Kathryn
Kathryn Finney is the founder and creator of The Budget Fashionista.
ALL POSTS by Kathryn
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Fashion + Style / Featured Post
Why I Love Sally’s Boutique: My Ode to Salvation Army
This repost originally appeared on the site in November, 2004 Smitten . . . Along with chocolate and spanx, I hereby declare my love for the Salvation Army. Sally, as I affectionately call my love, is [.....] [...] Read More
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Are You a Shopaholic? Here Are Some Tips to Help You Out
Credit: V-Shopaholic on Blogspot Dear Budget Fashionista, I am a shopaholic. I love buying clothes, yet I never have anything to wear. I spent $1,500 on Bluefly purchasing shoes, a beautiful leather Lamarthe bag and other clothes. [.....] [...] Read More
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20 Great Nail Polish Colors for Summer 2012
There’s nothing I love better than a fresh summer mani-pedi. While I’m in love with the nail art trend, and totally encourage everyone to give it a try (start with these great nail “stickers” /Polish [.....] [...] Read More
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How The Budget Fashionista Got Out of Debt
The Budget Fashionista’s Annual “Being Broke Ain’t Cute” Series features tips and advice to help you improve your personal financial health. For more personal finance information, please visit our Financial Health Series. The #1 question I [.....] [...] Read More
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Five Quick Shopping Tips for Busy People
A few months ago, we received a comment from a faithful TBF reader who said, and I quote, “I’m too busy to budget shop”. While our first reaction was, “who doesn’t have time to bargain [.....] [...] Read More
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What Would You Do to Lose Weight Before Your Wedding?
Like most brides, the months before my wedding was filled with twice day spinning classes, personal trainers, and a diet consisting primarily of a strange lemonade mixture (Master Cleanse) and Chocolate Pretzel Snack Bars (Weight [.....] [...] Read More
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Editor Picks / Fashion + Style / Featured Post
Shoe Porn: 50 Awesome Pairs of Sandals for Under $100
There’s nothing we love more here at TBF than a good shoe-porn post. Since it’s summer (okay, not quite, but we’re still going to claim the change of seasons), we scoured the Internet to find [.....] [...] Read More
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Editor Picks / Fashion + Style / Featured Post / Swimwear Guide
Summer Fashion Boot Camp: The Best Colors for Your Skin Tone
While summer 2012 is all about color (from pastel pinks to neon green), it can be difficult to find out which color works for your specific skin tone. So we put together a few tips [.....] [...] Read More
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The Brits are Coming: What You Should Know About the British Budget Fashion Invasion
There’s a British invasion happening on the budget fashion front. Led by Topshop (which is more “high” than “street” in the United States) and later by Forever 21-killer Asos.com, British high street (i.e., “mass market”) [.....] [...] Read More
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True Confessions: I Was a Group Sales Addict
True Confession: I’m a former group coupon addict who trolled various group buying sites to find great deals. For an embarrassingly long period of time, every mani-pedi, date-night dinner, walking tour and fitness class I [.....] [...] Read More
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Spring Fashion 2012 Boot Camp: How To Mix Prints
When I was a wee lad growing up in the heartland of fashion, Milwaukee, I would have strong debates with my dear mom about my morning sartorial choices. Like most 5-year-olds, I wanted to wear [.....] [...] Read More
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Editor Picks / Shopping Guides
How to Budget Your Shopping Dollars
Dear Budget Fashionista, I’m working on losing weight and I’m currently saving up money for a new wardrobe once I reach my goal weight, because I’m going to need everything from under garments to shoes to [.....] [...] Read More
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How to Score Outlet Mall Coupon Books for Free
I’m probably going to get banned from outlets malls for saying this . . . (more…) [.....] [...] Read More
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When Liz Clairborne Ruled the World: History of Budget Fashion
Back in the day (like 1988) Liz Claiborne was “dabomb.com”. The brand, founded in 1976, was one of the most successful women’s sportswear brands of the past 40 years. According to the site Name Wire: Claiborne [.....] [...] Read More
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Spring 2012 Fashion Trend: Keep it Light and Fluffy
Confession. We’re not big fans of linen here at TBF (seriously, who has the time to worry about ironing a garment- twice a day?), so imagine our utter excitement over the emergence of light weight, [.....] [...] Read More
