Britt Aboutaleb
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Fashionista Turns Five! Fashionista's Fourth Editor, Britt Aboutaleb, Takes a Look Back
Believe it or not, Fashionista turns five years old this month. Which is, you know, pretty old in blog years. To celebrate our big bday, we’ve asked all of Fashionista’s former editors (in chronological order that’s Faran Krentcil, Natalie Hormilla, Abby Gardner, Britt Aboutaleb, and Lauren Sherman) to reflect back on their time at Fashionista from the highs (seeing a Chanel show) to the lows (being chewed out by Arianne Phillips for leaking her fashion week plans and costing her a client). Last month (yes, we took a break on these nostalgia posts during fashion month), Fashionista’s third editor, Abby Gardner, enumerated her fondest Fashionista memories, Letterman-style with a top 10 list. Before her, Natalie Hormilla waxed nostalgic about afternoon Soho news-gathering strolls, and before her, the site's founding editor, Faran Krentcil, brought tears (of laughter and just aww-ness) to our eyes with her tales. Next up, my partner in crime, Britt Aboutaleb, the site's fourth editor and now the fashion news editor at Elle.com.
Would You Wear Lace Tights?
Prada just filled their Soho store windows with lace, and we're officially ready for Fall. We expect to see the feminine fabric everywhere come Septem
Adventures in Copyright: Stolen Mayle
Imagine being an independent designer known for your beautiful clothes - not for plastering your name all over shorts or being on a reality show. You'
Daisy Chain Breaks with IMG
IMG's celebrity-model roster is minus one. A spokesperson just confirmed a rumor that the agency parted ways with Gavin Rossdale spawn and British It-
Streetwalker: It Takes Two
Ariel and Charlotte, both aspiring stylists. Got Them: Walking down Mott St. and enjoying the sunny day. Stalked Them: Well, we didn't really have to
YSL to SF
It's not often that an important exhibit skips over New York to San Francisco without so much as a stop on the way back. But alas, the newly modern, (
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All Star Interns
Cumulatively, our office has interned at a lot of places. Important places. We've learned a lot. But we've never been paid. So if you're searching
Take a Bow
For the past few years, fashion has been playing a little game with us we like to call "just how big can purses get before people start realizing they
Would You Wear Black Lipstick?
Since the 90's and the Fall runways are what's on our minds most right now, we've been giving a lot of thought to black lipstick. We saw it at YSL and
Streetwalker: Floral Like it's 1999
Emily, Owns a small design studio for Baggu Got her: at Prince and Wooster Stalked her: Because florals were the thing this spring but Emily managed t
Is the Art Worth More Than the Clothes?
Start saving your pennies. Christie's just announced that they'll be auctioning off Yves Saint Laurent's weighty art collection come February of 2009.
Streetwalker: Forever 21 Meets Morocco
Joanna, landscape designer and Karen, casting agent. Got them: Heading to our favorite bagel place on Prince for lunch, we had to chase them down. Sta
Adventures in Copyrights: Bat Crazy
To be honest we were sort of waiting for this moment. Ever since Luella's eclectic punk Spring 08 show, the collection has been making ripples through
Inside the Designer's Studio: Lady Grey Jewelry
Lady Grey's Brooklyn studio is stacked high with metals, chemicals and found objects from an abandoned pantyhose factory on Brooklyn's Dead Horse Bay.
PR5 Forecast: Sunny With A Chance of Drama
Season 5 of Project Runway starts at 9 sharp on Wednesday. Needless to say, we're just a tiny bit excited. Because, really, what are they going to com
Adventures in Copyright: Er, Improvements?
We love Prada. We love black. We love gold. And we love the 70's. Unfortunately, a combination of all of the above doesn't necessarily make for a fa
Stephanie's Spells
Stephanie Seymour's one busy lady these days. Aside form her usual supermodel duties and raising four kids, the perfect body is about to debut as expe
Streetwalker: Anna Get Your Gun
Anna, 24 Designer for Ksubi Denim Got Her: About to hop on her bike and ride down West Broadway. Stalked Her: Because her overalls, wayfarers, and lit
Will Dance For Scarves
If Hermès said dance, would you? We obviously would, and so would Juliette Binoche. Well, she is. We just don't really get why. WWD says, "Hermès
Maier's Shining Knight
Nick Knight, fashion photographer, Showstudio director and Kate Moss friend, photographed Bottega Veneta's upcoming fall campaign says WWD. It's the f
Rihanna For Gucci For Unicef For Sure
Rihanna's landed a major international campaign. While Chanel, Prada and Louis Vuitton are re-living the 90's, Gucci's chosen the twenty-year-old pop
Miranda's Making Waves
Miranda Kerr might have been named the 10th highest paid model by Forbes this year, but we still know her as the Victoria's Secret girl who dates Orla
A Swarovski Secret
We saw this Rag & Bone dress at Neiman Marcus last weekend when we were home for the 4th. We actually kind of loved it, even though we're generally no