Fashion with a spark of intellect.

  • J.Crew is killing it with the graphic tees right now

    J.Crew is killing it with the graphic tees right now

    What kind of shirt person are you? Fashion people like to say that every woman should have a white button-up shirt in her wardrobe, but that is one of the most unnatural things for me to wear. In high school/early college I was all about ribbed tank tops under everything. I went through a bodysuit…

  • 4 Easy, NO-EFFORT Halloween Costumes for the Costume Impaired

    4 Easy, NO-EFFORT Halloween Costumes for the Costume Impaired

    I love fashion but I’m bad at costumes. People are always so shocked when I mention this, but it’s true! It’s in large part because I hate buying clothes that I’m not going to wear, but also because I’m NOT CRAFTY. Like, at all. If an “easy halloween costume” requires any DIY effort it’s a no for me. Luckily…

  • I’m Changing the Way I Blog

    I’m Changing the Way I Blog

    I bought a dress… Now I’m changing my blog. {dress not pictured… yet} I didn’t realize it at the time, but this past August I hit 8 years of blogging. The Fashionista Lab has certainly evolved from the early days, when I mainly talked about shopping conquests and things in my closet, and has gone through many iterations…

  • A Weekend in Livermore Valley Wine Country

    A Weekend in Livermore Valley Wine Country

    Since moving to New York I like to say that seven years in San Francisco made me a wine snob. Wine Country is certainly one of the things I miss the most about the Bay Area. While Napa is the most well known wine destination in California, there are actually SEVERAL wine regions! One I recently discovered is…

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