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Hey everyone, please vote for my gorgeous friend Natalia Barulich in this &lt;a href="http://notre-mode.com/blog_nm/your-look/"&gt;personal style contest&lt;/a&gt; as a part of her run for Ms. California! The more votes she gets, the more likely it is that she’ll get a section on the&lt;br /&gt;
Notre-Mode site about her run. Please spread the word— click the link, press the arrows at the top to the right until… you see Natalia and click the button to vote :)&lt;br /&gt;
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PS- I'm now blogging here: http://www.nikitaetmode.tumblr.com!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7882591447738076298-7309261606738932937?l=nikitaetmode.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://nikitaetmode.blogspot.com/2011/02/please-help.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Nikita)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-5b2TnzHpIzw/TWxCUHdxrhI/AAAAAAAAAvs/E77swnt077w/s72-c/Screen+shot+2011-02-28+at+4.45.32+PM.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882591447738076298.post-5501256981619277834</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2010 23:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-12-18T15:28:24.416-08:00</atom:updated><title>moving over</title><description>Hi everyone, I am moving on over from here to tumblr and starting a brand new blog.&lt;br /&gt;
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we've had a good run.&lt;br /&gt;
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xoxo&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7882591447738076298-5501256981619277834?l=nikitaetmode.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://nikitaetmode.blogspot.com/2010/12/moving-over.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Nikita)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882591447738076298.post-5234196053807915281</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-11-10T19:32:38.740-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">boots</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">shoes</category><title>Just a little obsessed with boots...</title><description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="position:relative;width:500px;height:500px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.polyvore.com/over_knee_boots/set?.embedder=1576061&amp;.mid=embed&amp;id=24816803"&gt;&lt;img width="500" alt="Over The Knee Boots" src="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-set/BQcDAAAAAwoDanBnAAAABC5vdXQKFkprTVpIUVh0M3hHOHItUUowSTFveFEAAAACaWQKAXgAAAAEc2l6ZQ.jpg" title="Over The Knee Boots" height="500" border="0" force="1" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.polyvore.com/over_knee_boots/set?.embedder=1576061&amp;.mid=embed&amp;id=24816803"&gt;Over The Knee Boots&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/profile?.embedder=1576061&amp;.mid=embed&amp;id=1576061"&gt;nikitaetmode&lt;/a&gt; featuring &lt;a href="http://www.polyvore.com/leather_boots/shop?query=leather+boots"&gt;leather boots&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="position:relative;width:500px;height:500px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.polyvore.com/knee_high_boots/set?.embedder=1576061&amp;.mid=embed&amp;id=24816622"&gt;&lt;img width="500" alt="Knee High Boots" src="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-set/BQcDAAAAAwoDanBnAAAABC5vdXQKFlFCYmstQVB0M3hHVEtNd0kwSTFveFEAAAACaWQKAXgAAAAEc2l6ZQ.jpg" title="Knee High Boots" height="500" border="0" force="1" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.polyvore.com/knee_high_boots/set?.embedder=1576061&amp;.mid=embed&amp;id=24816622"&gt;Knee High Boots&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/profile?.embedder=1576061&amp;.mid=embed&amp;id=1576061"&gt;nikitaetmode&lt;/a&gt; featuring &lt;a href="http://www.polyvore.com/all_saints_boots/shop?brand=All+Saints&amp;category_id=42"&gt;all saints boots&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="position:relative;width:500px;height:500px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.polyvore.com/booties/set?.embedder=1576061&amp;.mid=embed&amp;id=24816506"&gt;&lt;img width="500" alt="Booties" src="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-set/BQcDAAAAAwoDanBnAAAABC5vdXQKFkdyaGRkZ1B0M3hHMExERkpYLVZfOHcAAAACaWQKAXgAAAAEc2l6ZQ.jpg" title="Booties" height="500" border="0" force="1" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.polyvore.com/booties/set?.embedder=1576061&amp;.mid=embed&amp;id=24816506"&gt;Booties&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/profile?.embedder=1576061&amp;.mid=embed&amp;id=1576061"&gt;nikitaetmode&lt;/a&gt; featuring &lt;a href="http://www.polyvore.com/slip_on_boots/shop?query=slip+on+boots"&gt;slip on boots&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
So basically, I'm having a love affair with boots of all shapes and sizes. What do you think?&lt;br /&gt;
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xx&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7882591447738076298-5234196053807915281?l=nikitaetmode.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://nikitaetmode.blogspot.com/2010/11/just-little-obsessed-with-boots.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Nikita)</author><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882591447738076298.post-3810467964219229106</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-11-08T16:13:12.819-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">outfits</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">cognac</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">shoes</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">shopping</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Jewelry</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">for better or for worse</category><title>Mixing Black and Cognac</title><description>&amp;nbsp;Here I am. Crawling my way back into the blogging world. I've been gone for a long time, mostly because of school, and secondly because I felt as though I'd lost my blogging groove...That being said, hopefully I can be back for a consistent run.&lt;br /&gt;
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As far as I know, wearing brown and black together has been bit of a taboo...But that's where cognac comes in. I've seen girls mixing cognac boots with their mainly black outfits now, and all of a sudden, I found myself lusting for a pair of the perfect cognac boots. Here's my try at mixing black and cognac.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TNiQD2FIk5I/AAAAAAAAAvU/5By9O8uIJ60/s1600/DSC_0697.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TNiQD2FIk5I/AAAAAAAAAvU/5By9O8uIJ60/s400/DSC_0697.JPG" width="307" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Shirt, BP at Nordstrom; Cardigan, Target; Jeans, Gap; Boots, Steve Madden; Necklace, J. Crew; Ring, BP at Nordstrom&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TNiQFa9K_MI/AAAAAAAAAvY/uZCvDZLjYHM/s1600/DSC_0701.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TNiQFa9K_MI/AAAAAAAAAvY/uZCvDZLjYHM/s320/DSC_0701.JPG" width="313" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TNiQHDCtFQI/AAAAAAAAAvc/iVNJxwEaKK0/s1600/DSC_0704.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TNiQHDCtFQI/AAAAAAAAAvc/iVNJxwEaKK0/s320/DSC_0704.JPG" width="289" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Nails, Essie in Mint Candy Apple&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;I love how the cognac makes the jeans look brighter; a true indigo. &lt;br /&gt;
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What do you think?&lt;br /&gt;
