September 17, 2010
In
Magazine
By
tamia
I love reading and supporting other independent magazines, and while I usually focus on fashion and style publications, I enjoy pretty much anything with creative, pretty content.So, when I came across Rue magazine last night, I spent at least an hour (an hour I was supposed to spend working) flipping through page after page of beautiful imagery and taking inspiration from the clean, colorful layout.The magazine very adeptly combines fashion and home decor, and I'm
July 6, 2010
In
Holidays, Magazine
By
tamia
Between hanging out with my family, acting as an all-you-can-eat buffet for mosquitoes, and perfecting my smoothie-making technique (I'm up to two per day. Seriously, it's a problem), I spent most of the holiday weekend working on the new issue of Style Sample magazine. You can read the online version here, and order a copy of the print edition--which includes a pretty awesome bonus feature on personal styling--here. I didn't even get to see
May 28, 2010
In
Magazine
By
tamia
Y'all know how much I love magazines, especially my fellow indie publications. I was having an exceptionally unproductive morning (you know how sometimes it's impossible to focus?), when I came across WWIT--short for We're Worth It, Too.
I got about three quarters of the way through the magazine before I even realized it's primarily a men's publication--the entire thing is so well done, and I'd totally wear at least 80% of the clothing and accessories featured.
May 11, 2010
In
Magazine
By
tamia
From the May 7, 2010 issue of Women's Wear Daily:
"A free digital magazine focused on and written by fashion bloggers, Style Sample just released it's sixth issue [actually, it's the seventh issue]. While the base site is more of a boon for bloggers (it provides plenty of how-to info and technology tips), it also allows readers to click through to the issues. And that's where an overload of creativity lives. Although it's a bit meta
April 2, 2010
In
Magazine
By
tamia
I've always loved magazines.
I remember one summer at day camp, maybe between 4th and 5th grade, my friend Nicole and I thought it would be cool if we made our own fashion magazine.
Inspired by the stacks of old Teen and Vogue and Mademoiselle magazines the college-aged counselors would bring in for us to cut up during craft time, we decided to publish a collection of our favorite images of fluorescent biker shorts and push-down socks,
