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Final Fashiona Posting

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Aug 26, 2011, 12:20 pm
After about two weeks of soul searching and in anticipation of my upcoming birthday...I have decided to retire Fashiona. She has been a part of my world since 2008 and all good things must come to an end. I do thank all my readers and followers both public and private (you know you are) over the l...
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AliciaStyle's FNO

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Aug 25, 2011, 6:18 pm
AliciaStyle's FNO by alicia-edwards featuring a leather clutch Alice Olivia one shoulder cocktail dress £120 - oxygenboutique.com Christian louboutin pumps $795 - barneys.com Valentino leather clutch $2,075 - valentino.com R.J.Graziano chandelier earrings $120 - stylebop.com Cara Accessories ba...
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Tables of Brotherhood kicks off in Atlanta

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Aug 12, 2011, 7:14 am
Remember the Million March in 1995...seems ages ago right? Tables of Brotherhood tour hosted by CNN contributor Roland Martin is designed to encourage an open discussion around relevant topics to Dr. King’s message and legacy. It started in Atlanta appropriately ( Dr. King was a second generati...
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Fashiona at ArtFusion: Where Fashion meets Art

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Aug 9, 2011, 11:50 pm
Last Friday night, Fashiona attended Celebrity Photographer Drexina Nelson's first annual Art Fusion: Where Fashion meets Art. With Billie Holiday as her muse...she wore a pink flower in her hair and wore black and pink satin shoes. If they were giving out a Miss Prissy award...she would have won ...
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Happy 50th Birthday President Barack Obama

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Aug 4, 2011, 9:53 pm
If Fashiona could sing...she would sing Happy Birthday (Stevie Wonder style) to President Obama in honor of his 50th Birthday. Alas she cannot sing (well) so she decided to share with her readers (mwah) her favorite Obama pictures over the years. She fully agrees with Obama when he said last wee...
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Move over Kanye...Dwayne Wade is a bonafide fashion icon to be

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Aug 1, 2011, 7:17 pm
Whether we ladies admit to being NBA fans or not...most of us can appreciate Dwayne Wade's chocolatey looks and his 12 pack washboard of a stomach. Fashiona has Mr. Air to thank for this bit of eye candy in the form of his upcoming fashion documentary. DW: The Making of a Fashion Icon - Teaser fr...
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Fashiona's rebuttal to GQ's worst dressed list

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Jul 17, 2011, 6:47 pm
A shade darker and after spending 24 blissful hours immersed in one of the most relaxing places on earth...Fashiona is ready to tackle the infamous GQ article: So Atlanta was named the 17th worst dressed city: Atlanta is the Mecca of the promotional T-shirt. Everyone is a CEO or founder of ...
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Soma collects bras for women in need

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Jul 7, 2011, 10:36 pm
Fashiona knows that you aren't wearing the same bras from high school but you very well may be wearing the same size...if so it is truly time to get professional fitted at Soma. If you are in the Atlanta area...see Sharon @ Cumberland Mall. Yes ladies everything has changed since high school y...
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What is your handbag style?

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Jun 27, 2011, 8:11 pm
Handbags are a girl's best friend! Whether your preference is a purse, hobo, bucket, tote, satchel or clutch, there's a fashionable and functional style for everyone. Stylist and fashion maven Alicia aka "Fashiona" Edwards shares her favorite celebrity handbag styles and gives us essential tips ...
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Fashiona reviews Carol's Daughter: Monoi Collection

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Jun 21, 2011, 3:18 am
Fashiona was sent trial sizes of Carol's Daughter Monoi Repairing Shampoo and Conditioner about a month ago from New York. The very thing she noticed was the products incredible smell. Both the shampoo and condition have a nutty tropical heavenly aroma. It was so fragrant (but not overpowerin...
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Fashiona is writing for Tyra's Type F

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Jun 18, 2011, 3:25 am
So Miss Fashiona is moving up the fashion "expert" ladder and has started writing for Tyra Banks's new website Type F. typeF.com is a groundbreaking fashion and beauty platform that offers women the personalized style know-how they are looking for, when and where they want it, at home or on th...
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NYC Jewelry Designer Barbara Campbell having a trunk show at Bloomies in Soho

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Jun 12, 2011, 1:53 pm
So Fashiona's favorite NYC jewelry designer Barbara Campbell is having a trunk show at Bloomingdales in Soho. Here are the details: Who: Barbara CampbellWhat: Barbara Campbell Jewelry Trunk Show & meet and greet the designerWhen: June 24, 2011 - June 26, 2011, 12:00pm - 7:00pmWhy: Because she is an...
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Naomi Campbell and the Cadbury Ad: Insult or Innocent Mistake

