We fell hard for Natalie Alcala last fall, when the L.A.-based writer and blogger spent a week guest blogging for us. In fact, we loved her posts so much that we asked her to be a contributing editor. In addition to blogging for us once a week, she’ll also be writing for the Birchbox Magazine and keeping us up to speed on all things fashion, beauty, and fun.
Ever since photographers, bloggers, and devastatingly cool fashion editors joined forces to increase the sartorial eye candy outside of runway shows, the streets of fashion week have become just as inspirational as the catwalks themselves. One originator of this phenomenon is photographer Tommy Ton; founder of the wildly popular street style blog, Jak & Jil.
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We have a deep, abiding love for all things fashion, which is why we often turn to stylish online boutique ModCloth to snag everything from chunky, bold bracelets to fancy frocks. This week, we asked the ModCloth fashion mavens to impart some of their style wisdom to us—and therefore you.
With warm weather (hopefully) just around the corner, it’s time to break out those spring dresses and let your hair down. Headbands are the ideal accessory for springtime looks, offering an easy way to dress up undone styles whether your hair is long or short. Here, I’ve styled three easy-to-achieve looks that can be finished in minutes!
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We have a deep, abiding love for all things fashion, which is why we often turn to stylish online boutique ModCloth to snag everything from chunky, bold bracelets to fancy frocks. This week, we asked the ModCloth fashion mavens to impart some of their style wisdom to us—and therefore you.
Every so often, all we crave is an old-fashioned movie night. Sometimes, things go wonderfully (like when we watched the German silent film Metropolis). And sometimes they go terribly (such as when we discovered Melissa Joan Hart and Mario Lopez’s Holiday in Handcuffs). So we thought we’d share a few of our go-to films for fashion and beauty inspiration for the next time you indulge in an impromptu movie night. These flicks feature femmes with expertly coiffed ‘dos, killer eyeliner, and, of course, obsession-worthy outfits.
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Bonnie & Clyde (1967) — Looking bad never looked as good as it did in this 1967 classic, which starred Faye Dunaway as Bonnie and Warren Beatty as Clyde. Bonnie’s swooping haircut, swipe of black eyeliner, and chic hat-and-scarf pairings have become as iconic as the duo itself.
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This week brought one of the most dreaded, or loved, holidays of the year: Valentine’s Day. No matter if you’re smitten or single, you’ll find nuggets of truth and hilarity in this week’s guest blogger posts from Annabel Acton, the Australian founder of Never Liked It Anyway. The genius site lets users buy and sell unwanted items from past relationships. Even better, though, it has a manual filled with “getting over it” tips, along with a forum with tell-all stories about the worst relationships ever. We’re huge fans, and know you will be, too! Read on for some great tips on living and loving.
It seems strange to me that there are so many sites to help you find love, but none to really help you when it falls apart. Think about it—there are sites for any kind of dating situation: dating right this minute, dating for married people, dating for swingers, and so on. You can even pay to have your profile written for you!
But when it comes to breakups there’s a big fat zero out there. So when they do happen, you feel doubly alone. Like you’re the only person in the world going through it, which obviously isn’t true. In the time it’s taken me to jam out these lines, someone, somewhere has just broken up.
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This week brings one of the most dreaded, or loved, holidays of the year: Valentine’s Day. No matter if you’re smitten or single, you’ll find nuggets of truth and hilarity in this week’s guest blogger posts from Annabel Acton, the Australian founder of Never Liked It Anyway. The site lets users buy and sell unwanted items from past relationships. Even better, though, it has a manual filled with “getting over it” tips along with a forum with tell-all stories about the worst relationships ever. We’re huge fans and know you will be, too! Read on for some great tips on living and loving.
The stories. Oh, the stories. We all have them, in different shapes and sizes, but the ones on Never Liked It Anyway now seem to be either disastrous or comical. Here, our favorites from the “Tell It” section.
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We fell hard for Natalie Alcala last fall, when the LA-based writer spent a week guest blogging for us. In fact, we loved her posts so much that we asked her to be a contributing editor. In addition to blogging for us once a week, she’ll also be writing for the Birchbox Magazine and keeping us up to speed on all things fashion, beauty, and fun.
