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Fashion’s Night Out

IT’S OFFICIAL.  I was one the one of the fashion bloggettes at FNO – one of the biggest perks of my current job.  I can play dress-up, wear my chicest ensemble, style the fashion mavens that pop into Accessorize, and give a free styling consult. Did I tell you , I love my job!

Fall Trends

As the long beachy days slowly wane,  I am wistful that summer is just about over. Yet at the same time, I am excited about the new prospects that fall always brings.  For all of you fashionettes, there is no season that offers more reasons to get out of bed in the morning and get dressed than fall.  Those amazing python sky high boots I started craving last February to the velvets, tweeds, capes, cords, denim and new shapes that are all there for the taking. It starts with the 500+ page fashion magazines that come to my door in late August, the crisp weather, my birthday (Virgos rule!), inevitable fall shopping,  Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, and my personal favorite, Fashion Night’s Out. (More about that in my... Read More

The Latest Fashion Trend

The fashion folk started a trend last spring that continues to spark the imagination of trend-setting women worldwide. Feathers! Feathers are fabulous. They help embellish collars, add high style to cocktail dresses, spark bohemian jewelry, and are used as hair accessories for both adults and kids. They are a statement of femininity, luxury, and flirtatiousness.

Apparel Trade Shows Las Vegas: A Round-Up

I headed to Vegas for my very first MAGIC Convention and FN Platform Shoe Show. Anyone who is anyone in fashion or a related field was either exhibiting, buying, or blogging.  While MAGIC is the hub of the convention, the adjacent trade shows comprised of apparel, footwear, accessories, and social media resources as well.

The Venice Biennale

  For hundreds of years, writers and travelers have marveled at the beauty of Venice and sung the praises of the city of wonder. If ever a city has been the quintessential example of beauty and grace, love and magical pleasures, that city is Venice. Venice, only approached by sea, emerges before your eyes with domes and pinnacles and towers on the horizon.