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So we busy bees got to work migrating the Fashion Bomb to it&#39;s own webhost (&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;bye bye blogger!&lt;/span&gt;), and...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;Today we&#39;re happy to announce that the Fashion Bomb has a new home, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fashionbombdaily.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; www.fashionbombdaily.com&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://www.fashionbombdaily.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 341px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjKBfJbK3QjPGXNoseEugFVz2Abesav7HD4YfwmoguEe9SDM0u8A9SWb62tTBBBgPN6jwkEKf-C4okibwBUPk7WghV6Ig5RqDqbk1s7np48hpw8m5I7ohXV_rUzjOR5xJ45zZv/s400/fashionbombdaily.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303667955568863714&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Log onto &lt;a href=&quot;http://fashionbombdaily.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.fashionbombdaily.com&lt;/a&gt; for the new sleek, slick, fast Fashion Bomb experience.&lt;br /&gt;Starting today, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.the-fashion-bomb.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.the-fashion-bomb.com&lt;/a&gt; will redirect you to our new cyberspot.&lt;br /&gt;All the articles, interviews, and bomb info are there!&lt;br /&gt;Let us know what you think!&lt;br /&gt;Bisous!&lt;br /&gt;PS We tried to redirect from blogger to our new domain, but it just wasn&#39;t working! Bookmark the new site!!</description><link>http://thefashionbomb.blogspot.com/2009/02/fashion-bombs-new-home.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Claire)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjKBfJbK3QjPGXNoseEugFVz2Abesav7HD4YfwmoguEe9SDM0u8A9SWb62tTBBBgPN6jwkEKf-C4okibwBUPk7WghV6Ig5RqDqbk1s7np48hpw8m5I7ohXV_rUzjOR5xJ45zZv/s72-c/fashionbombdaily.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>7</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542856.post-6179504863872700951</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-18T07:42:07.267-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Baby Phat</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Fashion Show</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Fashion Week</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Kimora Lee Simmons</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Show Review</category><title>Show Review: Baby Phat Fall 2009</title><description>While Adriana covered Tibi in the tents, I power walked down to the&lt;strong&gt; Baby Phat Fall 2009&lt;/strong&gt; show:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;attachment wp-att-2133 centered&quot; src=&quot;http://fashionbombdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/baby-phat.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;baby-phat&quot; width=&quot;475&quot; height=&quot;356&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This time around Kimora ditched her usual &lt;strong&gt;Roseland Ballroom &lt;/strong&gt;venue for the smaller, more recession friendly &lt;strong&gt;Gotham Hall&lt;/strong&gt;.  Admittedly, &lt;strong&gt;Roseland &lt;/strong&gt;is usually a zoo, crushed with celebrities, editors, and fans--but it also typically has a vibrant energy that makes the Baby Phat show more of a party than a focused fashion event. As a former bank, &lt;strong&gt;Gotham Hall &lt;/strong&gt;had a much more serious atmosphere, but no matter: without all the distractions we were left to focus on the clothes. Thankfully, Kimora put some work into offering interesting silhouettes and pieces real girls would unflinchingly wear.&lt;br /&gt;For fall Kimora went for frills and lace for a girly flair...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;attachment wp-att-2140 centered&quot; src=&quot;http://fashionbombdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/baby-phat-1.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;baby-phat-1&quot; width=&quot;475&quot; height=&quot;251&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;..instead of looking cheap, the pieces offered an updated classic, Victorian sensibility that carried over to her reinterpretations of Chanel quilted bags and layered pearl necklaces:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;attachment wp-att-2141 centered&quot; src=&quot;http://fashionbombdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/baby-phat-2.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;baby-phat-2&quot; width=&quot;475&quot; height=&quot;255&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While the lace and frills were fun, my favorite part of the show had to be the &lt;strong&gt;outerwear&lt;/strong&gt;. Cute capes, wool toppers, plaid jackets, and fur collared tweeds cascaded down the runway in silhouettes that would work for anyone from a college girl on the go to a young professional in a funky creative industry...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;attachment wp-att-2150 centered&quot; src=&quot;http://fashionbombdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/baby-phat-outerwear.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;baby-phat-outerwear&quot; width=&quot;475&quot; height=&quot;511&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While some options still looked like a juniors department nightmare with tie dye jeans and bedazzled t&#39;s...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;attachment wp-att-2143 centered&quot; src=&quot;http://fashionbombdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/babyphat5.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;babyphat5&quot; width=&quot;475&quot; height=&quot;258&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Overall Kimora delivered a solid, wearable collection, upping the quality and ante for the Fall 2009 season.&lt;br /&gt;After the show, I walked over to say hey to a few well known faces:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Teyana Taylor&lt;/strong&gt; looked retro chic with a cute hat, hairdo, and fitting dress:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH143tXWjOo_MtXXIMWUgcH7Olv3V1lfEMJfxUvmLgLm9fjExv5hGpABDeHpINeDhV2sWOZ5VEVuP_JOmHyPmfhnVQYhF-8RnfIAOlTkM6_e3FndbRl_EfZovznZFPbwNPgkJc/s1600-h/Teyana.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 387px; height: 400px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH143tXWjOo_MtXXIMWUgcH7Olv3V1lfEMJfxUvmLgLm9fjExv5hGpABDeHpINeDhV2sWOZ5VEVuP_JOmHyPmfhnVQYhF-8RnfIAOlTkM6_e3FndbRl_EfZovznZFPbwNPgkJc/s400/Teyana.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304116717860508066&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I said wassup to&lt;strong&gt; Ray J&lt;/strong&gt;, who was putting his VH1 show on hold for the night:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;attachment wp-att-2137 centered&quot; src=&quot;http://fashionbombdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/claire-and-rayj.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;claire-and-rayj&quot; width=&quot;475&quot; height=&quot;356&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chit Chatted with my girl &lt;strong&gt;Monica &lt;/strong&gt;about Atlanta and a few of her upcoming projects (Check out my interview with her &lt;a href=&quot;http://fashionbombdaily.com/2009/02/18/interview-monica-at-baby-phat/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLV2WA01Hdode8UkuwLrzaFpdVVKtY6yGZffaQ8PUfxvhJf_HYJGQtEh1JKSQLD5IWAaAqxTOCYAroXemv6IofE1ZHdsk6HG0u7kAZT37r7xDDN0mbPrD47IHycf84NZKFJkGN/s1600-h/Monica.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 351px; height: 400px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLV2WA01Hdode8UkuwLrzaFpdVVKtY6yGZffaQ8PUfxvhJf_HYJGQtEh1JKSQLD5IWAaAqxTOCYAroXemv6IofE1ZHdsk6HG0u7kAZT37r7xDDN0mbPrD47IHycf84NZKFJkGN/s400/Monica.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304115727373412066&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And girl talked with Dwight from &lt;strong&gt;the Real Housewives of Atlanta&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;attachment wp-att-2134 centered&quot; src=&quot;http://fashionbombdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/claire-and-dwight.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;claire-and-dwight&quot; width=&quot;475&quot; height=&quot;356&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He was working it in a fur coat and all white suit! No sightings of &lt;strong&gt;Nene&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;Sheree&lt;/strong&gt; all fashion week, but Dwight was fab-u-lous, and working his outfit!&lt;br /&gt;Yet again, a fun time at &lt;strong&gt;Baby Phat&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;attachment wp-att-2139 centered&quot; src=&quot;http://fashionbombdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/claire.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;claire&quot; width=&quot;475&quot; height=&quot;633&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And of course, I caught the final walk for ya:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;object width=&quot;425&quot; height=&quot;344&quot; data=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/epzcD2MxLNY&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;src&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/epzcD2MxLNY&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowfullscreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love how &#39;My President is Black&#39; was the song for the final walk. Very apropos for a show and a President that are all about business!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What do you think?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bisous!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;*Dress from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.piecesofbklyn.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Pieces Boutique&lt;/a&gt;, Necklace and Earrings by&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jennydayco.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; Jenny Dayco&lt;/a&gt;, Chanel 2.55 Quilted Evening Bag care of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.avelle.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Avelle&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://thefashionbomb.blogspot.com/2009/02/show-review-baby-phat-fall-2009.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Claire)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH143tXWjOo_MtXXIMWUgcH7Olv3V1lfEMJfxUvmLgLm9fjExv5hGpABDeHpINeDhV2sWOZ5VEVuP_JOmHyPmfhnVQYhF-8RnfIAOlTkM6_e3FndbRl_EfZovznZFPbwNPgkJc/s72-c/Teyana.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542856.post-4164949654377425091</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-18T07:34:52.665-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Fashion Bomb Exclusive</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Fashion Show</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Fashion Week</category><title>Interview: Monica at Baby Phat</title><description>Check this video to find out about Monica’s favorite designer brands and what she has on tap for the New Year!