You might recall the behind the scenes post I wrote last week about my American Living for JC Penney shoot. Well, here it is! The video plays on the American Living “Made for….” campaign and highlights my favorite moment of every week – catching up with my girlfriends over brunch. In this case, I invited Amy from Midtown Girl and Julia DiNardo from Fashion Pulse. Yuli of My It Things/Style Coalition (producer of this project) and Jennine from The Coveted (she was the fab photog) joined us after we were done shooting.

Psst…to enter the $250 gift card giveaway, leave a comment here with your “Made For” moment and what you would Read the rest of this entry »

The second muse in my “sketched” series is the lovely Yuli Ziv of My It Things, Style Coalition, Fashion 2.0 and a well-known social media maven in NYC, among other things.Those who saw my Gala Darling inspired sketch a couple months ago will know I’m slowly getting back into art. So far, I’ve only been using water color pencils on sketch paper (as opposed to stretched water color paper plastered to a wooden board, which is how you’re supposed to do it to avoid shriveled paper).

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Last night I attended The Limited’s 2010 Holiday Preview event in Soho. Themed Life is Sweet, they showed off the new looks coming to stores this fall complete with a Dylan’s Candy station that made the whole experience delicious and delightful. One dress in particular caught my eye, not because it was my personal favorite, but because of the way it moved in the wind as people walked past. Instead of a photo, I captured a few seconds on video (above).

Here are more photos from the preview. The first is my favorite look from the entire night. Read the rest of this entry »

A little birdie gave me a heads up that Madison Avenue Couture is debuting on Rue La La this week, which will include several Chanel pieces. GASP! It opens on Rue La La this Thursday, July 22, at 11am EST. I’m trying to get an idea of what prices will start at. Stay tuned…

Here’s a preview of what to expect. Read the rest of this entry »

I posted last week about celebrating my birthday, which was July 3, in Seattle. Last Saturday I celebrated with my NYC friends at a cool, divey lounge in the East Village. Despite the disgusting humid heat that had me melting in the subway while en route to meet the fabulous Yuli Ziv for pre-bday dinner, I was pretty excited about my outfit. You know when you find a look, not necessarily planned or intentional, that makes you feel so…you? It’s a rare thing, but love when it happens! This was basically my wardrobe Read the rest of this entry »

Saw this on the way to work yesterday morning. I don’t know…I get that it’s tough being a guy when it comes to hauling your stuff around, especially in NYC, but invest in a backback dude! Unless you’re Betty White, this is unacceptable. 

We also need to discuss that sleeveless hoodie, but baby steps brah…

Exciting news! I’ve been working with American Living, a playful designer collection at JCPenney, and the Style Coalition on a cool video campaign. A handful of other fabulous blogs, as shown in the video mash-up, are also participating including Gala Darling, The Coveted, College Fashion, Second City Style, What I Wore, Style Mom, Corporette, Style Bakery and The Budget Babe. In short, the campaign involves a series of mini-webisodes highlighting a special ”moment” from each our lives. For my moment, I chose brunch in NYC with the girls, Julia and Amy. It’s something new to my routine that I look forward to every week, which made filming super quick and easy…we even stayed for an hour after we were done filming doing the exact same thing! 

I chose a piece from the American Living summer collection that reflected my moment. Given it’s so hot in NYC right now, a Read the rest of this entry »

Today was my first day back in the office in almost two weeks. When I got to my desk, I saw a mysterious package waiting for me from Starbucks VIA. Starbucks launched VIA Iced Coffee last week and they sent me a little gift to get me acquainted! For those who don’t already know, I drink VIA more than any other kind of coffee and I’m pretty obsessed (it’s one of the many random things you’ll find in my handbag).

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Apologies for the lack of posts. I just returned from a work/play visit in Seattle, my other “home.” I celebrated my 27th birthday while I was visiting and got to spend time with some of my favorite people in the world. Here are some highlights and photos from the trip. FYI – this post is a little more personal and not related to fashion at all…

What would a Seattle trip be without a reunion with a trio of trouble? I’ve blogged about Linds and Jess before, but they are pretty much VIP in my life (as are other Seattle friends Read the rest of this entry »

Next to bikini shopping, jeans have to be one of the most tricky pieces of clothing to purchase. It doesn’t matter what shape you are, everyone has insecurities they want to flatter and other features they want to accentuate. If you’ve been following Clutch22 for awhile, you might be familiar with my obsession for denim (here’s one example). A couple of months ago, Hudson Jeans sent me their new Kent 5-Pocket Stretch Skinny and they have quickly become a staple in my wardrobe.

To Assume Makes an Ass of U + Me

Though I’ve been following Hudson for awhile, I didn’t purchase my first pair until last December. I’m a pear-shaped girl and assumed that since my long-skinny-legged, little butt friends (you know who you are Ashley, Shelby, Linds) loved the brand; they would never fit me quite right. I was wrong. Ultimately, Hudson won my heart with Read the rest of this entry »