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The Garish Gracelessness of Venexiana A/W 2012

March 20, 2012
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Venexiana, designed by Kati Stern, is known for theatrics and flamboyance but this A/W 2012 collection was a pitiful exercise in garish overindulgence. Like a dog that’s all bark with no bite, the collection was a lot of glitter and [...]

DC Fashion Week: Opening Night Eco-Fashion Show

February 20, 2012
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The kickoff reception and fashion show for the first night of DC Fashion Week was held at The Woolly Mammoth Theater and featured the gowns of eco couture wedding dress designer Elizabeth St. John. St. John was recognized last year [...]

What to Wear on a Valentine’s Day Date

January 31, 2012
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Three different relationships, three different outfits! Casual: Perhaps it’s your fifth or sixth date, it’s been a month or two and things are going well. This isn’t one of those jackasses who likes to remind you he doesn’t want a [...]

Holiday Gift Guide | The Female Dandy

December 20, 2011
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The Alexa, a modern legend inspired by the androgynous and chic Alexa Chung, is the perfect gift for the high fashion female dandy in your life.  The mini Alexa has all of the features of the original Alexa, adapted to [...]

Sinta’s Christmas 2011 Wishlist

December 13, 2011
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  Comme des Garcons x Converse sneakers — These shoes have been on my most wanted radar for a while! Couldn’t find them in my size even at the Opening Ceremony boutique in Los Angeles and found them on La [...]

An Interview with Linda Lay

December 5, 2011
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In 2008 I was one of the bankers and analysts around the world laid off after the collapse of the secondary market. Like many, I chose to go to graduate school but instead of pursuing my MBA, like many of [...]

Sinta’s Holiday 2011 Gift Guide

November 28, 2011
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Hey guys, here’s my short list gift guide for three hard-to-shop-for nearest and dearest: your brother, your best guy friend, and a friend’s child! As a chick who’s blessed to have all three in her life, take it from me, [...]

Quilted Leather a la Rumi

November 16, 2011
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Love the quilted leather trend that is raging through this autumn winter season with it’s luxurious yet edgy, prim yet sexy appeal.  Not just found on Chanel bags anymore quilted leather perhaps enflamed most blog-following fashionistas hearts when Rumi Neely [...]

Designer Spotlight: Minimarket

November 5, 2011
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This is the third article in a series of three spotlighting Swedish brands by Sinta Jimenez. Minimarket was founded in 2006 by the three Elvestedt sisters — Jennifer, Sofie and Pernilla and this Stockholm-based womenswear line covers all the bases [...]

Designer Spotlight: Cheap Monday

October 18, 2011
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This is the second article in a series of three spotlighting Swedish brands by Sinta Jimenez. Like fellow Swedish brand, Acne, Cheap Monday is famous for their denim. It is almost stunning the incredible things designers Örjan Andersson and Adam Friberg [...]