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;object height=&quot;295&quot; width=&quot;480&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/1TkzVZnwp68&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot;&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/1TkzVZnwp68&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; height=&quot;295&quot; width=&quot;480&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://thefashionbomb.blogspot.com/2009/02/interview-monica-at-baby-phat.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Claire)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542856.post-6491438572548354098</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-18T05:03:30.090-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Fashion Week</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Show Review</category><title>Show Review: Tibi Fall 2009</title><description>&lt;div&gt;Last night at &lt;strong&gt;Tibi&lt;/strong&gt;, the&lt;strong&gt; Disco era&lt;/strong&gt; met &lt;strong&gt;Moscow&lt;/strong&gt;, as &lt;strong&gt;Amy Smilvoc&#39;s&lt;/strong&gt; fall offerings came from &lt;strong&gt;Russia&lt;/strong&gt; with love, and included a few references to late &#39;70s/early &#39;80s &lt;strong&gt;Halston&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii222/thefashionbomb/AdrianasImages/Russia.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Lively prints with elements of Russian folk patterns and dramatic fur Cossack hats peppered the ensembles, which didn&#39;t much deviate from Tibi&#39;s usual modern-femme sensiblity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii222/thefashionbomb/AdrianasImages/Dresses.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii222/thefashionbomb/AdrianasImages/Hats.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Smilovic continues to be influenced by her travels abroad (for the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.the-fashion-bomb.com/2008/09/show-review-tibi.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Spring &#39;09&lt;/a&gt; collection, it was Hong Kong), which is fitting for the target Tibi customer: jet-setting socialista.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii222/thefashionbomb/AdrianasImages/Muffs.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;My absolute favorite piece of the line was a sunshine-yellow frock with split shoulders and intricate jet beading (above, far right). The fur muffs were a bit of a costumey touch, as I felt the dresses stood out well enough on their own.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii222/thefashionbomb/AdrianasImages/Sweetheartnecklines.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sweetheart necklines &lt;/strong&gt;and black trousers in varying silhouettes also made an appearance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii222/thefashionbomb/AdrianasImages/Finale.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I&#39;m usually pleasantly pleased with Tibi and this time was no exception. While the clothes weren&#39;t groundbreaking, there&#39;s a consistent stylishness about their designs that solidifies their place as a solid contemporary mainstay.&lt;br /&gt;~Adri &lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://thefashionbomb.blogspot.com/2009/02/show-review-tibi-fall-2009.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii222/thefashionbomb/AdrianasImages/th_Russia.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542856.post-3364917440611900981</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-18T05:03:42.960-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Fashion Week</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Show Review</category><title>Show Review: William Rast Fall 2009</title><description>Monday night&#39;s last showing in the tents was one of the week&#39;s most anticipated: the &lt;strong&gt;Justin Timberlake&lt;/strong&gt;-helmed &lt;strong&gt;William Rast&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii222/thefashionbomb/AdrianasImages/Atmosphere-1.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The speakers blared rock and blues classics as a modern, artistic rendering of the American flag provided the backdrop for the runway. Apt dressing for a show that offered reinterpretations of American classics such as motorcycle jackets and, of course, denim.&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii222/thefashionbomb/AdrianasImages/Celebs.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;As expected, tons of celebs populated the front row; I snapped &lt;strong&gt;Nicky and Paris Hilton&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Anna Wintour&lt;/strong&gt;, Justin&#39;s former N*SYNC bandmate &lt;strong&gt;JC Chasez&lt;/strong&gt;, and MTV V-jay &lt;strong&gt;Damien Fahey&lt;/strong&gt; with his girlfriend, up-and-coming fashionista &lt;strong&gt;Grasie Mercedes&lt;/strong&gt;, before the lights went down.&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii222/thefashionbomb/AdrianasImages/Womens.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;When they came back up and the show started, however, the collection wasn&#39;t as glittering as its audience, unfortunately. New takes on old favorites can be exciting but the pieces here lacked innovation and originality. The influence of the American experience was clear, and elements of &lt;strong&gt;Western&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Native American&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;&#39;80s Conspicuous Consumption&lt;/strong&gt;, and &lt;strong&gt;&#39;60s Hippie&lt;/strong&gt; style were evident, yet it felt like a warmed over mashup of fads that made you wince rather than feel nostalgic or inspired.&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii222/thefashionbomb/AdrianasImages/Mens.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The men&#39;s collection included some slightly better offerings (and some clear &lt;strong&gt;James Dean&lt;/strong&gt; channeling), and maybe focusing on menswear is where Rast&#39;s best prospects for the future lie, especially in an already saturated women&#39;s denim market where market-share and competition are fierce.&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii222/thefashionbomb/AdrianasImages/JT.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;After &lt;strong&gt;JT&lt;/strong&gt; took his bow, the fashionable took theirs, too, and called it a night at the tents!&lt;br /&gt;~Adri</description><link>http://thefashionbomb.blogspot.com/2009/02/show-review-william-rast.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii222/thefashionbomb/AdrianasImages/th_Atmosphere-1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542856.post-8626664811995349674</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-18T05:04:57.199-05:00</atom:updated><title>Show Review: Alice + Olivia Fall 2009</title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Alice + Olivia&#39;s&lt;/strong&gt; evening show yesterday was, so far, one of the highlights of Fashion Week for me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;attachment wp-att-2086 centered&quot; src=&quot;http://fashionbombdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/atmosphere.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;atmosphere&quot; width=&quot;475&quot; height=&quot;356&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The event was a crush as the fashionable turned out for a glimpse of &lt;strong&gt;Stacy Bendet&#39;s&lt;/strong&gt; art gallery-inspired presentation of her Fall 2009 collection.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;attachment wp-att-2088 centered&quot; src=&quot;http://fashionbombdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/collage.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;collage&quot; width=&quot;475&quot; height=&quot;634&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a friend says, the beauty of &lt;strong&gt;Alice+Olivia&lt;/strong&gt; is the diversity of the line: mod, feminine, edgy, demure, and sexy can coexist in the same collection and still feel cohesive. The Fall &#39;09 line is similarly styled, with influences ranging from everything including &lt;strong&gt;preppy, punk, the 1950s, and contemporary rock-glam&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;attachment wp-att-2094 centered&quot; src=&quot;http://fashionbombdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/jackettee.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;jackettee&quot; width=&quot;475&quot; height=&quot;306&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I loved the animal prints, especially the &lt;strong&gt;embellished, Zebra-print jacket&lt;/strong&gt; on the left--very Jackie O. meets Patricia Field!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;attachment wp-att-2097 centered&quot; src=&quot;http://fashionbombdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/ruffle.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;ruffle&quot; width=&quot;475&quot; height=&quot;336&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of the most innovative parts of the presentation was the use of photos mixed with real-life details, like the above ruffle superimposed on the photo of its corresponding dress. The same was done with zippers, bows, and handbags.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;attachment wp-att-2106 centered&quot; src=&quot;http://fashionbombdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/details.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;details&quot; width=&quot;475&quot; height=&quot;634&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These puppet-like mannequins added a touch of whimsy and quirk.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;attachment wp-att-2109 centered&quot; src=&quot;http://fashionbombdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/puppet-mannequins.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;puppet-mannequins&quot; width=&quot;475&quot; height=&quot;197&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I ran into the divine &lt;strong&gt;Bevy Smith&lt;/strong&gt;, Fashion Bomb friend and style-maven-about-town!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;attachment wp-att-2111 centered&quot; src=&quot;http://fashionbombdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/an-bs.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;an-bs&quot; width=&quot;475&quot; height=&quot;356&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And also kicked it with songstress &lt;strong&gt;Chrisette Michelle&lt;/strong&gt;, who&#39;s doing the rounds this fashion week. C. Michelle and I did our best to imitate the fierce A+O model poses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;attachment wp-att-2112 centered&quot; src=&quot;http://fashionbombdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/cm-an.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;cm-an&quot; width=&quot;475&quot; height=&quot;356&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;attachment wp-att-2113 centered&quot; src=&quot;http://fashionbombdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/cm-an-strike-a-pose.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;cm-an-strike-a-pose&quot; width=&quot;475&quot; height=&quot;356&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The fabulous &lt;strong&gt;Jerome Lamaar&lt;/strong&gt;, formerly of &lt;strong&gt;Baby Phat&lt;/strong&gt;, was on the scene, too, sporting some vintage Baby Phat fashion jewelry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;attachment wp-att-2115 centered&quot; src=&quot;http://fashionbombdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/jerome-ring.