Photos: Style.com
One of my favorite things to do at the end of fashion week is to thoroughly scan every show to round up the top looks. For fall 2012, I noticed that designers strayed from last year’s sportswear influence to produce pieces that played on both femininity and strength. Luxe fabrics, sheer elements, sharp layers, and fearless pattern-play all contributed to the season’s dressed-up approac. Here are fives runway looks that I’m dreaming of and a few tips on how you can rock the style at home.
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Every other week, our friends at Of a Kind introduce us to one of their amazing designers. This week, we’re loving K/LLER COLLECTION, a line of unexpected jewelry. The duo behind the line is as picky about their products as they are about the materials they use in their designs. Check out their Double Porcupine Drop necklace, made with real quills, and find out what beauty products they can’t live without.
The K/LLER COLLECTION Team Shares its Underground Beauty Finds
Before the two decided to start K/LLER COLLECTION together, jewelry designers Michael Miller and Katie deGuzman worked from the same dark basement studio—a space that speaks to their shared appreciation for a moody, unexpected aesthetic. (See, for instance, their Of a Kind edition, a necklace that incorporates both natural and brass-cast porcupine quills.)
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This week brings one of the most dreaded, or loved, holidays of the year: Valentine’s day. No matter if you’re smitten or single, you’ll find nuggets of truth and hilarity in this week’s guest blogger posts from Annabel Acton, the Australian founder of Never Liked It Anyway. The ground-breaking site lets users buy and sell unwanted items from past relationships. Even better, though, it has a manual filled with “getting over it” tips along with a forum with tell-all stories about the worst relationships ever. We’re huge fans, and know you will be, too! Read on for some great tips on living and loving.
Advice, it can be practical or useless. But before we hastily discredit the latter category, it’s worth remembering that “useless” is often funny. The Moving On Manual is a part of Never Liked It Anyway where people can add brief tips on how to move on quickly. Some practical advice includes nuggets like “buy a new bed, something you like, complete with new bedding.” This is perfect since you get the distraction of shopping plus the inexplicable excitement that new bedding can bring. There are other sage tips from seasoned dumpees like “get an extreme haircut when going through this life changing experience…” Practical and thrilling, but there are also incredibly comical tips like “my grandma told me the best way to get over a man is to get under another! It may be true, but so gross to hear from nan.” In fact, on second thought, this one delivers both humor and practicality.
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This week brings one of the most dreaded, or loved, holidays of the year: Valentine’s day. No matter if you’re smitten or single, you’ll find nuggets of truth and hilarity in this week’s guest blogger posts from Annabel Acton, the Australian founder of Never Liked It Anyway. The ground-breaking site lets users buy and sell unwanted items from past relationships. Even better, though, it has a manual filled with “getting over it” tips along with a forum with tell-all stories about the worst relationships ever. We’re huge fans, and know you will be, too! Read on for some great tips on living and loving.
I’d expected breakup bounty to mirror the sorts of stuff I was left with after my own split; concert tickets, jewelry, sweatshirts, tennis racquets, picture frames—goods well under the $300 mark. To my surprise, the site has become a bridal couture catalog in it’s own right. There are pages and pages of wedding gowns for sale among many other, high-priced goods. This certainly was not what I had in mind.
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This week brings one of the most dreaded, or loved, holidays of the year: Valentine’s Day. No matter if you’re smitten or single, you’ll find nuggets of truth and hilarity in this week’s guest blogger posts from Annabel Acton, the Australian founder of Never Liked It Anyway. The genius site lets users buy and sell unwanted items from past relationships. Even better, though, it has a manual filled with “getting over it” tips, along with a forum with tell-all stories about the worst relationships ever. We’re huge fans, and know you will be, too! Read on for some great tips on living and loving.
The first question anyone asks me about Never Liked It Anyway, is “how did you come up with the idea?”
Unsurprisingly, it was born out of personal experience. My boyfriend and I split five days before Christmas last year, and suddenly our planned holiday to London didn’t seem so appealing.
I eventually booked a flight to Argentina to meet friends. Somewhere in the all of the panic, I thought about all the things I had received from him, but didn’t want anymore: jewelry, tickets to shows, artwork. I started joking about a place that would let you sell all things ex. Everyone laughed, and I realized I was on to something. When I looked into the ugly world of online resources for breakups, all I could find were useless metaphors from “relationship experts” and boring, sad-sack blogs. Who wants to be told “It’s better to have loved and lost…” when you’re in the thick of a break-up?
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