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Sunday May 19th, 2013

Fashionista’s First-Ever Conference, All The Fashion at Cannes, and More Met Ball
Week In Review

Fashionista’s First-Ever Conference, All The Fashion at Cannes, and More Met Ball

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You Are Cordially Invited to Our First-Ever Conference: Find out what it takes to “make it” to the top of the fashion pile, as well as how to network and find alternative fashion careers, from the industry’s top professionals at Fashionista’s first conference, “How to Make It in Fashion.” We are so lucky to have Zac Posen as our keynote speaker, as well as Rebecca Minkoff, Leandra Medine of fashion blog Man Repeller, and Rachel Antonoff as panelists. Sign up here!

We’re On Cannes Watch: We’re keeping track of all the fashion that’s walking the annual Cannes Film Festival red carpet. We identified 10 international style stars to watch out for and spotted some interesting things—like Julianne Moore’s crazy tortured-looking feet in platform stilettos!

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Published at 4:00 PM

Friday May 10th, 2013

StyleLikeU Founders Open Up About the Perks and Perils of Being a Mother-Daughter Team
People We Like

StyleLikeU Founders Open Up About the Perks and Perils of Being a Mother-Daughter Team

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Lily Mandelbaum and Elisa Goodkind, the women behind online style zine StyleLikeU, might just be fashion’s most well-traveled closet-raiders. They also happen to be mother and daughter.

Here, they share with us what it’s like to work together, just in time for Mother’s Day.

“We’ve been so much about everybody else the whole time,” shared Elisa, “but we recognize that we have a story to tell as well and that, with our relationship, the reason we’re doing this is super deep and personal so that it’s important to also show that to the world.”

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Published at 5:05 PM

Thursday May 9th, 2013

Beauty Tips We Learned from Our Moms
Fashion Insiders Tell All

Beauty Tips We Learned from Our Moms

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To celebrate Mother’s Day (which is this Sunday, so don’t forget to call your mom!), we’ve asked tons of people in the fashion and beauty industries for the most memorable beauty tip their moms ever gave them. Our moms are our first teachers after all. While we got some traditional mom-isms like, “Always wash your face!” we got plenty of unique bits of wisdom, too. (There are also a disproportionate amount of women who learned to worship at the altar of Clinique’s Three-Step System thanks to their moms.)

Click through to see what Jerry Hall, Georgia May Jagger, Pat Cleveland, Doutzen Kroes, Aerin Lauder and tons more learned from their moms.

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Published at 5:38 PM

Monday May 14th, 2012

Friday May 11th, 2012

Thursday May 10th, 2012

The Ultimate Fashionista Mother’s Day Gift Guide for Every Type of Mom
Gift Guide

The Ultimate Fashionista Mother’s Day Gift Guide for Every Type of Mom

by Hayley Phelan & Jihan Forbes

In a perfect world, we’d all have bought our Mother’s Day gifts weeks ago. They would be expertly wrapped, ready to go, and paired with the finest of overpriced greeting cards from Kate’s Paperie. But we live in the real world, and we’re a little ashamed to say that we haven’t bought our gifts yet. And we know you haven’t either.

If you’re still clueless about what to get mom, fear not. We’re here to help. We’ve compiled some of the coolest gifts for your mother, no matter what she’s into. Whether she’s a fierce fashionista, insatiable foodie, or a tech nerd, we’ve got the perfect gifts sure to remind her who her favorite child is (that would be you).

Click through to see our picks.

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Published at 6:53 PM

Thursday May 3rd, 2012