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Links a la Mode - July 2

The Whole Woman

Edited by Debutante Clothing I love being a woman. I love that we can have the best of both worlds – being fun and feminine and a successful career women. This week, I’ve selected a round up of links that really represents the whole woman. From being natural and vulnerable enough to go without make-up as Style Symmetry does in her beautiful post, to The Demoiselles’ post about breaking body image and fashion rules. And for those of us that are caught up in this difficult job-seeking market, there are even work fashion posts from Work Chic and Fasshonaburu. But we can’t be so serious all the time right? So for us women just needing a fun and frivolous escape, there are loads of fashion finds and even some giveaways to help us bask in our glorious womanhood. Enjoy!

Links à la Mode : July 2nd

• Bobbins And Bombshells: – finds the perfect vintage items for a picnic!
• Bonne Vie: – Jesica Milton – a few quick questions with a local designer (and some down to earth advice for aspiring fashion designers)
• Breakfast at Saks: – interviews Dana-Maxx about Betsey Johnson, Marc Jacobs, and her new F/W collection “Sex, Love, and Heartbreak”
• Clutch 22: – Exclusive sneak peek at I Heart Norwegian Wood for Shrimpton Couture collection!
• Daisy Fairbanks: – Farewell to Farrah, Style Icon
• Debutante Clothing: – Sail Away with Vintage Sailboat finds
• Dramatis Personae: – shares the Alice & Isa Boutique, showcasing the best of independent San Francisco designers.
• Fabulous Finds and Co.: – Glam rock gals that have a serious talent in spotting the latest trends and creating them.
• Fashion Fight Club: – New Legal Troubles for Forever 21 and the Bill Status of the Design Piracy Prohibition Act
• Fashion Is the Best Medicine: – Revisiting some of the trends Michael Jackson started, and no, they’re not exclusively fashion trends.
• Fasshonaburu: – Afraid of losing your job? Boost job security by builidng your work wardrobe!
• fête à fête: – Take care of your skin – organic sun care from Juice Beauty
• Mademoiselle Robot: – The Summer holidays are here so I compiled some useful packing tips!
• Mystery Creature: – Getting inspired – can work-wear look cool?
• Retro Chick: – Something Old Something New: Oxfam launches DIY competition with celebrity stylist Mrs Jones
• Style Symmetry: – Going Make Up Less in support of all womens natural beauty!
• Super Kawaii Mama: – The Fabulous World of the Himegyaru
• The Coveted: – Win a par of We Love Colors Tights!
• The Demoiselles: – Calling all extremists! Jennifer Nicole tells us all why, in fashion, being “normal” is a bad thing.
• Think Thru Fashion: – Farrah Fawcett’s Fashion Lives On: Spring trends reflect the iconic 70s style of the Charlie’s Angels actress.
• Work Chic: – We show how you can incorporate vintage dresses into your work attire with our new video style series!

Links a la Mode - April 16

The Interview Process

Edited by Dramatis Personae Welcome, Cher, to a lovely round-up of Links á la Mode! While putting together this week’s list, I noticed a trend emerging… we had all of these fantastic interviews and features on independent designers! From handbags at a Few Goody Gumdrops and High Maintenance Woman, to fashion musings at the Demoiselles, Solo Lisa, and Breakfast at Saks, I couldn’t help myself. I hope that reading these interviews is as inspiring to you as it was for me! There’s the full version of Links á la Mode here in the forums… there’s a lot of great posts there too. 

Links à la Mode : April 16th

• 39thandbroadway.com - The Evil Fashion Boss
• 3stylelife - Microdesign F: Chalk
• A Few Goody GumDrops: - A Few Goody Gumdrops is “Inspired” by Handbag Designer, Katherine Kwei and Her Eternity Knot
• Being High Maintenance, not Bitchy: - Getting to know… designers of Be & D Handbags
• Breakfast at Saks: - Brand Love: Ellery
• Broke & Beautiful - ECIG: JaJo Couture
• Daisy Fairbanks Vintage: - In Your Easter Bonnet - The Art of the Hat
• Debutante Clothing: - Thrifting Words to Live By - Search High and Low - A Tale of Prada
• dramatis personae - Beach Blanket Bingo! Kiss & Dashing Diva Beauty Giveaway
• fete a fete: - Eminence Biodynamic Collection
• Independent Fashion Bloggers: - Top 5 Traffic Yielding Social Networks for Fashion Blogs
• Instant Vintage - Lil Shop of Horror: Urban Outfitters
• Munique Fashions: - Organizing Carrie Bradshaw’s wardrobe
• Retro Chick - Totally Clueless
• shopfair: - Fair Trade Jeans Special
• Solo Lisa: - From Shanghai With Love: An Interview With Helen Lee
• Super Kawaii Mama - Being Joan
• SwanDiamondRose: - ~the SWANclothing TINY ROSE purse~
• The Coveted: - This Old Rag? Our Lurking Treasures
• The Curvy Fashionista: - Top Fashion Do’s for the Plus-Size Curvy Fashionista
• The Demoiselles - Birds of a Feather: Lady Smaggle

