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7x7 Magazine, San Francisco

Jennine Tam as featured in 7x7 Magazine

And she's wearing shoes from Market Publique!

The fabulous Jennine Tam was featured in the latest issue of 7x7 Magazine, The Best of the City. We loved her vintage outfit, complete with red lipstick fit for a vixen. The best part? The shoes are from Market Publique!

A big thank you to this lovely lady!

Update to add: Jennine posted about her bag twin on The Coveted and within an hour the bag was SOLD! Whoa! We can't wait to see its new owner wearing it and loving it!

Remember Jennine's awesome oversized tapestry bag? I loved it when she wore it when we went shopping in the East Village. So imagine my surprise when Rabbits listed an almost identical one on Market Publique!!!

These kinds of bags are very rare, especially in such an large size. It fits all your essentials– and more– but it still feels dainty because of the romantic Victorian scene. More over, the clasp is also oversized, which secures your things and prevents it from falling open if you put a lot of stuff in. The shape is also really unique, more rounded. Most tapestry bags I find are usually the smaller, square-ish kind. And such perfect condition! The white faux leather trip is in excellent condition and the tapestry is clean and ready to be worn. So this is quite the find - and twins no less!

Jennine from The Coveted wearing her vintage tapestry bag

Vintage Oversize Romantic Victorian Scene Tapestry Bag, Rabbits on Market Publique

The Independent Fashion Bloggers Conference was not only a lot of fun, but plenty illuminating. We posted a few initial photos a few days ago, but here are some more photos, by our resident photographer Kate Sims. 

We hung out with tons of our favorite bloggers, including Greta from GretaGuide.com. Here she is, talking to my husband and Market Publique co-founder Jon. Her outfit was definitely one of my favorites. And yes, I am biased because she wore the platform bow slingbacks she purchased from us when she visited our studio, but also because I love the contrast of her pleated army pants and super-sexy mesh top. 

Plus be on the lookout for an upcoming Greta Guide and Market Publique collaboration!

Jon unknowingly jumped on the blogger style chain by wearing his vintage chambray button down shirt. What do you think about that, Jon?

Another one of our favorite bloggers, Rebecca, of The Clothes Horse was also there. Yes, yes, the photos of the shoot we did with her are coming soon! Plus, we met Delightfully Tacky blogger Elizabeth, who was in town all the way from Alaska!

I spoke at the first panel, Marketing Workshop, with Corinne of Threadbanger, Erika from Elle.com, Melody of The Crave Company, Nichelle of Stylemom.com, & Shubhankar of G-Star Raw. Video of our panel can be viewed here.

After each panel, Deanne from Dream Sequins conducted a short video interview with each panelist. I can't wait to see the videos! 

One of the most interesting panels was the one on Blogging Ethics, moderated by Wendy Brandes in her oh-so-appropriate dollar bills dress. The panel featured Gina Garrubbo of BlogHer, Clark Hoyt of the New York Times, Mary Scherpe from Stil in Berlin, Jessica Schroeder from What I Wore, Imran of Business of Fashion, & Diane Pernet of A Shaded View on Fashion.

They discussed the much-debated issue of bloggers getting swag, the double standard applied to magazine editors and the usefulness of having a editorial / advertisement barrier. Read more about what Wendy wrote about this panel here.

While that was the 'meatiest' of panels, I think everyone's favorite was the last panel, moderated by none other than Jennine Tam (wearing a vintage dress, no less!), and featuring rockstar bloggers like the girls from Fashionista, Bryanboy, Tavi Gevinson, Susie Bubble and Phil of Style Peeper. They were all hilarious and down-to-earth and I loved to hear their perspective on this so-called war surrounding Fashion Week front row seats. 

Britt & Lauren from Fashionista. Britt's military jacket is really tempting me to get this one.

Bryanboy

Tavi Gevinson of Style Rookie
 

Jennine did an amazing job planning the conference and making it happen. I was so honored when she put me down on the Special Thanks section of the program for "helping out big time". But really, the one who deserves the thanks is Jennine, for spending years building this supportive and important community of independent fashion bloggers.

