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What a Manhattanite Girl Wear at the Office
I may start a new nomadic lifestyle but I am the New Yorker from bottom of my heart. I don’t say I still have the huge Manhattanite persona as I used to have but I do know ”What a Manhattanite girl wear at the office.” First of all, it’s little depends on which field she…
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6 November 2018, Tuesday | Fashion Tech News
1. WIRED From graphene to smart jewellery: how tech and fashion are colliding Industry has to innovate, and fashion is no exception to this obvious rule. The interesting elements, however, are always in the detail of how such innovation is implemented. Read the full article on wired.co.uk >> 2. Drapers Amazon prepares for tech-fuelled Black…
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What to Buy in Single’s Day 2018 This Year with Sale?
I generally don’t like to encourage people to buy so many things but sometimes you just have to think yourself to make happy. And I know as a single person you just want to make yourself extra happy. 🙂 I remember when I was single I never miss the chance to make myself happy by…
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5 November 2018, Monday | Fashion Tech News
1. Forbes How Separating The Experience Of Wearing Clothing From The Expense Is Transforming Fashion Jessica Dvorett, VP Merchandising and Management Team Member at Gwynnie Bee, learned how to apply her retail-fashion skill set to the fashion technology world. Read the full article on forbes.com>> 2. Stuff Southern Institute of Technology fashion graduates to show…
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Brunch Places in Brooklyn for Pancakes and Eggs Benedicts
I think I talked about this million times. I live my weekdays for the brunch time at the weekends. This is my long-time tradition since my years in Istanbul. I’ve loved that to meet my friends from the university during the weekend to catch up on our lives. I am still religiously following my brunch all…
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Becoming Digital Nomad, Leaving New York
It has been 7 years now and start to feel like either I need a chance (trying different states and cities eventually a new country?) or go deep on my New York experience. But that’s a big challenge in the last couple of years. Here is why it’s a big challenge living in New York…
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Why do we Love 1990s Fashion Trends? Is it Lack of Creativity?
Why do we Love 1990s Fashion Trends? Is it Lack of Creativity? The last couple of years the 1990s are in the peak after briefly 1970s-80s take over our little fashion world. I didn’t feel sad about the 1970s trend that much. I am still a huge fan of Chloe’s Faye bag which reminds me of those…
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Cheap Last Minute Halloween Costumes for Adults
I know most of you already attended the Halloween parties during the weekend. But the ones who are lazy not to prepare for Halloween. Here is your opportunity to attend parade! Here are some accessories easy to use and cheap options. Actually, you can wear some these on some other occasions (Burning Man) or parties…
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Who did Design the Very First Clear Transparent Shoes?
Who did design the very first clear transparent shoes? I think nobody knows the answer, but we all do know that they are crazy popular the last couple of years. Before Kimye reinvented the see-through shoe trend, actually almost all the major brands did clear transparent shoes. So I did my research on clear shoes, and these…
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Tips to Improve Writing in English and Your Confidence
I write all my life. This passion start when I was in secondary school. We had this writing skills class that all of my friends hated. I was always the biggest fan of this class. Writings have been always easy for me. I was always the favourite student of my Literature teachers. So some of…
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Daring Work Clothes for 20 Somethings
Thank god, I’ve never been a judging one in people’s style and looks. Even though I am a very opinionated person as a Virgo, my family raised me to be careful about judging people on their physical looks or how they dress. So that being said don’t let people feel you down. Judging people are ignorant…
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Comment on Meghan Markle Wedding Dress and Photos
I was wondering if I am the only person on earth thinks that Megan Markle’s wedding dress looks ill-fitting. And then I heard Katy Perry also thinks the same way I do. So here is the thing, I love this couple and their love story. Seriously they genuinely look so much in love. I’ve never seen…
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Celebrate Mother’s Day with Trademore
This post is sponsored by TradeMore. I was paid for this post. Some people say I am not like all other moms other there. Even with twins, I have so much more time than any other moms?! I am not sure if this is true. But I have to admit that I find some time.…
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10 Best Williamsburg Boutiques
[This is the second post for Office Styling Guide.] I absolutely adore my life in Williamsburg. I could never imagine that one day I would say this when I was an Upper East Sider Girl. One day we decided to have a 1 bedroom apartment with a washing machine, and we ended up with our high-rise…
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Ultimate Office Styling Guide for Modern women
Here I come with another article series. As you know I’ve decided to write blog series for my looks. This is going to be my second series. The first one is about the colour of the year “ultraviolet“. And this time I’ve decided to focus on “Ultimate Office Styling Guide for Modern Women”. I don’t…
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Going to Playa Del Carmen with 6 Months Old Twins
I am excited and anxious mixed feelings all over. This is the first time travelling with my 6 months old twins. Either I might be crazy accepting such a journey or adventurous. Our journey has started with United flight from JFK to Cancun airport. I must have done something very nice to someone, Karma was…
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How to Wear Ultraviolet in Different Ways in This Season
I finally came to end of my 5 Days Violet Challange. I have been wearing all kinds of different shades of violet, lavender or lilac colour. Whatever you wanna call it. Some think It’s the year of “ultraviolet”. And in this post, I am gonna show you all. Let’s see closer how to wear ultraviolet…
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Fashion Technology Trends in March 2018
I am here with another Fashion Technology Trends news. I want to keep a list reading this time to give small headlines from the industry. Please give me your feedback if you like the previous style better (Read February Summary). Check out our Fashion Technology Trends in March 2018. SXSW Interactive Festival held in Austin Texas…
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How do I move to New York from Istanbul in 2011?
