Photographed by Arian Jabbery Have you ever looked in your closet and thought, “I’ve worn this sweater, jeans, shirt, (fill in the blank) a million times.” That’s us like every other day. With all the expenses that come along with life, rent, bills, more bills from eating out way too much than we should, it’s not as easy to just buy a new outfit everyday to satisfy our shopping fix. That’s why we’ve tapped into the minds of some pretty savvy style bloggers to help us navigate through our wardrobe woes. These style bloggers have been given the challenge of selecting 1 item from their personal closet and creating 3 different looks. Proving to us, that it’s not about what you have in your closet, but how you work it. Or shall we say, “Re-Werk It.” Check out the interview below and get to know our very first mix master, stylist/blogger Al Malonga (@Wardrobe Breakdown). Challenge Item: Light grey tapered pants. What’s your blog about? My blog is called WardrobeBreakdown, and can be found on Instagram. It’s street style and lifestyle, my personal style, New York City, dreadlocks, and my work behind the scenes as a stylist. I just celebrated the 2 year […]
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Photo Courtesy of Tales from the Thrift Whoever said diamonds were a girl’s best friend must have never knew the relationship between a woman and her closet. It’s a love that runs deep—well deep into the bottom of our pockets that is. With sky high NYC rent, school loans, and bills, that hardly leaves us with enough money to fulfill our womanly shopping desires. In a perfect world, Prada & Gucci pieces would fall effortlessly from the sky landing perfectly nestled in our closets…free of charge of course. But until that glorious day, Christina, Tales From The Thrift style blogger is teaching us how to score some awesome pieces while still managing to pay our rent on time. What’s your blog about? My blog is about looking good on a budget. The majority of my posts feature outfits I put together using thrifted, secondhand/swapped, sale and gifted pieces. I’m a big believer in style not being solely about how much money you spend, but how you can make the most out of what you have. How did you get into thrifting? I started thrifting a lot when I first moved to NYC after college. Basically, I wasn’t prepared for just […]
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This summer I fell in love with all new hair products. It is very important to change your products according to season. During my transitional period from summer to fall, there are a few products that stood out. I am an advocate and will never trade them for the world! Top 5 Products This Way!
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Photographed by Meah Denee This year marks Houston native, Chinaza Moses’ first collection shown during NYFW. The origami inspired capsule collection was shown at The Holy Apostles Ballroom in Chelsea. Seven years design experience under her belt, the FIT graduate has worked for many prominent companies including both Alice & Olivia and Elle 360. Eclectic and chic, Chinaza successfully manages to emit a sweet simplicity in such complex pieces. Moses’ collection was a wearable work of true art. Each piece was white, delicately designed with soft structured fabric origami pieces, sheer accents, and paper origami headpieces. The designer mixed elements of both couture and streetstyle, pairing the elegant garments with origami adorned white sneakers.
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Photo courtesy of Anna Hieronymus This NYFW Hieronymus launched its A/W 2015 collection by designer, Anna Hieronymus. The namesake label, is a NYC and Berlin based contemporary sportswear and accessories brand. Inspired by elements of art, music, philosophy and science, Hieronymus alludes to futurism while maintaining strong streetwear roots. I was able to steal a few moments with Anna to get a first hand look into her debut line. With the turnout for the Hieronymus NYFW launch party, it was hard to believe this was the first collection. The venue was sort of like an underground club that you could only enter after you said the secret password to the bouncer guy hiding behind a large door and a tiny sliding peep hole. It was pretty amazing. Turning down the urge to shake a tail feather we passed the DJ and headed straight to the next room for the Hieronymus installation. Soft neoprene structured sweatshirts hung from the ceiling surrounded by reflective mirror panels, turning out to be a pretty popular impromptu photo booth. Waves of stitching ran through each garment, which Anna explained, imitated the unseen digital waves (wifi, cellular, etc.) intersecting, surrounding, and passing through us. The capsule collection […]
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