I got a comment from a reader asking for the name of the font I use for the banner on my personal blog, EDE. The font is called Blu, a multi-layered font that looks three-dimensional and ribbony. You can create images like the one above, with the glasses seemingly intertwined with the letters — I [...]
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print Today’s awesome socks and tights come from The White Pepper, which brings us iconic street-inspired fashion with a twinkle in its eye. And the matching font I’m using to put graffiti on these fab photos is Font Awesome, a collection of iconic… well, icons, actually. This is the second time I’ve featured Font Awesome. [...]
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t for top ▫ multi top Today’s fashion is an elegant quartet of classic covetables from Need Supply: a to-die-for contsructed white top, simple denim jeans, a rockland backpack, and the crowning touch, a full-bodied classic no-logo baseball cap. While this week’s garments are simple, clean, and pricey (that white top is going on my [...]
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Today’s fashion is the Denim Shiftdress from Madewell and the font, appropriately, is Hand Gothic. I love this chambray dress, don’t you? It’s sweet and simple, as is Hand Gothic, a tall, clean sans serif font perfect for titling captions such as this one. I’ve even considered using Hand Gothic as my new banner font. [...]
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Today’s fashion is the bold graphic Rodrizo dress by Mary Katrantzou and the font is Gunn from MyFonts. A many-faceted graphic deserves a many-facted font, which Gunn certainly is. Love it — it feeds my geo obsession of late. Now, if you’re looking for a free font with a similar look and feel, check …
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My new Fab Fonts layout is going to combine two things I love: fonts and fashion. Today, the fashion is the Edlyn Dress by Diane von Fürstenberg and the font is Naname-Kun from MyFonts. Anyway, I’m not much of a dress person, but I swear I’d wear this one if I could afford it. LOOOOOOOOVE [...]
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dress: D&G That Dolce leopard skin dress is one of the beautiful things I just can’t see myself wearing — ever. I’m always covered from chin to toe, but still, I really do appreciate that lovely dress. Given the choice, I would always go with those clunky leopard pony creepers. I suppose that’s why I’m [...]
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I can finally check Steve Jobs off my reading list. It took me a year, but in my defense, I’ll say that I read about 100 fashion magazines in the same time! :) I had lots of chuckles reading about Steve’s ups and downs, but one of the things that sticks in my mind is [...]
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photographed during a visit to airbnb hq with celeste Adding a watermark to your photos is good practice. In the event that your pictures end up on image-sharing sites like We Heart It, Tumblr, or Pinterest, where links to the original sources are often lost in the shuffle, at least your photos will have your [...]
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A common question I get via email is what font do I use in my banner? It’s called Basic Commercial (thank you, What the Font!). I first noticed it in an issue of Nylon Japan. Then I noticed it in Nylon US — actually, Nylon uses it everywhere, including their website. Their magazine photo spreads [...]
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