Posts Tagged as ‘fashion blogger’

January 26, 2009

Shoppers Cast Your Vote!

When you go shopping, you want to feel good about your purchase, right?  You also want a helpful sales person or customer service associate available if you need assistance.
Recently, the results from the National Retail Federation Foundation/American Express Customers’ Choice survey were released.
Here are the top ten:

L.L. Bean
Overstock.com
Zappos.com
Amazon.com
Lands’ End
New Egg.com
JCPenny
QVC
Coldwater Creek
Nordstrom

The survey, which polled 8,167 [...]

January 23, 2009

Fashion Sensei Says…

Happy Friday!
It’s been some week here in the Sensei household, I was sick,  then my oldest was sick, followed by my youngest who spent the past two nights throwing up…  I need to find the number to call in for a mom’s personal day.  If anyone knows it, let me know!
 
That’s A’lotta Bananas!
Yesterday [...]

January 20, 2009

Free Cosmetics

As part of a class action settlement, some of retail’s biggest names such as Macy’s, Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue have begun dispensing some $175 million worth of free cosmetics and you can get yours too.
First, click on this link to see which stores near you are participating and what they will [...]

January 16, 2009

The "Mini Trend": Is Bigger No Longer Better?

While reading the Sun this afternoon, I stumbled upon an intriguing concept emerging from this recession, the “mini trend”.
In an effort to continue marketing to the “recessionista” crowd, the mini trend has emerged as a way of appealing to style junkies whose bank accounts are quickly becoming tapped out.
Instead of purchasing a full outfit that [...]

September 4, 2008

Japan FW TYO Spring/Summer 2009: Day 2

Day Two at Japan’s Fashion Week brings strong shoulders, more “ice cream cone” pants, HISUI seems to have a bone to pick with us, doll clothes, Cousin IT wigs, more ruffs and some ass kicking 80’s.
First up are the decidedly strong shoulders from designer Akira Naka.  For women who have the weight of [...]

September 2, 2008

Japan FW TYO Spring/Summer 2009

The home of trend setting fashion, Tokyo Fashion Week hit the runways yesterday.  The exciting spring/summer 2009 collections are rolling out this week in Japan and judging by the photos taken yesterday, Japan’s best designers are sure not to disappoint.
Designers Hokuto Katsui and Nao Yagi from mintdesigns, embodied the spirit of spring with a runway [...]

August 30, 2008

Fashion Lesson # 20: First Impression in 1/10 of a Second

For today’s Fashion Lesson, I wanted to share with you a fascinating and eyebrow raising book that I have been reading, The Power of Body Language by Tonya Reiman.  Ms. Reiman is a renowned body language expert, consultant, motivational speaker and appears weekly on The O’Reilly Factor. 
In her book, she explains the power of our [...]

August 27, 2008

Fashion Lesson #19 :Tim Gunn Touts Tailors

In honor of tonight’s Project Runway, I thought I would offer a Fashion Lesson from Tim Gunn concerning the need for a good tailor. 
Here are the tips Tim wishes us to aspire to.
BY ERIN WHITE • MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS
Gunn, “Project Runway” mentor and currently fashion’s favorite father figure, is an evangelist for [...]

August 21, 2008

Fashion Sensei Says…

Visual DNA

A friend of mine sent me this link for an interactive test to discover your Visual DNA.  You are taken through a series of pictures where you are asked to click on the photo that most appeals to you in that category.
At the end of the visual questionnaire, you will have a profile that [...]

August 20, 2008

Web Poll: Don or Don’t