xx&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7882591447738076298-3810467964219229106?l=nikitaetmode.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://nikitaetmode.blogspot.com/2010/11/mixing-black-and-cognac.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Nikita)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TNiQD2FIk5I/AAAAAAAAAvU/5By9O8uIJ60/s72-c/DSC_0697.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>5</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882591447738076298.post-4670550835189514985</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:59:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-09-06T15:06:05.336-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">interviews</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">exclusive</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">this just in</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">local designer</category><title>Interview with Magdalena Trever!</title><description>Yesterday at the 944 magazine Cabana  party, I caught up with Magdalena Trever, knit-wear bikini designer.  (She was showing her designs there)...&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;The Fashion Files&lt;/b&gt;: What is your inspiration and main influence for this collection?&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Magdalena Trever:&lt;/b&gt; My main influence is really sixties nineteen seventies that era like the hippies, the mod chic I’ve kinda captured that whole time—and I really brought back the knitted bikinis because you know during the sixties they were really popular. And I’ve brought them back in a new way where it’s not just crocheted, average bikini, it’s multi-colored you know, different knit stitches, all very unique, one-of- a kind couture type weaving of yarns. So they stand out a lot but they have that sixties essence and that early seventies vibe.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;TFF&lt;/b&gt;: So when’d you decide you wanted to get into design, particularly bikinis?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;MT&lt;/b&gt;: I decided I wanted to get design about six years ago, I really loved knitwear (which is knitting) and I went to into school for it and I got into bikinis-- &amp;nbsp;it was about a year and a half ago, it was just with a friend—we were gonna do it as a side project once I graduated from school (I was making clothes already). It was just a hobby and it picked up from there. People started liking them, I started doing shows, and the shows got bigger and then…Full blown bikini designer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;TFF&lt;/b&gt;: Who’d you say are your biggest influences as a designer?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;MT&lt;/b&gt;: I really like Ashley Paige—she does knitted bikinis—and they’re really cool; they’re a little bit more simple, but I really like how she did the breakthrough of re-inventing the knitted bikini. And then Missoni is one of my all-time favorite knitwear designers. I love YSL even though I’m very colorful. I’m very influenced by pushing boundaries like he did in the very beginning, like pantsuits on women. I like that, I like the concepts, I just want to push the bikini and I guess if I was YSL I’d be pushing the way a woman wears the bikini.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;TFF&lt;/b&gt;: So who’s the Magdalena Trever woman—who do see wearing your designs?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;MT&lt;/b&gt;: Someone that is fun, someone who wants to be different, wants to stand out, but not for the wrong reasons. They want to be unique, they wanna be eclectic, they want to be diverse, you know they have that interesting personality… They get it, they have the well - rounded package, they’re either a writer, some sort of artist, people that make things happen. Someone I think who is interesting herself—she travels around, she’s just an interesting human being, you know? They wanna be different.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;TFF&lt;/b&gt;: So this isn’t really a Playboy type thing…&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;MT&lt;/b&gt;: It’s sexy, I’ve gone to the Playboy mansion, sold bikinis to playmates…But it’s like sixties sexy like if you were to compare it to a spandex bikini with rhinestones all over it it’s not that…It’s not stripper sexy, it’s more the sixties sexy where women were covered but they were hot you know?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;TFF&lt;/b&gt;: Do you think any experiences you’ve had growing up have fed into your design aesthetic?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;MT&lt;/b&gt;: Yes, my grandma was an amazing knitter and sewer so every summer when I’d go visit her she’d teach me stuff, I was so bored in Nebraska (there’s nothing to do…) and I loved it, and it stuck with me, kind of.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;TFF&lt;/b&gt;: Wow, my grandma tried to teach me knitting when I was like, in second grade I made one stitch in two hours and got bored.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;MT&lt;/b&gt;: Well there was nothing there but cornfields! (Laughs)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;TFF&lt;/b&gt;: So have you had any major successes and failures in trying to do this?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;MT&lt;/b&gt;: I did Magic, you know the major trunk show in Vegas where you get orders…It was scary it was my first time doing it…Everyone has been around forever that was there. I set up my booth, had stores come around and take orders and stuff, it was scary because I felt unorganized because it was my first time, but it was a good moment because I was like, “oh I can do this, people are interested!” So it was scary but a good experience at the same time.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;TFF&lt;/b&gt;: Where do you see your designs in the future and are you going to branch out into other items?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;MT&lt;/b&gt;: Yes! Well first I’m going to stick to bikinis, really get well known for the bikinis and then I’ve done men’s jeans, women’s dresses, I can do jackets, accessories, a bunch of stuff. But I’m going to stick to the bikinis, once that grow then get into the other stuff that I love to make.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;TFF&lt;/b&gt;: So really grow the core concept and then work around that, like the perfume, etc?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;MT&lt;/b&gt;: Make a whole line, yeah…Like a lifestyle around one concept, should be cool, one ideal woman…&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;TFF&lt;/b&gt;: Thank you, is there anything else you’d like people to know?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;MT&lt;/b&gt;: I just really enjoy what I do and I think it shows. I just love making stuff…&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;I hope you enjoyed our interview. I'll post pictures from the party soon, but please become a fan of Magdalena's designs &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/magdalenatrever?ref=ts"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;...&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;xx&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7882591447738076298-4670550835189514985?l=nikitaetmode.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://nikitaetmode.blogspot.com/2010/09/interview-with-magdalena-trever.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Nikita)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TIVibinZBXI/AAAAAAAAAvM/zO8bhwd_mR8/s72-c/DSC_0634.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882591447738076298.post-5906062272592948182</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-08-31T09:08:33.473-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">collaborations</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">TBAF blog</category><title>TBAF blog post two!</title><description>Hey Ladies,&lt;br /&gt;
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Check out my second feature for &lt;a href="http://tbafblog.com/2010/08/street-style-parisa-est-parisienne/"&gt;TBAF blog&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;
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Share it with your friends on Facebook, tweet it on twitter, like it! Please pass it on!&lt;br /&gt;
