Day #1 Jesus Year #33 Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to me!!!!!! I'm celebrating my #JesusYear #33

I wouldn't even attempt at counting my blessings, that would be an insult to my Savior. But I will share a few...

1. I'm here, mind, body, faith!!!

2. I woke up in the arms of the one I love.

3. I still have a dream. It still consumes me. It's still moving forward. Werk!!!

4. My grandmother is 82, texts, uses a computer, plays words with friends, and will cuss me out in a heartbeat. #Fire

5. My theme song... courtesy of Jilly from Philly. Enjoy! Be blessed.

Totally Obsessed, xoxo Love

#livingintheoverflow

Pearls and Bubbles in Vogue

Who: Vogue Gioiello (Jewelry)

What: Fall Accessories

Wear: Pearls, Baubles, and BUBBLES

Oh the joys of a fresh new magazine cover and the mesmerizing photo-stories that make up its contents. The Pearls and Bubbles story in Vogue Gioiello is #delicious. 

This is Your Wake-up Call

"1-2-3-4GetUppah"

#feelTheVibes

Belle Jar Vintage Store

Who: Belle Jar Vintage

What: Shop

Wear: Vintage Clothing, Antiques, and Original Art

Rating: Perfect find during an afternoon stroll through Koreatown

Come Inside!

@theFashionHoard Closet is open... come inside!!

We've been busy!! 

We're filling our racks with cocktail dresses and evening gowns to help make a few young ladies prom night stylish and memorable. These are just a taste of what our #StyleAmbassadors have shared.

We have our stylist in training prepping and primping these gowns to make sure not a stitch is out of place.

Thanks @CassssidyLyric_! Great job!

There's still time to donate. Jewelry, evening bags, and shoes are still needed. If you are interested in donating please email: thefashionhoard2013@gmail.com Remember #GivingIsHaute #JoinTheHoard

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Behind The Seams with Lianca Lyons of Style Network’s “Kimora: House of Fab.”

Just on the heels of a successful first season I sat down for a "Behind the Seams" chat with Lianca Lyons of Kimora's House of Fab. Known as the "Kimora Whisperer", she is the calm that settles the storms of fashion frenzies. Never compromising her faith or her job she sought to find the balance of giving her personal self while in a professional environment. Lyons was conscious of the fact that she is the kind of woman young ladies climbing the corporate ladder look up to. I say kudos Lianca, for every wardrobe malfunction, time crunched, budget pinching snafoo that was solved with grace and the perfect facial expression to punctuate it.

Totally Obsessed xoxo Love

The Birth of #HauteGiving

On the OWN network there is a new docu-series called "Blackboard Wars". Set in New Orleans, Louisiana, cameras follow a charter school company, its principal, new staff, students, and a few disgruntled neighborhood residents. The conflict lies between faculty and student body, faculty and the community, and over all changing the statistics and stereotype's of one of our countries most challenging schools. The story-line is chalked with sad stories of violence, drugs, inadequate parent child relationships, and of course teen pregnancy....

About the third or fourth episode the school begins preparations for the senior prom. Two of the students profiled include a teenage couple who are seniors. The young lady is returning to school after giving birth to their first child. We see her meeting with the school counselor, who reminds me alot of 80's rapper Yo-Yo! The counselor, is feminine and ladylike. always appropriately dressed, professional, and has made it her priority to ensure this young lady does not drop out of school do to her present circumstance. Amidst their latest counseling session she asks were her and her boyfriend going to attend the senior prom. The young lady, always with a smile on her face, says no because she had to use her money to prepare for the baby.  so the counselor takes her to purchase a dress, accessories, bag, and shoes. Her first time in heels, we see them walking strutting back and forth in the boutique in stacked lime green suede pumps. Werk!!!

Of course I am balling at this point. I was overwhelmed with compassion and filled with so much joy for her. SOMETHING, you already know, on the inside was telling me this is what I have