Monday Start-Up: Accepting the Vacation

by Rachel | May 14th, 2012
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I did something that I haven’t done in a very long time. I took vacation time. But it wasn’t because I was going anywhere. I was actually staying home! My parents decided to take a brief holiday and visit me in New York City and celebrate my birthday with me. I spent all of last… Read more…

A Nod to the Hardest Workers in the World – Our Mothers

by Rachel | May 13th, 2012

After so many late nights nearly falling asleep behind my computer screen, running around all day between meetings and events and sorting a never-ending to-do list, I’ll call my mother to vent and she’ll have a schedule twice as busy as mine. My mother doesn’t just run a business, she also is a wife, has… Read more…

Adding Glasses to Your Working Wardrobe: It’s Harder Than You Think

by Rachel | May 8th, 2012

The online eyeglass retailer, GlassesUSA.com reached out to me a month or two ago asking me to review a pair of their eyeglasses on my blog. Luckily for them I am practically blind and have to hold my phone about an inch away from my face when I wake up in the morning in order… Read more…

Monday Start-Up: A Day in the (Working) Life as Told Through Instagram

by Rachel | May 7th, 2012

[View the story "TheWorkingWardrobe Goes to Work through the Eyes of Instagram" on Storify] TheWorkingWardrobe Goes to Work through the Eyes of Instagram As part of TheWorkingWardrobe.Digital #2, you will be able to see the work-lives of TWW staff through the lens of Instagram! As a teaser, follow the work week of our one of… Read more…

Speaking Of Fashion: Target Shops, Club Monaco Website, Sherlockology and Franca Sozzani

by Rachel | May 5th, 2012

The Target “Shops” are unveiled tomorrow! Also, have you checked out the new Club Monaco website? And with the premier of the 2nd season of Sherlock, Rachel shares her discovery of Sherlockology. Ryan has some exciting event announcements, Rachel recaps an FIT lecture with Franca Sozzani, and SpeakingOfFashion is doing a book review! Listen up!… Read more…

The Working Reading List: What to Do and What to Wear at Business Events

by Rachel | May 4th, 2012

When I attended the Publisher’s Expo in Manhattan a month ago, one of the panels included top publishers across the industry including Hearst, UBM and Dwell. All of them had something in common. The primary resource of bringing in funds was by hosting events. It makes sense, doesn’t it? How many associations are you a… Read more…

Speaking Of Fashion: 76 Hudson, New Student Fashion Publications, and an Article that Gets Our Goat

by Rachel | April 30th, 2012

Sense of Fashion has a new brand! We review their new look and feel (now as 76 Hudson). We also discuss some fabulous new student fashion magazines. Also there’s an article in Crain’s Chicago Business that gets our goat. This is Speaking Of Fashion – listen up! 76 Hudson, New Student Fashion Publications, and an… Read more…

The Working Reading List: Business Travel and Time Management

by Rachel | April 27th, 2012

Last week I was bouncing around airports and office buildings during my business trip to Chicago. This week my boss is visiting New York for work meetings on the East Coast. There has been a lot of travel going on! Therefore I have begun thinking about (and writing about) travel, time management, and other tidbits… Read more…

Monday Start-Up: Lessons Learned from Air Travel

by Rachel | April 23rd, 2012

As some of you may know via my Twitter stream, I flew to Chicago for work last Monday and am checked in with bags packed to head back to New York this morning. It has been a whirlwind of a trip as most work trips are, but mostly what I wanted to share with everyone… Read more…

Speaking Of Fashion: ANTM Firings, Bonobo and Nordstroms, The New Dior

by Rachel | April 21st, 2012

This week’s Speaking Of Fashion podcast is live! Listen up as we discuss the controversy around the firings on America’s Next Top Model (ANTM) (and our opinions of course), Nordstrom’s new partnership with Bonobos, and we highlight people questioning Raf Simons‘ as the new face of Dior. We say shush! We are joined this week… Read more…