Quick News: Ways to Subscribe + Upcoming Newsletter

by Ella Meade on March 13th, 2010, 6am EST
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I’ve now put up a page with, yes, ways to subscribe! The link led to “coming soon” before, but now it works, and is here: /subscribe. (These include RSS, Bloglovin’ and…)

We’re starting a newsletter for Pursed Lips

I’ve been contemplating starting one but wanted to be completely happy with how it was set up, and planning on how I could deliver it on time, surely.

So it will start going out from between 2 weeks and a month, and will feature the best content from the week before its last. It’s just too hard for me to set up content from the same week I send the newsletter, which would mean either working the weekend or making sure I can finish in 1 day = ugh!

The good news is it will never be sent more often than once a week (even if sometimes it’s sent less often than weekly, which will happen from time to time).

*Update* 7am – & now the code + blog platform issues are fixed!

Subscribe below … or on the subscribe page any time.

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SiteNews: 404 Page Article Suggestions Fixed

by Ella Meade on March 2nd, 2010, 5pm EST
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Ever since a script upgrade our handy 404 stopped properly suggesting links to read based on URL given (a lot of our old erroneous URLs were wordy) – I wasn’t sure how to fix it but I just put the time in and it’s working as well as ever!

P.S. A while back we also needed to fix our search function, and that’s been working for some time too – in case you needed to know.

I’m now working on making sure some wrong addresses are right to even better the site.

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Common Cold Accessory: Not Hot

by Ella Meade on January 26th, 2010, 7am EST
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Two moms have invented “Sniffle Buddies”: *extra* mini sleeves upon which for kids to wipe their noses. Because that’s way better than wiping on a shirt sleeve. Oh yeah.

It’s a fashion disaster too scary to recommend imagining, but the worst part is these two new business partners also sell adult sized versions.

Ugggghhh. I don’t feel too well.

Read more about these mothers’ story or browse the Sniffle Buddy Shop.

Topics: $h-t! Style, Uncategorized , Subtopics: WTF!?!

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IFB Links a La Mode: 10, 9, 8…

by Ella Meade on December 21st, 2009, 8am EST
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I am a little bit late to post this roundup, but I didn’t want to miss publishing these intriguing links, featuring yours truly…

The Countdown Begins

Edited by Dramatis Personae

The countdown has begun–not only until the end of the year–but until the end of the first decade in the 21st century.  That’s kind of amazing to think about.  Styletastic and Sway, Sway, Away! both look at fashion from the Oughts with two distinctly different visions. [the3st] interviews the founder of ModCloth, while Wicked & Whimsy reviews Closet Confidential (by the hilarious Winona of DaddyLikey fame!).

Since this will be my last edit of links a la mode for this year, see you all in 2010!

Links à la Mode : December 17th

• 39thandbroadway.com: – How Brands Get Burned By Celebs
• A Typical Atypical: – Suffering from Buyers Remorse: The Real Deal
• Brunette and Pink: – Makeup Tutorial: Leighton Meester Inspired Winged-out Smoky Eye Look
• DailyDivaDish – Create a sparkling New Year’s look with the Tarte Treasure Chest Giveaway. Enter to this limited edition kit.
• Friend in Fashion – Sugar and spice and all things nice – Unearthing the unique designs of the fabulous, Arizona based designer Monique Martinez, through the captive lense of Galaxie Andrews.
• Grit and Glamour: – The Trend Conundrum–rends are a tricky thing; what makes some women look so pulled together is not a wardrobe full of the latest styles and trends, but the ability to know which ones to avoid.
• i’m the it girl: – My Love Affair With Hermes and the Great Debate: Kelly or Birkin?
• Idiosyncratic Style: – 12 Great Holiday DIY Projects – give something special this year (even if you are short on time and money)
• kaKofonie Of si(gh)lenS: – My most amazing (and green!) find this year: Denim Therapy, a company who will restore your tattered favorite jeans to like-new condition. Seriously.
• La Société de Mode | The Fashion Society: – Combats are stomping their way back into style
• Pursed Lips: – Thoughts/quotes on Lady Gaga as a powerful tool, if a difficult one to reach, for designers.
• Style on a String – Getting down to the wire: Gifts for the Stylish Geek who is kind of Girly too
• Styletastic: – As the 00’s are coming to en end, we look back at the fashion memories that will define the decade. Ah the memories!
• Sway Sway Away!: – Sway Sway Away! presents Caitie’s bitching and moaning on the worst trends of the Aughts.
• THE COVETED – Love it or Leave it : Rodarte for Target
• The Fashion Planner: – The Fashion Planner shows you how to make a jaunty beret.
• The Working Wardrobe: – Beware of “business casual” being too casual for the workplace.
• tick tick heart: – A focus on the varying fashions of some of our quirkier leading ladies in film.
• White Rabbit: – Pros and Contras of Artificial Nails
• Wicked Whimsy: – Closet Confidential: A Review
• [the3st]: – Success & Getting There: Interview with Susan of ModCloth.com

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Links a La Mode; ’tis a time of Choices

by Ella Meade on December 11th, 2009, 5am EST
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Choices, Choices!