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;jerome-ring&quot; width=&quot;475&quot; height=&quot;634&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also caught glimpses of &lt;strong&gt;Kim and Khloe Kardashian&lt;/strong&gt; but it was too crowded to even make my way over to them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;attachment wp-att-2117 centered&quot; src=&quot;http://fashionbombdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/cm-andre-jerome-an.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;cm-andre-jerome-an&quot; width=&quot;475&quot; height=&quot;356&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Overall, a great showing and good times had by all.&lt;br /&gt;~Adriana</description><link>http://thefashionbomb.blogspot.com/2009/02/show-review-alice-olivia.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Claire)</author><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542856.post-1965861955720420016</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:10:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-17T17:11:26.742-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Fashion Week</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Show Review</category><title>Show Review: Diane von Furstenberg Fall 2009 collection</title><description>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;&quot;&gt;This season, Diane von Furstenberg&#39;s collection transitioned easily from spring to fall.  Continuing with the trend of dramatic headpieces, she went from floral headbands last season to pop-pom covered knit hats.    Though black was seen throughout her collection as well as the collections of many others, this collection was filled with layering and vivid leopard print pieces...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;attachment wp-att-2091 centered aligncenter&quot; src=&quot;http://fashionbombdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/dvf-edit1.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;dvf-edit1&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; height=&quot;345&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;&quot;&gt;There were a few sequin-laden pieces as well paired with cardigans and bold knit coats.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;And some looks weren’t complete without a bright colored clutch.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;attachment wp-att-2092 centered aligncenter&quot; src=&quot;http://fashionbombdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/dvf-edit-3.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;dvf-edit-3&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; height=&quot;341&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;&quot;&gt;Leggings and long, tribal necklaces added a pop of color to the gray and darker hues of the collection.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;attachment wp-att-2099 centered&quot; src=&quot;http://fashionbombdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/dvf-edit-24.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;dvf-edit-24&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;600&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;&quot;&gt;Some of the pieces reflected the importance of comfort and glam, especially because of the Studio 54 kind of vibe I got from a few of the looks.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;The collection and music paid homage to the disco-era diva herself, Diana Ross, who was actually there, and gave Diane a hug at the end of the show! For more of the collection, click &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/F2009RTW-DVFURSTE&amp;quot;&amp;gt;http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/F2009RTW-DVFURSTE&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;I loved the collection!&lt;br /&gt;How do you all feel about it?&lt;br /&gt;~Vuitton</description><link>http://thefashionbomb.blogspot.com/2009/02/show-review-diane-von-furstenberg-fall.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Claire)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542856.post-2885679026155522129</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 07:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-17T02:35:17.516-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Fashion Week</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Show Review</category><title>Show Review: Tracy Reese Fall 2009 Collection</title><description>Finally recovered from my transatlantic travels, I stopped into the &lt;strong&gt;Tracy Reese&lt;/strong&gt; show to take in her &lt;strong&gt;Fall 2009 collection&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;attachment wp-att-2003 centered aligncenter&quot; src=&quot;http://fashionbombdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/tracyreeselogo.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;tracyreeselogo&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I along with a ton of fashion fanatics piled into Bryant Park&#39;s relatively tiny Salon...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;attachment wp-att-2014 centered&quot; src=&quot;http://fashionbombdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/tracy-reese.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;tracy-reese&quot; height=&quot;450&quot; width=&quot;600&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There were barely enough seats to sit--Even &lt;strong&gt;Andre Leon Talley&lt;/strong&gt; was left standing!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally the show began, and Tracy reinterpreted her signature pretty, uber feminine pieces for fall using a colorful palette of deep reds, purples, and turquoise...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;attachment wp-att-2011 centered&quot; src=&quot;http://fashionbombdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/frilly-tracy-reese1.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;frilly-tracy-reese1&quot; height=&quot;301&quot; width=&quot;600&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While some of her looks were somewhat predictable--ruffles, lace, and frills--school girl chic also seemed to be the name of the game, with Reese amping up her lacey, brocade regulars with bits of edge witnessed in thigh high socks, skull caps, and librarian-esque readers...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;attachment wp-att-2012 centered&quot; src=&quot;http://fashionbombdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/school-girl.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;school-girl&quot; height=&quot;600&quot; width=&quot;592&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Flashes of luxe elements like fur and sequins also appeared in this collection, making certain items perfect for the girl who isn&#39;t watching her pocketbook...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;attachment wp-att-2013 centered&quot; src=&quot;http://fashionbombdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/fur-luxe.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;fur-luxe&quot; height=&quot;300&quot; width=&quot;600&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...perhaps why the front row was peppered with glitterati like Paris and Nicky Hilton, Kim Kardashian, and Solange Knowles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I caught up with &lt;strong&gt;Kim Kardashian &lt;/strong&gt;afterwards who looked stunning in a Tracy Reese strapless dress...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;attachment wp-att-2000 centered&quot; src=&quot;http://fashionbombdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/kim-kardashian-et-moi.gif&quot; alt=&quot;kim-kardashian-et-moi&quot; height=&quot;356&quot; width=&quot;475&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And also got a quick interview with Solange! Check it out &lt;a href=&quot;http://fashionbombdaily.com/2009/02/17/interview-solange-knowles-at-tracy-reese/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What did you think of the collection?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bisous!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Necklace by&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jennydayco.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; Jenny Dayco,&lt;/a&gt; Makeup by&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gdluxe.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; GlamDLuxe&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://thefashionbomb.blogspot.com/2009/02/show-review-tracy-reese-fall-2009.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Claire)</author><thr:total>5</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542856.post-1570557163730359754</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:33:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-17T02:42:53.641-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Fashion Bomb Exclusive</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Fashion Week</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Video</category><title>Interview: Solange Knowles at Tracy Reese</title><description>I chit chatted with&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt; Solange Knowles&lt;/span&gt; at the &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Tracy Reese&lt;/span&gt; show to ask her about her style and a few of her fave designers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;object height=&quot;344&quot; width=&quot;425&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/TbMJcp9bNto&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot;&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/TbMJcp9bNto&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; height=&quot;344&quot; width=&quot;425&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She was super cool and down to earth!&lt;br /&gt;What do you think?</description><link>http://thefashionbomb.blogspot.com/2009/02/interview-solange-knowles-at-tracy.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Claire)</author><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542856.post-1012529036404251097</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 05:10:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-16T08:44:24.721-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Show Review</category><title>Show Review: Cushnie et Ochs</title><description>On Friday I was still a bit jetlagged, so decided to keep it low key with the &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Cushnie et Ochs &lt;/span&gt;show&lt;span&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_xWmu10wgxnrnG5cPXaYkvYzHwPTiXWOh3WiWuqA837r_WVGIBtnrILvJgf598kQDU3Azjnu7gQlW8qgAf5Lp4sZ-7JRwmcgNQhso1wtP1YJg1V_sOaQJQdPmG9gSX8a89Rlo/s1600-h/CushnieetOchs.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_xWmu10wgxnrnG5cPXaYkvYzHwPTiXWOh3WiWuqA837r_WVGIBtnrILvJgf598kQDU3Azjnu7gQlW8qgAf5Lp4sZ-7JRwmcgNQhso1wtP1YJg1V_sOaQJQdPmG9gSX8a89Rlo/s400/CushnieetOchs.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303240263751999938&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.the-fashion-bomb.com/2009/01/cushnie-ochs-to-show-at-new-york.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;If you&#39;ve been reading the Fashion Bomb&lt;/a&gt;, you&#39;d know that the dynamic Parson&#39;s alumnae behind the line, dubbed the next &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Proenza Schouler&lt;/span&gt;, were the recipients of a $25,000 &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Ecco Domani Fashion Award&lt;/span&gt; to show at Fashion Week.