Links a la Mode - April 2, 2009

Links à la Mode: IFB Weekly Roundup

Back to the Future

Edited by Debutante Clothing

I was honored to be asked to be and Independent Fashion Blogger editor. The diversity here is so impressive. This week, Dramatis Personae continues series on corsets, Clutch 22 shows us a rockin’ bondage anklet DIY, Daisy Fairbanks shares drool worthy vintage gowns going up on the auction block, and WendyB takes us back to the future in 80s jackets. Enjoy!

Links à la Mode : April 2nd

• 39thandbroadway.com - Clothes don’t just make themselves. Seriously!
• alixrose - Snap Style Shot Interview with Clutch22
• Breakfast at Saks - An interview with Nicole LaFave, creative director of Omelle shoes
• clutch 22 - DIY - From Belt to Bondage Anklets in 20 minutes
• Daisy Fairbanks Vintage - Drool-worthy vintage auction in Chicago
• Debutante Clothing - Debutante Clothing produces a video of Decades’ vintage couture runway show
• dramatis personae - How to Buy a Corset {part 2}: Exploring Cost, Sizing, Styles, and other features when buying a corset.
• FashionMind Total Black.
• Fasshonaburu - Life After Out Of Stock: Tips for surviving a fabulous item going out of stock before you can buy it!
• Independent Fashion Bloggers - Fair Use Explained: More on Copyrighted Images on Blogs
• LA Pretty - Our coverage of Los Angeles Fashion Week:
• Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Fashion Curly Hair is Beautiful- A chance encounter gets me thinking about beauty standards and their impact on young girls.
• Mademoiselle Robot - A vintage style consultation with Vintage Secret.
• Nico Assatly - On the set of Ugly Betty!
• Or False Glitter - An eyeliner guide from an eyeliner lover
• reLYME - A look back at two of Britain’s most famous 1960’s models, Celia Hammond and Patti Boyd.
• Retro Chick - Clutter City: Retro Chicks first trip to the Norwich handmade and craft fair
• Super Kawaii Mama - DIY Couture - Vintage Style.
• THE COVETED - Interview with Socially Conscious, Rock & Roll Fashion from EDUN
• The Musings of Ondo Lady - Looking through the lens of iconic photographer, Annie Lebovitz
• Wendy Brandes Jewelry - Nice try, Balmain. This is what an ’80s jacket looks like

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Links A La Mode - 12/11

Links à la Mode : December 11th

Fash-Obsessed

• A Few Goody GumDrops - A Few Goody Gumdrops is cuffing her wrists with the Red Crocodile Bracelets from Nancy Gonzalez!
• Caged Lilies - Feeling russian. Chanel pre fall 09 review
• Capitola Girl Jewelry Blog - I’m having a girl moment…
• Couture Allure Vintage - Couture Allure takes a look at fashion photography of Hiro from 1966.
• Debutante Clothing - Vintage Dress Silhouettes Over the Decades
• Fashion Birdcage - MATERIALBYPRODUCT Template Spring Summer 09 Collection
• fashion in my eyes - Coco in motion
• Fashion Pulse Daily - Fashion Pulse’s runway look of the day is none other than Rodarte’s Grecian goddess gowns - check out what we think about it!
• Fasshonaburu - Why should the mortgage companies and auto industry get all the breaks? A fashion industry bailout proposal.
• Flights of Fab Fashion Fancy - At Flights of Fab Fashion Fancy diamonds are a girl’s best friend!
• Iole in fashion - Sunglasses
• O.M.O. Writes - FASHION ICON: International Stylist, Catherine Baba. Hailed the “most stylish woman in Paris,” she epitomizes glamour and gaudiness!
• Shopping and Info - The scoop on Nicole Richie and Kim Kardashian wearing Rozae Nichols
• Style Discovery - Introducing young designers from the West Australian Institute of Fashion and Textile. Style Discovery’s show coverage, interviews and more.
• SwanDiamondRose - Mandy aka Yarnageddon is co-author of the upcoming Yarnbombing book.
• The Subadult Years - My fabulous sample sale example with Canadian designer Lucian Matis
• Tierra M Wilson - Fashion Gives Back In Arizona

It’s a little personal

• Being High Maintenance, not Bitchy - How to wear vests part 1: how the ladies rock it
• Dirty Laundry - Red: The first of a week long monochromatic experiment.
• dramatis personae - Bringing Back Burlesque… ways for the average girl to incorporate the glamour and glitz of Burlesque in to her wardrobe.
• la boudoir - Perfect Party Picks - Dresses to wear to that upcoming holiday party
• Little Black Book - The guide to online clothes shopping and where to look.
• In Life and In Fashion - Hibernation Helper: How to stay stylishly warm when it is c-c-c-cold outside! Brrrr!
• Or False Glitter - -Style crisis! Do we choose our style or does it choose us?
• shopfair - A guide to successful color matching. Find the right colors for your skintone and create colorful outfits.
• Style Symmetry - I Love London! Do you?
• THE COVETED - DIY : Turn old sweaters into lovely opera gloves.