Edited by Dream Sequins

At this time of year, even the smallest decision can feel like the biggest burden.  As holiday shopping season swings into full and relentless motion this month, the choices we make as consumers can often feel overwhelming.  This week’s compelling roundup of reading explores these choices from every possible angle and makes it clear that as bloggers, we should feel empowered, not overwhelmed.  Whether it’s writing about a specialty gift guide for a geek chic girl, choosing the perfect red lip color or even exploring the nuanced difference in quality between designer and mid-priced items, these choices are what make us unique and connect us as an independent fashion blogging community.

Links à la Mode : December 10th

• A Typical Atypical – Get into vintage 50’s housewife mode for the Christmas season!
• Bobbins and Bombshells – Fashionable History: L’Officiel de la Mode Archives
• Brunette and Pink – Holiday Makeup Inspired by the Sephora 2009 Holiday Sephora Catalog using Urban Decay Book of Shadows Vol. II
• dramatis personae – High Fashion & High Art… Two Worlds Apart? Thoughts, Arguments, & Solutions for the Knock-off Debate
• Dream Sequins – A bling-tastic evening at jewelers, Doyle and Doyle.
• Fashion Pulse Daily – Fashion Pulse Daily finally finds a handbag that meets her very particular requirements.
• Fashion X K8 – Spotlighting the stylishly subtantial Desirée Rogers and challenging the press’s idea that those who fill jobs seeped in tradition should not only maintain the “tradition” but refrain from being eye-catching.
• Fasshonaburu – Shopping for the Geek Chic Girl: Holiday shopping advice for the girl who loves fashion as much as video games, gadgets and Buffy the Vampire Slayer!
• M.I.S.S. – She’s Crafty: DIY Ruffled Suspenders
• Oranges and Apples – The Sapeurs: vibrant and elegant street style from the Congo.
• Rags to Reverie – A Fab Four Fanatic’s review of the Comme des Garçons x The Beatles collaboration.
• Retro Chick – Fashion Economics – Are low cost retailers forcing us to be wasteful?
• Sophisticated Insanity – Take a look at the lady behind Rare bird of Fashion: The Irreverent Iris Apfel
• Style on a String – Leggings vs. Tights: The difference, how to buy them and what to wear (and not wear) with them.
• Style Symmetry – Christmas Gift Ideas for Him, For Her and Secret Santa…
• The Bargain Hunter Extraordinaire – Two days ago, it was 36 degrees out…today, I didn’t even have to a jacket- that’s New England!
• THE COVETED – Love bold red lips? Check out the Ultimate Red holiday collection.
• TheWorkingWardrobe – Here are some tips on how men can work jewelry at the office without any raised eyebrows.
• Thrift Eye – Dreaming of Shearling: Save up for the nice stuff and be warm or go with the cheap and be cold?
• ventures of jenn. – A spotlight on Berlin label Reality Studio.
• Wicked Whimsy – Practical Quality: Looking into what the difference, if any, is between a mid-range item & a designer item.

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Finally our New Theme! “Artbook”

by Ella Meade on December 7th, 2009, 2pm EST
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When we moved back to WordPress I wanted it to be quick so I could get to work, but I noticed a lot late that the free template I used (with some of my own graphics) had some spam in the credits. Ugh.

It was never near perfect either but this theme is totally my brain/design child so it’s almost completely customized to my whims.

One thing that’s missing & still to come are some hand doodles I made that will be pretty cool – we just haven’t set the scanner back up yet after the move.

Note that “CommentLuv” (links back to your recent post) is still not working & I’ve realized I had to contact their support, so I did and now it’s time for me to wait before it’s fixed.

So that’s all, very exciting for me. Now I feel like I can write & promote again with something beautiful to send visitors to.

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Links à la Mode de Stockings

by Ella Meade on December 5th, 2009, 6am EST
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Fashion Pulse is thinking about stuffing stockings with great blog posts (of course not literally) while I yet again ponder how I am happier not blogging about shopping, coupons, door busters…….

Unfortunately I could not get a moment to submit my link during our hectic move, and I couldn’t post all week waiting for cable then fighting with my WiFi. Les sighs – hopefully I can pick the pace back up right away now though! Must work on a mode-link-worthy article.