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xx&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7882591447738076298-5906062272592948182?l=nikitaetmode.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://nikitaetmode.blogspot.com/2010/08/tbaf-blog-post-two.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Nikita)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882591447738076298.post-5724413038913859018</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-08-29T20:21:52.259-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Hayden Williams x The Fashion Files</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Hayden Williams</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">collaborations</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">lovely bloggers</category><title>Hayden Williams x The Fashion Files</title><description>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Hey dolls! Sorry for the lack of posting, school just started and it's been a tad insane. I'll get a Friday Fashionista up next week, I think it's far too late now for it to count. Oh and thanks for all the lovely comments ladies, I don't have time at the moment to go back to every post and thank you individually, but yeah, here you go, thank youuuuu!&lt;br /&gt;
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Alright so here's what Hayden and I have been doing. We decided to do a "one piece many ways" type feature. For our first edition, we chose this fabulous Nina Ricci leather jacket...&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/THshaPyEsQI/AAAAAAAAAu0/Jbhkt1PCYeY/s1600/hayden+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/THshaPyEsQI/AAAAAAAAAu0/Jbhkt1PCYeY/s640/hayden+1.JPG" width="475" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Here's the jacket worn over a cocktail dress (left) and then worn out on the town (right)&lt;br /&gt;
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In this second set, we "wore" it casually(left)--the way you'd run errands, etc.&amp;nbsp; and took it to work (right)!&lt;br /&gt;
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The whole point of this was to show that even "tricky" pieces like a leather jacket can be worn anywhere, given the way you accessorize them and tone them up or down.&lt;br /&gt;
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What'd you think ladies?&lt;br /&gt;
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xx &lt;br /&gt;
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PS-- Here's Hayden's &lt;a href="http://haydenwilliamsfashionillustrations.blogspot.com/"&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7882591447738076298-5724413038913859018?l=nikitaetmode.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://nikitaetmode.blogspot.com/2010/08/hayden-williams-x-fashion-files.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Nikita)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/THsgOAt3dUI/AAAAAAAAAus/EzuB3bF2aGc/s72-c/nina-ricci07.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882591447738076298.post-2986017428853976285</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-08-25T16:14:13.909-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">lovely bloggers</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">what do you think?</category><title>What's blogging been like for you?</title><description>Alright this is gonna be a completely off topic post, but I think one worth your while. Or I certainly hope so.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;When I jumped into the blogging game about six months ago, I wasn't really sure what I was doing. Hell, I didn't know half as much about fashion as I do now. I don't think I understood the &lt;br /&gt;
"seasons" as much as I do now, or really how much WORK blogging is...I didn't realize bloggers are secretly geeky. I mean you should SEE the amount of HTML that has to go through here. Then there's the deal with promoting the blog...Blogging etiquettes. It's a ton to process at once. Then you join ALL the networks, couturious, IFB, etc. Never sure which one is necessary. For me, I've not really gotten any hits from them...My biggest success has to be Twitter.&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/THWjuCir8QI/AAAAAAAAAuk/S6jm8mtb-SA/s1600/linksalamode.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/THWjuCir8QI/AAAAAAAAAuk/S6jm8mtb-SA/s320/linksalamode.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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My experience with blogging has been largely a positive one. I've only recieved a few angry and rude comments, my hits have only increased, and despite it all, I've been able to keep blogging fairly consistently. But, is it wrong that I get follow envy? Like sometimes I see blogs that started after mine that have like, ten times the followers I do and I just wonder...Where did I go wrong?&lt;br /&gt;
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So...what's blogging been like for you? Have you had issues hitting your stride? Do you think it's worth it? I'd really like to hear what you have to say.&lt;br /&gt;
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xx&lt;br /&gt;
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PS-- outfit tomorrow, maybe??&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7882591447738076298-2986017428853976285?l=nikitaetmode.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://nikitaetmode.blogspot.com/2010/08/whats-blogging-been-like-for-you.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Nikita)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/THWjuCir8QI/AAAAAAAAAuk/S6jm8mtb-SA/s72-c/linksalamode.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882591447738076298.post-8710292763178332083</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-08-24T15:13:14.114-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fashionistas</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">features</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">collaborations</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">lovely bloggers</category><title>We're past 100 and TBAF blog!</title><description>Hi guys, this'll be a quickie, gotta get all my summer reading done!&lt;br /&gt;
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So apparently, I'm past 100 posts on this blog, big pat on the back for me ;)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/THRDbw0HO9I/AAAAAAAAAuc/ZYhjMutjcK8/s1600/OfficeParty2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/THRDbw0HO9I/AAAAAAAAAuc/ZYhjMutjcK8/s320/OfficeParty2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Also, I'm now doing some Style Scouting work for The Bay Area Fashionista...See what I came up with this week, &lt;a href="http://tbafblog.com/2010/08/street-style-amanda-loves-utility/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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If you have a second, tweet that link or share it on Facebook--let's generate as much buzz as possible!&lt;br /&gt;
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Thanks for reading and sticking with me all this while. It's really tough to keep on blogging but I've managed to keep on it thanks to your encouragement and readership.&lt;br /&gt;
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xx&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7882591447738076298-8710292763178332083?l=nikitaetmode.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://nikitaetmode.blogspot.com/2010/08/were-past-100-and-tbaf-blog.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Nikita)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/THRDbw0HO9I/AAAAAAAAAuc/ZYhjMutjcK8/s72-c/OfficeParty2.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882591447738076298.post-2628998035394187910</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-08-20T22:31:08.993-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">lookbook</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fashionistas</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">lovely bloggers</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">for better or for worse</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Friday Fashionista</category><title>Friday Fashion(ista): Yannick</title><description>This week, meet Yannick, from Germany!&lt;br /&gt;
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I found Yannick as I was trolling &lt;a href="http://lookbook.nu/"&gt;Lookbook.nu&lt;/a&gt;. Seriously, if you thought your outfits were good, click on that link and have your ego absolutely killed...&lt;br /&gt;
