catching up again. the last two gorgeous gals to be featured in my BUST fashion nation/looks column were rakia reynolds and roxanne carter. both stunningly beautiful, incredibly creative and smart as a whip.

(i love this job.)

more personal news of a crafty/”hey-i’m-published-again” sort: i’ve got a knitting pattern published in debbie stoller’s newly-released tome, stitch and bitch superstar knitting! it’s the “empire strikes back dress,” which can be found page 293. it was formerly known as the age of acid empires sweater dress (my original name for it), it’s the same dress i’m wearing in this ancient wardrobe_remix pic:

i’m so tickled that debbie chose to style the sweater with a contrasty color scheme (and have it modeled by a redhead!). hee hee!

thank you, thank you, thank you, debbie for letting me be a part of your book! this one, like all the others, is bound to be a big success…it’s chock-full of great info and knitting knowledge and debbie’s usual bon mots…and the patterns featured within are pretty frickin’ killer. a little something for everyone: cables, lace, beading, and so much more. GO GET A COPY.

and to anyone who ever emailed me, commented at me, or pestered me via ravelry about whether a pattern for this sweaterdress would ever be available, here you go. enjoy.

also: if you ever make this dress, or a variation of it, email me! i’d love to see other people’s twists or versions of it!

catching up on several months worth of press…so, so behind. but like i say all the damn time these days/months/years, better late than never.

seen above: interviews in my LOOKS column in BUST magazine: starring, in order of publication, mai le of fashionist, debra rapoport (of advanced style fame), and elsie flannigan of red velvet art. brilliant gals, all.

i frickin’ LOVE doing this column, people. i mean, look, i get to pick a gorgeous, smart woman and then chat her up for a bit up about matters of style, life, and what she’s wearing (in the photo in question). it’s fun! it’s mind-blowingly interesting (to me anyway!). and when it hits the stands, she gets to shine, lookin’ fabulous on the pages of a nationally (internationally?) distributed mag. it makes her feel good, and i feel good about that. and hopefully people like reading about them and getting into their stylish heads. win-win-WIN!(?)

yet another one of my patented, perfected “better late than never” announcements:

my latest looks column interview is out, in the april/may 2010 issue of BUST. should be on newstands now. go get it!

this one’s all about the lovely, creative izzy hayes, who hails from montreal, quebec, canada. check her blog out here! she’s been on wardrobe_remix since almost the beginning (i think?), and was absolutely a dear…we could have talked for hours.

which is the case with pretty much everyone i’ve chatted with so far…such fascinating women, with such imitable style, and a plethora of intelligent, interesting things to say about fashion and so much more. such an honor to do this! i find it incredibly fun.

as always, thanks BUST! and thanks izzy!

i’ve got an article in BUST magazine this month…well, it’s sort of a column…it’s the LOOKS column! i am so very honored to have been asked to do it; the LOOKS column has been one of my favorite features in BUST since i started reading the mag in the early 2000s…i have torn out and saved tons of the previous featured girls & their interviews over the years!

BUST is, hands down, one of my favorite magazines, i am always delighted when it lands in my mailbox. how incredible is it to get the chance to WRITE the LOOKS column?? pretty awesome. a dream come true actually.

the first interview for the column is with the absolutely gorgeous and unique tamera ferro, of verhext.com, who has been a long time contributor to wardrobe_remix (since close to the beginning, i think??). i’ve always admired her style…there’s absolutely no one like her in the universe (especially style-wise!) and i felt she deserves the recognition and accolades! doesn’t she look stunning??!! such a creative gal.

thanks tamera! thanks BUST!

way back in may and june i mentioned that i was a guest judge for one of JPG magazine’s photo challenges, the one that featured wardrobe_remix as it’s theme. perhaps some of you remember…?

anyhoo!

the issue featuring my selections hit the magazine stands back in july. the article was in their superb street fashion issue (#17)!

here’s a quick snap of the article itself:

thanks to all the fine folks whose photos i selected, who made it into the final cut of the magazine! several of those featured in the article are wardrobe_remix contributors, and others are just cool people who clearly know how to wield a camera well (and have cool personal style!). special thanks to those who in turn called out wardrobe_remix in their accompanying interviews. thanks, guys!

and of course, thanks again, JPG magazine!

sadly, BUST neglected to mention the url for the group. what gives, BUST? but, thank you anyway, for the coverage, such as it is. it’s much appreciated!

and, congrats to the gals featured in the spread: the snail and the cyclops, sally jane vintage, boboniaa, and ami mai (whom i don’t know/recognize to connect her with a flickr handle! can anyone help? there are so many w_r’s posting these days, almost 10k! yay, but eep!).

you certainly deserve the recognition, ladies! congrats.

thus, the remix_redux articles i wrote for the mag featuring select photographs from wardrobe_remix are no more.

thanks again to all the wardrobe_remix(ers) who were featured in the articles i wrote. i could not have done these articles without you, of course!

and a BIG HUGE thanks to adorn for giving me the opportunity to write for them. it was great experience for me, and a heap of fun.

also: my sincere apologies to those wardrobe_remix(ers) who were slated to be in the remix_redux article in the (now) non-published spring 2008 issue. had i known anything, i would have passed on the news to you sooner.

more recent press on yours truly and wardrobe_remix…a great little interview with myself and agathe of stylebytes on matters of style and fashion over at fashion156, by writer eva bowering.

thanks, fashion156, and especially eva!

some weeks back i was interviewed about matters of style and wardrobe_remix by sonya gee of the vibewire blog, the web face of a non-profit arts and media youth organization of the same name that provides a forum where [young australians...] “can comment on matters pertinent to their lives”.

the results of that interview can be read here, in an article about online street fashion websites, blogs, and bloggers entitled haven’t got a stitch to wear?

the article features also features another very popular w_r’er/flickrite, the snail and the cyclops!

(thanks sonya!)

AND, wardrobe_remix was ALSO mentioned in australia’s sydney sun herald monthly supplement magazine last month!

(thank you, sydney sun herald!)