Dear Pennies & Pens, Over two years ago, I created de la Pen and one of my first posts was on the legendary fashion editor, Mrs. Diana Vreeland (Tuesday’s Stylish Thoughts: Diana Vreeland…Fashion Inspiration). Diana Vreeland is seriously one of my biggest fashion inspirations. Everything about this woman was just epic and iconic all at [...]
Press Pen: The Network Interviews Andre Leon Talley
Dear Pennies & Pens, First off, Happy New Year! I’m sorry for waiting till the middle of January to write my first post of the year, but, I wanted to start the new year off with a bang! And I’m pleased to announce that me & my business partner @CachaLopez interviewed Andre Leon Talley (@OfficialALT) Editor of [...]
Press Pen: NOMIA S/S 2012 Show Review
Dear Pennies & Pens, It’s Pen here to report on the NOMIA S/S 2012 NYFW show. NOMIA is an NYC based label by fashion designer, Yara Flinn. I covered NOMIA last season on de la Pen here. Since then, I am pleased to announce that Yara has grown her line being that she went from showing at [...]
Model Mondays: Zhao Lei
Dear Pennies & Pens, For this week’s, “Model Mondays”, I wanted to feature another male model, Zhao Lei. Zhao Lei is a Chinese Model who is signed with three different agencies; Wilhemina in New York, Success in Paris, and d’Management in Milan. Sadly, there is not much information available on Zhao but I had to [...]
Model Mondays: Rosario de la Cruz
Dear Pennies & Pens, For this week’s, ‘Model Mondays’, I wanted to feature Rosario de la Cruz, another model signed with my company, The Network. Like Ashli and Jazmin, Rosario was discovered by my business partner, @CachaLopez. In fact, it was Rosario who introduced me and Cacha` which of course led to us starting The Network! Rosario has been working [...]
Model Mondays: Kiyauna Kingsberry
Dear Pennies & Pens, For this week’s, Model Mondays, I am featuring another one of my clients, Kiyauna Kingsberry. Kiyauna has been signed with my company, The Network for about a year now. I have known Kiyauna for awhile now and I knew she always wanted to model. So when @CachaLopez and I co-founded The Network, I knew I [...]
Model Mondays: Ashli Lewis
Dear Pennies & Pens, As I said in my last post, for the next few weeks I’ll be spotlighting clients that work with my company, The Network. In essence, for this week’s “Model Mondays” I wanted feature Cacha` Management Model, Ashli Lewis. Ashli Lewis is a fresh face discovered by my business partner, @CachaLopez, Co-Founder of The [...]
Press Pen: The Network…Where Fashion, Art, Music & Culture Lives!
Dear Pennies & Pens, First off, please accept my sincerest apologies for the lack of posting. I have been extremely busy with my new business, The Network and also our blog: {Fashion.Art.Music}. For those that don’t know, I co-founded The Network in October of 2010 with my business partner @CachaLopez. The Network is a literal “network” of businesses and creative [...]
Model Mondays: Jorge
Dear Pennies & Pens, It is my honor and pleasure to introduce to you to Jorge. Last week, Jorge signed with my company, The Network. Jorge is a multi-talented model being that he is androgynous. In pictures, he can be masculine or feminine and sometimes both. That’s what I love about Jorge. He is a truly unique [...]
Tuesday’s Stylish Thoughts: Cacha` Lopez
Dear Pennies & Pens, I am excited and honored to be formally introducing you guys to my business partner, Cacha` Lopez. Cacha` is a Manager, Agent, Stylist, Photographer, Owner of Cacha` Management, and Co-Founder of The Network. Whew! I know it sounds like a lot but as her business partner, I can vouch for all [...]











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