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Anyways, I contacted him the moment I saw his stuff. Here's what Yannick sent in...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TG9hfVzPzhI/AAAAAAAAAuU/12Be4JKxTiw/s1600/yk_look17_outtake5_for_nikita.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TG9hfVzPzhI/AAAAAAAAAuU/12Be4JKxTiw/s320/yk_look17_outtake5_for_nikita.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; padding-top: 6px; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Crewneck T, ASOS; Plaid Shirt, Topman; Waistcoat, H&amp;amp;M; Jeans, Cheap Monday; Bag, ASOS&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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Here's what Yannick says:&lt;br /&gt;
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"I live currently in Hannover, Germany and I'm nineteen years old. My favorite  outfits are smart outfits. Wearing blazers and T-shirts without the &amp;nbsp;standard neck, my favorites are V-Necks. I wear skinny jeans most of the &amp;nbsp;time and just wear casual pants if I want to chill at home or chill  with friends. I started with my own LOOKBOOK in May 2010. I don't want  to fashion or art to be my occupation, that is nothing for me. I like it  how it is: as my favorite hobby.&lt;br /&gt;
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My favorite music is of course Electro/House Music, but I also like  songs about love or broken hearts if they are nicely done. I don't have a  favorite band, I'm listening to anyone's music if I like their song...&lt;br /&gt;
My favorite food is asian! I could eat rice everyday I think, haha. And I  love food made with curry... that's like a dream everytime. I also like  the whole choice of American fast-food like burger king, McDonalds, Pizza Hut...those things.&lt;br /&gt;
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The stores, hmm. I have to say there are days, when I can't find anything  good at any store. And I'm a absolute internet shopper, if I go to  stores directly in a city, I normally dont find something I would really  buy.&lt;br /&gt;
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I think I don't have any one favorite store, I just check around the internet  and watch for good looking clothes I would wear. But if I would have to  say any name I would say that TOPMAN is my favorite. Anyways, there are  often days where I can't find there something too."&lt;br /&gt;
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Here's Yannick's&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://lookbook.nu/user/185635-Yannick-K"&gt;Lookbook&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and his &lt;a href="http://thesearethawords.tumblr.com/"&gt;Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Thoughts, ladies?&lt;br /&gt;
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xx&lt;br /&gt;
PS-- The link to the interview yesterday was broken. It's fixed now, but here's the &lt;a href="http://theabccollege.blogspot.com/2010/08/dress-like-fashionista-nikita.html"&gt;link&lt;/a&gt; again!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7882591447738076298-2628998035394187910?l=nikitaetmode.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://nikitaetmode.blogspot.com/2010/08/friday-fashionista-yannick.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Nikita)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TG9hfVzPzhI/AAAAAAAAAuU/12Be4JKxTiw/s72-c/yk_look17_outtake5_for_nikita.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882591447738076298.post-1444326473974910607</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-08-19T19:33:34.983-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Hayden Williams</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">collaborations</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">lovely bloggers</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">trends</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">illustrations</category><title>Meet Hayden!</title><description>&lt;div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'&gt;I'm pleased to announce our first collaboration here on "The Fashion Files". Hayden and I have some exciting stuff in store for you! But first, you should meet Hayden... &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Hayden is a nineteen year old &lt;a href='http://haydenwilliamsfashionillustrations.blogspot.com/'&gt;blogger&lt;/a&gt; and fashion illustrator (aspiring designer) from London. He's been drawing since he was three (back then, he specialized in cartoons) and as he kept drawing, his art evolved into gorgeous fashion illustrations. Here's some of his recent stuff:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div style='clear: both; text-align: center;' class='separator'&gt;&lt;a style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;' imageanchor='1' href='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TG1nlBJnKkI/AAAAAAAAAt8/MGw9ACTB2qc/s1600/105_1180.JPG'&gt;&lt;img src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TG1nlBJnKkI/AAAAAAAAAt8/MGw9ACTB2qc/s320/105_1180.JPG' border='0'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;More after the jump!&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a name='more'/&gt;I saw Hayden's illustrations just recently-- I follow him on &lt;a href='http://twitter.com/hayden_williams'&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;. I'm glad I did! His stuff is gorgeous, feminine, classic and beautiful. Basically, most of the stuff he designs is right up my alley! It's a beautiful mix of Marc Jacobs, Dior, and Chanel...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div style='clear: both; text-align: center;' class='separator'&gt;&lt;a style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;' imageanchor='1' href='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TG1pB2MdZhI/AAAAAAAAAuE/vP_IlY0z7J4/s1600/105_0906-1.JPG'&gt;&lt;img src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TG1pB2MdZhI/AAAAAAAAAuE/vP_IlY0z7J4/s320/105_0906-1.JPG' border='0'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I hope this little preview of what Hayden does has hyped you up for our upcoming collaboration! Keep a watch for it, I have a sneaking suspicion you're gonna LOVE it.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;On another note, I was interviewed for &lt;a href='http://theabccollege.blogspot.com/'&gt;The ABCs of College&lt;/a&gt; -- check it out!&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;xx
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7882591447738076298-1444326473974910607?l=nikitaetmode.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://nikitaetmode.blogspot.com/2010/08/meet-hayden.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Nikita)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TG1nlBJnKkI/AAAAAAAAAt8/MGw9ACTB2qc/s72-c/105_1180.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882591447738076298.post-2543992498209904428</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-08-18T11:11:22.499-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">outfits</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fashionistas</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">for better or for worse</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Lady Gaga</category><title>The Monster Ball</title><description>Alright guys, strap on...This one's gonna be one hell of a post.&lt;br /&gt;
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So last night, I went to Gaga's concert, and obviously I dressed up! You can't go without dressing up...Basically The Monster Ball was just a huge dance party, with Gaga's message of, "here you can free yourself and be yourself. The FREAKS (because most of her fans are from portions of society often shunned) are outside and they've locked.the.f*cking.doors." The whole night was a fierce tranny mess. It was &lt;i&gt;surreal&lt;/i&gt; seeing her live, because she has such a persona about her you can't imagine someone like that is really a live person versus a character. She was absolutely spot on, never missed a cue. She was just &lt;i&gt;perfect&lt;/i&gt;, and dare I say it, she's the Michael Jackson of our generation. (For the record, The Fame Monster has surpassed Thriller in sales.) Seeing her live has reaffirmed why I am a "Little Monster".&lt;br /&gt;
