A Steampunk Christmas of Great Expectations

Posted on by Ashley Laurel

In honor of the holiday season (and inspired by my visit to the Dickens Fair on Saturday), this is the first in a series of steampunk looks based on Classic Victorian novels. Stay tuned each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday until Christmas for the rest of this steampunk Christmas series!

Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens (1860)

Fall Fashion & Tech Wishlist

Posted on by Ashley Laurel

Happy Fashion Week!!!

With all of my favorite fashion and tech blogs listing Fall must-haves, I was inspired to list what’s on my wishlist for my favorite fashion season of the year.

Fashion & Tech Must-Haves

Wool cape

Small leopard bag

Leather accents


Glittery accents

Sheer blouses

Geek chic pieces


Apps (all free!)


Now then, who’s ready to shop?


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ShopNear.Me Merges the Worlds of Online and Offline Shopping

The Store of Snapette, an iOS Fashion App

Bringing Fashion to Meetings at Facebook, Google, and LinkedIn

Bringing Fashion to Meetings at Facebook, Google, and LinkedIn

Posted on by Ashley Laurel

Recently, my friend Kristin Burnham, CIO.com’s social media writer (and voice of @CIOonline) mentioned she was making a trip to the  Bay Area this week for meetings at Facebook, Google, and LinkedIn. Like a lot of my friends, she asked my advice on what to wear.

If I were lucky enough to be in her shoes this week, here is what I would choose for each location.

Facebook: Keep it fun!

Google: Flats are a must for walking the Googleplex campus.

LinkedIn: A site tailored to business networking calls for a more tailored look.

What would you wear to a business meeting at one of these innovative companies?

This post was chosen to be a part of the IFB Links a la Mode: Tech Weekly Roundup

Fashion Is More Sociable Than You Think!

Edited by Christen Rochon

Being fashionable is not for the timid or weak at heart. Its ever-evolving, rapidly changing and new trends are born every minute! With the information age we currently live in, it’s only natural that social media platforms become launching pads on how we interact with fashion and share our fashionable lives with others. Fresh from last week’s Fashion 140 Conference in NYC – it is apparent that more and more companies and bloggers are using social media to connect with consumers & readers in intimate ways like never before. Here are a few examples on how sharing fashion has become more sociable than you originally thought…

LINKS À LA MODE: TECH – May 10th

If you would like to submit your link for next week’s Links à la Mode, please register first, then post your links. Deadline is Sunday, May 1st — get posting here and grab the code for your blogs here.