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Jun 1, 2011, 5:41 pm
While attending FAMU (a historically black university) in the mid 1990's, I remember eating lunch at a diner and being startled by a young girl no more than 3 who had never seen a black person. She saw me, tugged her mother and said "Mommy...look at the chocolate lady. Her mother was both mortif...
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Catherine meets Michelle

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - May 25, 2011, 12:20 am
So President Obama and the First Lady are across the pond in England this week. Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Michelle met for the first time in person today. Both women looked very stylish yet their very different personalities were evident. Always in the fashion spotlight but not a fash...
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Fashiona on the 2011 Billboard Music Awards

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - May 23, 2011, 7:36 pm
So everyone was talking about Beyoncé last night and with good reason...she looked absolutely incredible. Her futuristic BladeRunner-esqe web like dress left nada to the imagination except what must her ab (torture chamber) work out really look like!! Congrats to Bey on her well deserved Millenniu...
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Fashiona pays tribute to Plus-size model Mia Amber Davis

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - May 12, 2011, 2:22 pm
Fashiona was saddened to hear about the passing of plus model Mia Amber Davis. She was a champion for healthy plus size women. According to TMZ.com, Davis had knee surgery to treat an old college basketball injury in L.A. the day before she died. She was only 36. The beauty was best-known f...
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Kate becomes Catherine Duchess of Cambridge

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - May 2, 2011, 11:39 am
Fashiona watched Kate Middleton become a newlywed and Catherine Duchess of Cambridge at Piedmont Park in Atlanta. The "Central Park" of Atlanta offered a sunrise British breakfast tea complete with scones and champagne to watch the biggest wedding of the year play out. Fashiona though Kate looke...
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Tiara ideas for soon to be Princess Catherine Middleton

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Apr 26, 2011, 7:52 pm
Fashiona has Royal Wedding Fever. On Easter Sunday...she watched Prince Charles and Lady Diana's wedding...again. Fashiona was 6 when they got married and according to Mom watched the wedding EVERY time it came on. While Fashiona has not resorted to planting herself in front of the TV just y...
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Social Sunday: Kate Middleton ushers in Modern Royalty

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Apr 18, 2011, 9:46 pm
The April 29th wedding of Kate Middleton and Prince William will be the most watched wedding since that of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer almost 20 years ago. The facts that both women knew that they were marrying into the Windsor family and wearing a sapphire ring that deserves it is own zip...
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For Princess to be Kate Middleton Navy is the new Black

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Apr 14, 2011, 10:18 am
Most Fashionistas default to wearing black when they are in the "business of being seen" but it appears that the soon to be Princess Kate prefers wearing blue and indeed she looks stunning in all shades of the color. Photo Credit: Huffington Post Prince William and Kate Middleton stepped out in Bla...
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Lafayette 148 New York Previews Spring 2011 at Lenox Square

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Apr 3, 2011, 10:16 am
Fashiona does love a fashion show and did Edward Wilkerson from Lafayette 148 New York deliver… All photos: Alicia "aka" Fashiona March 31st at noon Fashiona arrived at Neiman Marcus in Lenox Square for the preview of his Spring 2011 collection. Soon after she was handed a glass of champagne....
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Social Sunday: Fashiona pays tribute to Elizabeth Taylor

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Mar 27, 2011, 10:37 pm
A child in the 1980's, Fashiona first remembers seeing screen legend Elizabeth Taylor along side Michael Jackson and then as the diamond lady in the White Diamonds' commercials. Fashiona has since seen most of Elizabeth's biggest movies with Cat on a Hot Tin Roof being her favorite. Photo C...
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Fashiona Rocks the Red Pump

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Mar 10, 2011, 9:34 pm
Fashiona braved the cold today and rocked her red pumps in honor of the 3rd annual National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD). Alicia "aka" Fashiona wearing White House Black Market Luvvie Ajayi and Karyn Watkins, founded The Red Pump Project™ in March 2009. We use the red shoe ...
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Tipster Thursday: When is a tag more than a just a tag?

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Mar 9, 2011, 11:01 pm
Any fashionista or fashionisto is intimately familiar with the tags on their newly acquired purchases (or soon to be acquired purchases). There is of course the lovely designer label with "notable" price tag...must pay to play. The care label...also important because of the aforementioned "not...
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Fashiona at Atlanta's The Adjustment Bureau Screening

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Mar 6, 2011, 10:18 pm
Have you seen The Adjustment Bureau yet...if not please go and treat yourself to this slick urban thriller ASAP. It opened everywhere March 4, 2011. Fashiona and Sis went to the Atlanta screening on February 16. Fashiona, who loves movies that require a little brain power, was pleasantly surprised w...
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Fashiona at Bobby V's Fly on the Wall Listening Party

