Although I'm not a Fashion Group International member, more like a hangers-on, I leaped at the opportunity when there was an opportunity for non-members to attend the Rising Star award ceremony in DC! So in normal Naomi fashion, I rushed from work, was halted in DC traffic for an hr, searched for parking for 20... Continue Reading →
Very few people can say, their little brother launched a Sneaker Collection. Well, I am one of them!  Last Wednesday, we drove down to Washington, DC for his launch party, you to live vicariously through my brother's awesomeness! His company No Kings Collective sneaker is in collaboration with BucketFeet.  It's called " 7's " celebrating seven... Continue Reading →
Not sure who exemplifies talent and fashion more than Prince. Â The theme of this season's Indie Fashion Week finale was "Purple Reign!" Its rare that Brent and I get a chance to go to blogging events together, and as much as I wanted it to be a date night, we were all about business...the business... Continue Reading →
So last year (pre-blogging era), was the first DC swim week I ever attended. It also so happened to be at DC Swim Week's first year. But you wouldn't have known it.  It felt so smoothly run, the venues were perfect, the fashion was amazing ... and I've got to say the 2nd annual was even... Continue Reading →
I had the fantastic opportunity to attend Taste of the Runway in DC at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center for the 2nd year in a row but this year not only as a fashion enthusiast but as an advocate! Taste of the Runway is an event that incorporates my two favorite things beautiful, creative,... Continue Reading →
So, my travels this weekend took me merely an hour away (by train) in search of a panel discussing African Fashion, but, I found so much more! "African fashion is a movement and a building of community" - Uche Ibezue Notes from Panel Discussion Panelists: Jeanette Hordge-Smith, Uche Ibezue, Sunny Gill Masih, Wambui McKesson,... Continue Reading →
What do you consider poverty?  Imagine at age 6, your parents were killed and you have to take care of your younger siblings.  You grow up with little to no education, or job skills. So you're impoverished and despite the desire to improve your situation, your lack of job skills adds to your limitations. Fortunately as... Continue Reading →
...Eco-fashion can be Eco-chic! At the fantastic HERLIFE Magazine Metro DC 1 year anniversary event,  I witnessed my first ecofashion haute couture fashion show, featuring WoolWonders.  Irina Levkovich is an amazing designer, w ho makes eco-friendly mean eco-fantastic! It's rare to say I loved every single piece, but I did and I wanted to buy and... Continue Reading →
So, what happens when you attend a DC Indie Fashion week for the first time? Well, since I didn't know what to expect, I basically kept wearing the wrong outfit, lol.  This was my first time almost attending a full week of any fashion week.  It was a sort of separate cohesiveness that effectively maintained the overall message of Indie Fashion... Continue Reading →
So, I accidentally discovered fast fashion.  As a mother of 3 and self-proclaimed fashionista, I loved the fact that I could be fashionable without the guilt of spending too much money on myself.  But, until American Fashion Podcast, I had no idea how something so cheap could be so costly.  Overseas in certain factories there are... Continue Reading →
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