The Source of Paying More

Get ready for a rant because I am peeved. You know how much I adore shoes. They will forever be one of the greatest loves of my life. So when I heard Payless ShoeSource released a commercial where they opened up a fake luxury shoe store and successfully pranked shoppers into believing their shoes were worth up to $640, my inner footwear diva was instantly...

Heavenly Bodies

I've been very upfront about my relationship with Versace. Never have I tried to hide the special place Versace has in my heart as the brand that ignited my lifelong passion back in 2007. Though it dawned on me there is one thing about this Italian house I have not yet talked about: Atelier Versace. So here I am today, ready to fully come clean to...

Meme Review

Here I am again, in what has unintentionally become my third installment in a series of blog posts about the current state of fashion (click for Part 1 and Part 2). I feel like a peasant version of beloved YouTuber Shane Dawson, who has been killing it lately with his docuseries (love you, Shane!). Speaking of YouTube, you may be surprised to learn...

The Remaster Artist

These have been a surreal 10 days. I took time away from the office to volunteer for and attend an international piano competition hosted here in my city. Even though I stayed squarely within the borders of local soil, it felt like an escape -- an escape to a life where I could fulfill my romantic visions of being a woman of grace and refined tastes....

Time's Up

I have been following the fashion industry for ten years, yet it has only been in the past few years I have truly sensed a seismic shift in our attitude towards fashion. Trends have come and gone...and come back, and technology has been a persistently disruptive force shaking the industry to its core (a topic I touched on back in 2010), but I believe...

Nine West Gone South

Well, it's been a minute. Having taken a week off work for a staycation, I thought I would finally have more time to hunker down and blog. But of course, me being me, I scheduled myself full this week and haven't actually had a single day at home. Today, however, I am here. I have many things I'd like to catch up on, but the most recent of them is...

R.I.P. Kate Spade

The news came unexpectedly -- not because of timing, but because suicide was not something I ever imagined would befall fashion designer Kate Spade. I had admired her namesake label since my early days of following fashion. Her vibrant, feminine designs dripped with sunny optimism. She became the go-to designer for women who wanted punchy, youthful...

An Ode to Fashion

I greet you in the morning. You stay with me throughout the day. You let a part of me go in the evening, but I stay to wish you goodnight. I am punk. I am classic. I am glamorous. I am conservative. I am minimal. I am decadent. I am feminine, androgynous, and masculine. I am unique. You use me to express your moments of greatest elation. I...

You know you're a fashion lover when...

I took a trip down memory lane and unearthed a post I had written six years ago titled "You know you're a fashion lover when...", listing the many kooky ways I was a devoted fashion junkie. Looking back, I realize how enjoyable posts like that were. The response I got from people who were able to laugh and relate to my humorous real talk made me feel...