I don’t know why I haven’t talked about on this subject ever. I mean I talked about this million times to my American friends but not here. That’s very weird actually. In this beautiful spring day, I’ve decided to talk about my story of moving to New York. Let’s hear me how do I move…
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My Twin Girls’ 7 Favourite Items in 7th Month
I’ve just realized that I haven’t talked about the girls for a while. I share them on my Instagram from time to time. If you want to keep updated with them, you can check @umaybike (Umay & Aybike) account on Instagram. But I am more a private person when It comes to my babies. But I don’t…
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Do You Wanna Work Free For Brands as A Blogger?
Do You Wanna Work Free For Brands as A Blogger? Ok, I know I’ve started harshly. Let me rephrase it. Do you wanna work free for your full-time blogging job? It’s ok If this is just for fun. What if the thing you started as a joy, becoming a stressful (not always, of course) full-time thing? Oh, no…
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The Best Vero Networking Accounts for Fashion Lovers?
All we want to talk about in these days is Vero, the killer of Instagram. We’re gonna see about that if it can really kill the social media mogul. But If Vero can stay true t the core value of itself they can manage to make Instagram takes some actions about the social experience not too…
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Lavender Takeover of The Fashion World: 5 Days Violet Challenge
Wherever you look at, you’ll see this colour. If somebody told me I am gonna love this colour for jeans, jackets, skirts, dress and for a sweater, I’ll probably think twice. Especially for jeans? Really? So I’ve decided to challenge my style to create Lavender Takeover of The Fashion World: 5 Days Violet Challenge series. Padded Jacket:…
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Content Strategy Examples for Fashion Bloggers
Writing is a passion for me. Yet, I sometimes struggle to find a new subject to write about. This is why It’s a challenging job to do. And this is why I decided to give you some of my new strategies for content creating. This is something new that I recently decided to do. I am…
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NYFW Michael Kors 2018 Fall Collection Review by Alley Girl
When I love a fashion show I have this smirk on my face the piece after piece the excellence pass through runway show. To be honest, even though I like some shows I didn’t have that feeling for any of the shows this season in NYFW. In my opinion, Michael Kors collection was bland, unfortunately.…
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Looking back to February 2018 for Fashion Technology Trends
I’ve decided to share my monthly review of events in fashion and technology business at the beginning of this year. Unfortunately, I’ve missed my January review. I don’t know how that happens to me all the time. Having kids changes everything. I really lost the sense of the time. Today, for example, I started my day…
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Lightweight WordPress Themes for Fashion Bloggers
You must have recognized that I’ve just changed my blog theme yesterday. A little bit out of boredom and little bit force by Fatih. The biggest drive was a need of fixing my speed issues on a WordPress theme. So I’ve decided to write “Lightweight WordPress Themes for Fashion Bloggers”. I’ve actually really enjoyed using my previous theme with…
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NYFW Coach 1941 2018 Fall Collection Review by Alley Girl
Coach 1941 gave me chills after all the flowers and butterflies from the previous seasons. Feels like the brand identity grew to whole different level. I feel like Coach 1941 has so many layers now because of ready to wear divisions as one of the oldest brands in America. I was so impressed by menswear in…
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NYFW Victoria Beckham 2018 Fall Collection Review by Alley Girl
There is the charm of the 10th year. While people keep criticizing if she is really a designer, I must tell I wasn’t a huge fan of Beckham’s work for last at least 2seasons. Wait for the juicy NYFW Victoria Beckham 2018 Fall Collection Review by Alley Girl. I have to admit, I thought Céline’s Phoebe…
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NYFW Zadig & Voltaire 2018 Fall Collection Review by Alley Girl
Zadig & Voltaire is probably my fav show in the entire fashion week. It definitely a showcase how you can upscale street style to luxury. Why don’t you sit tight to read NYFW Zadig & Voltaire 2018 Fall Collection Review by Alley Girl. Industry heavy 90s inspiration was there but slightly touching the collection with lace tights…
