Style Girl Jess James | Fashion Fix Outside Barney’s “Lady Gaga’s Workshop” entrance I spontaneously made my way to NYC a few days before New Year’s after receiving an urgent message from Alisa, a NYC-based styling client I worked with while I was in the city in September during Fashion Week, thanks to my dear friend Rachel Mcpherson. Alisa wanted to surprise her fiance Vic with a Style Girl shopping package for Christmas so I packed my bags, booked my ticket on the Bolt bus from Jersey and spent the next five days ringing in the New Year. Here’s the Top 10 from my first few days of 2012 as a temporary New Yorker: 1. Shopping John Varvatos and Billy…
Style Girl Jess James | Fashion Fix Spending the day after Christmas with my parents in Jim Thorpe, PA, we came across The Emporium of Curious Goods. A frequent haunt during time spent at my Nana’s as a teenager, the shop shrouded in mystery and magic never failed in delivering “curiousities” – crystals, wicca spell books, incense and mystic potions. Since then, it’s taken a turn towards touristy tchotchke, but I still managed to find a few gems in the “Egyptian section” of the store. Having an almost subconscious affinity…
Style Girl Jess James | Fashion Fix At home, wearing my new Barton Perreira glasses I was in sixth grade at the height of my middle school popularity (pre-”Zit City” as my sister christened my most awkward years) and saw my “social life” flash before my eyes. I cried as we drove away from my eye doctor’s office clutching my eyeglass case, which held the dreaded maroon Sally Jessy Rapheal-style glasses. I couldn’t believe I had crossed over to the other side. I was now a kid with glasses. My…
Style Girl Jess James | Fashion Fix Style Girl and He & Me mini-shops at Tickled Pink at Lumina Station – Grand Opening TODAY 5-8pm We all know that time is of the essence when it comes to the holiday countdown. You’re in luck! One-stop-shopping does exist in the form of Tickled Pink, Lumina Station’s newest addition to their retail mix. Tickled Pink is a collective of unique retail concepts allowing local and regional artisans, artists, designers and retail entrepreneurs a marketplace to showcase their talents, gifts and abilities. …
Style Girl Jess James | Fashion Fix When Lynn at Ziabird told me jewelry designer Maggie Orli was coming to town for a trunk show, I knew I had to meet her. Taking note of my fondness for Maggie’s raw stones and handcrafted details in her jewelry, Lynn often points out Maggie’s newest pieces along with updates on her extensive and often exotic travels. With her jewelry in eclectic boutiques across the country, as well as stockists in England, Indonesia, Holland, Thailand, Sweden and Australia, I was surprised to…
Style Girl Jess James | Fashion Fix Style Girl’s Loafer Collection: Top 2 (studded pair and Ferragamos are in the personal collection) while the other 3 (Enzo Angiolini red leather & patent loafers with gold stars $20 in size 8.5, Antonio Melani two-toned gold loafers $35 in size 9 and Timothy Hitsman black suede and patent loafers with gold lion medallions $20 in size 9N) are for sale at the Style Girl shop at Tickled Pink at Lumina Station Whether you plan on staking out your big-box…
Style Girl Jess James | Fashion Fix Click image above to watch the “She Wore Blue Velvet” Fashion Show VIDEO produced by The Three Divas Lumina Station succeeded in pulling off a series of events for their first all-inclusive Week of WOW, set in motion by visionaries Richard and Jane Marquard of Paysage a few years back. A kick-off cocktail party benefitting JDRF and The Carousel Center, then a design luncheon, Top Chef cooking class, trunkshows, giveaways and more culminated with the finale “She Wore Blue Velvet” fashion…
