On Tuesday night, I went with my friends Keiko and The Owls, to a jewelry making party at Fenton/Fallon, located near the end of Freeman Alley in the LES, where we played with chains, jewels and more chains to create our very own necklaces. The vibe was great, with India Jewel-Jackson, a.k.a. DJ Belle de Jour [...]

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Um, is this a stroke of genius or what? The lovely Krystal, of This Time Tomorrow has gone and done it again. Not only is she an awesome person, but I love her style in general. She is always coming up with ingenious ways to wear regular pieces of clothing by adding her own twist [...]

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I recently combined forces with my decor savvy best friend Allison, of Swatchbook to work on a very fun DIY t-shirt project for All You. Our assignment: take ordinary T-shirts and use very simple sewing or non-sewing techniques to create fashionable tops. After a couple weeks of hard work, we came out with 11 transformed [...]

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Lanvin, spring 2010 Kelly’s DIY take on the lovely shoe/ankle jewels. The other day I was perusing my favorite fashion blogs and came across this photo on Kelly’s blog, The Glamourai, and was instantly taken with the idea. (Read her original post here!) I love the ones she created on her own, shown above, and [...]

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How pretty is this tank?! Krystal of the awesome blog, This Time Tomorrow, wore this lovely top the other day and now I’m craving one for myself. I see a DIY project in my future…watch out MJ Trimming, here I come!

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It all started with this sweet little sundress… With all the recent dress alterations that my Grandmother did, I had lots of fabric/hems left over and decided to put them to good use. Thank goodness she saved them! Here’s what I did: I repeated this process four more times and now have a total of [...]

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Yesterday, I spent a good chunk of my day sitting in the sun, enjoying the warm weather and working on a fun DIY project with all the extra fabric that I accrued from the dresses that my Grandmother hemmed for me. Stay tuned and check back next week to see photos of the final product!

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As many of you may or may not know, I work as a personal stylist and wardrobe consultant. Last week, I wore this dress (original length in top photos) on a shopping outing with Faye who is a client of mine. I tried it on with the white blazer vest and then the jean jacket, [...]

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