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courtesy of Complex Magazine  In the past few years we have seen a big trend of ladies getting in on the lucrative "side hustle" of being a "sneaker head" . Selling and trading not too mention advertising major athletic shoe brands including; Nike , Adidas , Reebok , and Jordan to name a few of the forerunners of the urban fashion sub culture of sneaker collecting . Bringing in an extra  income of up to 10K or more, if not their sole income (depending shoe brand and the amount of merchandise sold). I have never been a big athletic shoe type of girl myself personally. I have to admit, me being a single mother. I do not really have that many opportunities to bring out the stilettos as often as I use to. Prior to being a mom. That being said,  sneakers have become my new go to shoe. So here are a list of some of the latest sneaker trends debuting this season as well as some picks I found pretty cool to say the least. @TeyanaTaylor shows off her Jordan ...

Denim Dyeing (Photo credit: Clariant International Ltd. ) So Raw denim , what is it? I would consider myself also fairly new to the term as well, but here lately I have been doing my fair share of research. Here's what I found, hope you other newbies find it useful.  If your knowledge is more honed than mine maybe you stumble upon some new brands or styles. In recent years have gained a strong following behind the fashion trend of Raw denim also termed "dry" denim have been all the rave and a growing consumer  base shows the popularity of the item. There are some key fundamentals I would like to go over before I dive off into the deep blue...jean so have you. Lets go over these basics: First, when making a pair of denim ( which is named after the originating city of  Nîmes , France ) jeans. The denim, once finally constructed is normally sent through a washing process. After the jeans have been dyed removing any excess dye that may be on the jeans (Note that this w...

TOMS Shoes (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Who said shopping could not be beneficial? The emergence of many "cause based" clothing companies have become mainstream in the recent few years, with brands like Toms and their now global campaign charity movement One for One has made giving back not only cool, but fashionable. The mission behind the One for One  organization, is for each pair of Toms shoes sold a pair of shoes will be donated to a Child in need, and the idea has went viral. Today Toms has donated over 10 MILLION pairs of shoes worldwide. The giving has evolved, not only do they give shoes, but now Toms also donate glasses to children in need. To get the full scope of the good things going on at Toms check out the link here to go to their website. Speaking of glasses check out  Warby Parker and their latest winter collection of vintage frames. They also follow the same mindset of "buy one, give one" their mission at WP is simple. "Do Go...

1.Melody Eshani Fearless Collection. (Photo credit courtesy of Jared Ryder) 2.Melody Eshani Aztec geometric gold coin drop earrings. 3.ilovePOParazzi leopard print rhinestone hoops. 4.Its Rich Girlz candy sprinkle hoops. 5.Its Rich Girlz retro style door knockers . 6.Betsy Johnson rose gold heart cut out crystal stud. Every girl can never have enough ACCESSORIES. One thing I can't leave the house without having are my earrings in particular. The bigger, the better my personal style preference. Here are some selections from various innovative jewelry designers. Melody Eshani is one jewelry maven to look out for her latest collection is called Fearless  and it is just that. She makes very intricate pieces of jewelry for a more "urban" approach including 80's inspired gold link "rollie" hoops shown above, as well as the tribal aztec style with drop down coin attachments. Not only does "ME" (Melody Eshani) design jew...