Kara Ross It is definitely the year of the Dragon this spring or at least the reptile. Snakeskin is everywhere this year and no one puts it on a pedestal better than Kara Ross. She presents colorful textures of skins in a setting fit for the finest gemstones. Plus she is a creative mom that [...]
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Occupy Libertine! Protesting Everyday Fashion Trends
While I was covering New York Fashion Week Spring 2012 this past September, I got to interview a few designers about their collections for next year and sneak in a few questions about how their childhood still inspires their creativity. The most standout designers that really captured the rebellious sentiments of what would become the “Occupy Enter [...]
A Fashion Story
In honor of this Friday’s fashion event that will benefit Partners for Quality I give you a fashion story by me Last September, I had so many cocktails at the Pittsburgh Fashion Story charity function held at J Verno Studios in the South Side that I filled my nursing anatomy with vodka infused leche the [...]
Grace, Glamour and Girl Talk with New Zealand Designer Rebecca Taylor
- first published in Maniac Magazine May 2011 With a romantic, but edgy sensibility Rebecca Taylor has charmed celebrities, boutiques and department stores with her classic, but youthful style. For this journalist she was also a much needed smile during the stress and party scene at New York Fashion Week. I was five months pregnant [...]
Wear a little Sex and the City
Sex and the City Charms published it the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Wednesday, May 19, 2010 By Sarah Lolley In time for the release of two summer movies, Dogeared Jewelry & Gifts is releasing lines of jewelry inspired by the original media.This month, the iconic TV series “Sex in the City” gets a necklace charm line. Later [...]
Adventures in Swimwear
When my editor at the Post-Gazette asked me to write an article about swimwear, he asked me to focus on “regular women.” I quickly responded thatthey didn’t exist, and that is what is wrong with swimwear; women are not regular. Either small on top, or big on bottom, or just plain soft all over, women were [...]
Shopping Sample Sales – Recessionista Style
First Published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette March 28, 2010 NEW YORK — You don’t have to be a die-hard fashion fanatic to access the crazed sample sale events that appeared in episodes of “Sex and the City” and the movie “Confessions of a Shopaholic.” New York City is packed with destinations and boutiques dedicated to [...]
Mama goes to New York Fashion Week
Fashion Week Presents Unusual Challenges NEW YORK — Despite the snow that blanketed the city at the start of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week last Thursday, attendees arrived at Bryant Park already nostalgic for the 17-year-old venue (the shows will move to Lincoln Center next season). I showed up five-months pregnant, curious about the glamorous sect. After [...]
Little Fashionistas: Couture your Children
Couture designers creating clothes for children that mimic their adult collections Published on March 17, 2010 in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette by Sarah Lolley One of the biggest trends in designer apparel in the past years has been the shrinking of garments to fit the smallest of consumers — tots. Couture children’s clothes that reflect their [...]
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