Aaron Small and Jessica Rosenberg, collaborators on the eyebrow-raising hipsteristhenewhomeless.com, describe themselves as "cultural anthropologists with an eye for plaid." The website recently went live, and is quickly garnering reactions like "Totes epic" and "Quit your day job," from a growing band of followers.
Tiffany Tse, an indie fashion blogger based in Glendale, is competing to be "America's Most Stylish Blogger" in a national contest sponsored by AOL lifestyle website Stylelist.com and online designer retailer Bluefly.com.
She's one of eight finalists in the competition -- in which Bluefly sends bloggers a mystery item of clothing every week to style as they see fit. The bloggers then post photos of their styled outfits and are judged by a panel of experts via video. But voting takes place online -- with America picking the weekly winners on Bluefly.
Currently on week two of the five-week contest, the bloggers have so far put together ensembles incorporating a bright blue Priorities "boyfriend" vest (the winner paired it with jeans and riding boots) and a pair of studded suede Prada booties.
Tse, whose Style Sophisticate blog is a running photo diary of her favorite fashion trends, styled her booties with a drapey purple dress and a furry gray vest.
Voting automatically enters you to win a $1,000 Bluefly shopping spree, and the winner walks with a $1,000 Bluefly spree, a weekly column on StyleList and a blogger store on Bluefly. Talk about a win-win.
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MTV's 'Styl'D' shows the reality of a stylist's jobPhoto: Glendale-based blogger Tiffany Tse. Credit: Tiffany Tse
I'm going through a bit of vicarious shopping. My friends have gotten used to receiving forwarded newsletters from the likes of Bluefly with notations on what I think they should buy and I should borrow. I figured I could fulfill an aspirational spending high when our friends over at Fashionair -- the fashion website from "American Idol's" Simon Fuller and Net-a-porter's Sojin Lee -- sent us their behind-the-seams video of Kim Kardashian’s closet. But I found myself a bit humbled. Sure, that row of boots could probably pay my rent for a year. But wait, BCBG Max Azria and Mango? I'll have to forward this blog post to my friends.
What do you think of Kim's closet? Share your thoughts in the comments section.
-- Whitney Friedlander
On Thursday, Times videographer Kattie Lam hit Los Angeles spots celebrating Fashion's Night Out. While champagne and live music are great ways to spend an evening, the purpose of the international event was to get shoppers to, well, shop. Check out this video to see what happens.
[UPDATED: 9:22 P.M. SEPTEMBER 12: An earlier version of this text suggested that shoppers in this video were asked "what are you buying?"]
Loads of websites are now boasting "try-on" technology. The Tie Bar's "matching tie" feature, which allows men to try on ties with the shirts in their closet, is pretty brilliant, and it's easy to kill a couple of hours trying on celebrity hairstyles at DailyMakeover.
But Ray-Ban has just debuted the coolest, most seamless feature I've seen so far. Download the "Virtual Mirror" program and use your web-cam to try on different styles of sunglasses in real time. It's pretty addictive. (As you move your face, the frames even hover in place.)
I'm trying to decide between a pair of classic Aviators and yet another pair of Wayfarers -- in rose. By the way, the Ray-Ban retail site is new, too, and it's great to have all the colors and sizes in one easy-to-browse place.
-- Booth Moore
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Photo: Ray-Ban Wayfarer. Credit: Ray-Ban
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