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Wednesday January 23rd, 2013

The Most Influential Personal Style Bloggers Right Now
The Business

The Most Influential Personal Style Bloggers Right Now

Some say the age of the personal style blogger is over.

Today, the girl needs more than an outfit, a boyfriend, and a camera. Bloggers need to think about production quality, editorial strategy, and affiliate programs to really gain a foothold on the web. They are more like editors, creating publications worthy of a million-person audience than a few thousand super-fans.

Yet it still comes down that camera. Nine times out of 10, the bloggers who move merchandise, who get people talking, who attract repeat advertisers, love to strike a pose.

So we say the personal style blogger isn’t going anywhere—-in fact, she’s more powerful than ever.

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Tuesday October 23rd, 2012

10 Lessons I Learned at Teen Vogue‘s Fashion University That Will Help You Land Your Dream Job
Fashion Careers

10 Lessons I Learned at Teen Vogue‘s Fashion University That Will Help You Land Your Dream Job

This Saturday, I found myself among the hordes of well-dressed 16-24 year-olds at Teen Vogue‘s annual Fashion University event in Midtown Manhattan, where industry VIPS like as Grace Coddington, BryanBoy, Amy Astley and more, dropped their infinite fashion knowledge on us.

Competition for seats was fierce. Girls and boys from all over the world rushed and crushed into seats like their careers depended on it. And after everything I learned this weekend, maybe our careers did depend on it.

From working a part-time job at Starbucks, to online etiquette, to taking the time to enjoy just being a kid, here are the top 10 lessons I learned about how to land my fashion dream job.

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Saturday September 8th, 2012

Herve Leger Spring 2013
Reviews

Herve Leger Spring 2013

The Clothes: It’s no surprise that the Herve women is sexy and confident when she wears a frock, it’s just how she chooses to execute it. This season, she wears pale shades of grey and white punctuated with blues and black. The signature bod-cons were more intricate than ever with metal hardware and appliqués woven Read more →

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Thursday August 23rd, 2012

Tuesday July 17th, 2012

BryanBoy on Making Cocktails for Dolce & Gabbana, Crying (and Making Contestants Cry) on Top Model and a Possible Joint Project with Rumi Neely

BryanBoy on Making Cocktails for Dolce & Gabbana, Crying (and Making Contestants Cry) on Top Model and a Possible Joint Project with Rumi Neely

You’re about to see a whole lot more of OG fashion blogger BryanBoy. In addition to his big TV break as a judge on the upcoming season of America’s Next Top Model, he’s also wrapped a cute video series for Dolce & Gabbana where he worked just about every job for the label. And there might be more on screen appearances in the works. We chatted with the new New York-implant (he was moving in while we spoke and had been staying with fellow ANTM judge Kelly Cutrone until he found a place) about his transition to on-screen work, his latest projects, and new ones (possibly one with bff Rumi Neely) in the works.

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Tuesday May 15th, 2012

More Details on Fairchild’s Acquisition of NowManifest: BryanBoy and Rumi Neely Had No Idea It Was Happening

More Details on Fairchild’s Acquisition of NowManifest: BryanBoy and Rumi Neely Had No Idea It Was Happening

Seemingly out of nowhere, Fairchild Fashion Media, the unit of Condé Nast that publishes WWD and Style.com, announced that they had acquired NowManifest, which “hosts” fashion blogs BryanBoy, Fashion Toast, Anna Dello Russo, Mr. Blasberg, and Style by Kling. The acquisition is interesting because it means people who were once independent style bloggers are now part of one of the biggest media companies in existence. However, it also raises some questions, like…

Does Fairchild now technically own all of those blogs? Were the bloggers in on the deal? Or even aware of it? What changes will NowManifest and each of the blogs undergo as a result of the acquisition? What about editorial content?

While BryanBoy tells us he’s “thrilled to be working with Fairchild,” he reveals that he and the other bloggers–meaning Rumi Neely, Derek Blasberg and Anna Dello Russo–didn’t even know about the acquisition until less than 24 hours before it was announced–and even then he was lead to believe it was simply a partnership.

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Wednesday April 27th, 2011

Bryanboy, Rumi Neely and Elin Kling Are Now All On One Site and Possibly Setting Up Shop in NYC
Style

Bryanboy, Rumi Neely and Elin Kling Are Now All On One Site and Possibly Setting Up Shop in NYC

Why travel from store to store when it’s quicker and easier to get your shopping done at the mall? This seems to be the philosophy behind superblog Nowmanifest.

The new site is a one-stop shop for the leading personal style blogs. Starting last month, the individual online locations of Bryanboy, Rumi Neely‘s Fashiontoast, Elin King‘s Style by Kling, and the digital counterpart of Industrie magazine, bacame part of the Nowmanifest network.

The homepage boasts instant updates from each of the bloggers–their posts, Twitter feed, and comments from their readers, so you never have to miss a dramatic photo of Rumi in a parking lot or a drunken tweet from Bryanboy.

