After seeing my friends walk down the runway at Strut, The Fashionable Mom Show, literally plucked from their lives and plopped on a runway in New York Fashion Week, I am more motivated by their strength and confidence than ever. Doing something that we must...
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Last week, one of my favorite New York Fashion Week events held their third annual show featuring none other than mothers. Strut, The Fashionable Mom Show, took place on Saturday, and is not only managed by mothers Denise Albert and Melissa Gerstein, but the models...
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This year's kickoff to New York Fashion Week was just a teensy bit different than how I celebrated last year. As it turns out, being nearly 7 months pregnant will make you stick out like a sore thumb on a night that is filled with...
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The past three consecutive Saturdays in August, Park Avenue has been closed to vehicles and opened to bikers, pedestrians and everyone in-between for what they call Summer Streets. We've managed to make it out to two-the festivities along the way are so much fun and...
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Today marks the second birthday of one of the coolest, most poignant projects of my life. I've been blogging now for two years exactly, and while it feels about right, I'm still in awe at the freedom and joy that documenting our journey to New...
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If you've been a MGC reader for even a little while, you know that I have a no-holds-barred relationship with my hair. I don't mess around or compromise on any level when it comes to the style and cut of my hair. There have been...
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A couple of weeks back, I had the chance to check out a couple of shows from the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, 2011. I don't have that many opportunities to squeeze the shows around preschool and everything else going on, but I definitely jump at the...
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The vibe backstage at the J.Mendel New York Fashion Week show for the Spring 2011 collection was busy, but not chaotic. The models stood around in hair clips and street clothes, waiting for their turn for makeup and hair, picking at platefuls of fruit. This was...
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The last few weeks have been filled with events and times that I will remember for a long time. I've always wanted to be in New York City for Fashion Week. Always as in, as long as I've known about it. I used to spend hours...
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