&lt;br /&gt;With all their accolades, I was super excited to see what they would send down the runway:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii222/thefashionbomb/CushnieOchs.gif&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Their &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Fall 2009&lt;/span&gt; collection focused on subdued blacks, grays, and whites accented with pops of futuristic metallic. Edgy and eye catching, the ladies went for drama with dresses, jackets, and pants with singular details like cut outs, single arms, liquid materials, and high collars:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii222/thefashionbomb/Cushnie-Ochs1.gif&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;While I gushed over some of the more club ready frocks, I felt perhaps the ladies pushed the envelope too far with certain looks--some sheer tops, short skirts, and super tight satin dresses seemed more bawdy than sexy...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii222/thefashionbomb/Spring-09-co.gif&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;They may have overshot just a bit, but they have the proven talent to bring it back. I look forward to seeing their future collections.&lt;br /&gt;After the show, I stopped backstage and interviewed&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt; Carly Cushnie&lt;/span&gt; about the line&#39;s inspiration:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://blip.tv/play/gasA7Y1FAA&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; width=&quot;500&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What do you think?</description><link>http://thefashionbomb.blogspot.com/2009/02/show-review-cushnie-et-ochs.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Claire)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_xWmu10wgxnrnG5cPXaYkvYzHwPTiXWOh3WiWuqA837r_WVGIBtnrILvJgf598kQDU3Azjnu7gQlW8qgAf5Lp4sZ-7JRwmcgNQhso1wtP1YJg1V_sOaQJQdPmG9gSX8a89Rlo/s72-c/CushnieetOchs.gif" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542856.post-5486397461240769355</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 05:04:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-17T02:44:00.485-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Video</category><title>Interview: Hollis Wakeema</title><description>Tennessee model &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Hollis Wakeema&lt;/span&gt; walked for &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Cushnie et Ochs&lt;/span&gt;. I talked to her backstage as well:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://blip.tv/play/gasA7Y4aAA&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; width=&quot;500&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See more of her bio in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.the-fashion-bomb.com/2008/09/model-yearbook.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;the Fashion Bomb Model Manual&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://thefashionbomb.blogspot.com/2009/02/interview-hollis-wakeema.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Claire)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542856.post-7699406266243592659</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-16T08:43:25.759-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Black History Month</category><title>Fun Black Fashion Fact: Cross Colours</title><description>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Did you know??&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Cross Colours &lt;/span&gt;was one of the first brands to make &#39;urban&#39; gear fashionable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdkk6D4taZy73L6QzVP_Kk5VKDhnQqCqq7QNq9DoJLtLtoDYLlFp-r7im3lisPfG6b_ObYKau1A1FZFwhsH1m0wi1c9zrzhmIkigSlHJr1saONXXW0tpZrGyPATXTIAbYFA55T/s1600-h/Cross-Colours.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 294px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdkk6D4taZy73L6QzVP_Kk5VKDhnQqCqq7QNq9DoJLtLtoDYLlFp-r7im3lisPfG6b_ObYKau1A1FZFwhsH1m0wi1c9zrzhmIkigSlHJr1saONXXW0tpZrGyPATXTIAbYFA55T/s400/Cross-Colours.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303385430440848066&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Before &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Rocawear&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Phat Farm&lt;/span&gt;, and &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Fubu&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Cross Colours&lt;/span&gt; was the streetwear brand of choice for hip hop heads. Created by Carl Jones, a graduate of Otis Parson&#39;s School of Design, the clothes were without prejudice and appealed to anyone with a penchant for bright colors and an understanding of political and social messages.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Did you own any Cross Colours gear?&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://thefashionbomb.blogspot.com/2009/02/fun-black-fashion-fact-cross-colours.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Claire)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdkk6D4taZy73L6QzVP_Kk5VKDhnQqCqq7QNq9DoJLtLtoDYLlFp-r7im3lisPfG6b_ObYKau1A1FZFwhsH1m0wi1c9zrzhmIkigSlHJr1saONXXW0tpZrGyPATXTIAbYFA55T/s72-c/Cross-Colours.gif" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542856.post-5673015938062949897</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-16T09:13:34.280-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Just Because</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Video</category><title>Monday Video Fun: TLC&#39;s Ain&#39;t Too Proud to Beg</title><description>All that &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Cross Colours&lt;/span&gt; talk made me nostalgic for vintage &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;TLC&lt;/span&gt;. Check out their first 1992 video, &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Ain&#39;t Too Proud to Beg&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;object height=&quot;344&quot; width=&quot;425&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/AlOsU8_Rzsk&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot;&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/AlOsU8_Rzsk&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; height=&quot;344&quot; width=&quot;425&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://thefashionbomb.blogspot.com/2009/02/monday-video-fun-tlcs-aint-too-proud-to.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Claire)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542856.post-7484201813703738181</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-15T12:41:25.285-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Fashion Week</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Real Style</category><title>Day 1: Fashion Week Real Style</title><description>Hey!&lt;br /&gt;So the first day of Fashion Week was so exciting! &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.modamouth.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;My homie Charles&lt;/a&gt; and I dipped into the &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Cushnie &amp;amp; Ochs&lt;/span&gt; show, then hit up a few parties for &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Roberto Cavalli &lt;/span&gt;and &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Alexander McQueen&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;ve got a couple videos and pix for Monday, but if you can&#39;t wait until then, some shots of &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Real Style&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii222/thefashionbomb/Fashion-Week-Style.gif&quot; /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii222/thefashionbomb/Fashion-Week-Style-2.gif&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;So much fun!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Check back in for more Fashion Week fun:)&lt;br /&gt;Bisous!</description><link>http://thefashionbomb.blogspot.com/2009/02/day-1-fashion-week-real-style.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Claire)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542856.post-2132778736709634067</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-13T11:00:00.504-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Adriana&#39;s Life</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Fashion Week</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Party</category><title>NYScene: Vogue and BMW Event</title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Fashion Week&lt;/strong&gt; kicked off last night with a star-studded &lt;strong&gt;Vogue/BMW&lt;/strong&gt; event and &lt;strong&gt;The Fashion Bomb&lt;/strong&gt; was in the house, of course!&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2bjlldC6wNOfhcWD-WiN-ypy410VwKNm5FXwCwvcAsW4VhZ1vAhQlzq6ktWnmv5I9JlFR3_BvMcrnuBULAYzQXCMbjauEhdzn1ZOiU3zZWOv-fIkWWROpawAfqb_oiDuyqJDo/s1600-h/Group2.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302137041331126962&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2bjlldC6wNOfhcWD-WiN-ypy410VwKNm5FXwCwvcAsW4VhZ1vAhQlzq6ktWnmv5I9JlFR3_BvMcrnuBULAYzQXCMbjauEhdzn1ZOiU3zZWOv-fIkWWROpawAfqb_oiDuyqJDo/s400/Group2.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I kicked it on the red carpet with loyal readers and Fashion Bombshells &lt;strong&gt;Pietrina&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Joy&lt;/strong&gt;, who were sporting some fierce, camera-ready &lt;strong&gt;Real Style&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFvjlOtOL_4RapAm0yw6Bpp3DLeU6a884hMrl8mCQmIR6C5M7XGufsOzyXf4do-kwJyqVvVmV8aPHikpYPkodac2lcH8okfNmmQBQLb_nkh-7UenAe4MH0guXIBPQSGhX8kq_r/s1600-h/Group1.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302137200597555474&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFvjlOtOL_4RapAm0yw6Bpp3DLeU6a884hMrl8mCQmIR6C5M7XGufsOzyXf4do-kwJyqVvVmV8aPHikpYPkodac2lcH8okfNmmQBQLb_nkh-7UenAe4MH0guXIBPQSGhX8kq_r/s400/Group1.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We even had us a lil&#39; exercise in workin&#39; the &lt;strong&gt;Top Model&lt;/strong&gt; poses and faces! &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4hqGwPoQoDNf4dken16a4Nv3MI3fNVx5X5Uqj31GrooqF0u6Rs3HL3nspgu5cn3J7jXm-VHbVkohxy_A0kLicX3XOzYDaqZa8Q7hoENijCmoMdrwoMak5z8b5BXH50JM20xpW/s1600-h/BMW.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302140280276860930&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4hqGwPoQoDNf4dken16a4Nv3MI3fNVx5X5Uqj31GrooqF0u6Rs3HL3nspgu5cn3J7jXm-VHbVkohxy_A0kLicX3XOzYDaqZa8Q7hoENijCmoMdrwoMak5z8b5BXH50JM20xpW/s400/BMW.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Inside, the action centered around this ultra-luxe, 7-series Beemer, which &lt;strong&gt;Franca Sozzani&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Vogue Italia&lt;/em&gt;&#39;s Editor-in-Chief, helped to design. I spotted quite a few celebs working the room, including FB favorites &lt;strong&gt;Joy Bryant&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Chanel Iman&lt;/strong&gt;, and &lt;strong&gt;Arlenis Sosa&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg4KiO2WAOiVvRb8gNfUkpx41IPzxlr52dM1VUEg0PPvfM3BN62vRnvQ_vh0aKbWUbsQ5iRsnMAzOz5b_uj-vrNP6DmYb861gX1vKcxPZSqIob-XoOcx1wgcnXRni8IzFGhIBo/s1600-h/AN&amp;CI.