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Wednesday April 6th, 2011

Fashion News Roundup: Elle Denmark’s Cover is a Photoshop Fail, Garance Meets Jay Z, and More
Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Elle Denmark’s Cover is a Photoshop Fail, Garance Meets Jay Z, and More

Elle Denmark Likes Their Covergirls to Have Really Really Long Necks: Apparently homegirl on the right didn’t have a long enough neck. Don’t worry! Photoshop solves all physical imperfections. {The Gloss}

Naomi Campbell Opens a Pop-Up Shop for Charity: Naomi Campbell and her charity, Fashion for Relief, opened a pop-up shop in London stocked with gowns donated by designers like Givenchy, Christopher Kane, Stella McCartney, Victoria Beckham and Vivienne Westwood, with proceeds to benefit the Prince’s Trust charity–a charity that supports 14-30 year olds with practical and financial support to stay on track. In an interview with the soon-to-be-retired Hilary Alexander, Campbell says she’d love to open a permanent Fashion for Relief shop. {Telegraph}

Rumi Neely and Her Boyfriend Make a Noir Video: For Ralph Lauren Big Pony cologne. {Fashion Toast}

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Thursday February 17th, 2011

10 Things We Learned at New York Fashion Week: Fall 2011

10 Things We Learned at New York Fashion Week: Fall 2011

1. Sometimes, Tumblr tumbles. Despite the awesome access the Tumblrs received, including a private party at Donna Karan, breakfast with Nina Garcia, and more, the week’s events were reportedly badly organized.

2. Strippers are the new new thing. From go go girls at Rag & Bone‘s after party to casino hostesses at Karen Walker, topless dancers haven’t been this big since Striptease.

3. If you are under 21, you can still DJ an over-21 party. Thanks for the lesson in NY State law, Tavi.

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Last Night’s Parties: The Last Frontier, and Harley Turns 23
Fashion Week Parties

Last Night’s Parties: The Last Frontier, and Harley Turns 23

Thank goodness today marks the final day of New York Fashion Week, because we are in desperate need of some good old-fashioned zzz’s. Once yesterday evening’s shows wrapped, we headed down to Indochine to celebrate the sixth issue of The Last Magazine at the bar beneath the Lafayette Street eatery. The space was brimming with gorgeous faces–we spied former Last cover girl Anja Rubik among the revelers, as well as industry insiders like Matt Kays, Rumi Neely, and CA Creative’s Alexandra Weiss–and the Kanon Organic Vodka flowed freely. Zara Zachrisson and May Kwok were on DJ duty, and it quickly became clear that the space’s smoky back room housed the designated dance floor while the entryway lounge was strictly for rubbing shoulders with the genetically-blessed.

We finally made our way through the Marlboro haze–fresh copies of the glossy’s latest edition in hand–and up to midtown’s Lavo, where a slightly more dressed-down crowd fêted DJ duo Harley Viera-Newton and Cassie Coane’s 23rd birthdays.

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Thursday November 4th, 2010

You Can Open Your Own Online Boutique on the New Revolve
Retail

You Can Open Your Own Online Boutique on the New Revolve

Ever thought of opening your very own shop featuring your favorite clothes, shoes, and accessories? Well, fashionable e-tailer Revolve wants to fulfill your dreams.

On November 11, Revolve will relaunch with a new look and plenty of new features. These include more fashion editorials, more blog posts, and more tips from the site’s buyers and editors. But the most notable change is an opportunity for users to build their own online boutiques.

After creating a profile on Revolveclothing.com, a user can “heart” her favorite looks, which are then transferred into her own boutique. Any time another shopper buys something via her boutique, the “owner” receives a commission in the form of store credit. Commission can range from 1 to 10%, depending on how popular your boutique becomes. Ways to draw attention to your boutique include uploading blog posts and videos.

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Monday September 13th, 2010

Fashion News Roundup: Lady Gaga Loves Meat, Rebecca Minkoff Likes Fashion Toast & Alexander Wang Killed A Cockroach
Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Lady Gaga Loves Meat, Rebecca Minkoff Likes Fashion Toast & Alexander Wang Killed A Cockroach

McQueen’s Final Collection now in New York: Three pieces from Alexander McQueen’s final collection–his Fall/Winter 2010 collection–have made their way to windows of the late designer’s Meatpacking District store. {Racked}

Lady Gaga and Her Meat Dress: Last night was the MTV’s Video Music Awards. While accepting her award for Video of the Year, Lady Gaga came up on stage sporting a wacky meat dress. She also had a matching clutch and and platform shoes that were actually made of real meat. PETA, where are you? {JustJared}

Rebecca Minkoff Likes Bloggers: Rumi Neely of Fashion Toast was noticeably present at Rebeca Minkoff’s S/S 2011 presentation. However, she wasn’t there observing, she was actually one of the models. {Fashion Indie}

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