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So here's the look I imitated:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TGwdFT2DZII/AAAAAAAAAtg/S9VJWHQJY9w/s1600/1000062790.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="227" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TGwdFT2DZII/AAAAAAAAAtg/S9VJWHQJY9w/s320/1000062790.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;My look after the jump...&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;So here's how I did that look, with jeggings and a shirt.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Jeggings, Joe's Jeans; Booties, Vince Camuto; Tank, American Apparel; Blazer, Gap&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I was going to wear pumps, but they just didn't feel right with this  look--I decided to wear these booties, they looked funkier and a little  more Gaga.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TGwdqdk92aI/AAAAAAAAAto/grNCzzC44F4/s1600/DSCN0969.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TGwdqdk92aI/AAAAAAAAAto/grNCzzC44F4/s320/DSCN0969.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;And of course, ACCESSORIES!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Headband, Nordstrom; Cuff and Necklace, Ann Taylor; Booties, Vince Camuto&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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I was delighted when I saw that Gaga and I wore the same makeup. I did an extreme cat eye, with pink lipstick (Nars in "Funny Face")&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TGwd90kjdXI/AAAAAAAAAtw/3ONx73LbQLw/s1600/Photo+224.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TGwd90kjdXI/AAAAAAAAAtw/3ONx73LbQLw/s320/Photo+224.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;How'd my look score? Here are some other fans...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TGwhjeuBspI/AAAAAAAAAt0/lnIEnSpHDVo/s1600/45777_435333092544_641562544_4909453_7046810_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TGwhjeuBspI/AAAAAAAAAt0/lnIEnSpHDVo/s320/45777_435333092544_641562544_4909453_7046810_n.jpg" width="238" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TGwhyKV2SlI/AAAAAAAAAt4/HOezU2IxkRU/s1600/45856_435333442544_641562544_4909457_456423_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TGwhyKV2SlI/AAAAAAAAAt4/HOezU2IxkRU/s320/45856_435333442544_641562544_4909457_456423_n.jpg" width="238" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Obviously my look wasn't as extreme! But, at least people understood I was dressed up. My mom and her friend didn't dress up loads, but as we were getting into our row, there was a gay guy there. My mom and her friend walked by no comments... Then as I'm walking by this guy, he stops me, grabs me by the hips, and goes, "HAVE FUN GURLLLLLL". It's like, "k I'm gonna waste my energy on an actual Gaga fan..."&lt;br /&gt;
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Anyways, I had a fabulous time, and I hope you enjoyed this post!&lt;br /&gt;
xx&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7882591447738076298-2543992498209904428?l=nikitaetmode.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://nikitaetmode.blogspot.com/2010/08/monster-ball.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Nikita)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TGwdFT2DZII/AAAAAAAAAtg/S9VJWHQJY9w/s72-c/1000062790.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882591447738076298.post-3287976282937211599</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 05:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-08-15T22:35:56.254-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">outfits</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">nails</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fashionistas</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Essie</category><title>Fine, Fresh, Fierce, we got it on lock.</title><description>&amp;nbsp;I was trying to get this up all weekend but blogger was being rude, and I ended up having no time after Friday...&lt;br /&gt;
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Ok, so I hate that song...But it's only appropriate to have this as the post title thanks to my Ocelot print scarf. I was running to a review session for this final that's ruining my life. [EDIT--took it yesterday, think it went decently]&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TGXul_REFZI/AAAAAAAAAsw/N-ftuQTAZ78/s1600/DSCN0932.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TGXul_REFZI/AAAAAAAAAsw/N-ftuQTAZ78/s400/DSCN0932.JPG" width="207" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Jeans, Gap; Shoes, Converse; Tank, American Apparel; Blazer, Gap; Scarf, random Indian bazaar.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TGjLtBVwlGI/AAAAAAAAAtI/i3f42nM2ZK4/s1600/DSCN0941.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TGjLtBVwlGI/AAAAAAAAAtI/i3f42nM2ZK4/s320/DSCN0941.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TGjMO0W_tTI/AAAAAAAAAtQ/m3_g9yAV7W0/s1600/DSCN0942.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TGjMO0W_tTI/AAAAAAAAAtQ/m3_g9yAV7W0/s320/DSCN0942.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;So I'm tired...And I have no idea why I look so supremely pissed off in ALL the photos?!! I'm not sure how I like the look of the blazer and converse, but I've seen tons of guys (and gals) pull off the look successfully so I thought, "why not give it a shot?"&lt;br /&gt;
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Now, on to the polish. Remember I tried to copy this mani?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TGjKJUYrJjI/AAAAAAAAAs4/1dhT8Gxl8K4/s1600/0726-vanessa-hudgens-hand-nails-close_bd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TGjKJUYrJjI/AAAAAAAAAs4/1dhT8Gxl8K4/s320/0726-vanessa-hudgens-hand-nails-close_bd.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Here's how it went for yours truly... &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TGjLBCuEoqI/AAAAAAAAAtA/H8CalA76Y-o/s1600/DSCN0953.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TGjLBCuEoqI/AAAAAAAAAtA/H8CalA76Y-o/s320/DSCN0953.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The color I used for my Tiffany blue was about a shade darker than the true Tiffany blue that V. was wearing, I believe hers is "For Audrey" by China Glaze. In the bottle, Essie's "Turquoise and Caicos" looks like Tiffany blue. On my nails, not as much-- I think it's because I like to use three coats of polish... Comparison below:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TGjNCN5STBI/AAAAAAAAAtY/zeon4RmoQmI/s1600/DSCN0952.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TGjNCN5STBI/AAAAAAAAAtY/zeon4RmoQmI/s320/DSCN0952.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;This week, I'm wearing "Mint Candy Apple". Will post pictures soon, but you can't even imagine how long I've looked for these two colors...I literally squealed when I saw them in store.&lt;br /&gt;
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Thoughts on this nail look and outfit?&lt;br /&gt;
xx&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7882591447738076298-3287976282937211599?l=nikitaetmode.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://nikitaetmode.blogspot.com/2010/08/fine-fresh-fierce-we-got-it-on-lock.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Nikita)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TGXul_REFZI/AAAAAAAAAsw/N-ftuQTAZ78/s72-c/DSCN0932.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882591447738076298.post-6639112226414234272</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-08-13T11:44:07.356-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fashionistas</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">lovely bloggers</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Friday Fashionista</category><title>Friday Fashionista: Mikaela</title><description>Hey guys, meet Mikaela, the fabulous blogger behind &lt;a href="http://framboisefashion.blogspot.com/"&gt;Framboise Fashion&lt;/a&gt;. She's been a longtime reader of my blog, and I think I can say the same about my readership of hers!&lt;br /&gt;
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Here's what she sent in:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TGWPeHAIKJI/AAAAAAAAAso/EK_8ALkXtyg/s1600/dsc1613mini.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TGWPeHAIKJI/AAAAAAAAAso/EK_8ALkXtyg/s320/dsc1613mini.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Swimsuit, Market in Italy; Pants, Gina Tricot; Shoes, Graceland;Bag, Vintage&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;Here's what Mikaela says:&lt;br /&gt;