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302137349733265858&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center;&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg4KiO2WAOiVvRb8gNfUkpx41IPzxlr52dM1VUEg0PPvfM3BN62vRnvQ_vh0aKbWUbsQ5iRsnMAzOz5b_uj-vrNP6DmYb861gX1vKcxPZSqIob-XoOcx1wgcnXRni8IzFGhIBo/s400/AN&amp;CI.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Of course, I had to ask C. Iman about the new &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.the-fashion-bomb.com/2009/02/chanel-iman-on-gossip-girl.html&quot;&gt;&quot;Gossip Girl&quot; scoop&lt;/a&gt; reported by our very own &lt;strong&gt;Vuitton&lt;/strong&gt;. She shared that she&#39;s always looking to try her hand at new opportunities, and seemed really excited about striking a pose in front of the (TV) camera. You know we&#39;ll be tuning in!&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTu2CbtetMkOoiJJR9l45RcllnWFle0842A6iutskANTI_It1-nDuq6iTYc3hUiWDTDb3Aq81VhWm9LDkSVuhCSgnfpswCmGmFZdZ1j2XCccrc2XU_WTCiMjU_lITJ2_2CbqJi/s1600-h/CIGroup.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302139021602127314&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTu2CbtetMkOoiJJR9l45RcllnWFle0842A6iutskANTI_It1-nDuq6iTYc3hUiWDTDb3Aq81VhWm9LDkSVuhCSgnfpswCmGmFZdZ1j2XCccrc2XU_WTCiMjU_lITJ2_2CbqJi/s400/CIGroup.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I also chatted with Chanel&#39;s mom, &lt;strong&gt;China Robinson&lt;/strong&gt;(between Chanel and I, above), who often travels with Chanel and is enjoying seeing the world herself. Both mother and daughter were lovely as can be and it&#39;s clear where this top model gets her inner and outer glow from. And yes, that&#39;s none other than Fashion Bomb friend &lt;strong&gt;Ryan Leslie&lt;/strong&gt; next to Chanel!&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIHqLPPPqPesM8rCo4_7WrocoxzDiudNWOcgnB0TRK9wcpJx-RkCCZWXME9cYf6H374ekM7tOOLhyphenhyphen3p2yLx57eC1JkK0-y7nZbB37vcbensw1urGFh5h050S5CRtFoJiOIPesB/s1600-h/AN&amp;AS.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302142832431997618&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIHqLPPPqPesM8rCo4_7WrocoxzDiudNWOcgnB0TRK9wcpJx-RkCCZWXME9cYf6H374ekM7tOOLhyphenhyphen3p2yLx57eC1JkK0-y7nZbB37vcbensw1urGFh5h050S5CRtFoJiOIPesB/s400/AN&amp;AS.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;One of the highlights of the evening was meeting the stunning &lt;strong&gt;Arlenis Sosa&lt;/strong&gt;, one of my favorite models and a fellow Dominicana. We gabbed away in Spanish for quite a while on everything from the fittings she&#39;s doing for the shows to the goings-on in our native D.R. As sweet as she is gorgeous, I&#39;m going to love watching her star continue to rise!&lt;br /&gt;It couldn&#39;t have been a better kick-off.&lt;br /&gt;Stay focused on &lt;strong&gt;The Fashion Bomb&lt;/strong&gt; for continuing &lt;strong&gt;New York Fashion Week coverage&lt;/strong&gt; this and next week!&lt;br /&gt;~Adriana</description><link>http://thefashionbomb.blogspot.com/2009/02/nyscene-vogue-and-bmw-event.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2bjlldC6wNOfhcWD-WiN-ypy410VwKNm5FXwCwvcAsW4VhZ1vAhQlzq6ktWnmv5I9JlFR3_BvMcrnuBULAYzQXCMbjauEhdzn1ZOiU3zZWOv-fIkWWROpawAfqb_oiDuyqJDo/s72-c/Group2.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542856.post-6618240717604459986</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 07:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-13T03:08:14.206-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mail Bombs</category><title>Mail Bombs Lite: Heidi&#39;s YSL Pumps, Beyonce&#39;s Prince T-Shirt, and Tiny&#39;s Herve Leger Dress!</title><description>Hey Fashion Bombers!!&lt;br /&gt;So I just arrived in NYC! Fashion Week fun starts &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;today&lt;/span&gt;, but first we have a couple Mail Bombs...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXbab7UNSuI2slIMbYemnDvcGFbcMk6XoRk-s9iM1q0Nkupxtu9XTQAZKfWArUq9I3XQ0Lt1qi08M3qHKXk0m8HEFCUXYS0RlIzxNWTSOIYdKVp4HdFdLlzEGEnf2AlBuSp1wHvA/s1600-h/Fashion+Bomb.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 292px; height: 176px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXbab7UNSuI2slIMbYemnDvcGFbcMk6XoRk-s9iM1q0Nkupxtu9XTQAZKfWArUq9I3XQ0Lt1qi08M3qHKXk0m8HEFCUXYS0RlIzxNWTSOIYdKVp4HdFdLlzEGEnf2AlBuSp1wHvA/s400/Fashion+Bomb.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278857209614434754&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;...we&#39;ll keep it short!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Kenyatta &lt;/span&gt;says, &quot;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;I&#39;m trying to find out where I can get the grey pumps &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Kourtney Kardashian&lt;/span&gt; is wearing in this picture. I think I saw the same pumps on &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Heidi Klum&lt;/span&gt; a few months back and I absolutely love them...&lt;/span&gt;&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi0yhZl-5E2W8Rncv0FD4KNHY13Y1qzjQK9fYiMSsf17Xye44nYIVAnxmah5GrpecvjuI4k6GweR77Kx49YY3Pevioc9DjGbTFIH3cpvjBtVWEaH-7QqgWnNPP10ceSGnXIzXq/s1600-h/YSL.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 348px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi0yhZl-5E2W8Rncv0FD4KNHY13Y1qzjQK9fYiMSsf17Xye44nYIVAnxmah5GrpecvjuI4k6GweR77Kx49YY3Pevioc9DjGbTFIH3cpvjBtVWEaH-7QqgWnNPP10ceSGnXIzXq/s400/YSL.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302179773505168914&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;&quot;...Where can I find them?? Thanks!&lt;/span&gt;&quot;&lt;br /&gt;Adriana found that Heidi and Kourtney are wearing these &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ysl.com/us/en/onlineBoutique/Women/Shoes/Pumps/P-Platform%20Pump%20in%20Black%20Patent.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Yves Saint Laurent Platform Pumps&lt;/a&gt; in grey...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjYCc4_8deMinyTci2difE8xBntBi-S9vFWImoDfePfIHZoumQwIm5HxdtIzl12H6zfl0uK0te3ZV7B5N57BxW_SlN_WEPshWzm4FW8kCM085w3tmCrSpodDQtVRG38nryd4zY/s1600-h/Platform-Pumps.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 390px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjYCc4_8deMinyTci2difE8xBntBi-S9vFWImoDfePfIHZoumQwIm5HxdtIzl12H6zfl0uK0te3ZV7B5N57BxW_SlN_WEPshWzm4FW8kCM085w3tmCrSpodDQtVRG38nryd4zY/s400/Platform-Pumps.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302180114632099314&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;...get them for $795 at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ysl.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.ysl.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Next, Melody asks, &quot;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Can you tell me where Bey got this cute Prince shirt?&lt;/span&gt;&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwD-qbEiOsHv77I7ZPzU8lvwXGmOzxOq31HCimgG6HWQjW7FW_8z4Vn_WGgurjR-xne6flpU2rk_HsxDwaKs_Pt3RZpAhoDYj5yQO0cRW5Wqgt4a3b_sCwtLL83-RV04tisYTg/s1600-h/kelly&amp;bey.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 400px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwD-qbEiOsHv77I7ZPzU8lvwXGmOzxOq31HCimgG6HWQjW7FW_8z4Vn_WGgurjR-xne6flpU2rk_HsxDwaKs_Pt3RZpAhoDYj5yQO0cRW5Wqgt4a3b_sCwtLL83-RV04tisYTg/s400/kelly&amp;bey.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302187701174980034&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Yup! Beyonce found her shirt for $35 at cybershop &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.viktorviktoriashop.com/theshop/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&amp;amp;search_in_description=1&amp;amp;keyword=prince&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.viktorviktoriashop.com&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2oJLVNsDrnCl3WTK9MeH6o9p5PNQ8QWm4Gwel1kPN-laTfHNm1zAkNugPxgBtJBJaYJk6I-9EidZvCvvNFSHStADnNYA1AZs9Pi_S61yt3YTQdqIXRYIXFh0MeNe2gHsSIbca/s1600-h/343965118.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 400px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2oJLVNsDrnCl3WTK9MeH6o9p5PNQ8QWm4Gwel1kPN-laTfHNm1zAkNugPxgBtJBJaYJk6I-9EidZvCvvNFSHStADnNYA1AZs9Pi_S61yt3YTQdqIXRYIXFh0MeNe2gHsSIbca/s400/343965118.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302188361163097202&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;...get your t by going &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.viktorviktoriashop.com/theshop/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&amp;amp;search_in_description=1&amp;amp;keyword=prince&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Christina &lt;/span&gt;says, &quot;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;I have a pretty good grip on jumpsuits, but I have been dying to find a reasonably (reasonable meaning not straight off the runway) priced jumpsuit like this:&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0l4v5TptdxHkhtRFS9Mg-WWwLQ7b5PCRtCdt4X3sqYrIPu6Acj6nVSJYaxSb1Yz_Q7SvdaqE5fQi5kpXaRrbDwGJ2_50d_0mo8_zmD2BskDS38OwT9rnAJOQU_wTuiYCr9GVv/s1600-h/angela-simmons.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 233px; height: 400px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0l4v5TptdxHkhtRFS9Mg-WWwLQ7b5PCRtCdt4X3sqYrIPu6Acj6nVSJYaxSb1Yz_Q7SvdaqE5fQi5kpXaRrbDwGJ2_50d_0mo8_zmD2BskDS38OwT9rnAJOQU_wTuiYCr9GVv/s400/angela-simmons.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302184949639505106&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;&quot;I love the length! I LOVE the fit! HELP!&lt;/span&gt;&quot;&lt;br /&gt;Sure! Get an Angela Simmons red carpet look with these high and low price options:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0cpqu6rYAPtdKKfguShfpI4hvFjdAtCwKcYlGt9ljpM64HDICtiC1aoijaXuUmzo02yzUkoCR_3cJ5JlXQGkQ046c4ZMbtMxQnGRyBBbFQxggd-1fGQDGX8COnLf5GQ2nj6LW/s1600-h/Jumpsuits.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 371px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0cpqu6rYAPtdKKfguShfpI4hvFjdAtCwKcYlGt9ljpM64HDICtiC1aoijaXuUmzo02yzUkoCR_3cJ5JlXQGkQ046c4ZMbtMxQnGRyBBbFQxggd-1fGQDGX8COnLf5GQ2nj6LW/s400/Jumpsuits.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302185955576938178&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Left to Right: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bebe.com/Silk-Zip-Down-Cropped-Jumpsuit/dp/B001N8XA78?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;pf_rd_r=0SJKNYH7YXR9PPB9CZBC&amp;amp;node=675967011&amp;amp;pf_rd_s=search-results&amp;amp;field_browse=675967011&amp;amp;searchSize=20&amp;amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;amp;field_availability=0&amp;amp;id=Silk%20Zip%20Down%20Cropped%20Jumpsuit&amp;amp;searchBinNameList=null&amp;amp;pf_rd_p=467734511&amp;amp;ref=browse_item_8_B001N8XA78&amp;amp;searchNodeID=675967011&amp;amp;pf_rd_i=675967011&amp;amp;field_launch-date=-1y&amp;amp;searchRank=-custom-rank&amp;amp;searchPage=6&amp;amp;pf_rd_m=A2FMOXN01TSNYY&amp;amp;extid=af_k108283ShopStyle.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Bebe Silk Twill Jumpsuit&lt;/a&gt;, $129; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.intermixonline.com/product/dresses/jumpsuits/silk+wrap+jumpsuit.do?sortby=ourPicks&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Marley Silk Wrap Jumpsuit&lt;/a&gt;, $395.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And lastly Tiffany says, &quot;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;I wanted to know who designed this dress &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Tiny &lt;/span&gt;is wearing? She looks so fab!