Malibu beach, Summer 2011
I spent my {young and faded} years as a MALLRAT. And now, I get to blog and entertain MALLRATS around the country! I am so honored to be chosen as the one, the only Macerich Centers "Shop Talk" Fashion Blogger!

My first article is on color-blocking (an elshane speciality: #lalalollipop)...

{I always say, “Life is greener when it’s candy colored,” yet it’s funny how something so simple can be so feared! COLOR! Mixing it, matching it, mismatching it… what direction to take, what paths to avoid? Bright reds and pale greens… for me? Deliciously perfect for an afternoon of shopping, spending, splurging! Please, yes, thank you! Yet they can make someone else utterly nervous, distressed, and insecure. My heart melts for this widespread panic; I’m gearing up in my Swarovski crystal-embellished armor (you think I’m lying…ha!) and fighting it to the core—my sweet colorphobics!}
READ MY COMPLETE ARTICLE HERE (please?) ...