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"My name is Mikaela and I run the blog Framboise Fashion. My style is very versatile; I love many colors and I enjoy when a garment has a unique design on it. To me, it's like dressing up. The highstreet shops H&amp;amp;M and Zara would definitely be my favorite. They always have something! Besides that I am a market girl; it's where I get my best vintage items, no doubt. I attend a music school where tons of bands and music are constantly presented to you, therefore I don't really have one band that I love. But, I can reveal that I am a long time Coldplay fan. When it comes to food- my favorite dishes are nachos (that are either homemade or enjoyed at the restaurant Norden in Copenhagen) and Sushi (especially running Sushi).&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Isn't she adorable? Here's her &lt;a href="http://framboisefashion.blogspot.com/"&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt;, again...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;PS-- I have photos ready for an outfit post and the polish post, I'll put them up later during another study break. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7882591447738076298-6639112226414234272?l=nikitaetmode.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://nikitaetmode.blogspot.com/2010/08/friday-fashionista-mikaela.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Nikita)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TGWPeHAIKJI/AAAAAAAAAso/EK_8ALkXtyg/s72-c/dsc1613mini.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882591447738076298.post-7897119011091739380</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 06:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-08-10T23:39:26.638-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">lovely bloggers</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Friday Fashionista</category><title>UpdateUpdateUpdate</title><description>So guys, I've ditched you again, fantastic blogger!&lt;br /&gt;
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The summer college class I'm taking is winding down but that means its as hectic as ever. We're rapidly approaching 100 posts here on The Fashion Files, and I promise that you'll see that giveaway soon.&lt;br /&gt;
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On the calendar--&lt;br /&gt;
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1) Possibly a nail polish post tomorrow (quickie). I copied this manicure and I want you guys to see how it looks on me. Plus, I finally found two shades of polish I've been looking for F O R E V E R yesterday, so definitely posting about those soon!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TGJEt_F8piI/AAAAAAAAAsg/FX-vi-w8UOU/s1600/0726-vanessa-hudgens-hand-nails-close_bd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TGJEt_F8piI/AAAAAAAAAsg/FX-vi-w8UOU/s320/0726-vanessa-hudgens-hand-nails-close_bd.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;2) A Friday Fashionista, DUH. Mikaela :)...&lt;br /&gt;
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3) A Lady Gaga concert, so expect a fun makeup look and maybe an outfit. Or at least FAB shoes!&lt;br /&gt;
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4) Back to polish...Thinking of doing a nail polish addict post? Or a shoe addict post, I feel you'll enjoy both collections equally.&lt;br /&gt;
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5) And after that, I'll organize the giveaway. It'd be nice if you guys could tell me stuff you want?&lt;br /&gt;
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I've been interviewed for a blog...So I'll link you to that when it's posted.&lt;br /&gt;
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Oh and ALSO-- if you get a chance, please tweet "Grow, Poppy! Grow! #CoachPoppy #thefashionfiles www.coach.com/poppyproject" for me, via the handy dandy new Poppy gadget on the left.&lt;br /&gt;
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Thanks for sticking around, it means a LOT to me.&lt;br /&gt;
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xx&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7882591447738076298-7897119011091739380?l=nikitaetmode.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://nikitaetmode.blogspot.com/2010/08/updateupdateupdate.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Nikita)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TGJEt_F8piI/AAAAAAAAAsg/FX-vi-w8UOU/s72-c/0726-vanessa-hudgens-hand-nails-close_bd.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>5</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882591447738076298.post-2811990149612013860</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:48:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-08-06T12:00:48.618-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fashionistas</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">lovely bloggers</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Friday Fashionista</category><title>Friday Fashionista: Madison</title><description>Today I'm proud to bring you my best friend, Madison of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://madisonthebudgetbabe.blogspot.com/"&gt;Budget Babe Goes Shopping&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Let's look at what she sent in:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TFxUts9SLNI/AAAAAAAAAsY/8wAkPssDLBU/s1600/Photo+199.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TFxUts9SLNI/AAAAAAAAAsY/8wAkPssDLBU/s320/Photo+199.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;-Jeans: KUT&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;-Shirt: Inhabit&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;-Jacket: Halogen&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;-Shoes: Don't remember, potentially Seychelles...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;More after the jump!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TFxSmdQiV9I/AAAAAAAAAsQ/9LOJyqDcNqM/s1600/Photo+196.jpg" imageanchor="1"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TFxSmdQiV9I/AAAAAAAAAsQ/9LOJyqDcNqM/s320/Photo+196.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;-Jeans: KUT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;-Shirt: Alice+Olivia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;-Shoes: same as above&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Here's what she says about herself: "I consider my style to be classic romantic, but there are some days  where I just have to add some wild pieces in. I love to try new things,  and am occasionally a "trendoid", though I would preach that it doesn't  matter how trendy your outfit is, but that it looks good on you and your  body type. Music is a hard one for me... I like a lot of different  types of music, but my favorites at the moment have tended to be  reminiscent pieces from the late '90s to early 2000's, and a lot of  R&amp;amp;B. I'm pretty obsessive about a lot of things; to mention a few:  Shoes, Chanel, Harry Potter, and Musicals. I love my family and friends,  and, of course, fashion."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Thoughts ladies? I love her blouse.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Again, here's her&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://madisonthebudgetbabe.blogspot.com/"&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and her&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mrf_budgetbabe"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;xx&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7882591447738076298-2811990149612013860?l=nikitaetmode.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://nikitaetmode.blogspot.com/2010/08/friday-fashionista-madison.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Nikita)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TFxUts9SLNI/AAAAAAAAAsY/8wAkPssDLBU/s72-c/Photo+199.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882591447738076298.post-8997300540154834289</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-08-02T16:49:03.712-07:00</atom:updated><title>That's why the lady is a tramp</title><description>FINALLY, I dragged myself to take photos with an actual camera.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TFdWYJAGvvI/AAAAAAAAAro/BzIBP9oJyo8/s1600/lookbook.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TFdWYJAGvvI/AAAAAAAAAro/BzIBP9oJyo8/s320/lookbook.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TFdXachNjtI/AAAAAAAAArw/2lP8OAIJ-14/s1600/polish.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TFdXachNjtI/AAAAAAAAArw/2lP8OAIJ-14/s320/polish.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TFdYVmQn3bI/AAAAAAAAAr4/dupL7mC3XDc/s1600/pumps.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TFdYVmQn3bI/AAAAAAAAAr4/dupL7mC3XDc/s320/pumps.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;That Frank Sinatra song has been stuck in my head today. Fitting, because I'm wearing super vintage-y style pumps today.&lt;br /&gt;
