With cell phones keeping time, watches are less necessities, and more fashion accessories. Which is where FLUD watches come in:
Streetwise and funky, FLUDs are cute, modern and right on time:
Top Row: Tableturns Leather Band Watch, $80; Boombox Watch, $90. Bottom Row: Big Ben Watch, $90; Flud 33 1/3 Steel Band Watch, $60.
And at under $100, they’re supremely affordable!
Check out more here.
Y’all, not having a TV leads me on such random paths on YouTube. The other day I watched an oldie but a goodie, Coming to America, and had to post this for all you 80’s babies:
Sexual Chocolate!
What’s your favorite scene from the movie?
Oooh, I’m about to go online and restock all my MAC products!
Enjoy 25% off all products on www.maccosmetics.com by entering MACFF9 at checkout. I definitely will…I need more blot powder and lipglass!
*Offer Expires January 8th!
Go to DJPremium.com for sales on hot brands like Iodice, LaRok, and Custo Barcelona. A few picks:
1. LaRok Launch Party Jacket, $188. 2. Charlotte Ronson Belted Coat with Fur Pocket, $318. 3. Trovata Shawl Collar Sweater, $241. 4. Betsey Johnson Tiana Heel Boot, $198. 5. Custo Barcelona Sionin Fuxia Dress, $166. 6. L.A.M.B Mitaka Heels, $202. 7. Iodice Grecian Dress, $334. 8. Blank Skinny Pant with Zipper, $54. 9. Vivienne Tam Cat’s Meow Dress, $212.
Great choices, plus free shipping!
See more here.
Hey!
Adriana and I’s inboxes are frequently flooded with e-mails, asking everything from “How’d you get started??” to “How can I find out about the hot parties?“
To make it easy for you, we’ve decided to create a Fashion Bomb FAQ’s page.
Go here to leave a comment with your question, and we’ll update the FAQ’s section to answer them as soon as we can.
Ask away!
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Kathryn Finney!
With appearances everywhere, including the TODAY Show, E! News, CNN, InStyle, The New York Times, Essence, and People, Kathryn is a national force and one of the first fashion bloggers to break ground on the Internet.
I recently interviewed Kathryn to ask her about how she got her start and also get some tips on how to stay stylish in these lean times! She says, “I started The Budget Fashionista in the summer of 2003 from a love of fashion but a lack of cash. There were very few women-centered blogs–yet alone fashion blogs–at that time and no one was making money. It was a fun hobby and great way to keep up with friends.”
What began as a personal passion blossomed into a new media empire, as The Budget Fashionista became the #1 independent fashion blog on the Internet with over 2 million hits per month, and spawned TV appearances, spokesperson gigs with T.J. Maxx (among many others), and even a book, How to Be a Budget Fashionista–The Ultimate Guide to Looking Fabulous For Less.
On her keys to success, Kathryn advises, “Be yourself. Not Oprah. Not Puffy. Not me. Like Russell Simmons says, ‘Do You.’ It is much easier and sustainable than to try to be something you’re not. I would also say think about how much you want “it,” whatever “it” is to you. Are you willing to go broke? Work for free? It’s not an easy path, but if you focus on your goals and understand that everything has a path, then you can succeed.” 
On weathering the weak economy stylishly, Kathryn offers some real talk for compulsive shoppers. “Look at the value of the item before you buy it and do what I call the Cost Per Wear (CPW), which is the price of the item divided by the number of times you think you’re going to wear it. The CPW forces you to focus on the value of the garment to your closet NOT just the price.” Smart!
And what does this diva on a dime treasure most from her personal closet? “I love vintage coats, so I have this pink velvet coat with tiny silver stars that I got from a great vintage store called Polka Dots and Moonbeams in L.A. I love my black Cocoon jacket from the Norma Kamali line at Wal-Mart, and I live in my Assets (the cheaper hosiery line from Spanx) that I buy at Target!“
Was I the only one not up on Assets?? Kathryn knows her game for real. Thank you, Miss Finney!
~Adri
*See more at The Budget Fashionista’s site!
*Also, because we love you so much, The Fashion Bomb and Kathryn are giving away a copy of How To Be a Budget Fashionista to the first reader who can e-mail us the name of the iconic model posing with Kathryn and Carson Kressley in one of the above pictures. E-mail thefashionbombintern@gmail.com with your guesses–first correct answer wins!
This video is so quintessentially 1996, I can’t decide where to start.
~Mona Adri (I’m might have to go cop that doobie and some $54.11s now)
We here at the Fashion Bomb have been giving Vogue the side eye for quite a while, but it’s a whole different discussion when editor Cathy Horyn of the New York Times/ International Herald Tribune asks, “What’s Wrong with Vogue?”
In a January 1st article, she says, “There are too many stories about socialites or, at any rate, too few such stories that sufficiently demonstrate why we should care about these creatures. What once felt like a jolly skip through Bergdorf now feels like an intravenous feed. To read Vogue in recent years is to wonder about the peculiar fascination for the “villa in Tuscany” story. Ditto staff-member accounts of spa treatments and haircuts.” She pokes fun at Vogue’s attempt to deal with the recession by having a staffer go discover the ‘Wonders of Walmart,’ and says that Vogue, along with other fashion magazines, “do not seem to know how to relate to women in their 20s, except to throw celebrity pictures and clothes at them.” Ouch.
Read the rest here.
Cushnie & Ochs, created by Parson’s graduates and Ecco Domani Fashion Award recipients Carly Cushnie and Michelle Ochs, will be showing (again) at New York’s Fashion Week with the help of a $25,000 award:
Labeled the next Proenza Schouler, the ladies offer minimalist designs with a chic edge.
Not familiar with the line? A few looks from their Spring 2009 collection:
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Sort of obsessed with that beige cap sleeved number. Do you like?