(While coding the new layout, unpacking the printer, trying to find my rotary cutter and catching that Target holiday décor promotion … oh I still like to shop. )

Now with my office / Internet heading toward perfection, let’s catch up on that reading…

Links à la Stocking Stuffers

Edited by Fashion Pulse Daily

This week, as I’ve been getting geared up for the holiday season’s shopping ( both loving and dreading it) via Black Friday and Cyber Monday, I couldn’t help but compare the posts to stocking stuffers. Why? Because it felt like a nice, sentimental hodge podge of little items that although different, still fit together into the the bigger equation, hence my new phrase, “Links a la Stocking Stuffers!” Although I jest, I love the variety of posts this week, from how to style and what to wear including Retro Chick’s guide to ’40s hair for holiday parties, CoolMamaStyle.com’s tuxedo jacket, The Coveted’s adventures in Century 21 and What to Wear’s Art Basel fashionable looks, to Prom Mafia’s run in with Black Friday and SwaySwaySway’s blissful tactics to keep your computer off on Cyber Monday.

As expected, there was a fabulous round-up of links in the forum as well, all worthy of your eyeballs!

Links à la Mode : December 3rd

• 39th and Broadway – How zoning may save the fashion industry
• Bonne Vie – talking about Knockoffs and why making accessible fashion isn’t a bad thing
• Confessions of a Fashion Editor – Interview with Katie Mackay of What Katie Wore, as she reaches the end of her year-longstyle challenge, to wear something different every day!
• CoolMamaStyle.com -  Binge or Bargain: Black Tuxedo Jacket
• Fashion Pulse Daily - Saks Fifth Avenue & Windows 7; an unlikely pairing for the holidays!
• Fashion XK8 – Explores Fashion through local anthropology
• Girl Friday – Mad About the Tote
• Little Miss Makeup: Smoky Eyeshadow: A Timeless Makeup Trend
• Oranges and Apples -  Fashioning the Future: my favourites from the 2009 sustainable fashion awards
• Painfully Hip - Edie Sedgwick takes San Francisco (she was born a California Girl, after all)!
• Prom Mafia – Surviving Old Navy’s Black Friday Sales
• Rags to Reverie - How Essie got me to embrace nail color once again
• Retro Chick -  A Step by Step Guide to Easy 40s Style Party Hair
• Style Symmetry – Blog to Watch ~ My Mom, The Style Icon
• SwaySwaySway -A short and humorous guide to beating those seductive Cyber Monday urges
• [the 3st] - Interview with Hungarian Designer Dora Mojzes, recently featured at the Marie Claire Fashion Show,
• The Art of Accessories - helps you find a gift for everyone on your list with the 2009 Winter Gift Guide
• The Coveted – Finds designers at an old favorite discount department store, Century 21
• The Door in My Wardrobe – A lengthy post about fabric weaves and fibers, helpful for vintage hunter
• The Working Wardrobe - Check out these eco-friendly ties that work with your outfit and your office dress code.
• What to Wear -Art Basel Miami Beach–the most important art show in the United States

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Links à La Mode: Beyond Fashion

by Ella Meade on November 27th, 2009, 4pm EST
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Beyond Fashion

Edited by Retro Chick

This weeks Links à la Mode blows away any preconceived ideas of the narcissistic fashion blogger posting endless outfit photos and magazine shoots  by covering a huge array of topics. Ranging from Dream Sequins whimsical birthday tea party to High Fashion Girls detailed examination of racism in fashion magazines, these posts demonstrate what we’re capable of and the communities we can build.

Of course, being fashion bloggers there are also some great outfits to be found and our bloggers this week have looked at: movies, from Bollywood to Sci fi; their pyjama drawers; and even their cleaning cupboard in their ceaseless search to bring you fashion inspiration.

As ever there’s many more exciting links on the original forum thread

Enjoy!

Links à la Mode : November 26th

• British Style Bloggers – Intrinsically Florrie on British Style Bloggers on how you can support the lovely Luella brand in it’s time of need
• Dream Sequins – The stylish guests at a virtual birthday tea party (Part 2)!!
• Fashion X K8 – The Fashion Blogging community being analoguous to “The Girls” in Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof
• FashionHippo – Best Organic Lip Balms: 6 Natural Picks to Nourish Your Pout
• Fete a fete – Guerlain’s Imperial Holiday makeup collection review
• High Fashion Girl – Racism & Fashion
• Idiosyncratic Style – Idiosyncratic Style dares you to re-think the possibilities of Pajamas outside the house
• In Life and In Fashion – How to dress with Bollywood Flair
• Lillys Roses – The new charity tshirts by TV-Star C.F. for the eco label armeangels
• M.I.S.S. – She’s Crafty: DIY First Place Ribbon Accessories
• Mariels Castle – Are we trully free when it comes to our fashion choices?
• Oranges and Apples – What are charity shops for? Thoughts sparked by Mary Portas’ new Save the Children shop
• Prom Mafia – Happy Accident: How to bleach fun designs on your clothes
• Quirky Fashion – Movies that Inspired Fashion
• Retro Chick – Buy Audrey Hepburns Wardrobe
• Shoe Daydreams – Why Knock-offs are Bad for the Soul
• Style on a String – Confessions of an UGG Lover and Wearer (but only indoors!)
• THE COVETED – Coach Holiday : Review & Giveaway!
• The Demoiselles – Wing Tips: Finding a Tailor
• Work Chic – Win a Sondra Roberts SR squared Shopper tote!

