While I love sneakers (be they colorful Nike Dunks, graphic Chuck Taylors, spunky Adidas, or fashion-forward wedge styles), motorcycle boots, and gladiator sandals, you’ll probably never find me wearing a true pair of flats — not loafers or ballet flats, oxfords or smoking slippers, saddle shoes or moccasins.
Ever since watching the first episode of the brilliant Netflix original series Orange Is The New Black, I snicker a bit whenever I see a pair of TOMS shoes — not because they’re laughable (I mean, they’re not clown shoes, for Pete’s sake!) but because, as the show so brilliantly points out, they’ve become synonymous with yuppie fashion.
Rachel Roy x John Frieda Mini Curly Kit:
Rachel Roy x John Frieda Frizz-Ease Mini Straight Kit:
Summer is the unofficial wanderlust season — particularly among urbanites hoping to escape their concrete confines and find refuge in breezy beach locales, virginal mountaintops with lush foliage, and quaint lakeside towns.
I’ve been on a do-it-yourself kick lately, a surprising turn of events given that I never considered myself a crafty sort.
I’m rarely ever spotted wearing anything other than heels, but even a platform-loving, the-taller-the-better, stiletto hoarder like myself can be defeated by the summertime heat.
Unlike most pop culture aficionados, I essentially rolled my eyes at all the hubbub regarding Kanye West’s off-color remarks at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, when the ChiTown rapper overstepped the bounds of both good taste and good sportsmanship by souring Taylor Swift’s big moment, yanking the microphone away from the Best Female Video award winner and interrupting her speech to announce that Beyoncé should have won the award rather than Swift.
As many of you know, we experienced some technical difficulties earlier this week that prevented me from blogging — and to say it was a nightmare would be an understatement.
Though it’s best known for its collection of shoes with a cheeky lipstick heel, Italian footwear brand Alberto Guardiani has more than rouge and kisses on its mind.
After several successful design collaborations with street style bloggers Natalie and Dylana Suarez (of the blogs Natalie Off Duty and Color Me Nana, respectively), New York-based footwear company Modern Vice seems to be expanding its pool of muses, this time finding inspiration in the Lower East Side aesthetic of Fiona Byrne, a nightlife and lifestyle journalist with a distinctive platinum bob, a mainstay on the VIP list of every buzzed-about party and event, and the founder of the fashion and lifestyle blog The Byrne Notice.