‘Tis the Season

• AlysiaMarie.com - Trend Guide this Season =)
• Diary of a Style Addict - Is telling you how to get 10 smackeroos for your desigenr shopping this holiday season
• Mademoiselle Robot - Stylish gift ideas for your favourite sister (see also mum, grandma etc)
• Retro Chick - Last Minute Gifts for disorganised Retro Chicks
• The Sassy Peach - The Sassy Peach Holiday Gift Guide! 20 gifts under !

You are Beautiful

• ShopDiary - finds some fantastic deals on cosmetics and fragrances at Costco, of all places!
• Summershoes - Tips and Tricks and Beauty Secrets: Easy to make Papaya Mask
• Your Style Star - Hot Lip Tips

Chic Geek

• Independent Fashion Bloggers - IFB Traffic School: SEO a Go-Go
• Petite Bourgeoisie - Fashion Blog Design - The Options
• Technology Starlet - The HP Mini 1000 Vivienne Tam Digital Clutch Is Finally Her
• Dogmom’s Dish - Inside Tokidoki’s Inspiration

Links A La Mode - 12/4

Links à la Mode : December 4th

• 39thandbroadway.com - The nitty, gritty, down and dirty, details of working in the fashion industry that nobody prepares you for!
• A Few Goody GumDrops - A Few Goody Gumdrops is giving away two to-die-for Katherine Kwei ever so chic handbags!Enter to Win!
• Being High Maintenance, not Bitchy - Look divine this season, whatever your budget, in hot holiday jewellery
• Capitola Girl Jewelry Blog - Which came first…the button or the button-hole?
• Clutch 22 - Clutch 22 cut up a dress to create DIY Studded Oxfords
• Couture Allure Vintage Fashion - How to party like it’s 1959! Vintage looks for a 50th birthday gala.
• Debutante Clothing - Vintage Fashion History - What’s Wrong with Bows and Zippers?
• dramatis personae - An interview with Xenia of Lime Crime Makeup (and Doe Deere Blogazine) about her new make-up line.
• fashion in my eyes - Word on the street with Sasha Pivovarova
• Fashion Pulse Daily - Fashion Pulse finds ways to get all gussied up for holiday parties via Target for under !
• Fasshonaburu Fashion - Gift Guide for shopping for the label-obsessed, Gossip Girl watching teen during these economic hard times.
• Flights of Fab Fashion Fancy - Flights of Fab Fashion Fancy is loving these effortless-looking, chic looks! Yay for black! It always works!
• If Wishes Were Clothes Horses… - My exclusive interview with eccentric stylist, editor, notorious club personality and club night host JACK MITCHELL. He doesn’t mince his words, check it out…
• In Life and In Fashion - Handbag Heaven or Hell? A perfectly organized handbag!
• Independent Fashion Bloggers - How To Write The Perfect Holiday Gift Guide
• Mademoiselle Robot - My crush on Claire Fisher from Six Feet Under.
• MY Fashion Frenzy - My FIRST ‘Black Friday’ experience. “The phrase “crazy holiday shoppers” is an understatement!”
• Nothing Elegant - Artist Gustave Klimt and his lifelong partner Emile Floge were influential fashion reformers, and their work is still inspiring designers today.
• Or False Glitter - Advertising perfume: the mystery behind a physical representation of smell
• Pencil - sd looks at how some bloggers use what they already have to create a completely unique and one-of-a-kind look.
• Petite Bourgeoisie - John Caplan - The Man Behind Ford Models
• respectfully yours - stylish gentleman: daniel craig as james bond.
• Shopping and Info - Shopping and Info has the info on what Demi Lovato wore at the Twilight Premiere.
• Smart Geezer - Girls! 10 Tips For Men’s Clothes Shopping!
• Style Discovery - Who’s liking to my blog? Style Discovery’s 3rd bloggin tip post.
• Style Symmetry - Stop by and Celebrate our One Year Blogaversary!
• Stylish Thought - The Good Side of Sequins
• Technology Starlet - The Technology Starlet chicBuds Holiday Gift Giveaway
• The Bare Skinny - Fashion on the Go…Fabulous Iphone Apps.
• THE COVETED - Lucky 13 Vintage Holiday Dresses
• The Style PA - Going gaga for Lady Gaga. How one women is changing my mind about eighties fashion…
• we wear things - We Wear Things goes Masked Avengers!