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Mar 4, 2011, 7:50 pm
Bobby V. Fly on the Wall from papa razzi on Vimeo. See her interview with Bobby V on Examiner.com.
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Fashiona's Red Carpet Review: Oscars 2011

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Mar 2, 2011, 12:23 pm
Fashion wise, Fashiona deemed the Oscars 2011 as one of best years in quite some time. Shades of purple were all over the Red Carpet, breaking up the long line of "safe" black dresses. The fashion parade was so delightful in fact that she could not decide who won the Best Dressed (hence the dela...
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Fashiona's update on Kate's wedding

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Feb 24, 2011, 10:09 pm
John Galliano is designing Kate'sWedding Dress....hahaha not THAT Kate but Kate Moss's wedding dress. The other Kate (Middleton) is said to be wearing two wedding dresses for her April 29 wedding to Prince William, one for the morning wedding and one for the ball in the evening No confirmation o...
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Fashiona on the 53rd Grammys

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Feb 17, 2011, 1:56 am
Fashiona arrived the 53rd Grammys viewing party fashionably late but when she got there she quickly joined the twitter chatter. Best Dressed in Fashiona's book: Jennifer Hudson. She looked absolutely fabulous from head to toe. The highlighted hair, the flawless face, the navy structured Versace ...
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Angelina and her lipgloss make headlines

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Jan 19, 2011, 11:27 am
Did you see the Golden Globes on Sunday from start to finish? Fashiona didn't either but she did watch the last hour and caught this gem. If you can't see the flash icon below, please click here for the video clip. Yes that is the uber gorgeous Angelina (wearing a green long sleeve Versace...
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Heart of Haiti brings hope and help one year later

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Jan 12, 2011, 6:45 pm
A year ago today the world's attention turned to Haiti as they experienced one of the worst natural disasters of the decade. The earthquake destroyed the infrastructure, the government and took over 300,000 lives but the enduring story is the resilience of the Haitian people as they rebuild th...
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Things that Fashiona should have covered in 2010

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Jan 11, 2011, 4:56 pm
Day 1 of the Atlanta snow storm was ohh so pretty...on Day 3 let's just say the novelty has worn off. But sadly the snow now ice has not melted so Fashiona is stranded (highways are literally closed) at home...again. With her new found free time...Fashiona has decided to write about some thi...
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New Year New News New Goals

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Jan 9, 2011, 10:23 pm
Fashiona hopes that all her readers have had a good start to 2011. She has been quiet as of late because she has experienced a lot of change in a short period of time. This post is delayed because she wanted to share the news with her friends and family first before sharing in blog world. Ready......
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Fashiona remembers Teena Marie

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Dec 28, 2010, 10:57 am
Fashiona was at a birthday party when she was catching up on Twitter and saw the news via CNN of Teena Marie's passing...she was so shocked she blurted out the news to the guests. They were all stunned...especially those who had tickets to see her on her next tour date. Fashiona never had the pl...
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Merry Christmas 2010 from Fashiona

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Dec 25, 2010, 2:04 pm
I want to wish my readers, followers, "cheerleaders", photographers, designers, fellow bloggers and anyone who helps me keep this blog going a very Merry Christmas. Christmas 2009, I reminded my readers to remember the reason for the season. This year, I am happy to say that the people that I...
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Heel Condoms, a brilliant invention by Sandrysabel Ortiz

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Dec 13, 2010, 12:29 pm
Fashiona gets all types of press releases and the one about the heel condoms was the most entertaining in quite some time. Heel Condoms...no Fashiona did not go "there", she thought they were some type of plastic cover for the heel to possibly protect it from the elements. Not quite...but what th...
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Social Sunday: A Night of Glamour by Rashan Ali's Sporty Girls

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Dec 7, 2010, 3:39 pm
Thursday night Fashiona went to Atlanta's Blendz Hair Salon for A Night of Glamour to support her fellow FAMUan Rashan Ali and her Sporty Girls foundation. The radio personality started Sporty Girls in 2006 to help young girls increase their performance in "non-traditional" sports with the ultimat...
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Get Kate Middleton's engagement look

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Dec 1, 2010, 10:40 am
Fashiona was happy that Prince William and Kate Middleton finally announced their engagement and was touched that he proposed to Kate with his late mother Princess Diana's sapphire engagement ring. She said yes to the ring but no to the wedding dress. Fashiona can't blame her for that....the ring ...
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Social Sunday: CNN 2010 Heroes Red Carpet

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Nov 28, 2010, 10:04 am
CNN has a Thanksgiving tradition that Fashiona adores. For the fourth year, CNN has honored "everyday" heroes that have made it their life's work to better the world of others. Celebs and the recently rescued Chilean miners were invited to the taping of the show that aired on Thanksgiving day. ...
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Halle Berry dazzles in a white Pamella Roland dress

