Truthfully, I liked the majority of the photos that my coworker took for me that one time I ventured to Harlem for brunch.
But I don't have anything to say worthy of a blog post to go with them.
If I’m being honest, New York kicked me in my *ss last week in a major way.
My mother came up from Pennsylvania on Friday to see with her own eyes that I was okay. I don’t care that I’m 27 and I needed my mom. And I don’t care if you know that, either.
One of the first writers that I was ever drawn to, fashion-wise, was Zandile Blay. She was the market editor at Paper magazine, Style & Culture columnist for the Huffington Post and then became the fashion editor at Essence.com before leaving for Nigeria to become Editor-in-Chief at Hello! Nigeria. She's back stateside now, working as a fashion/beauty journalism professor at Syracuse University and Editor-at-Large of Scene magazine.
I say all that to say, I was taken with her. The way that her words came alive on my screen. She starred in a Coach campaign. The way her clothing was so magnetic. Her jumbo quilted Chanel. She was brown and fashion writer. Most importantly, she was accessible. 23-year-old me was a goner.
Life is such a funny thing. I've had some of the best news (and purchase) of life this week, only to take one step back and lock myself out of my apartment. I've been writing affirmations to myself in my iPhone reminders that pop up just when...
Maybe I'm weird, but I take pictures of things that I want to remember and save them in a certain folder on my phone. Products I want to try, books I want to read, outfits I want to recreate...
I know yall are like please, Chan, stop with those blue suede shoes. As my mom says when I've been wearing something too much, you don't have anything else that you could wear?I am one that falls in love with an item and then wears the heck out of...
This velvet J.Crew Schoolboy blazer is like my new favorite thing in life! It makes me happy and the outfit instantly better.For instance, see above. This blazer makes me so excited for Spring. Even the mannequin agrees with me. Word. Once again, I'm wearing all J.Crew everything minus...
How was your Thanksgiving? Mine was really nice, spent with family that I don't usually get to see often. Before it was time for dinner, I snuck out for quick outfit shots and the wind just wouldn't let me be great! Blowing my hair and vest...