&lt;/span&gt;&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Ai7_L3_XG5W59MOzLdzuPwzbnscfafDnf_oWCx1-5jjgIjP4hB1AirI2GkKZxylWjfXoqFDpciZYpjGPo-fvCQNBjcxq1E8vCXb7r69oDQm794hyphenhyphenhIM8LtgykpK7JViDcmVA/s1600-h/Tiny.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Ai7_L3_XG5W59MOzLdzuPwzbnscfafDnf_oWCx1-5jjgIjP4hB1AirI2GkKZxylWjfXoqFDpciZYpjGPo-fvCQNBjcxq1E8vCXb7r69oDQm794hyphenhyphenhIM8LtgykpK7JViDcmVA/s400/Tiny.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302181779817435906&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Adriana found that Tiny is wearing this $2,800 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.net-a-porter.com/am/product/36836?cm_mmc=LinkshareUS-_-ProductFeed-_-Herv%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD+L%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BDger-_-Dresses&amp;amp;siteID=J84DHJLQkR4-iNGXCtV5cbzn.nzUX8clnQ&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Herve Leger Sequin Bandage dress&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_8BhJKVfI77ioj7SK119Hl7WULRftqbz7xVI1kyRkLAykWuQyjEZaCYA-laiXl5EHW9KKrSST82-nEfWKGClCgFK8D5-zwXZI5JUsw-_HNrmylPmUHLsYV1pU4eSCjObDNuEt/s1600-h/36836_fr_l.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 345px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_8BhJKVfI77ioj7SK119Hl7WULRftqbz7xVI1kyRkLAykWuQyjEZaCYA-laiXl5EHW9KKrSST82-nEfWKGClCgFK8D5-zwXZI5JUsw-_HNrmylPmUHLsYV1pU4eSCjObDNuEt/s400/36836_fr_l.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302181433270765618&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;...Oh, and like her shoes? Get a similar pair for less &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.endless.com/dp/B001B868BK/175-6088210-9378056?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;linkCode=asn&amp;amp;ref_=asc_df_B001B868BK712869&amp;amp;tag=endlesscj-20&amp;amp;suppressRedirect=1&amp;amp;creativeASIN=B001B868BK&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That does it!&lt;br /&gt;Stay tuned later today for a bit of &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;NY Scene with Adriana&lt;/span&gt;. I&#39;m going to try to make it to the tents today, but honestly I&#39;m a bit jet lagged! If anything I&#39;ll be sure to hit the ground running this weekend, and deliver fresh pix, reviews, and news around the clock.&lt;br /&gt;Bisous!</description><link>http://thefashionbomb.blogspot.com/2009/02/mail-bombs-lite-heidis-ysl-pumps.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Claire)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXbab7UNSuI2slIMbYemnDvcGFbcMk6XoRk-s9iM1q0Nkupxtu9XTQAZKfWArUq9I3XQ0Lt1qi08M3qHKXk0m8HEFCUXYS0RlIzxNWTSOIYdKVp4HdFdLlzEGEnf2AlBuSp1wHvA/s72-c/Fashion+Bomb.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>6</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542856.post-3428323239692952326</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-13T09:55:42.731-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Ethnic Models</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Fashion News</category><title>Chanel Iman on &quot;Gossip Girl&quot;</title><description>That&#39;s right Fashion Bombshells! One of our favorite bomb chicks, &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Chanel Iman&lt;/span&gt;, is &lt;a href=&quot;http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/02/chanel_iman_also_to_guest_star.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;scheduled to be on an upcoming episode&lt;/a&gt; of the CW&#39;s primetime hit show &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Gossip Girl&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitJipJzYWxcnpcpbsXDlangIgeyaN2kjp3ecNv-hQ8b4pSXRieFSvSTtXITaJaQBD_UIieo8xOAKuLw2HeP-dYDIiilOte6_cvtxgBSWSvFt_2-qp_iIqUuNCDjqBp1yp_x9zM/s1600-h/Chanel+Iman.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitJipJzYWxcnpcpbsXDlangIgeyaN2kjp3ecNv-hQ8b4pSXRieFSvSTtXITaJaQBD_UIieo8xOAKuLw2HeP-dYDIiilOte6_cvtxgBSWSvFt_2-qp_iIqUuNCDjqBp1yp_x9zM/s400/Chanel+Iman.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302006593615540034&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Not sure when it will air,  but the word on the street is it&#39;ll be the episode where &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Serena van der Woodsen&lt;/span&gt; throws a party.&lt;br /&gt;Chanel is certainly an amazing model, but do you think she can bust out the acting chops?&lt;br /&gt;~Vuitton</description><link>http://thefashionbomb.blogspot.com/2009/02/chanel-iman-on-gossip-girl.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitJipJzYWxcnpcpbsXDlangIgeyaN2kjp3ecNv-hQ8b4pSXRieFSvSTtXITaJaQBD_UIieo8xOAKuLw2HeP-dYDIiilOte6_cvtxgBSWSvFt_2-qp_iIqUuNCDjqBp1yp_x9zM/s72-c/Chanel+Iman.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542856.post-5524089870644806732</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-13T10:28:18.316-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Black History Month</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Contest</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Fashion Week</category><title>Barbie + Black History Month + Contest = You at Fashion Week!</title><description>As we &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.the-fashion-bomb.com/2008/11/barbie-goes-fashion-for-her-50th.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;previously noted&lt;/a&gt;, 2009 marks &lt;strong&gt;Barbie&#39;s Golden Anniversary&lt;/strong&gt; and even at 50, this number one stunna still turns the heads of young (and not so young!) divas everywhere! 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&lt;a href=&quot;http://entertainment.areyouacardmember.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;American Express&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204);&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJdkB_cwQOcgoUs7AwsayDNwfxy1XvY8tuytl2KoqjWWcJmQ-bH_gIgiFrme3ocG1EG4ZisbtagmkPvdXRiMBX4GN-PMVLWO0Wc08uCdBlw2M-fXD2P-JUK0YILrUEWIoWtrYi/s1600-h/AmEx+Logo.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301738117568219154&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 200px; height: 153px; text-align: center;&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJdkB_cwQOcgoUs7AwsayDNwfxy1XvY8tuytl2KoqjWWcJmQ-bH_gIgiFrme3ocG1EG4ZisbtagmkPvdXRiMBX4GN-PMVLWO0Wc08uCdBlw2M-fXD2P-JUK0YILrUEWIoWtrYi/s200/AmEx+Logo.JPG&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://entertainment.areyouacardmember.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;AmEx&lt;/a&gt; will give &lt;strong&gt;two seats to Barbie&#39;s 50th Anniversary Runway Show to one lucky Fashion Bomb reader&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204);&quot;&gt;The first person to tell us Barbie&#39;s &lt;u&gt;full&lt;/u&gt; real name wins the golden tickets&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204);&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; E-mail us at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:thefashionbombcontest@gmail.com&quot;&gt;thefashionbombcontest@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt; with your answers!&lt;br /&gt;See you in the tents!&lt;br /&gt;~Adri&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;strong&gt;Sorry but this contest is open only to Fashion Bombshells within commuting distance of NYC!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-size:180%;&quot; &gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;*We have a winner!*&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyJEQwtnkLNT5IyiSR2KtjQnwM70TnLh6EN6QSavE1fkMufynwy49N2lHRlIjbqvRN7HP70Va8T0PEhr2qv-jb7q9vZo42DbH9VHpEoYvKJlEldgKNlJNTt7p610wM5MdxeHrF/s1600-h/courtney%5B1%5D.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 178px; height: 200px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyJEQwtnkLNT5IyiSR2KtjQnwM70TnLh6EN6QSavE1fkMufynwy49N2lHRlIjbqvRN7HP70Va8T0PEhr2qv-jb7q9vZo42DbH9VHpEoYvKJlEldgKNlJNTt7p610wM5MdxeHrF/s200/courtney%5B1%5D.JPG&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302302868705767986&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Courtney&lt;/span&gt; from New Jersey is headed to the tents for guessing correctly that Barbie&#39;s real name is &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Barbara Millicent Roberts!&lt;/span&gt; Thanks to everyone who played!&lt;br /&gt;~Adriana&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;*Thanks to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.angelicdreamz.com/store/barbie_AA.html&quot;&gt;Angelic Dreamz&lt;/a&gt; for the images!&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://thefashionbomb.blogspot.com/2009/02/barbie-black-history-month-contest-you.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwhTpnGXseLaydo9EkQgXYK3JFTa5bMr-wLyZhsSeF_enrRI9oFnbPuniWrRCyF_tOVajeuzGAm2rzX8UpJgGBoLVHQLDBEFcsnbunwlxpKg0EdolvF5MiC4dNEaW9wGTnsG27/s72-c/Julia.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>7</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542856.post-6549103324683342741</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-12T09:00:07.385-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Black History Month</category><title>Fun Black Fashion Fact: B. Smith</title><description>&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Did you know??&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;That all-around style maven extraordinaire &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;B. Smith&lt;/span&gt; was the first African-American model to land the cover of &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mademoiselle&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;?&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglVPfSgLn0QZ7KOwqq2neH6UmJ2fDoLBMKsw9sJHDcLTVL_oJEV4v5GpCDrW1eUkZi467K9E7iWfuLFfxya8KzJiEY7qq6eAYproZTfRajYKNR2BXsY_dhs_CZb1CXApULoDZI/s1600-h/B.Smith.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301568722442295810&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 245px; cursor: pointer; height: 320px; text-align: center;&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglVPfSgLn0QZ7KOwqq2neH6UmJ2fDoLBMKsw9sJHDcLTVL_oJEV4v5GpCDrW1eUkZi467K9E7iWfuLFfxya8KzJiEY7qq6eAYproZTfRajYKNR2BXsY_dhs_CZb1CXApULoDZI/s320/B.Smith.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The eponymous &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;B.&lt;/span&gt; (real name Barbara) evolved from model to multi-hyphenate style mogul with her über-successful line of &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;restaurants&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;home interiors&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;style manuals&lt;/span&gt;, and &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;jewelry&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii222/thefashionbomb/AdrianasImages/BCollage-1.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;In addition, Ms. Smith is a spokesperson for several top national brands, and is frequently seen on NBC&#39;s &quot;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Today&lt;/span&gt;&quot; Show, &quot;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Good Morning America&lt;/span&gt;,&quot; and &quot;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;The View&lt;/span&gt;,&quot; in addition to her own show, &quot;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;B. Smith with Style&lt;/span&gt;,&quot; which is now broadcast on &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;TV One&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;ve been to her restaurant here in NY and must say the food is &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;the truth&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Learn more about the divine &lt;strong&gt;B.