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Nov 23, 2010, 6:16 pm
Halle Berry certainly "keeps it moving" so to speak. A few months after calling it quits with her longtime boyfriend Gabriel Aubry, she is dating again (Olivier Martinez) and back on the Red Carpet. Last week she hosted a special screening in New York of her latest film Frankie and Alice....
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Fashiona takes on the Best and the Worst Dressed at the 2010 AMAs

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Nov 22, 2010, 9:00 pm
Fashiona didn't watch the AMAs from start to finish but she was kept up to date with Talking with Tami's tweets...she doesn't miss a thing. Clearly Jada Pinkett Smith believes in Fashiona's "Fashion hurts and no pain no gain motto"...wearing a gold dress with a METAL bodice...there is no way it co...
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Fashiona interviews Andrea Kelly, dancer and choreographer

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Nov 22, 2010, 6:05 pm
The world of dancing is very much in the spotlight with tv shows like Dancing with the Stars. Andrea Danyell Kelly…yes R Kelly’s ex-wife has experienced dance from elitist world of ballet to the overexposed “video vixens” and is sharing her journey with the younger set through her scho...
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Fashiona at the Atlanta Harry Potter Deathly Hallows Part I Screening

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Nov 18, 2010, 11:08 pm
The Atlanta premiere of the much anticipated Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 was on Tuesday night and excitement was in the air. This event put on by Liquid Soul Media wasn't about WHO was going to be there so much as how happy they were to get a first look. Teen ambassadors were depl...
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Jewelry Boxes from SHOPNBC...the perfect gift for a vanity table

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Nov 15, 2010, 7:44 pm
People always say it is the thought that counts…which is true but there is a lot to be said for presentation…the presentation ranks VERY high in Fashiona’s world. If you already taken the time to select a special gift of jewelry, whether it is a necklace, a stack of bracelets, a lovely ring�...
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Emerlyn and Ester Boutique: Where Class Meets Style

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Nov 11, 2010, 5:28 pm
As the cliché says...money can buy you a lot of things but class isn't one of them. Lucky for the style inclined in Atlanta, Ne-Yo's significant other Monyetta Shaw has class, money and an eye for fashion. Last Friday, Fashiona was invited to a private media preview (Courtesy of the Garner Ci...
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MillerCoors presents the Inaugural T.A.P. Awards

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Nov 9, 2010, 2:55 pm
What event can you possibly be at that combines beer, men, prestige and money....with a touch of class...well in Atlanta last week you would have been at the inaugural MillerCoors T.A.P. Awards. VIPs, style makers, media and of course beer lovers congregated at the Mason Murer Fine Art Galle...
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Social Sunday: WHBM President Donna Noce gives Living Beyond $300K on TheTalk

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Oct 30, 2010, 9:25 pm
Only one of the reasons that Fashiona enjoys working at White House Black Market... Friday October 29, White House Black Market President Donna Noce presented Living Beyond Breast Cancer with a donation for $300,000...and gave audience members $500 gift cards.
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Sole Plus in conjunction with Converse presents Art + Sole + Life

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Oct 29, 2010, 7:56 pm
Fashiona loves art, fashion and great causes and so of course she would support ART+SOLE+LIFE. Last week Friday October 22, The ART+SOLE+LIFE exhibit was created to highlight the non-profit work of SOLE PLUS. SOLE PLUS is a non profit organization that was founded on the quote by Pablo Picass...
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Ambermag.com brings the Adore Your Beauty to Spelman

Alicia E. posted an article on Fashiona's Musings: fashion, style and social commentary - Oct 22, 2010, 5:27 pm
One of Fashiona's favorite memories surrounding college is Homecoming Week...the step shows, the game, the wild "eventful" parties and the special events. Ambermag.com is making college memories that much more special for Spelman (recently voted the no. 1 HBCU in the country by U.S. News & Worl...
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About Me

Currently residing Atlanta, Alicia writes about fashion and style for Type F, Examiner.com, on her current blog "Fashiona's Musings" and as the Senior Features Editor at Kouture Magazine. Her first blog, Fashiona~Musings of a Stylish Girl appeared in the Chicago Sun Times and Reuters multiple times. “Fashiona” is Alicia’s alter ego.

Specializing in style reporting and in-depth interviews her writing highlights include interviews with style makers including Lloyd Boston, E!'s George Kotsiopoulos and CNN's TJ Holmes.

Alicia keeps her pulse on high fashion as a Stylist and Visual Merchandiser for White House Black Market.

A born fashionista, Alicia grew up sewing clothes for her dolls. She became the image consultant for her friends and family. While living in NYC, she designed clothing for Polo Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger and Nautica.

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