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A Decade in Digital: Jane Aldridge Is Grateful Sea of Shoes Has Never Changed
"I don't know of a life outside of this, in a way, which is scary but also cool."
Our Top 5 Street Style Snaps from New York Fashion Week: Day 8
And that's a wrap! The last day of fashion week revealed cooler weather and significantly more laid-back outfits--we know we're sick of running around in heels as much as the next person. Today our camera snapped Seas of Shoes blogger Jane Aldridge, model Sui He, and more as Lincoln Center comes to a calm. Click through for their inspired end-of-fashion-week getups.
Street Style Snaps From New York Fashion Week: Day Eight
We've reached the end of fashion week--but not the end of street style! Check out what we snapped on day eight.
The Most Influential Personal Style Bloggers Right Now
So we say the personal style blogger isn't going anywhere—in fact, she's more powerful than ever.
Still More Fallout on that Controversial Sea of Shoes Profile: Jane Aldridge Speaks Out Again
Sea of Shoes' Jane Aldridge became the subject of heated criticism last week when a Texas Monthly profile on her went viral. Certain quotes (like the one where she says “Why should I go to college?") and certain anecdotes (like when she expressed her disdain for wearing a Splendid brand t-shirt), especially when taken out of context, had fashion blogs buzzing and commenters crying "mean girl." Jane Aldridge first responded to the controversy last week in a blog post, which called out NY Mag's The Cut specifically for writing an "out-of-context" and "below-the-belt" take on the Texas Monthly profile. Now she's spoken out again, this time to ABC News of all places.
Fashionista Week in Review: The Sea of Shoes Controversy, How To Dress Like a Spice Girl Today and the Best Fashion Schools for Marketing, Journalism, and PR
Get Your Girl Power On: Nearly 15 years later, it is still all about the Spice Girls as a musical based on the group is in the works. Chances are good you've picked a favorite and stuck with her (Ginger!) and we put together a guide to recreating those infamous looks. We think it's high time Union Jack motifs and platform boots made their comeback. Hip Hop and High Fashion: Rappers and hip hop artists have never shied away from the fashion world, and with recent releases by Kanye West and Nicki Minaj, we're reminded just how much our favorite MCs love their labels. Naturally, we had to put together a list of our top 10 favorite fashion-related rap lyrics. Fashion U:Thinking about going to school for a fashion-related major? We did some research and put together our top 10 schools for industry jobs outside of design (think: PR, journalism, marketing, etc.,). Start working on that admissions essay! ControverSea of Shoes: What started out as a local profile piece has turned into quite a storm over the Sea of Shoes. Blogger Jane Aldridge says the whole thing is "grossly exaggerated" and in need of serious fact-checking, but the author of the original profile is standing up for his piece.
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More Sea of Shoes Fallout: 'I Really Do Like Jane Aldridge' Says Texas Monthly Profile Writer
The fashion blogosphere blew up yesterday after an article that Jason Sheeler wrote about Sea of Shoes blogger Jane Aldridge for Texas Monthly started getting circulated online. The piece was a lenghty profile, published after Sheeler spent four weeks with Jane and her family, in which he doubtless amassing a lot of quotes and anecdotes. Well, some of Jane's quotes, most notably this one: “Why should I go to college? I’m already doing what I want. prompted a lot of online discussion, much of it not so nice. Jane fired off a rebuttal yesterday, alleging that the college quote was "blatantly made up" and the Texas Monthly article in general was "for the most part extremely flattering, but grossly exaggerated and highly stylized." She also blasted The Cut for taking quotes out of context and for writing about her little sister, Carol. In a post on the Texas Monthly blog today, Sheeler weighs in to pretty eloquently defends both himself and his magazine, faulting the blogosphere for their part in creating what he's calling a "tragicomic tempest." He also sticks up for Jane and her family...
Sea of Shoes' Jane Aldridge Responds to Controversial Profile, Says Quotes Are 'Blatantly Made Up'
Jane Aldridge, of the popular style blog Sea of Shoes, just scored a lengthy profile in Texas Monthly written by Jason Sheeler, and it's earned her s