&lt;/strong&gt; at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bsmith.com/index2.php&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;BSmith.com&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;~Adriana&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://thefashionbomb.blogspot.com/2009/02/fun-black-fashion-fact-b-smith.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglVPfSgLn0QZ7KOwqq2neH6UmJ2fDoLBMKsw9sJHDcLTVL_oJEV4v5GpCDrW1eUkZi467K9E7iWfuLFfxya8KzJiEY7qq6eAYproZTfRajYKNR2BXsY_dhs_CZb1CXApULoDZI/s72-c/B.Smith.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542856.post-2473734111832175991</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-12T02:22:27.130-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Week in Chic</category><title>This Week in Chic: Kelly Rowland, Kimora, Lala, and more!</title><description>The Grammys were big this week, but there were a few more instances of Fashion Bomb chic:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii222/thefashionbomb/Week-in-Chic-3-5.gif&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii222/thefashionbomb/WEek-in-Chic-2-6.gif&quot; /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii222/thefashionbomb/Week-in-Chic-9.gif&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Elise Neal &lt;/span&gt;looks lovely!&lt;br /&gt;What do you think?</description><link>http://thefashionbomb.blogspot.com/2009/02/this-week-in-chic-kelly-rowland-kimora.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Claire)</author><thr:total>5</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542856.post-5626485229257218436</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-13T11:34:58.791-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Contest</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Video</category><title>Throwback Viddy Contest: Feeling It</title><description>For this week&#39;s throwback video, let&#39;s reminisce with a bit &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;vintage Jigga&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;object height=&quot;344&quot; 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target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Sweethoneydipchocolatebrownsugah Bath Bomb&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDdti26eh9So_rVA3KsgKGwV7t3r8BWlUs-gE-EsDzeoDzzypdEOLoAxdOQWAt-UDVoQeZA6EnU2htaXEytvhcSjS_dnc7Ja_59y7u_jdIpXCXc5qaR6IxDrcLOBEMH_WvxpJ6/s1600-h/BathBomb_M.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 250px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDdti26eh9So_rVA3KsgKGwV7t3r8BWlUs-gE-EsDzeoDzzypdEOLoAxdOQWAt-UDVoQeZA6EnU2htaXEytvhcSjS_dnc7Ja_59y7u_jdIpXCXc5qaR6IxDrcLOBEMH_WvxpJ6/s400/BathBomb_M.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301628598767893986&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;...The fizzy bath bomb leaves skin soft, smooth, and richly scented with &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;chocolate, honey&lt;/span&gt; and a touch of &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;sweet vanilla bean&lt;/span&gt;. Looks good enough to eat!&lt;br /&gt;E-mail us at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:thefashionbombcontest@gmail.com&quot;&gt;thefashionbombcontest@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt; with your answer!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;We have a winner!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Reader &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Adrienne &lt;/span&gt;from &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Tuskegee University &lt;/span&gt;correctly found that the stylist behind this and several Jay-Z videos is none other than &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.the-fashion-bomb.com/2007/12/breaking-into-fashion-june-ambrose.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Breaking into Fashion superstar&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHxCvmAugLX3NikO0TuTL3S6g_wOTj8WtyJjaAAFo4k4BQFIBsguJVQPiCuESRYaAmfOFt0ij9trlFAfUfk_hAYCiK6tlX1nK40Ye6RYN5O8sZAGenulQUp4kbKc2DZGmd6VE0/s1600-h/june_281x211.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHxCvmAugLX3NikO0TuTL3S6g_wOTj8WtyJjaAAFo4k4BQFIBsguJVQPiCuESRYaAmfOFt0ij9trlFAfUfk_hAYCiK6tlX1nK40Ye6RYN5O8sZAGenulQUp4kbKc2DZGmd6VE0/s400/june_281x211.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301805774031202642&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;June Ambrose!&lt;/span&gt; June has styled a long list of hip hop videos in her career...check out her work at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.juneambrose.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.juneambrose.com&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://thefashionbomb.blogspot.com/2009/02/throwback-viddy-contest-feelin-it.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Claire)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDdti26eh9So_rVA3KsgKGwV7t3r8BWlUs-gE-EsDzeoDzzypdEOLoAxdOQWAt-UDVoQeZA6EnU2htaXEytvhcSjS_dnc7Ja_59y7u_jdIpXCXc5qaR6IxDrcLOBEMH_WvxpJ6/s72-c/BathBomb_M.gif" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542856.post-6203379575129215588</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-11T18:06:21.854-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Contest</category><title>Contest: Beyonce&#39;s Hot Shoes</title><description>Last night &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Fashion Bomb &lt;/span&gt;regular &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Beyonce&lt;/span&gt; graced the red carpet of the &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Unforgettable Evening Benefiting The Entertainment Industry Foundation&lt;/span&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq_irC0MuC_eKGcCUs4unJsv-r0qmROaVNXcZZSA7CkSy4tmD6dnUsewu_LZQJGMf9D-5_23GLpaXv9357Npgeo8Xzl6iw0CsGBHMFxLhyKpcbHosLzZG_wQ8V5h7VbEfx7jc-XA/s1600-h/Beyonce-shoes.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 324px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq_irC0MuC_eKGcCUs4unJsv-r0qmROaVNXcZZSA7CkSy4tmD6dnUsewu_LZQJGMf9D-5_23GLpaXv9357Npgeo8Xzl6iw0CsGBHMFxLhyKpcbHosLzZG_wQ8V5h7VbEfx7jc-XA/s400/Beyonce-shoes.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301591324974413538&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The dress? &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Hmmm&lt;/span&gt;...but the shoes are &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;hot&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;The first person to find the designer of these hot heeled stilettos will win this &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.carolsdaughter.com/product/fragrance/love-to-love-you.do?search=basic&amp;amp;keyword=love+to+love&amp;amp;sortby=newArrivals&amp;amp;page=1&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Carol&#39;s Daughter Love to Love you Fragrance Sampler&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg06lhW_uRnJGdXdAhdprCJeUysAipw4xGx_KCOKgiV01-pIAZAo4UZ3byJg3qa60sgnYYJLep160BJ183E_NPxd8TE55HU7E-4F_liQt59r6jy35kmzT-sY2u0INJQhtEAII13oA/s1600-h/FragranceSampler_l.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 350px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg06lhW_uRnJGdXdAhdprCJeUysAipw4xGx_KCOKgiV01-pIAZAo4UZ3byJg3qa60sgnYYJLep160BJ183E_NPxd8TE55HU7E-4F_liQt59r6jy35kmzT-sY2u0INJQhtEAII13oA/s400/FragranceSampler_l.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301592452864489058&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;...the set includes four fragrances with names like &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Roses &amp;amp; Honey, Creamy Amber, Love Petals&lt;/span&gt;, and &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Sweethoneydipchocolatebrownsugah&lt;/span&gt;. OK!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Send a link or a picture&lt;/span&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:thefashionbombcontest@gmail.com&quot;&gt;thefashionbombcontest@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;We have a winner!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Jordan&lt;/span&gt; from &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;North Carolina &lt;/span&gt;says, &quot;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Beyonce’s shoes are from the 50th Anniversary Collection of Casadei shoes...&lt;/span&gt;&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYX09bkc3wdA5NVzrkvIL0DQC1NMu78w7abETO1QbEKo3j1uhL0LCTqKiEsr9liHQ1bJIb8oaVllY5PCz23aAst3SfklTP7H5qPwfvj7QrzfkJJ0XhLEUSyepr9g5OTzLHMGVE/s1600-h/image001.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYX09bkc3wdA5NVzrkvIL0DQC1NMu78w7abETO1QbEKo3j1uhL0LCTqKiEsr9liHQ1bJIb8oaVllY5PCz23aAst3SfklTP7H5qPwfvj7QrzfkJJ0XhLEUSyepr9g5OTzLHMGVE/s400/image001.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301679837534488002&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;&quot;...Photographer Ellen von Ulwerth took pictures of the shoes for their anniversary event.&lt;/span&gt;&quot;&lt;br /&gt;Correct! Enjoy your sultry scents!</description><link>http://thefashionbomb.blogspot.com/2009/02/contest-beyonces-hot-shoes.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Claire)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq_irC0MuC_eKGcCUs4unJsv-r0qmROaVNXcZZSA7CkSy4tmD6dnUsewu_LZQJGMf9D-5_23GLpaXv9357Npgeo8Xzl6iw0CsGBHMFxLhyKpcbHosLzZG_wQ8V5h7VbEfx7jc-XA/s72-c/Beyonce-shoes.gif" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>6</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542856.post-4214224806019847179</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-11T13:10:27.901-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Black History Month</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Contest</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Ethnic Models</category><title>Fun Black Fashion Fact + Contest: Toukie Smith</title><description>&lt;div style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;Did you know??&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;That the fabulous and trailblazing &lt;strong&gt;Toukie Smith&lt;/strong&gt; was the first African-American model to have a mannequin designed in her likeness?&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhnMTqji6xNbNL7UX_WGYFyzgajd7AewrROjYHqznsRjOjDE5rUfJqdl1TPec_uVa0qkuyabUk9KimpMgdxryfBPMuHRqj5NzAEgoVrSY8BfhWfJOPHHCrsh_3ckug5gVLtnI_/s1600-h/Toukie.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301421993306868178&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 209px; height: 320px; text-align: center;&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhnMTqji6xNbNL7UX_WGYFyzgajd7AewrROjYHqznsRjOjDE5rUfJqdl1TPec_uVa0qkuyabUk9KimpMgdxryfBPMuHRqj5NzAEgoVrSY8BfhWfJOPHHCrsh_3ckug5gVLtnI_/s320/Toukie.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Ms. Smith, who appeared in campaigns for &lt;strong&gt;Chanel&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Versace&lt;/strong&gt;, and &lt;strong&gt;Norma Kamali&lt;/strong&gt; among others, also graced the pages of &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Vogue&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ELLE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ebony&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, and &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cosmopolitan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, just to name a few. Toukie&#39;s history-making mannequin was crafted in &lt;strong&gt;1978&lt;/strong&gt;, the same year she won the &lt;strong&gt;Bloomingdale&#39;s Model of the Year&lt;/strong&gt; award.