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In the first photo, the whole outfit. Second photo, you can see my nail polish this week (Essie in "Chubby Cheeks") and the embellishment on the t-shirt, and in the final photo the shoes...&lt;br /&gt;
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Not much more to say about this look, other than the fact that I cuffed my pants to make the shoes go POW. &lt;br /&gt;
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Blazer, Gap; T-shirt, J. Crew; Jeans, Gap; Shoes, Seychelles; Cuff, Nordstrom.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7882591447738076298-8997300540154834289?l=nikitaetmode.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://nikitaetmode.blogspot.com/2010/08/thats-why-lady-is-tramp.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Nikita)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TFdWYJAGvvI/AAAAAAAAAro/BzIBP9oJyo8/s72-c/lookbook.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882591447738076298.post-17495054451919278</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-30T13:13:33.413-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">lovely bloggers</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Friday Fashionista</category><title>Friday Fashion(ista): Danny</title><description>This week, meet Danny-- he's a photographer that I've come to know via &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/itsdannytodd"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;, and through a mutual friend, Brooklyn of &lt;a href="http://picturemebroken.com/"&gt;Picture Me Broken&lt;/a&gt; (he shot their album cover!)&lt;br /&gt;
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Let's see what he sent in:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TFMxfFgGB1I/AAAAAAAAArg/4Dm11XrF6Hc/s1600/-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TFMxfFgGB1I/AAAAAAAAArg/4Dm11XrF6Hc/s400/-1.jpg" width="207" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Here's what he says about himself: "My name's Danny Todd. I'm 18 and a photographer. My hobbies are  graphic design, BMX and Skateboarding. I love my family and friends, and I'd be nowhere with out them. 'Stay true to yourself, and be whatever  you want to be, but don't lose yourself.'"&lt;br /&gt;
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Pants, Black Krew; Shirt, Armani; Shoes, Vans; Hat, Crooks-&amp;amp;-Castles.&lt;br /&gt;
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You can find Danny on &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/itsdannytodd"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://dannytodd.tumblr.com/"&gt;Tumblr&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Thoughts? It's so refreshing to feature a GUY on here. You know what that means gentlemen-- step it up! As always, submission details are in the sidebar.&lt;br /&gt;
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xx&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7882591447738076298-17495054451919278?l=nikitaetmode.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://nikitaetmode.blogspot.com/2010/07/friday-fashionista-danny.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Nikita)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TFMxfFgGB1I/AAAAAAAAArg/4Dm11XrF6Hc/s72-c/-1.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882591447738076298.post-4983113609054816210</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-29T21:49:50.028-07:00</atom:updated><title>So excited!</title><description>I just got invited to my first Bloggers only event!&lt;br /&gt;
More details to come, but it's a fashion show in LA :D&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7882591447738076298-4983113609054816210?l=nikitaetmode.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://nikitaetmode.blogspot.com/2010/07/so-excited.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Nikita)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882591447738076298.post-7378473221117022814</guid><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:10:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-24T13:10:24.546-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Contests</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Gap</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Couturious</category><title>Couturious!</title><description>Upon stumbling on this over at &lt;a href="http://ifeluvsu.blogspot.com/"&gt;The Fashionista Next Door&lt;/a&gt;, I decided to enter The Gap Denim Styling Contest over at Couturious. I've always SWORN by Gap's jeans, mainly because I can't justify paying over $200 on a pair of pants... Plus, I can get three pairs of Gap jeans for the price of one pair of Sevens, etc. I highly recommend Gap's Always Skinny fit, just as a side note. It's my go to.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Please vote for my look, &lt;a href="http://www.couturious.com/c/Night-Out/61221"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;xx&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7882591447738076298-7378473221117022814?l=nikitaetmode.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://nikitaetmode.blogspot.com/2010/07/couturious.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Nikita)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882591447738076298.post-2082721454003414796</guid><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-24T11:52:45.888-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">beauty</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hair</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">for better or for worse</category><title>Getting perfect waves</title><description>Not to toot my own horn or anything but I've recently mastered the art of getting perfect waves.&lt;br /&gt;
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The picture below is something I took ten seconds before I had to leave for work, don't hate! Maybe I'll get a better picture soon, but for the time being, I'm wearing yoga pants and a deep-v from American Apparel, so it sure ain't happenin' today!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TEs0NQTse8I/AAAAAAAAArY/NaEAtrIfqVI/s1600/Photo+207.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TEs0NQTse8I/AAAAAAAAArY/NaEAtrIfqVI/s320/Photo+207.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Here's how I do it...&lt;br /&gt;
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1) Wash your hair, and condition it really well. I prefer Joico K-PAK intense hydrator. When you finish conditioning, put your hair in a bun, and if you have bangs, try to avoid using a towel for more than two to three minutes.&lt;br /&gt;
2) Get a small handful of mousse-- think the size of an average egg yolk, and work it into the roots of your hair. Don't plop it in from on top-- work it in from the underside of your hair.&lt;br /&gt;
3) Blow-dry straight. I use a paddle brush, and push the roots up as I'm drying my hair, so that I get some volume in there. Sweeping your hair to the opposite side when you're drying also helps. If you have bangs, dry those into place first!&lt;br /&gt;
4) Once you're done blow-drying... Here's where things get a little tricky. I prefer using a flat-iron to curl my hair. I have the CHI flat iron that lets you curl and straighten, so I use that. To get waves, it's all about putting your hair in the iron, then pulling it forward and clockwise (for the right side of your head) and counterclockwise (for the left). The looser you pull the looser the curl, the tighter the pull, the tighter the curl.&lt;br /&gt;
