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I inadvertently started my blog during my infant son’s nap time back in 1999… before the term ‘blog’ was even popular.

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The blog archives go back to the beginning and are updated regularly.  You’ll find 1,000’s of posts about modern business, branding, positioning, marketing, photos, fashion, style, beauty, lifestyle… and most importantly, how to do anything authentically. Enjoy!

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Burberry Fashion Show WATCH LIVE STREAM on FocusOnStyle

Turn your computer into your personal catwalk! It's like a like a front row seat, but YOU chose your seat... We are delighted to bring you the Burberry Prorsum fashion show LIVE from London. Mark your calenders as you now have the best seat in "your" house to watch the Burberry Prorsum Fall / Winter 2010 fashion show live from London! Live stream date & time:Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 3.45pm GMT / 11:00am EST Place:Wherever you feel like cozying up to some very amazing fashions from the Burberry runway. Don't forget to click for full screen. Video player will be black until the show begins Shucks, you missed the date?! The on-demand version will begin shortly after the live

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Julian Louie Fall 2010 New York Fashion Week at Milk Studios

Runway Review: This outing highlighted Louie's knack for creating clothes that are distinctive yet grounded in reality Amidst a fun & energetic Friday at Milk Studios with stellar presentations everywhere you turned, Julian Louie's short film screening of Ukrainian model Jules Mordovets was set in a serene if not hyper-bourgeois setting, complete with a mannequin resting on a gilt settee in full-on Charles James inspired regalia. Were we in for heavy and baroque from a designer that's been working laid-back sophistication with an uncompromising ease and cool hand? Thankfully, this wasn't the case as this outing highlighted Louie's knack for creating clothes that are distinctive yet grounded in reality. Julian Laurie Fall /Winter 2010 New York Fashion Week presented at

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Crazy Fashions at Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week

The crazy heart penis pants For more wearable looks from the runway, visit our fashion show section We're going to have some fun here, because frankly how else can you describe these weird clothes? Could the "Hurt Locker" hurt more? "Where the Wild Things" were found Scarecrow from the "Wizard of Odd"

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Wayne by Wayne Lee Fall 2010 Fashion Show

Runway Review: This collection is destined to have something every girl won't want to take off all season While Wayne Lee has made quite a name for her self in just a few short season's with her urban minded label Wayne amongst the "IT" girls out there with a never ending need for body-con party looks, her Fall 2010 collection was a smart move in the "something for everyone" direction >> See our complete fashion show section for more runway reviews and photo galleries Here she used sweatshirt fabrications with contrasting leather and fur panels for a look that was linear yet less unforgiving while slightly louche. And while city dressing comes with a familiar if not redundant vibe, Lee's

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Donna Karan Fall 2010 Collection Marks Its 25th Anniversary

WHERE IT NOW | #NYFW Runway Review: There is a three dimensional beauty to each architecturally crafted piece of fashion sculpture yet it remains easy to wear & always elegant It's almost hard to believe that the Donna Karan label is turning 25. Then again it is almost more impossible to think that there ever was modern fashion before Donna Karan. Donna Karan was able to reinvent women's fashion in a manner that made a woman of any age look modern, polished, and stylish in a way that let's you know that ‘she' has arrived. Her pieces endure fads and trends are like stunning old friends that you want to revisit time and time again in your wardrobe, perhaps by

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Yeohlee Fall 2010 Fashion Show

Runway Runway: Pieces worn with such graceful ease realize the overall strength of the brand itself Quiet luxury and smart, efficient and architecturally constructed pieces with a timeless appeal & restraint have been a mainstay at Yeohlee and have won her a cult-like following of hardcore devotees and Fall 2010 was no exception. Yeohlee Fall 2010 Surveying front row attendees in their Yeohlee pieces worn with such graceful ease only helped one realize the overall strength of the brand itself.>> See our complete collection of fashion show photos & runway reviews Using cylinders as a starting point on everything from hems to padded collars the collection moved on to offer an appealing range of proper day clothes that had the

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Alexander McQueen used makeup to make a statement beyond fashion

Alexander McQueen used makeup & his imagination to create fantasy, rebellion, and edge that was beyond fashion On February 12, the fashion world lost one of their greatest creators. McQueen was a creator and used his imagination to create fantasy, rebellion, and edge to fashion. His unconventional shock tactics earned him the "British Designer of the Year" 4 times during his career. Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Bjork and Sarah Jessica Parker were amongst his clients. Alexander McQueen used makeup to make a statement beyond fashion. Models were sprayed with paint and encased with butterflies at his last fashion show. Pop star Lady Gaga wore 12cm high shoes resembling a lobster claw for one of her videos. The gothic inspired make-up creations

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Rad Hourani Fall 2010 Fashion Show

Runway Review: Rad Hourani has earned a cult-like following thanks to his razor sharp focus and concise direction making his Fall 2010 outing a must-see for the fashion forward downtown set In three short years Canadian based designer Rad Hourani has earned a cult-like following thanks to his razor sharp focus and concise direction making his New York Fashion Week Fall 2010 during outing one of the weeks must-sees for the fashion forward downtown set. What sets him apart from obvious futuro-goth predecessors Helmut Lang and Rick Owens is that Hourani's pieces are straight forward, less avant-grade for avant-garde's sake, yet just as strong, which is exactly what makes him so special. >> Check out our complete fashion show photos

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Twinkle By Wenlan Fall 2010 Fashion Show

Runway Review: Dark fairy tales like Hansel and Gretel were the designer's inspiration for fall Wenlan Chia's well-deserved claim to fame is the sweater knit and it is the element that has anchored her Twinkle line for a decade. She designs easy girly party dresses and soft separates that complement and never compete with her iconic knitted creations. For Fall 2010 she noted that her point of departure for were 'dark fairy tales" like Hansel and Gretel. And while her designs lacked the spooky menace of the tale as I know it, they did possess something of the innocence and naivete that led the wayward duo astray. Twinkle By Wenlan Fall 2010 Fashion Show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week For instance,

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Printemps Paris Alice in Wonderland store windows salute fashion and whimsy

Printemps Paris Alice in Wonderland store windows Alice in Wonderland mania has taken Paris by storm! Printemps is lighting up the dreary, gray winter with their delightfully whimsical and chic Alice in Wonderland windows. The department store is celebrating the release of the new Tim Burton version of "Alice in Wonderland," starring Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter and Helena Bonham Carter as the Red Queen, with a very French fashion touch. Free rein was given to a group of top international designers to use their imagination to create their own Alice dress. Alice in Wonderland theme in the Printemps Paris windows Haider Ackermann, Manish Arora, Chloé, Ann Demeulemeester, Christopher Kane, Nicholas Kirkwood, Maison Martin Margiela, Bernhard Willhelm, and the late

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Mara Hoffman NY Fashion Week, Fall – Winter 2010

Runway Review: Mara Hoffman's girl for fall took a mystical, enchanted turn through a darker sort of place and was all the better for it. Mara Hoffman opted out of the tents and instead presented fall 2010 at the Openhouse Gallery in Nolita in combination with an original film and musical performance. The intimacy of the space was the perfect foil to the clothes that were done in decidedly sexy acid-hued dip-dyes, hieroglyph prints, and pops of off-primary pieces that were artfully slashed and punked up with chunky exposed zippers. Mara Hoffman expanse of models** >> See our photos of the full Mara Hoffman fall fashion presentation and event Mystical and cosmic musical performance The bi-level space was divided with

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