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii222/thefashionbomb/AdrianasImages/Toukiecollage.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-size:180%;&quot; &gt;*CONTEST ALERT!*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The first person who can tell us &lt;strong&gt;which iconic designer&lt;/strong&gt; Toukie Smith is closely related to (hint: he received his own &lt;strong&gt;Fashion Bomb Black History Month&lt;/strong&gt; tribute a few years back), will win this limited edition &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.carolsdaughter.com/product/gifts/gifts_under_35/roses-and-honey.do?search=basic&amp;amp;keyword=shea+roses&amp;amp;sortby=newArrivals&amp;amp;page=1&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Carol&#39;s Daughter Roses &amp;amp; Honey Shea Soufflé&lt;/a&gt; ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYckXLMwS3COHnsy46JW7uoQKXuc5tDFHSQQZ_R4w8aSHTBx9tmW61cUKRPu2nlinNOHRiW9BUu_UhzMUPIfJCUkfQb8SNSeKyveRsCa-qNsc4FNMMgtHpfXmsVB0zhVv2GTKu1A/s1600-h/image003.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 209px; height: 196px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYckXLMwS3COHnsy46JW7uoQKXuc5tDFHSQQZ_R4w8aSHTBx9tmW61cUKRPu2nlinNOHRiW9BUu_UhzMUPIfJCUkfQb8SNSeKyveRsCa-qNsc4FNMMgtHpfXmsVB0zhVv2GTKu1A/s400/image003.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301540118028526402&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;...a rich cream moisturizer fragranced with fresh cut roses, honey, almond, anise and banana. Yum!&lt;br /&gt;E-mail &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:thefashionbombcontest@gmail.com&quot;&gt;thefashionbombcontest@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt; with your answers!&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-size:180%;&quot; &gt;*We have a Winner!*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh965UMESWFvR4FDlNxqM7bscSKPzaGZrKmT2O0vU4A8vC_LCjOnUsx_fegFw5hFqvFm_NnoFx_HMiryNlVfRu7ik1waDmQjfr1bTKudq6PcpcBG4EXcK-P1Ec4dPdxmhNNcsXH/s1600-h/Dionne.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 260px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh965UMESWFvR4FDlNxqM7bscSKPzaGZrKmT2O0vU4A8vC_LCjOnUsx_fegFw5hFqvFm_NnoFx_HMiryNlVfRu7ik1waDmQjfr1bTKudq6PcpcBG4EXcK-P1Ec4dPdxmhNNcsXH/s320/Dionne.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301595743740037394&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Fashion Bombshell &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Dionne&lt;/span&gt; was the first to correctly guess that Toukie Smith is the sister of iconic designer &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Willi Smith&lt;/span&gt;, who&#39;s received his own &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Fashion Bomb&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.the-fashion-bomb.com/2007/02/fashion-bomb-celebrates-willi-smith.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;tribute&lt;/a&gt;. Dionne, third from left in the strapless dress, cites Tracy Reese as the black fashionista she receives inspiration from because, &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;&quot;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;She takes into account the female body when designing and creates something that is not only timeless, but also truly special.  To me she is THE quintessential fashion bomb!&lt;/span&gt;&quot;&lt;/span&gt; And she&#39;s even wearing a Tracy Reese frock in her pic-- loves it!&lt;br /&gt;Congrats to Dionne and thanks to everyone who played!&lt;br /&gt;~Adriana</description><link>http://thefashionbomb.blogspot.com/2009/02/fun-black-fashion-fact-contest-toukie.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhnMTqji6xNbNL7UX_WGYFyzgajd7AewrROjYHqznsRjOjDE5rUfJqdl1TPec_uVa0qkuyabUk9KimpMgdxryfBPMuHRqj5NzAEgoVrSY8BfhWfJOPHHCrsh_3ckug5gVLtnI_/s72-c/Toukie.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542856.post-8325730726046103521</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:48:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-11T15:02:22.086-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Just Because</category><title>Carol&#39;s Daughter Giveaway Day!!</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Hey Bombshells!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We like to keep things super exciting, so in the spirit of V-Day, fashion, and fun, we&#39;re giving away a few indulgent &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.carolsdaughter.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Carol&#39;s Daughter &lt;/a&gt;products!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglBPk2oF1eKoGwauaUwrRwzL3Ytlf6ftUsxRF5NCq4Z0vixfj6SBWdbsEEULcQu7eTtEEEcmv_8EMcBJS7XRn4ZbovB0-x54WZS34C7woCg_M7fQr7ONdQbX-o2FG-XQYXyKF0_w/s1600-h/Carol&#39;s-Daughter.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 361px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglBPk2oF1eKoGwauaUwrRwzL3Ytlf6ftUsxRF5NCq4Z0vixfj6SBWdbsEEULcQu7eTtEEEcmv_8EMcBJS7XRn4ZbovB0-x54WZS34C7woCg_M7fQr7ONdQbX-o2FG-XQYXyKF0_w/s400/Carol&#39;s-Daughter.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301537008898120114&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Keep checking in throughout the day for contests and Black History trivia. We have a few cute prizes...yay!</description><link>http://thefashionbomb.blogspot.com/2009/02/carols-daughter-giveaway-day.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Claire)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglBPk2oF1eKoGwauaUwrRwzL3Ytlf6ftUsxRF5NCq4Z0vixfj6SBWdbsEEULcQu7eTtEEEcmv_8EMcBJS7XRn4ZbovB0-x54WZS34C7woCg_M7fQr7ONdQbX-o2FG-XQYXyKF0_w/s72-c/Carol&#39;s-Daughter.gif" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542856.post-9046548591723111286</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 06:43:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-11T13:18:55.936-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Black History Month</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Throwback</category><title>Vintage Style: Lena Horne</title><description>&lt;div&gt;Back by popular demand is a lil&#39; bit of &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.the-fashion-bomb.com/2009/01/intern-candidate-ashley-vintage-style.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Vintage Style&lt;/a&gt;&quot; by &lt;strong&gt;Intern Contestant-turned-Contributor&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.the-fashion-bomb.com/2009/01/real-style-fashion-bomb-intern-contest.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Ashley&lt;/a&gt;. Check it out!&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLswdkOXHnjizFENROYLqZGV4x7y2GPxwX4g_Mx3bYYe12HEgef4c2ow0jGIQNL1AQ7QCHFLJBVfQ-YejBInAHKXT7s7QLe500VVEsBU_Zoz4CAaQ4X6YKGcPkX2vy4-zLmTAS/s1600-h/Lena+Horne.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301399840166492738&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 255px; height: 320px; text-align: center;&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLswdkOXHnjizFENROYLqZGV4x7y2GPxwX4g_Mx3bYYe12HEgef4c2ow0jGIQNL1AQ7QCHFLJBVfQ-YejBInAHKXT7s7QLe500VVEsBU_Zoz4CAaQ4X6YKGcPkX2vy4-zLmTAS/s320/Lena+Horne.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;Very few women can manage to be as poised *and* sizzling hot as &lt;strong&gt;Lena Horne&lt;/strong&gt; was in her day. With a penchant for &lt;strong&gt;coyly demure necklines&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;super-sexy silhouettes&lt;/strong&gt;, this timeless siren was known as much for her beauty as for her professionalism, class, and talent. While the Brooklyn native certainly made history as &lt;strong&gt;the first African-American singer to sign with MGM&lt;/strong&gt;, it was also her style that made me sit up and take notice.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii222/thefashionbomb/AdrianasImages/LenaCollage.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ms. Horne stuck with &lt;strong&gt;no fuss, streamlined pieces&lt;/strong&gt; that complimented her oh-so-enviable curves. One thing I love about the days of Old Hollywood is the glamour that permeated just about every aspect of their lives, whether you went out dancing at the &lt;strong&gt;Cotton Club&lt;/strong&gt; or hit up a boxing match. Even if we don’t have her diamond-cutting cheekbones or statuesque figure, we can still strive for some of the poise and grace Lena herself embodied.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Borrow a little bit of Lena Horne’s subdued sensuality&lt;/span&gt; with dresses that feature daring little necklines and figure skimming silhouettes!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii222/thefashionbomb/AdrianasImages/LenaDresses.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;1. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.neimanmarcus.com/store/catalog/prod.jhtml?itemId=prod69260123&amp;amp;parentId=cat20730757&amp;amp;masterId=cat10100738&amp;amp;index=9&amp;amp;cmCat=cat000000cat000001cat17740747cat000127cat10100738cat20730757&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Abaete Carolyn Dress&lt;/a&gt;, $425 2. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.net-a-porter.com/product/32178&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Hervé Léger Paiellette Covered Bandage Dress&lt;/a&gt;, $2,070 3. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.neimanmarcus.com/store/catalog/prod.jhtml?itemId=prod76420026&amp;amp;parentId=cat1560732&amp;amp;masterId=cat9360734&amp;amp;index=1&amp;amp;cmCat=cat000000cat000001cat17740747cat000131cat9360734cat1560732&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Badgley Mischka Pleated Dress&lt;/a&gt;, $695 4. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bluefly.com/ABS-black-sateen-v-neck-knot-detail-gown/cat20110/214326900/detail.fly&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;A.B.S. Sateen V-Neck Gown&lt;/a&gt;, $204 5. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cutesygirl.com/NEORA_Satin_Pleated-PID30097-MID286015.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Satin Pleated Sweetheart Dress&lt;/a&gt;, $30 6. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bluefly.com/Vera-Wang-chocolate-ruched-taffeta-one-shoulder-dress/cat60019/302322401/detail.fly&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Vera Wang Chocolate Ruched Taffeta One Shoulder Dress&lt;/a&gt;, $768&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Who knew such subtlety could be so sexy?&lt;br /&gt;~Ashley&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;****************************************************************&lt;br /&gt;Snaps for Ms. Ashley! I&#39;m so glad her Vintage Style will now be a recurring feature on the FB, aren&#39;t you?&lt;br /&gt;~Adri &lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://thefashionbomb.blogspot.com/2009/02/vintage-style-lena-horne.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLswdkOXHnjizFENROYLqZGV4x7y2GPxwX4g_Mx3bYYe12HEgef4c2ow0jGIQNL1AQ7QCHFLJBVfQ-YejBInAHKXT7s7QLe500VVEsBU_Zoz4CAaQ4X6YKGcPkX2vy4-zLmTAS/s72-c/Lena+Horne.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item></channel></rss>