Dear Pennies & Pens, About a month ago, I received an invite to a private reception at the Galeria Melissa which is a dedicated gallery space in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood that serves as Melissa Shoes’ exclusive American outpost. Melissa Shoes was celebrating its one year anniversary with press, VIP, friends, and other supporters. To celebrate the [...]
Dear Pennies & Pens, I am so excited to be relaunching the music section of de la Pen which will be titled “Pen’s Rhythm Nation”. S/O to the world’s best business partner @CachaLopez for helping me come up with the name. For those wondering why I chose that title, I chose it because I love Janet Jackson! [...]
Dear Pennies & Pens, Upon reading, The King of Style by Michael Bush, I discovered that Elizabeth Taylor was the first person to refer to Michael Jackson as the “King of Pop, Rock, & Soul”. For his book, Michael Bush refers to him as the “King of Style.” As far as I’m concerned, Michael was the King [...]
Dear Pennies & Pens, Not too long ago, during New York Fashion Week, I had the pleasure of attending Highland’s Fall/Winter 2013 presentation. Highland is an NYC based menswear brand by fashion & costume designer, Lizzie Owens. In fact, this show marked Highland’s first New York Fashion Week presentation. Highland has been around for 3 years [...]
Dear Pennies & Pens, I am so excited to be reviewing the Elliott Evan Fall/Winter 2013 collection because it was menswear! It’s been awhile since I’ve covered a full blown menswear show so I was excited to see what Elliott would be showing this season. And thank goodness, the collection was phenomenal! There was not [...]
Dear Pennies & Pens, So as you may know, New York Fashion Week kicks off next week. *runs away screaming “save me”* No but seriously, New York Fashion Week is a cool, stressful, fun, entertaining, stylish and exasperating event. Since, I focus on covering international and multicultural fashion, sports, beauty, film, art, and music, I’m [...]
Dear Pennies & Pens, So a few weeks ago, I received my daily newsletter from one of my favorite blogs, Refinery29. In one of their latest posts, they profiled the 14 hottest emerging designers. After reviewing the list, I decided to feature some of the designers here on de la Pen. In essence, for this [...]
Dear Pennies and Pens, Last week, I attended the Rica Swimwear Press Preview here in NYC. The event was held on the rooftop of The Mondrian SoHo. First off, I must say that this location was fabulous! The view of the city was absolutely breathtaking! Seriously, I walked around snapping plenty of pics for my [...]
Dear Pennies & Pens, For this week’s “Model Mondays” I decided to feature newcomer, Dae Na of VNY Model Management and Wilson Model Management. Dae Na is Korean and has appeared in major campaigns for Donna Karan, Bloomingdale’s , and Diesel. Dae Na is 22 years old and is 6’2”. In a profile on Models.com, [...]
Dear Pennies and Pens, It’s Tuesday, time for our weekly style feature! For this week, I’ve chosen the fabulous singer, Katy Perry. Katy Perry is a style maven not only because she takes serious fashion risks but because she always looks fabulous, fresh, and flirty. I love Katy’s style from her red carpet looks to her cool [...]
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