Dear Pennies & Pens, As I mentioned in my previous post: Now Let Me Ink That Page…I’m Two Steps Away from making my Dreams a Reality! I’m Creative Director of Flavor NYC along with my business partner, Cacha` Lopez. What is Flavor NYC, you ask? Flavor NYC is a digital and social media campaign dedicated to celebrating diversity and [...]
Press Pen: The Network Launches Flavor NYC to Promote Diversity in Fashion
Press Pen: Arise Magazine African Icons Show Review
Dear Pennies & Pens, It’s Pen here to continue reporting on New York Fashion Week S/S 2013. I’m pleased to announce that this year Arise Magazine hosted another show at Lincoln Center during New York Fashion Week. In fact, Arise Magazine has hosted 19 successful fashion shows internationally. For those that don’t know, Arise Magazine [...]
Press Pen: Mathieu Mirano F/W 2012 Show Review
Dear Pennies & Pens, It’s Pen here to report on Mathieu Mirano Fall/Winter 2012. I’ll admit when I first saw this collection, I wasn’t really a fan. However, after going back and seeing pictures of the collection I’ve changed my mind. Not completely, but, the collection was better than I originally thought. Fall/Winter 2012 was [...]
Press Pen: Daphne Guinness Press Preview at the Museum at FIT
Dear Pennies & Pens, As you may or may not know, style icon Daphne Guinness recently partnered with Dr. Valerie Steele, Director of the Museum at FIT to co-curate an exhibition featuring clothing and accessories owned by Daphne. Additionally, the exhibition features films, videos, and images of Daphne. The exhibition is completely focused on Daphne [...]
Press Pen: Charleston Fashion Week Day Three
Dear Pennies & Pens, It’s Pen here to report on Charleston Fashion Week. Last night marked the third day of Charleston Fashion Week. The emerging designers were Eleanor Morgan Hoffman, Julie Wheat, Sasha Gil, and Michael Wiernicki. For the third night, there was a variety of evening/daywear, swimwear, sexy glamour, and outrageous style. Each designer [...]
Press Pen: Charleston Fashion Week Day Two
Dear Pennies & Pens, It’s Pen here reporting from Charleston Fashion Week. My apologies for not doing any blogging for the first day but by the time I got to my hotel and settled in, it was too late to check into the fashion week so I missed the first day’s festivities. However, I did [...]
Press Pen: Pen’s Headed to Charleston Fashion Week!
Dear Pennies & Pens, So as you all may have noticed I have done quite a few posts on Charleston Fashion Week. Well, I am now happy to report that next week I’ll be in Charleston, SC covering Charleston Fashion Week! I’m really excited because it will definitely be an awesome networking experience, I’ll get [...]
Press Pen: Pen’s Fashion Reading List
Dear Pennies, Today, I wanted to do something a little different a feature a list of some great fashion/beauty reads. If you’re a student of fashion or if you currently work in the industry, or even if you just love fashion, you should definitely check out the books on this list, when you can. I’ll [...]
Designer Discussion: Inside the TRUUdesigns Studio with Louise and Catharine
Dear Pennies, This past week, I interviewed Founder and Entrepreneur, Louise Wannier and Creative Director Catharine Stebbins of forthcoming fashion design house, TRUUdesigns. TRUUdesigns is based in Old Pasadena, California and is a house tailored for women who know themselves, fashion, and style. With their upcoming e-commerce site and StyleBar event, these ladies are a [...]
Press Pen: Style.uz Art Week General Défilé by Dom Stilya (House of Style) Show Review
Dear Pennies, The last and final runway show at Style.uz Art Week was the General Defile by Dom Stilya which means House of Style. The show featured the top ten designers from Dom Stilya and also Gulnara Karimova’s Guli Collection. The designers from Dom Stilya include: Elina Hairullina, Arten Drobyshev, Yasmin Vakhidova, Markhamat Umarova, Saodat [...]










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