(This dress is to die for!)

(Great legs, btw.)

Jackson, Tenn. native and model (Wakeema) Hollis

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• Over at Unique Design Obsession, Whitney shows a spread by NYC designer Eric Madigan Heck.
• Memphis Flyer on "Slow Fashion" which includes Indie Style Market, Sugar Plum Consignments and Blues City Thrift.
• Andrea Fenise, at A Style Junkie, talks about her journey to healtheir hair.
• Budget Babe Poll: Would Your Wear Flatforms?
• 1970s Coach Bags Relaunched
• Calypso St. Barth Accessories for Target Lookbook at Style Pantry

• The Fashion Bomb asks "Elise Neal:  Hot or Hmm?"
• Stax artist Leela James talks hair with Curly Nikki.
• The Daily News revisits the progress at the new Hickory Ridge Mall.
• Two women's shops are set to open on S. Main: K’PreSha and Hoot + Louise. Check out The Daily News for more.
• Memphian and Fantastic Sam's founder, Sam Ross, has died. The CA has the story.
• Coco + Creme spotted Wakeema Hollis at the East Harlem Target opening on July 20.
• Nashville edges closer to gettting a Nordstrom. Tennessean.

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• Editor of Vogue Black, Bethann Hardison, interviewed model Hollis (pictured above). The article dubs her "the new black face from Tennessee." There are several (awesome) photos and a video.
• Chic Intuition showed us their (less inexpensive) interpretation of a recent Ginnifer Goodwin look (a Vionnet dress and thigh-high Christian Louboutin boots).
• In Friday's CA Don Wade wrote about the town square in Collierville becoming a popular destination for photo shoots.
• Tajuana Cheshier at The Jackson Sun wrote about teacher Libby Lynch's annual fashion show put on by students at the University School of Jackson.

• StyleBlueprint in Nashville interviewed gown-designer Nicole Miller. Miller will be in the city as the featured designer in a fashion show Tuesday that will benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
• Stella Shops in Nashville wrote a series of posts about an event Friday and Saturday called Naked Without Us, featuring local and emerging designers. Part one contains profiles of Sheba and Bub Clothing. Part two contains profiles of Love Simone and Becca Lou. She did designer spotlights on Chance Warhol (of N.O.B.O.T.S.), Amy B and Shea Steele, Boy Meets Girl, and Modern Cowgirl.
• Emily Bartlett Hines at The Nashville Scene found out about Middle Tennessee designer Jeff Garner's two passions: high-style and the reuse of existing materials (and how he combines the two).
• Julie Dwyer at The Tennessean showed how to prepare your feet for spring.
• WVLT in Knoxville noted that two East Tennessee natives were named as being among the top three best-looking women in the May issue of Esquire Magazine. Number-one was Mad Men-actress Christina Hendricks, a native of Knoxville. Number-three was actress Megan Fox, a Roane County native.
• The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Ky. created a Kentucky Derby fashion poll: How important are the shoes?

Paris, Tenn. native, actress Cherry Jones with her Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for FOX's "24" in 2009.

• Colors Agency posted some of Hollis' tear sheets.
• Mary Cashiola at The Memphis Flyer has the details of the paper's first Swap & Shop on April 22nd. The event will benefit Dress for Success.
• The Weather Channel has teamed up with Jergens and John Frieda Frizz-Ease to provide a localized, daily beauty forecast. (I'm putting a link in the blog roll on the right side of the page.)
• The Fashion Bomb Blog gave a cheaper alternative to the look Elise Neal wore at the Chris Aire show.
• Fashionista 101 raved about Ginnifer Goodwin's Yves Saint Laurent outfit at the Metropolitan Opera premiere of "Armida."
• Hip Candy named Goodwin's look their look of the day for an outfit she wore to the Zac Posen for Target launch party on Thursday.
• Elizabeth at the Style Blueprint dished on her favorite spots for facials and pedicures in Nashville.

h/t: Product Girl

Hollis

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• The photos from $5 for 5 Fotoshoot at Sneak Peek last Friday are back. The store, located at 515 S. Main, will have 50 percent off all long sleeve shirts (excluding Fli Pelican) and 15 percent off everything else in the store Friday and Saturday. The hours will be noon to 7 p.m. both days.
• The CA and WHBQ-Fox 13 did stories on the Hickory Ridge Mall re-opening Saturday. The mall has been closed since being heavily damaged by a tornado two years ago.
• The CA has a story on Pour Expressions: a coffee-themed line of apparel based in Germantown.
• Q107.5 is selling donated prom dresses, accessories and shoes Saturday starting at 8 a.m. in the John Robert Powers store at the Wolfchase Galleria Mall. The dresses cost $10.75.
• Little Rock Mamas wrote about the Roy Dudley Estate Sale on Saturday. Items will cost $1.

Hollis

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• Paul Ryburn's Journal has the details (and photos) on Elvis-themed sportshirts that will be sold at Lansky at the Peabody. Only 300 shirts will be sold. He also has information about a new men's line at Lansky 126.
• The Commercial Appeal and Memphis Daily News wrote about Fred's (which is based in Memphis) retooling their stores. The prototype for the new stores, located at 4280 Getwell Road, re-opened this morning with a ribbon-cutting and a performance from blues singer Super Chikan.
• Check out photos of Morgan Freeman and other celebrity clients posted by barber Jacki Brown on her web site.
• Little Rock Mamas visited the new Go! Running athletic store in The Heights.
• Style Blueprint featured Nashville men's consignment store Flip.
• 'Ms. Cheap' at The Tennessean wrote about deals on wedding gowns in the Nashville-area.
• Bella Sugar gave tips for beauty shopping on Etsy. The tips are good for all types of shopping on the site.