A couple of my own “beyond fashion” links:

• What’s a Style-but-No-Longer-Shopping Blogger to Do on Black Friday?
• Some Foods DO Taste as Good as Skinny Feels

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STICKY Pursed Lips’ new Voice Emerges: Sassy, Designer-Driven…

by Ella Meade on November 19th, 2009, 7pm EST
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Earlier we announced our move back to WordPress and that we have to do some house cleaning Read the rest of this entry »

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Links a La Mode – Food for Thought

by Ella Meade on November 19th, 2009, 12pm EST
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I’m getting back to posting Links a La Mode from the Independant Fashion Bloggers group! It’s not that I don’t love posting links to all. that. fabulosity, it’s just recently when I could only post from 2 to 8 times a month I didn’t want the front page to be mostly these entries.

But at least for a while I’m posting more again. Starting next week I will consider  any fitting/best posts to submit as well.

So on to the greatness.

Food for Thought

Edited by Ashe Mischief

This is my first time editing since I wrote Good Cop/Bad Cop: Participating in Links a la Mode.  Thank you all so much for making this my most pleasurable experience in editing yet!

I’m not sure if it’s because American Thanksgiving is a week away, or because the blogosphere is ablaze with Kate Mosses’ unforgettable quote, “Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels,” but either way, I’ve got food on my mind. This week, you brought me the best kind of food–rich, decadent, and 100% calorie-free!  That’s right–you delivered highly thoughtful posts on fashion, fashion blogging & communities, and more.

On a personal note, ferOHHHsh has asked that we share her post about her close friend’s near-fatal accident.  I believe that the fashion community is one of surprising strength, dignity, caring and compassion, and that it was worth sharing.  We’re sending your friend speedy thoughts for a wonderful recovery!

Links à la Mode : November 19th

• Awakened Aesthetic: – Eco-Friendly Stocking Stuffers (Part I)
• Crisis in Denim: – Crisis in Denim: I make gentle fun of a Banana Republic ‘rewards’ card I received in the mail, that seems designed to make me think I accomplished something by shopping at BR and earning ‘rewards’ points, by riffing on the president’s Yes We Can slogan.
• dramatis personae: – the Hat’s Out of the Bag! by Michelle at Wicked Whimsy
• Fashion X K8: – The importance of Fashion Ad Campaigns and analyzing the collective subconcious of fashion consumers. I beg the question, what makes a great Fashion Ad.
• Further Ado: – With many of their paper equivalents going bust, Further Ado finds 5 great online fashion magazines to keep you satisfied.
• Grit and Glamour: – yesterday The Psychology of Lace Lace, in spite of its implied fragility, holds very special power in the sartorial world.
• Idiosyncratic Style – Infatuation List: Five Fall Fashion Favorites
• Independent Fashion Bloggers – Fashion Blogging : The Road Ahead
• kaKofonie Of si(gh)lenS: – Interview with Lauren Jones of mydearthing
• Mystery Creature: – I love vintage, I love handmade… but I don’t love Etsy, as much as I want to.
• Oranges and Apples: – What drives fashion bloggers? Oranges and Apples in the Scotsman
• Random Fashion Coolness: – Musings on the power-partnerships in the Blogosphere
• Shoe Daydreams: – Collaborations and “inspiration”
• slsvgg fashion: – An interview with Gossip Girl actress LEIGHTON MEESTER, on her style
• Somewhere over the Skyline…: – rugality? Sustainability? The Recession! – Thoughts & Recommendations on Sustainable/Vintage Lifestyles
• Super Kawaii Mama: – Meet the Dr. of Dames and her new book Our Girl’s – Aussie Pin Up’s of the 40’s & 50’s
• THE COVETED: – Benefits of Chilly Days… Coats!
• The Curvy Fashionista – Got the Plus Size Bridal Dress woes? Enter in Cc.Elaine- A studio dedicated to the Curvy.Confident.Chic. Plus Size Bride
• The New Wave: – Underwear as Outerwear: How to wear this spring’s runway trend using vintage pieces.
• The Pixelated Blonde – Fashion: it’s an individual thing – a look at how to be stylish whilst maintaining one’s individuality.
• White Rabbit: – Lookbook.nu vs. Flickr’s Wardrobe Remix – the battle of “What I wore today” sites
• Wicked Whimsy: – Rene Geneva Designs – featuring a local, woman run eco-friendly design house that makes gorgeous clothes to boot!

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