Dear Pennies & Pens, Most of you have probably heard the name LaQuan Smith as his name has been buzzing on the fashion scene for a couple years now. For those who haven’t, LaQuan Smith is an emerging New York based designer who at 24 has designed custom pieces for pop culture icons like Beyonce`, Alicia [...]
Pen.Point: Diana Vreeland…The Eye Has To Travel
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: Lie Sang Bong Fall/Winter 2012
Dear Pennies & Pens, On Monday, I attended the press preview for Korean designer, Lie Sang Bong. As soon as I received the invite and lookbook, I knew I had to add it to my already hectic preview schedule. The Lie Sang Bong showroom is located in Chelsea right next to all the super cool art galleries. [...]
Model Mondays: Anais Mali
Dear Pennies and Pens, It’s been a long time since I posted a “Model Mondays” article and I’m glad to be coming back with a bang! I promise to begin posting again more regularly things have just been so crazy with my business, The Network. For this week’s Model Mondays, I’m featuring Anais Mali. Anais was discovered [...]
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: The Couture Council Luncheon Honoring Valentino
Dear Pennies & Pens, On Wednesday, Sept. 7th, I had the pleasure of kicking off New York Fashion Week by attending & covering, The Couture Council’s Annual Awards Luncheon where they honored the iconic fashion designer & couturier, Valentino Garavani. The Couture Council is a prestigious membership group dedicated to supporting The Museum at FIT. [...]
Model Mondays: Karlie Kloss
Dear Pennies & Pens, Today, I wanted to feature one of the HOTTEST models out right now, Karlie Kloss. Karlie Kloss is only 18 years old but she’s been modeling for 3 years now and she’s already considered to be a top model. Karlie has truly had an amazing career already and being that she’s [...]
Model Mondays: Liu Wen
Dear Pennies & Pens, For this week’s, Model Mondays I wanted to feature another Chinese beauty, Liu Wen. Some of you may remember that a few months ago I did a post on another Chinese model, Shu Pei Qin. Liu Wen is definitely an IT girl in the modeling industry. Since, her career began in 2005, [...]











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