July 2010

The ABCs of Jersey Style

In case you haven’t noticed, New Jersey is the new black. Although reality TV is suddenly saturated with all things Joisey—Real Housewives of New Jersey, Jersey Shore, Jerseylicious, Jersey Couture—Jersey’s climb from red-headed stepchild to golden child has been years in the making. What, you think Snooki started this? No, loves. It wasn’t Snooki. Or [...]

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WVW: City Beachy Ghetto Fab*

As I’ve mentioned before, I occasionally throw a bikini top in with my streetwear. Today, I’m a hybrid of beachy, ghetto fab on top, and city rocker on the bottom. Gold? Check. A full face of makeup? Check. Neon nails? Check. Total over-the-topness? Check. Consider this an early, blingtastic homage to Jersey Shore, Miami edition—minus [...]

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Friend Friday: In My Closet

Yay! It’s Friend Friday!* This week, Katy wrote: “…most of us don’t have an unlimited budget [so] we’ve got to be creative with the mixing and matching to create new outfits all the time…let’s talk about that.” And she asked: 1. What’s your most versatile piece of clothing? How do you wear it? 2. What [...]

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I Heart Blogs Follow-Up

So many of you left lots of lovely comments on my I Heart Blogs post earlier today. I was about to leave this as comment to all of you at the end, but I decided to make it a full post instead, because I really wanted to make sure you all saw it. You want [...]

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I Heart Blogs

This post is part of a collective effort* instigated by Stylish Kids In Riot (through an IFB post) to spotlight bloggers all over the world on July 15, 2010. To spread some blog love, if you will. I follow a boatload of blogs, for as different many reasons. So while we’re supposed to stop at [...]

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The Build a Better Blog Vlog

What makes a blog user-friendly? What should you not do? That’s what this vlog is all about. Sorry for the abrupt intermission…I don’t do a lot of video editing…what you see is pretty much what I shot. Part 1—What You Should Do What you should do recap + extras: Be true to yourself, your unique [...]

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StyleShot: Dita Von Teese + JPG

I’m seeing a lot of the same images from the fall/winter 2010-2011 haute couture Paris shows floating around on blogs, but no one seems to be very interested in my favorite shots: Dita Von Teese as she appeared in Jean Paul Gaultier’s show. Dita is my ultimate pin-up girl. I love her. And Dita+Gaultier is [...]

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WVW: Cool, Comfy, Cotton*

It’s scorching in the south right now. So God bless air con and God bless cotton. *WVW = What V Wore Luka tunic tank, Limited tube top, Old Navy cutoff mini skirt, Jessica Simpson sandal boots. Sterling bracelet and onyx ring are years old and brandless, blue stone ring is Lucky Brand. Custom sterling double-finger [...]

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