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Vanessa Barnes has been inspired by fashion her whole life. She attended the Fashion Institue of Design and Merchandise, and has worked as a wardrobe stylist for local television. Vanessa has also styled various fashion shows from streetwear to couture. She also specializes in executive style transformation for business professionals. In addition to styling, she recently launched her website fashionmixtape.com, that features independent fashion and music.

Stacie May Tee Shirts To Help The Homeless With 1st Saturdays

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Fresh off San Diego Fashion Week, designer Stacie Taylor of Stacie May is creating new tee shirts with partial proceeds benefiting 1st Saturdays.

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1st Saturdays is a non-profit organization helping the homeless in San Diego. Organized by Merek Finding, Jason Price and John Halcyon Styn, they are not affiliated with [...]

Interview With Leoluca Handbags Designers, Emma Lezak And Lauren Letizio

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San Diego resident handbag designers Emma Lezak and Lauren Letizio of Leoluca Handbags, answered a few questions about their sophomore collection. The duo informs us on how it all started and why Leoluca Handbags is “made with love” in the USA.

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Q. When did you realize you wanted to [...]

Interview With Jessica Althoff Of Ethical Apparel And Accessories Boutique Future:Standard

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Jessica Althoff is the founder of shopfuturestandard.com, an online ethical apparel and accessories boutique. Ethical consumer awareness is a cause that Jessica is passionate about. Future:Standard has even partnered up with other brands that are certified ethical, fair trade and micro enterprise to develop Shop Good, San Diego’s first ethical pop-up shop. Jessica was [...]

Fashion’s Night Out San Diego And Compassion Rocks

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Fashion Night Out San Diego will be held on September 6, 2012. Fashion Valley and Hard Rock Hotel teamed up for the Inauguration of COMPASSION ROCKS, a clothing drive benefiting Father Joe’s Village. The clothing drive will launch on August 30 and continue through September 12, 2012.

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Many of thee [...]

SOLO Eyewear Giving Vision Care To Those In Need

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SOLO Eyewear is an inspiring story of taking action from reading literature in an MBA course at San Diego State University and making it a life long lesson. Co-founder Jenny Amaraneni read the book “Out of Poverty” by Paul Polak. Jenny also learned the staggering statistics that blindness world wide is 80% preventable and [...]

Interview With Solkissed Swimwear CEO Alejandra Boggiano

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Alejandra (Ale) Boggiano CEO of Solkissed Swimwear resides in New York, but came to San Diego, where she grew up, with an exclusive sale of her new bikini line.

Ale grew up going to the beach with her family, and often spent time in the beaches in South America. Ale was always asked where [...]

Interview With PR Couture’s Crosby Noricks

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Crosby Noricks, founder of PR Couture has an entrepreneurial spirit and has cultivated her passion of public relations to helping others entering the PR industry.

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Crosby began her journey of fashion PR while managing an in-house marketing and PR department for an online jewelry retailer. She had just finished [...]