I stumbled upon a box of family photos from the 70′s in a thrift store and wondered howin the world does a box of family photos end up inside a thrift storefor sale? It was a huge selection of family photos ranging from school,Christmas, vacation photos you name it… just lots of ‘family’ photos.The photo that I really loved the most was the family portrait whereeveryone was dressed up and ready for their close ups Mr. DeMille.I remember my family taking our family portraits, my dad brother and I
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Yes what’s her name is still modeling for me and I’m desperately seeking a name instead ofSusan… My eyes bugged out when I first felt this blouse and then sawthe French Connectiontag still on the rayon top. This top doesn’t even feel like rayon itfeels more like cotton with rayon, it’s just so super soft. Iabsolutely love the zipper on the back as you can see from detailphoto. This top still had the Bloomingdale’s $98 tag on it and you knowI didn’t pay anywhere near that neighborhood. This brand
I have 2 very different dresses to showcase here : one is short, sassy and sweet andthe other is gracious, gorgeous and glammed up big time. I love havingsuch wide open diversity, I love having options for my clients and bothof these dresses do just that. The first dress is the short straplessabstract cotton by t-bagsLos Angeles which is the creative vision of 2 young designers – ShadiAskari and Su-Lyn Tay epitomizes sexy, sophisticated and instinctivestyle. This brand was started in 2001 as a h
I’m having a flashback and I swear to you no drugs are involved. It was 1980 and I was in highschool in south Texas in a tiny town called Raymondville, you driveright by it on your way to South Padre Island and if you blink you’llmiss the entire town. It was right there at that moment where Iencountered my first fashionista and her name was Camille. Camille wasfrom an affluent family, her father was a very successful attorneyand one of the nicest classiest men of all times. Camille was justlike
I got super lucky with this long formal SEXY black dress by Laundry by Shelli Segal because I have a client that has been looking for theperfect high volume black dress and now I found it. I love the off theshoulder spaghetti string front and click on the detail photo so you cansee the cut out in the backside. Gorgeous I tell you just gorgeous.Talk about walking into some party wearing this black sexed up dress andcranking up the temperature….ooh la la is all I can say…… I hope thefire departmen
It really isn’t every day that I not only find a Prada linen jacket but a blousethat matches the color to perfection. Both are from the same thriftstore to boot which makes my work so much easier. I first found theblouse which is by J. McLaughlin button up and here is the story aboutthis brand. Brothers Jay and Kevin McLaughlinopened their first store 32 years ago at 74th Street and 3rd Avenue onNew York’s Upper Ease side. From the moment they opened their doors J.McLaughlin established itself a
At this point my new mannequin still doesn’t have a name and I feel really sorry for her.Maybe I should call her Mutt or maybe Stray because if she were ananimal and ran around free without a name that’s what we would callthem….No Mutt & Stray doesn’t sound very STYLISH…. Ok back to mypost…. I’ll tell you I was very happy and flattered that I found thewhite cotton Tory Burchtop but I’m going to be honest with you about the Marc Bouwer brownrayon skirt, I literally pissed in my pants ! There I wa
Ok girls listen up because you’re about to meet your new best friend – this ultra chic black velvet Isaac Mizrahi dress. Wearing this LBD (little black dress) to any event and I domean any event will have you in the gossip column the very next day. Ithas just the right amount of sex appeal with the right amount of STYLEthat could actually cause havoc. Every woman needs to have a blackvelvet dress hanging within the walls of her closet, that’s just myopinion and it’s a good one. You have got to c
I’m having a really hard time naming my new mannequin. One moment I’ll call her Matilda then I’ll call her Barbarella so you see my dilemma. It’s a hard decision to come up with a name forthis mannequin since I’ll be spending alot of my time with her. If youhave any great name suggestions please let me know, I’ll consideranything at this moment. The one thing I do know for sure is that thismetallic snap button up dress by Eileen Fisher is ultra STYLISH. What Ifind very STYLISH about Eileen Fishe
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Here it is! Converse paired with an Alice + Olivia dress from thier resort 2011 line. If you read some of my earlier blog posts http://www.fashionindustrynetwork.com/profiles/blogs/trend-converse , I blogged about converse becoming a trend. In that post I also mentioned how they would become trendy to wear with a chic dress to create the ultimate chic, yet causual outfit for any occaison. It is a fabulous paring that still retains class without tilting over too much toward the "punk" side. So he
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