5) Use the same technique you did with the mousse to muss up your roots a bit so the waves don't look overly perfect.&lt;br /&gt;
6) Finish with light hairspray.&lt;br /&gt;
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What are your hair tricks? I hope this helped!&lt;br /&gt;
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And finally, finally, PLEASE ask your friends to like my official Facebook &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#%21/pages/The-Fashion-Files/134657099908107"&gt;page&lt;/a&gt;!&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
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xx&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7882591447738076298-2082721454003414796?l=nikitaetmode.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://nikitaetmode.blogspot.com/2010/07/getting-perfect-waves.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Nikita)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TEs0NQTse8I/AAAAAAAAArY/NaEAtrIfqVI/s72-c/Photo+207.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882591447738076298.post-272171738249804435</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-23T11:49:31.707-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">lovely bloggers</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Friday Fashionista</category><title>Friday Fashionista: Georgie</title><description>Finally, we're back to the regular blogging schedule, and I have a Friday Fashionista in store for you today!&lt;br /&gt;
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Please meet the FABULOUS Georgie, of &lt;a href="http://everythinggeorgie.blogspot.com/"&gt;Everything Georgie&lt;/a&gt;, a fabulous fashion and beauty blog.&lt;br /&gt;
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Here's the picture that Georgie submitted:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TEniro-9bfI/AAAAAAAAAqw/iitIJ-PzoYg/s1600/-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TEniro-9bfI/AAAAAAAAAqw/iitIJ-PzoYg/s400/-1.jpg" width="168" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I love her skirt sooo much! Here's what she says about this look:&lt;br /&gt;
"This is just a typical girly day outfit for me which i can match with my  sandals for a relaxed look or even kitten heels to add a bit more  sophistication. The bodysuit and skirt are from Topshop and the black  kitten heels are from Primark. I can't really describe my style but i  try to always look my best when I am not at work"&lt;br /&gt;
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When she's not at work Georgie spends her, "free time with [her] boyfriend James, shopping and blogging of course." Her music tastes vary according to her mood, and she LOVES anything homecooked.&lt;br /&gt;
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You can find Ms. Georgie on &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/georgiecolloff"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt; and of course, on her &lt;a href="http://everythinggeorgie.blogspot.com/"&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;
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Any thoughts? I'm personally in LOVE with her skirt!&lt;br /&gt;
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PS-- I'm gonna try and 1) wear something nice today 2) actually use the Nikon to take photos!&lt;br /&gt;
PPS-- Submit your Friday Fashionistas, ladies! Instructions are now handy dandy on the sidebar!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7882591447738076298-272171738249804435?l=nikitaetmode.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://nikitaetmode.blogspot.com/2010/07/friday-fashionista-georgie.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Nikita)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TEniro-9bfI/AAAAAAAAAqw/iitIJ-PzoYg/s72-c/-1.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882591447738076298.post-1785020340174962634</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-22T19:20:18.141-07:00</atom:updated><title>Giveaway?</title><description>Hey guys,&lt;br /&gt;
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I know I promised you a giveaway when I crossed 25 followers, but I'm really busy at the moment.&lt;br /&gt;
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Expect something in August!&lt;br /&gt;
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Until then...IDEAS. What would you like? I was thinking maybe a scarf, some makeup, some cute baubles. Hit me!&lt;br /&gt;
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xx&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7882591447738076298-1785020340174962634?l=nikitaetmode.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://nikitaetmode.blogspot.com/2010/07/giveaway.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Nikita)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882591447738076298.post-793198844582454800</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-21T18:40:00.068-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">outfits</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fashionistas</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">lovely bloggers</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">for better or for worse</category><title>Can you do da cuff?</title><description>So basically this morning I was on Twitter, and I saw &lt;a href="http://eatsleepdenim.com/blog/denim-class/cuff-roll-six-ways-to-roll-your-jeans/"&gt;this article&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;on&amp;nbsp;six&amp;nbsp;ways&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;roll&amp;nbsp;your&amp;nbsp;jeans...&lt;br /&gt;
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Got suddenly inspired to cuff my jeans and I attempted "the bubble." My pictures today stink because I had a really hard midterm and I just wanted to get into PJs... I was so tired I came back in the car and immediately fell asleep...&lt;br /&gt;
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Oh and I discovered these fabulous sandals I've had for about a year... So today's outfit was cuffed jeans, tunic, scarf, blazer, and ankle-height sandals... Not sure how else to describe them....&lt;br /&gt;
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Oh and PLEASE SUBMIT FRIDAY FASHIONISTAS.&lt;br /&gt;
kthxbai.&lt;br /&gt;
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PS! I'm now on Facebook. GO LIKE IT.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Fashion-Files/134657099908107?ref=ts"&gt;The Fashion Files on Facebook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7882591447738076298-793198844582454800?l=nikitaetmode.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://nikitaetmode.blogspot.com/2010/07/can-you-do-da-cuff.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Nikita)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HVDNUhL-KK0/TEeD-d51zhI/AAAAAAAAAqo/JqHRure8Ltg/s72-c/Photo+196.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882591447738076298.post-8454157952456907655</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-19T22:00:54.492-07:00</atom:updated><title>Calling all Fashionistas!</title><description>Hi Ladies!&lt;br /&gt;
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If you haven't already noticed I'm running low on submissions for Friday Fashionista features.&lt;br /&gt;
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FIX THIS! Have cool style? Then do the following:&lt;br /&gt;
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1) Email me a  photo of your outfit (nikitaetmode (AT) gmail (DOT) com)&lt;br /&gt;
2)  Include a two sentence blurb about the outfit, and where you bought the  pieces. Tell me a little about yourself and your style--your favorite  band, food, and stores.&lt;br /&gt;
3) let me know if you want me to link to any  profiles or blogs.&lt;br /&gt;
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Please tell anyone and everyone!&lt;br /&gt;
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xx&lt;br /&gt;
Nikita&lt;br /&gt;
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