Category: The Fashionista Laboratory
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For Brides on a Budget
Over the past few years more and more of my friends have been getting married. And if there’s one thing I’ve learned from listening to their stories, it’s this: everything is more expensive when it’s for a wedding. A recently engaged friend looked at a venue where renting the space for a photo shoot cost…
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Balenciaga: When Fashion Becomes Art
How do you define art? I remember going to Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art in college, and seeing an exhibit of “found objects”. Curated, of course. I looked at it and saw trash. Then joked to a friend that I should just go to the dumpster, grab a couple of pieces of cardboard and get…
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30×30 #19: In Which I Channel Kelly Cutrone
(I call this series, “she who is touching the most gadgets, wins.”) On whatever morning this was, I had neither the time nor the energy make a decision. I certainly didn’t have time for extras – there would no belted sweaters. As I was darting out of my apartment it occurred to me – this…
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Leify Landscapes
*updated 3/15* I love scarves. I’ve been devoted since my junior year of high school, when my mom bought me a hot pink scarf to match my hot pink ombre prom dress (a classy hot pink). So I was super excited when the lovely ladies of Cake Plate boutique in Napa Valley offered to send…