If you want to read more coverage of the event, check out these write ups:

Teen Vogue

WWD

IFB

The Coveted

Wendy Brandes

Holier than Now

Delightfully Tacky

Style Sample

There's many more, but that's my list of personal favorites and must-reads.
 

Walking around the West Village with Jennine! (a big thank you to Jennine for taking my outfit photo).

Last Friday, Jennine and I decided to spend some quality time (and much needed relaxation!) walking around the West Village before she left the city. We had a great lunch at Morandi talking about all things Internet related. Then we walked around Bleecker and Christopher Street and did some shopping.

We oogled jewelry at Sucre & Albertine General, tried on various garments at Cynthia Rowley, and Jennine ate her first-ever Magnolia cupcake. YUM! We mostly behaved, but I did end up getting a pair of vintage malachite earrings and a 50s clear lucite bracelet at Albertine General. There was too much temptation there for me to resist! I justified it by having a matching malachite ring and knowing that clear accessories are the thing to have right now...

After that, we stopped by Aedes de Venustas, my favorite perfume store ever, were Jennine helped me narrow down my perfume choice to 1, after many months of deliberation (I'm very picky about perfume). More on the choice later...

Here's what I wore:

Turban, vintage from Patricia H. via the Manhattan Vintage Show

Cropped trapeze shirt, vintage from Lorry Polizzi via the Manhattan Vintage Show

Lace bodysuit, TopShop (bought due to regret of selling this vintage one!)

Pleated pants, vintage, thrifted

Booties, Marc by Marc Jacobs about millions of years old (at least 4).

Jennine had a fabulous outfit on - of course. Take a closer look on her blog.

For all of you pining after her overized vintage tapestry bag, I have a surprise for you... Stay tuned!!!

Magnolia cupcakes - yum! And they have rainbow sprinkles!

Independent Fashion Bloggers hosted a conference on Monday for bloggers to get together and discuss important topics in the arena.

Jennine Tam Jacobs, founder of IFB, did a fantastic job organizing the conference and attracting the cream of the crop in the blogging world. All panels were substantial and informative and I had a terrific time mingling and meeting people and reconnecting with out-of-town colleagues.

Read more about bloggers influencing fashion, the IFB conference & Chictopia 10 conference on WWD.com today!

I spoke athe first panel, along side Corinne of Threadbanger, Erika from Elle.com, Melody of The Crave Company, Nichelle of Stylemom.com, & Shubhankar of G-Star Raw (from left to right).

We talked about how to market yourself in the blogging world, leverage social media, collaborate with companies, make yourself findable and a destination and tons more other useful things. You can watch the panel on vimeo, courtesy of Bobbin Talk.

Independent Fashion Bloggers Conference Evolving Influence - Panel 1 from Bobbin Talk on Vimeo.

More fun pictures, similar to this one, where we are clowning around with Wendy Brandes, will be posted soon!

I was definitely cracking up in this picture!

We're so excited to be part of Independent Fashion Blogger's Evolving Influence Conference during New York Fashion week!

The conference sounds more amazing by the minute, and I'm so excited to see friends and meet new faces.

I'll be speaking at the first panel, Marketing Workshop, along with Elle.com, Threadbanger, Stylemom, The Crave Company and Signature9, but I wouldn't dare miss the rest of the panels — featuring Susie Bubble, Tavi Gevinson, Diane Pernet, Dossier and many more of my faves!

Check out the full list of panels and panelists at IFB.org.

See you all there!

The official photos from the IFB Dress Up Soirée are up - along with voting for the 'Best Outfit' contest - go on, you know you want to vote!

Photos by Dustin Fenstermacher (except for the one with my shoes in it, which Wendy B took)

What did I wear? Vintage black dress with open back cutout and pockets, rhinestone earrings by Elizabeth Cole, Christian Louboutin multi-strap mary janes and a vintage silver clutch. Vote for my outfit!

The back view of my little vintage black dress. I love the cutout, which has rhinestone encrusted button. You know what I also love? It has POCKETS!

The accessories: Rhinestone fish skeleton earrings by Elizabeth Cole.

These remind me of the Heathcliff cartoons... I love how big and fun they are!

The shoes: Multi-strap platform mary janes by Christian Louboutin.

