June 21st, 2011 by Joseph Ovens
NEW YORK—If designer Maggie Norris were working in the 18th century, she might likely be dressing the ladies of the French court—women who spent their days tottering about and gossiping among one another, each one powdered from her bosom to the top of her bouffant. But Norris isn’t designing for those women—she’s designing for today’s women, who rule their empires by BlackBerry.
Norris recognizes that despite the fact that the modern woman works long hours, lets her ambitions get the better of her, and probably lives in a concrete cube, she is more, not less, in need of luxury and fantasy than her 18th century counterpart.
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June 19th, 2011 by Sebastian Heaton
We love Jasmin Storchs Dada style redux. The 28-year-old Swedish photographer borrows from a glorious bygone world of hand-painted colour and collage to create eye-popping images with a sepia edge.
How long have you been taking photos?
I borrowed my sisters Nikon fm2 and took a photography class when I was 15-years-old. Ive been shooting ever since. Its the only leisure activity that I never quit.
Where have your photographs been featured?
Your work has an old-fashioned quality what inspires your style?
Old photography, especially Nineteenth Century static portraits and German Dadaism.
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June 13th, 2011 by Joseph Ovens
Ever heard the saying, ‘every girl needs a little black dress in their wardrobe’?’ Now that Memorial Day has come and gone, which is also referred to as the unofficial start of summer, we can now pull out our white dresses, skirts and pants. There is only a small window of time where wearing a white dress is appropriate in the fashion world, so we must take advantage while we can. Despite being extremely pale, I get very excited each spring when I can pull out my favorite white dresses and skirts.
1. Smocked Skirt Dress - American Eagle, $39.95
2. Cotton Taffeta Samantha Dress - J.Crew, $215.00
3. Ruffled Halter Dress in True White Express, $26.94
4. Tie-
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June 12th, 2011 by Rose Burdett
Want to know more about Annie? We hope you enjoy our first Q&A:
Why are you excited about being Shop It To Me’s Stylist In Residence?
I’m excited to be working with Shop It To Me because it’s a site I’ve been totally hooked on for the past year. I love it for the great bargains but also because I found items I had coveted in past seasons that I thought were long gone and then I had a second chance to own them.
Im also really excited to create content for the blog. I find inspiration everywhere and I realized that when Im working with a client were usually bouncing ideas off each other until we come up with the final look. I think
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June 10th, 2011 by Joseph Ovens
To splurge or not to splurge—that is the question. Like most of us, I don’t have unlimited resources to put into shopping, so I have to decide on what to spend my money. That magnificent skirt I can’t live without? Or do I force myself to live without it and instead buy that mocha purse I’ve been looking for and finally found?
Here is a highly subjective list of what I consider worthy splurges and what you can easily economize on.
Economize
1. Hosiery. It’s bad enough when a $4 pair rips the first time you wear them, but $25?
2. All under
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