I’ve been told that my style is reminiscent of Patti Smith or Stevie Knicks on more than one occasion.  I like my tops oversized and my pants the opposite which makes for a boyish silhouette that reflects my primary goal of being comfortable over anything else.  I probably spend more time wearing my brothers’ hand-me-downs or the leftover garments of past relationships than anything low-cut, slinky or curve revealing.  I just like... 

I don’t know about you guys but most lady rappers I see in the limelight these days either annoy me to no end or bore me to the same degree. Ok, Nicki Manaj is ridiculously catchy; that song “Super Bass” has some smooth dance floor merits. And I’ll admit, I definitely got down to a moombahton remix of Kreayshawn’s “Gucci Gucci” back when that track was hot. But really, the sugary, whiney stuff about chasing after the guy who “might... 

Streetstyle pictures that pour forth from music festivals like SXSW are kinda like gummy worms to me. I crave them, eat a handful and quickly get so sick and tired of the same sweet taste that I wanna vomit or never look at anything gummy or sweet again but then moments later I dig right back in. I rifle through those endless streams of cute girls in similarly cute outfits and recall lines from “Almost Famous” about groupies and band aides... 

I have kind of a love/hate relationship with my hair. Come to think of it, that might be a universal. You can’t tell me you don’t check your hair in your reflection in a window every chance you get. Just me? No way, don’t even pretend like you don’t. We fix flyaways, tousle messy curls, and attempt to tame sex-hair until we finally say “fuck it” and just pull it back or throw on a hat. I’d like to see an infographic on the amount of... 

Last week, Marc Jacob’s entire spring collection was somehow stolen while en route from Paris to London. It was on its way to a press junction for the British fashion editors to get their first sample of the trendsetting monolith’s 2012 efforts. The items in question are actually sample pieces, as yet undistributed, so all you keen-eyed fashion bloggers out there with a penchant for spotting faux Chanel bags here’s your chance to... 

I finally started to reflect on our collective experience of last week’s filming and reality acting. We touched down in NY, a place that’s become my second home ever since I got involved with FrockOn, and we were whisked off into docu-land where you have to change your shirt three times in a day and fix your make-up every hour. The real-life experience of that which is always mediated through the Internet was an enigma, an emotional one. I’d... 

photo by Ian Tak Momyer She’s a model, she’s an event planner, she’s a stylist.  Pittsburgh based rising fashion star Elysia Purnell is following her dreams of becoming a full-fledged, Vogue caliber stylist as an entrant in Shoptopia’s Project Style Competition.  She’s made it all the way through four rounds already and needs your votes to polish it off in round five. The competition is pretty much a dream.  She... 

This weekend the neighborhood of Fort Greene, Brooklyn came together in celebration of music, art, and damn good jerk chicken wings. The Fort Greene Festival proffered a lineup ripe with hip-hop and soul, two of the sounds that flourished in the area and continue to paint it with flashes of culture significance. Fort Greene is a historically vibrant area of Brooklyn and to this day is the home of many a cultural institution including the Brooklyn... 

In my day-to-day sartorial life, I tend to wear pins that have been handed to me at after parties or shows, record stores or tattoo parlors. I rock a hipster barrage of small, circular badges that say, hey, I do cool stuff or have friends that do cool stuff and want to use me as a billboard to advertise their cool goings on. I rock ‘em, willingly, because they add personality to an outfit, a little colorful cluster of logos and weird slogans... 

Sixth Street, downtown Pittsburgh was abuzz with the cocktail dress clad and suit wearing party-goers of the Maniac Magazine launch party held at the swanky Renaissance Hotel last Friday night.  The hotel was decked out and packed with the who’s who of Pittsburgh sophisticates, a set that ranged from The Mattress World fam to the Frost & Co. fam to Luke Ravenstahl, among others who are well-to-do, powerful, or something.  The party was...