to say, SAN FRANCISCO FINALLY HAS A TARGET. Yup. Until a week ago (October 10th) San Francisco had no Target. So I’m more excited for this Neiman Marcus/CFDA/Target collaboration than I have been for any previous collabs. And after seeing the items that will go on sale, I’m downright estatic. [...]

Surprise! Kate Spade is having a 75% off sale online, for 48 hours only. It started this morning, so time is officially running out. These are my favorite pieces (clockwise from top left): Baublebox Short Necklace was $148, now $59; Gold Coast Elizabeth was $398, now $159; Sweet Zinnia Chandelier Earrings was $98, now $39; Beverly Breeze Brynn was $298, [...]

Remember last week’s Threadflip review? Well now every Thursday I’ll be reviewing a different website for SF Fashion + Tech. This week I checked out the Fancy, which is a Pinterest rival but with stronger e-commerce. If you’re not on the Fancy yet (if you’re a latecomer like me) then you should definitely join, check [...]

Today you can find me over at SF Fashion + Tech, with a review of the re-commerce site Threadflip. Last night I coined the term “re-commerce” to describe websites or apps that make it easy for you to sell clothes directly from your closet. eBay is obviously the granddaddy of re-commerce, but a new crop [...]

How many of you are familiar with the website Moda Operandi? The site launched over a year ago with the intention of giving shoppers the opportunity to buy clothes straight from the runway. See, the problem was that women would see amazing pieces on the runway, but not everything from the runway makes it into [...]

This morning I was thumbing through SSense’s latest round of markdowns (50-70% off), and realized that there are a lot of good deals. SSense is one of those sites (like Net-a-Porter or Anthropologie) where you may not be able to buy everything you want on a regular basis, but man, do they have a good [...]