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Five Things You Might Have Missed Yesterday

McArthur Joseph — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:34:59 +0000

We totally understand that our readers are pretty busy. I mean it was just another manic Monday yesterday. We decided to do you a favor and sum up all the good stuff you might have missed on Fashion Indie & Lookbooks.com.

We learned that…

Kirill is fast becoming a staple in nightlife photography.

Stylist Julie Matos has a solution for every fashion mishap.

Tavi is making the move from online blogger to magazine editor.

Lookbooks.com picked their next batch of Ruffian Streetstyle winners.

Even fashion designers have secret strippers pasts.

Tavi Loves the 90s More Than People Who Lived Through Them

Hilary Beck — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:16:16 +0000

Calling all mid-nineties alternateens! Sassy, your favorite grunge-punk feminist magazine, is back, and you have a 14-year-old girl to thank.

Even though she wasn’t even an idea in her parents’ heads when the magazine started–in fact, the magazine folded by the time she was born–Tavi has teamed up with Jane Pratt (founder of Sassy and Jane magazines) to create this generation’s thinking teen ‘zine.

You guys may know how I feel about Sassy. You also may know that I’ve been babbling about how I think our generation should get one, too. Jane Pratt, founding editor and then EIC of Sassy, also became aware, and emailed me, and we’ve met a couple times, and it looks like we’re going to start a magazine for an audience of wallflowerly teenage girls.

The Style Rookie is quick to point out that this won’t be a reboot of Sassy, despite the 90′s being really hot right now. Instead, the publication will “use Sassy as a point of reference for the whole teen-magazine-that-doesn’t-suck thing.” Kudos to Tavi, who’s long kicked Seventeen magazine to the curb, for bringing back the creative, indie spirt that empowered so many girls of the era. An era she wasn’t privy to.

But guess what? If YOU still have a fondness for pro-girl, pro-feminist articles and college radio cool, you too can be part of the Sassy project! Tavi wants to see your ideas, stories, and art come to life–send your work and contributions to MagazineSubmissionsAreFun@gmail.com by Friday, November 19!

Link Love: The Style Rookie

PARTNER: Viva Italia Framed Poster

The Fashion Web — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:00:58 +0000

Scoot on over to Urban Outfitters to pick up a vintage inspired poster at a magnificent price. This sassy signorina and her scooter will be a delightful addition to any space. The lighthearted reproduction is presented in a slim frame behind glass and comes ready to hang with a predrilled hole at the back.

LINK LOVE:Viva Italia Framed Poster

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TrendSpark: Grunge Then and Now

Lauren Garroni — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:40:11 +0000

I’ve noticed recently that lots of people are looking back to 1994 for style inspiration. Some may say that girls like Cory Kennedy and MK Olsen look homeless but the combat boots, the plaid, and the floral dresses all scream GRUNGE! The difference between grunge style of today is it’s high fashion. Look at Alexander Wang’s collection (see below), torn tights with a $1,000 dress-now that’s Nu-Grunge Chic! So put on your acoustic Nirvania CD and let’s go on a tour of Grunge then and now.

Female Grunge Queen

Then-Courtney Love

Now-Mary Kate Olsen

The Laura Ashley Dress:

Then-1994 Vogue Editorial/Reality Bites

Now-Chloe Sevigny for Opening Ceremony/ Nicole Richie

The Magazine

Then-Sassy

Now-Nylon

The Designer:

Then-Marc Jacobs for Perry Ellis

Now-Alexander Wang

The Nerdy, Artistic, Ironic Icon:

Then-Claire Danes in My So Called

Now-Sofia Coppola

The Boot:

Then-Combat Boot

Now-Gladiator Sandal

Doesn’t this make you want to go out and buy a plaid shirt from Urban Outfitters?!

And that has been a tour of Grunge Chic, Then and Now!