Brief History & Facts Fashion is one of my favorite distractions. (My grandmother passed and I have been grieving. Deeply. Still am.) #LoveAlways And New York City is always bustling. Annually for the last fifty years, Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute hosts a huge benefit where celebrities dress up in over-the-top outfits set to […]
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Layla. Smh. If you recall, we had quite a time getting the dress. Well, to add to the drama — She had her dress but no date. Which is fine, I wanted her night to be special and she certainly did not need a date in order for her to have a good time. At […]
I know. All this smiling and you would think that we have been this way forever. But this. This has been a journey. We have a timeline so to speak. So let me take you back. Year — 2007. Fashion trends — Thongs, fitted caps, and bubble coats. I didn’t need a bubble coat where I […]
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I was sitting on the couch doing my normal Instagram surfing — Liking and posting fashion to my stories — When out of the corner of my eye, I notice my 17 year-old sister-in-love pacing. I knew she was about to ask for something — Layla. What do you want, man? 🙄 Mai, can you […]
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I am the corporate black girl. I am constantly managing the space around me because I am alone. I can’t afford to have an attitude in my voice.
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I know mom jeans are making a comeback, but not with me. I’m not ready to pull out my Levi’s 550 just yet. Instead, I find myself in a strange space when it comes to fashion, especially as mom. Let me take you back. So my love for fashion really didn’t start until about middle […]
Who am I? If you didn’t read that in the Petey Pablo “Raise Up” voice, then we are not the same. No, but seriously — Who am I? I am the Queen. (Ask my kids, they’ll tell ya! 😂) I am a 30-year old mother, wife, sister, daughter, and friend. I have been married to […]
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Be sure to follow me @mai.stiles on Instagram because I post a lot of cool looks on my instastories but I will share my favorite weekly findings here! In fashion, trends come and go. Even the trends that go down burning in flames of hideousness, somehow make their way back again. Fashion is a big […]
I don’t think that one person can dictate what is in or out.