Happy First Day of Fashion Week!
Yesterday I had the sincere pleasure of participating on a panel for the Independent Fashion Bloggers Conference:
I, along with Mickey Boardman of Paper Magazine, Mary HK Choi of MTV Style, Ari Seth Cohen of Advanced Style, Joyce Chang of People Style Watch, and Christian Remrod of Fashion Networks waxed on about the evolving face of online media, our favorite promotional tools, and how we ‘humanize’ our respective brands.
A few takeaways (for me) : as a blogger it’s important to interface with readers. Get out from behind the computer, interact, share instances of your life, and talk to people. To whit, I met so many Fashion Bomb readers and former Fashion Bombshells in the audience, and had a blast chatting with them in person:
With Bombshell Taye from LA
Kicking it with Fashion Bomb Beauty correspondent and blogger Danielle of The Style and Beauty Doctor
I also had a lovely time hearing the stories of and meeting my fellow panelists:
Mickey Boardman of Paper Magazine
Ann Colville Soma of holierthannow.com
Me blabbing to Ari Seth Cohen of Advanced Style
It was simply a delight to be included and to share a bit of my journey with the 300 fellow bloggers and blog enthusiasts in the room:
If you were there or watched it on livestream, I hope you enjoyed. In case you missed it, I’m sure IFB will have a copy of the event on their website, www.heartifb.com.
For the occasion, I chose to pull on a vintage houndstooth Azzedine Alaia dress (fun fact, Rihanna wore a two piece version of the same dress back in 2009 to the Z100 Jingle Ball. I really didn’t realize Rih and I were vintage Alaia houndstooth twins until I googled ‘Rihanna and Houndstooth’ later that night. I’m dressing like Rihanna without even meaning to!). At any rate, I accessorized with a pair of Miu Miu oxfords, Lia Sophia silver earrings, and my bling bangles by Jessie Adore:
The weather is kind of a joke, so I threw on a vintage trench to combat the rains and blustery winds:
I’m off to the tents for my first show of fashion week, Nicholas K. I recently bought an Ipad (but don’t know how to use it yet–ha), so will do my best to update with all the news and insights from the tents throughout the day.
Smootches!
Photos by Marta McAdams. See more of her work at www.ms-takes.com.
See a few more pix from the event here:
Thanks to Jennine Jacob and Nubia Mejia of www.covetedmedia.com for extending the invitation!
OMG Claire u looked amazing, I rock dreadlocks too and am taking courage to dye my hair but it takes guts eheh… loved everything from head to toe. I have set on my goals list that next year i’ll attend to the IFB conference, as well as go to the Fashion Shows. You inspire me a lot. thanks for that.
Kisses from Mozambique – Africa =)
GRAND!!! I LOVE THE FIT
So nice to see Chicago’s Raijean Stroud of http://www.Swa-rai.com fashion blog kicking it with Claire. Looks so much fun. Love the locs Claire.
Fab. !
Claire your whole ensemble was beautiful . Loved it !
You looked great Claire:-)
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Yay, I’m on the Fashion Bomb site…. Love meeting you and Danielle aka Style and Beauty Doc.
It was a great event and I loved hearing your sincere/honest answers to all questions. Great job!
Claire, you looked great as usual… The shoes…J’adore!
Loves those shoes! Hope I get a chance to watch the conference online.
You look fabulous, Claire! Love those bright lips.
The colour is especially lovely. And your hair is so beautiful, too;-)
Love that lip colour. I’d love to see that dress altered with a scoop neckline though. Looking great as usual nonetheless.
OMG I die for Danielle’s lip colour, it looks ridiculously fab. They all look fab.
You look great Claire!!! So glad they were wise enough to include you on the panel. You are doing an awesome job!!!
Claire is such an inspiration :-)!
Hey Claire! You were ultra fab! Keep inspiring us. Definitely did not expect to see myself in this post. Thanks for featuring me again!
Looking awesome Claire, minus the eyelashes.. looking like they were put in in a hurry. I love your lipstick too! what brand is it?
I was admiring those Miu Miu oxfords lol. Loved your outfit and your contributions to the panel!
Danielle’s wearing her natural hair out. Yay!
And it’s nice to see some candid shots of those particular bombshells because their features used highly edited photos.
Respect.Great.Bloggers and love the Philly Bloggers!
Claire, you looked super cute. Congrats on being invited to participate in such a great event.
Great shoes!
LOVE the oxfords and lip! Taye is another one of my fave bloggers. Love it..
Claire…OMG Your legs. They’re sooooo toned and smooth and gorgeous. It’s crazy!
You were awesome! For some reason, I was nervous and didn’t go up to meet you! Oh, regrets.
You did great yesterday Claire. The panel was very informative. Also, you are effing FABULOUS, and such a cutie!
Congrat!!! I absolutely adore this blog!! I check it out at least 3x daily!!!! Please keep up the good work and thank you so much to you and your staff!~
Congrats!!! I absolutely adore this blog!! I check it out at least 3x daily!!!! Please keep up the good work and thank you so much to you and your staff!~
you def have the Rihanna vibe with that dress. Loves it. I left the conference early… wanted to see and meet you but the panels prior had me falling asleep and the lack of anything to drink upset me. I mean no water lol. I heard you did amazing though and hope to meet you some day :)
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You looked great especially your skin! Whatever products you use, I would like to know!!