Nicole Blaje and I rapidly became friends soon after I started my blog. I used to drop into Cynthia Rowley on Damen Avenue during the winter to warm up during snowy street-style hunts in Bucktown. We’ve spent hours chatting about everything from 90s pop culture to fashion blogs (duh) and runway collections to deeper issues of social class and politics. Basically, Nicole is my intellectual fashion soulmate. Like me, she’s also a grad student in a master’s program at Loyola.
Besides, only the coolest person in the world would rock this Libertine silk top dyed to look like it’s covered in bloodstains. Nicole told me she found it on Yoox, steeply discounted, and it was one of the greatest finds of her internet fashion shopping career. Like me, she’s a crafty bargain hunter when it comes to fulfilling her designer clothing cravings!
This photo is actually Joel’s second time to land on Refinery29 courtesy of me. The first time he was featured in the Valentine’s Day slideshow of cute boys I put together. Not hard to see why, right?
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Something about Richard made me feel like waiting to post him on a Sunday. His linen suit makes me a tad bit sad that summer is coming to a close, as linen clothing is one of my favorite things about summer style.
