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Philly Fashion Week’s Winter Wonderland Party Wears It Well at Fashion District Philadelphia
This invite was inspo for my crushed-velvet silver ‘holiday glitz’ dress. Mel Campell wrote that Zadie Smith is today considered something of a fashion icon, but as a bookish youth, she told The Rumpus in 2013, she ‘just wanted to live in the library and wear a sack’. Only when she went to Italy, ‘where beauty is taken seriously and enjoyed and it’s okay to enjoy it,’ did she come to ‘appreciate the idea of a beautiful fabric or a nice dress. I never cared about those things when I was young.’ Story, photos by Sharon Kozden I cannot tell you how much my writer self identifies with Zadie Smith’s 2013 comment in the above…
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Independence Business Alliance Teams Up with Borgata at Holiday Party
Photos, story by Deja Cromartie The Independence Business Alliance (IBA) hosted their annual holiday party to spread the holiday cheer with business owners, professionals, corporate and community partners in Philadelphia’s vibrant LGBT business community. The fully packed Holiday Soiree was held at the beautiful Radisson Blu Warwick Hotel. Guests were dressed in festive attire and enjoyed a delicious selection of hors d’oeuvres, several impressive food stations and double open bars. During the event, the Director of the IBA announced a new partnership with the Borgata Hotel in Atlantic City. The Independence Business Alliance is a membership-based business advocacy organization dedicated to making the Philadelphia region an influential and diverse LGBT business…