Here you can see a little more of my outfit, as well as other fabulous blogger's outfits:

With Yuli Ziv, of My It Things and Style Coalition

Here, Nichelle of Stylemom joins us for the photo.

With Crosby Norricks of PR Couture, and the fabulous and fun Trish and Mo of Smashing Darling.

My favorite outfits?

Our host and the event's organizer, Jennine, founder of IFB and The Coveted, wore vintage from Market Publique!

She wears:

Vintage Jean Paul Gaultier silk cutout tunic and vintage beret from the Market Publique House Store.

Vintage deadstock bracelets by Erica Weiner via the Market Publique Pop-Up Store

Jacket and leggings, TopShop.

I loved Wendy Brandes full-length Leopard dress, complete with faux pony tail, fringe bag, and story.

Apparently, so did everyone else, as you would receive beads as 'votes' for your outfit during the party!

The IFB Dress Up Soirée was the funnest ever! I know funnest is not a real word, but I think it should be, so there. I knew the party was going to be a blast, judging from the last one, but it really did exceed my expectations.

It was jam-packed with bloggers galore, including most of my favorites! I met so many fabulous people and saw so many fabulous outfits. 

I was a little late, and ran out without my camera, so I have grabbed the photos from other bloggers, which I will credit, of course. Pardon me for the lack of original photos! Also, my lateness prevented me from getting a good spot for the panel, so I barely heard most of it, and therefore I will not report on it. Next time, I plan to sleep in my outfit the night before so I am realy at all times.

The party was PACKED. There was a line around the block when I showed up, but I found Nikki and Mel and we waited in line together makeing the time fly by. There was no space upstairs to listen to the panel anymore, so I was downstairs attempting to hear and hanging out with Charissa of Purple Bliss (that's us in the corner...). Photo via Thumbelina

Closeup of Charissa's and my outfits - plus Jen! I wore a vintage 80s black dress with an open back and pockets, Rhinestone fish skeleton earrings by Elizabeth Cole, vintage silver clutch and black multi-strap mary janes by Christian Louboutin. Photo via Purple Bliss.

Hanging out with Wendy B, who is wearing her meow dress and a faux-ny tail. You can see the back of my dress and my earrings a little better in this picture. Photo via Wendy B.

Here's Jennine leading the panel that I was barely able to hear from downstairs... I hear there's a video of this, so maybe I can catch up!

You can also see panelists Susie Bubble and Geri of Because I'm Addicted, and Jordana from Clutch 22. Photo via Dream Sequins.

We all know Jennine is awesome, but I would like to ennumerate just a few reasons in this post:

1. She founded IFB

2. She made this party happen, and thus brought all of us together IRL.

3. She decided to wear vintage from Market Publique to the Dress Up Soirée.

Jennine came to our FNO Pop-Up Shop and fell in love with the vintage red and black Jean Paul Gaultier silk tunic she is wearing (it has cutouts at the hem!), the little red vintage beret, and multiple vintage deadstock bracelets from Erica Weiner. She added how own jacket, leggings and shoes and we loved the look! Thank you for wearing Market Publique Jennine!!

You can see more of Jennine's outfit here, with Wendy and Gilda of Queen Gilda. Photo via Wendy B.

Posing with Brooke of Fashism. Photo via Lizzie Jeanne.

I didn't run into Kelly of The Glamourai while there, but I did see this photo on Thumbelina and was glad to see the dress she bought when we went shopping at Beacon's Closet with Jessica a few weeks ago - it rocks!

After the party was winding down, we stepped outside to plan our next move and Wendy took a picture of my shoes - thanks Wendy! Now I get to keep the shoes forever! YAY!

We decided to start an after party a couple blocks up at White Star. Loved hanging out with all the fabulous ladies who came, including Alix of Alix Rose, Sara Anissipour, Jennine, Jordana and more.

It was a lot of fun! So much so, that Wendy and I decided we deserved nachos at 2 a.m. so we headed to the hat* San Loco and shared some crispy chips, favorite vintage designers, and random thoughts about 14-year-old fashion bloggers (among other things).

*The hat was closed. Too bad, because they have to-go Margaritas!