<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><entry xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18805459.post-5350758037278377738</id><published>2005-11-01T09:18:00.014-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-18T17:33:48.121-04:00</updated><title type='text'>About Fasshonaburu</title><content type='html'>Fasshonaburu is a way for us to share fantastic items and deals with other compulsive, online shoppers!&lt;br /&gt;The blog has been mentioned on the &lt;a target="blank" href="http://offtherack.people.com/2007/06/29/our-favorite-style-clicks-of-the-week-2/"&gt;People.com Blog&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a target="blank" href="http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/shopping_ellen_warren/2005/06/links_to_other_.html"&gt;The Chicago Tribune Blog&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a target="blank" href="http://blogs.villagevoice.com/fashion/archives/2008/02/steene_keene_ha.php"&gt;The Village Voice&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a target="blank" href="http://racked.com/archives/2007/10/04/thursday_am_clickage_29.php"&gt;Racked&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a target="blank" href="http://www.prcouture.com/tag/fashion-samples/"&gt;PR Couture&lt;/a&gt;. According to Google Analytics, Fasshonaburu gets more than 45,000 monthly visitors and has been consistently growing since 2005! The site has reached audiences all across the world, including all major US cities, London, Paris, Singapore, China, Tokyo, Australia, Madrid, Brazil, Santiago and more!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://a883.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/59/l_ece47038887e25f50c21030ad61dc37a.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://a883.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/59/l_ece47038887e25f50c21030ad61dc37a.jpg" alt="Vyque" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;Vyqué&lt;br /&gt;Web Editor&lt;br /&gt;Vyqué (pronounced “vee-KAY”) has a dream of single-handedly supporting the world’s economy through her shopping habits. Her favorite lines are Alexander Wang, Azzedine Alaïa, Betsy Johnson, Chloé, Custo Barcelona, Eley Kishimoto, Haute Hippie, Karen Walker, Mara Hoffman, Marc Jacobs, Miu Miu, Nanette Lepore, Rick Owens, Rodarte, Sonia Rykiel,Theory &amp;amp; Zac Posen. Now if only she could afford them! If you have any tips, ideas, or just want to share some love, please email her at &lt;b&gt;vyque AT fasshonaburu DOT com&lt;/b&gt;. Vyque is DC-based and an active member of some wonderful, online fashion communities: &lt;a href="http://www.stylehive.com/Vyque/" target="blank"&gt;StyleHive&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.shopstyle.com/users/Fasshonaburu" target="blank"&gt;Shop Style&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a target="blank" href="http://insidethetents.com/"&gt;Inside the Tents&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a target="blank" href="http://heartifb.com/"&gt;Independant Fashion Bloggers&lt;/a&gt;. She is not a cannibal, but plays one in photo shoots.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_da0Kmqgx6Vw/SeTyaeAaSeI/AAAAAAAACj4/JFj-WCj00xI/s1600-h/kathybio.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 313px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_da0Kmqgx6Vw/SeTyaeAaSeI/AAAAAAAACj4/JFj-WCj00xI/s400/kathybio.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324647196004076002" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kathy&lt;br /&gt;Senior Staff Writer - High Fashion&lt;br /&gt;Shopping is an elating experience...finding that gorgeous, perfect something as if someone read my mind and created it just for me.  Even better if it happens to be on sale.  Best, still, if it was found at a sample sale.  Happiness in exchange for a bit of money, it's true.  My favorite designers are Anna Molinari, Bruno Frisoni, Chloe, Doo Ri, Elijah, Erin Fetherston, J. Mendel, Jason Wu, Jill Stuart, Lela Rose, Nina Ricci, Rebecca Taylor, Stella Mccartney, and Thakoon.&lt;br /&gt;Kathy is based in Las Vegas. You can contact her at &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;katherine AT fasshonaburu DOT com&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_da0Kmqgx6Vw/SeTyaaVvvRI/AAAAAAAACjw/4bxsPRqG_F4/s1600-h/alyssabio.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 269px; height: 390px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_da0Kmqgx6Vw/SeTyaaVvvRI/AAAAAAAACjw/4bxsPRqG_F4/s400/alyssabio.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324647195019820306" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Alyssa&lt;br /&gt;Senior Staff Writer - Budget Shopping&lt;br /&gt;Coming from a background in graphic design, Alyssa has recently come to appreciate the art of fashion as well. This has led to an ever increasing clothing budget. To balance it out, she is always on the lookout for fun and interesting fashions that stand out and are affordable, but is prone to the occasional splurge. She's having a great time traversing the world of designer fashions, and looks forward to sharing her discoveries with the Fasshonaburu readers.&lt;br /&gt;You can contact Alyssa at &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;alyssa AT fasshonaburu DOT com&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18805459-5350758037278377738?l=www.fasshonaburu.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.fasshonaburu.com/feeds/5350758037278377738/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18805459&amp;postID=5350758037278377738&amp;isPopup=true' title='24 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18805459/posts/default/5350758037278377738'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18805459/posts/default/5350758037278377738'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.fasshonaburu.com/2005/11/about-fasshonaburu.html' title='About Fasshonaburu'/><author><name>Vyque</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05103468911463708957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12778379128104157202'/></author><thr:total>24</thr:total></entry>