Dress by Newport News.com
My fashion influences come from a variety of different arenas. My Mother and my Grandmother are my heavy influences. I have said this in previous posts; but if it was not for them, I do not think I would be as interested in fashion and beauty as I am today. I owe my deepest gratitude and thanks to them. Thank you Mother! And Thank You Ma!
My other influences are listed in the questions below.
1. What magazines do you subscribe to?
- Allure
- Elle
- New Beauty
- Harper’s Bazaar
- WWD (Women’s Wear Daily)
- Fitness
- Architectural Digest
- Cooking Light
- Southern Living
- Cooks Illustrated
- Prevention
The shoes
2. Do you watch any fashion TV shows?
I do not watch much television, but when I do, my favorites are
- What Not To Wear (When I have a chance see the show)
- QVC fashion, beauty jewelry shows when I have the chance.
- HSN fashion, beauty jewelry shows when I have the chance.
Believe it or not my fellow fashion enthusiasts, QVC and HSN are home to top fashion designers and lead make-up aficionados in the beauty industry showcasing their brands. Bradley Bayou, Isaac Mizrahi, Rachel Zoe, Bob Mackie and Marc Bouwer are just a few of the leading designers that you can find on QVC selling their couture-inspired items. Mally Roncal, Laura Geller, Smashbox, tarte and Bare Escentuals also sell their high-end makeup kits on QVC. I love watching an hour show with the latest Dooney and Bourke handbags and seeing Leslie Bloggett (the Bare Excentuals CEO) herself show me how to put the latest BE eyeliner or foundation on the correct way. It’s so great! Check their TV listings for shows you would like to see.
3. Beyond blogs, what websites do you frequent for fashion inspiration?
- Style.com
- Women’s Wear Daily
- New York Times Style section online
4. Advertisements play a huge role in forming public opinion about a product or brand… what ads do you like and why?
Coach.com
I enjoy collecting handbags and the Coach advertisements are so enticing I believe in my mind’s eye that I have it in my own hands. I have a coach bag in my hand in the picture above by the way.
5. Do you own any fashion books?
I have a variety of fashion books collected through the years when I studied fashion merchandising. I add to my collection regularly. Below is the list of books that I could get to easily for this post. I have others that are packed away in storage.
- The Business of Fashion: Designing, Manufacturing, and Marketing
- The Social Psychology of Clothing: Symbolic Appearance in Context
- Fashion Merchandising
- The Fashion Coloring Book
- Hollywood and History: Costume Design in Film
- Applied Visual Merchandising
- History of Costume
- Complete Guide to Sewing
- Sewing Made Easy
- Taking an online sewing class right now
My Outfit
Dress: Newport News
Shoes: J. Renee’ (Love them!)
Heart charm bracelet – gift
Watch – gift
To see what other bloggers are saying about their fashion influences, check out Katy Rose’s blog, over at www.modlychic.com.
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Happy Belated Birthday, dear Tamaki! Wishing you a powerful year!
I love that cut of dress on you- and the red is pretty smart-looking too. I do love your Coach bag (i love vintage Coach bags so much!) but your shoes are the scene stealers today. They rock!
the Citizen Rosebud
Thanks Bella!
Coach is one of my favorite brands.
I bought those shoes at a clearance HSN price. A really good find.
Your dress is FIERCE girl! I love that red on you! The print is so pretty and the waist detail is very flattering. I love your cute shoes and your earrings are beautiful along with your hair! Kiah
Thanks kiah!
I was trying to do something different with my hair.
Nice Fashion.
Thank you mohammadsifan, I appreciate that.
Great outfit. I ♥ Coach purses. My daughter just bought me a new one for my birthday Ÿ
Thank you. You have to show the purse your daughter bought for you.
wow you subscribe to a lot of magazines. I can’t keep up!
Happy Birthday to you and many more! What did you do?
Thanks Michelle! Hubby took me out to a Maggiano’s, a great Italian Restaurant and I went to DSW and Macy’s so it was a lot of fun.
My hubby and I got some really good deals on magazine subscriptions and they are not all 12 issues a year issues so it’s all good.
JTwisdom
I love your beautiful shoes and I definitely love your vintage coach bag! love love love your style.
Thank you Jasmine, I appreciate your compliments.
JTwisdom
I am a handbag fanatic! I can’t say fashion is my forte, but I do enjoy shopping for it! When I gained allot of weight it kinda took the fun out of it for me, but I am back on track to losing weight and I love shopping more now. I was in Kohl’s (my new favorite store) because of the selection and their clothes don’t look like something my grandmother made (no offense to granny).
I love casual comfortable clothes, but with style. I wish I had your fashion sense, because you can put 2 sticks together and they will look fashionable LMAO! Girl, you have a wonderful fashion sense and you wear it well. Thanks for sharing your faves. You have to do a post on Handbags!
I am right up there with you when it comes to handbags. Funny you should say I have to do a handbag post because I am going to start featuring a fav bag each week whether it be my own or a great find that I think is hot. I am right now deciding the name of the feature each week.
Girl that fashion senses came from my mother and its been expanded to represent me. Just keep coming back to my blog when you can and I will hook you up with so many ideas.
Thank you for subscribing to my blog, I really appreciate it so much.
JTwisdom
Those shoes are so cute!! I love them. Thanks for stopping by the S&R weekend hop. Hope to see you next week!