About Laura

With a passion for events, interviews, and her pet aloe plants, Laura strives to live in a world where writing poetry evokes celebrity status. When she's not planning her apartment's next face-lift, she's either befriending strangers or admiring maps. She has an MFA in Creative Writing, is a member of ModCloth's Charitable Giving Committee, and is an avid appreciator of funky hairstyles and too-hot sauces.

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July at Large: This Month at ModCloth, By the Numbers

What’s your magic number this month? Share your most stylish stat’ for fun!…

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Dweeb Out: Geeky Gadgets for the Gal On the Go

Does just the thought of geeky gadgets get you giggly? Do you delight in gear that doubles as hours of entertainment? Well, sister nerds, we’ve whipped together an eccentric array of items that will satisfy every itch you have, from …

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Sweet & Savory: Chocolate-dipped Bacon-wrapped Bananas

Sure, less can be more when it comes to certain things, such as styling stripes or packing light for a trip abroad. Here, however, we insist you abandon such simplistic practices for the sake of your summertime sweet tooth. Foodie …

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A New View of New Orleans with 10thirteen

Appreciating what makes one’s hometown special can sometimes be as simple as enjoying a full day of leisure. Here, Leslie of 10thirteen does just that, sharing her sentiments on rediscovery and inviting us along for a tour of the city she was born and raised in, New Orleans!

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Literary Lines We Love: Adventure Away

My favorite thing about place-based poems is how they have the ability to evoke images of landscapes you may have never seen before. In reading them, we invent interpretations that are uniquely our own, and there’s something supernatural about that. …

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Our Second Annual Scavenger Hunt Goes ’80s to Raise Funds for Charity

ModCloth Employee Scavenger Hunt

ModCloth Employee Scavenger Hunt

This month, ModCloth’s Charitable Giving Committee asked employees to strap on their thinking caps and put on their game faces for our second annual ModCloth Scavenger Hunt! Across our East and West Coast offices, employees split into teams, donated …

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In the Mix: 3 Fresh Summer Cocktails for Easy Entertaining

Party hostesses, kiss your catering woes goodbye! Workshop SF founder Kelly Malone is back on the ModCloth Blog to teach you how to tackle three easy-as-pie cocktail recipes so you can entertain like a pro.

Our pick-your-fix video allows you …

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A Quick Fix: DIY Dry Shampoo by Fox & Doll

We invited DIY beauty expert Shana of Fox & Doll back to share another one of her original recipes.

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So Fly: Travel Pins By Our Latest Pinterest Guests!

We’ve all seen travel boards galore on Pinterest – they seem to be endless -, but today we’re sharing some of the best of the best out there! Hop on over to our ‘Guest Pinner’ gallery on ModCloth’s Pinterest to …

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Get Away to the Good Life: A Retro Retreat


Image via Flickr user The Pie Shop

Oh, major air carriers, won’t you please perfect time travel?

We’re ready to take a trip back to when ‘vacation’ stood for escaping the ordinary. On this first day of summer, we invite …

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Customer Kate Fundraises for Her Kitty + An Open Call for Art

We often find ourselves bragging about how cool our customers are — seriously, it’s all, ‘Guess what Eliza said on the blog today!’ or, ‘Maria from the Make the Cut Collection was so rad. I love that we sell her

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Boy, Oh Boy: Tomboy Style Takes Over Our Tumblr!

Photo courtesy of Sharon Suh.

Much like the iconic ladies it covers, the blog Tomboy Style makes merging masculine fashion and fierce femininity look ultra easy.

We’re thrilled to welcome creator Lizzie Garrett Mettler as our latest guest editor

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Best Job Ever: Jen O’Neal, Founder of Tripping.com

Jen O’Neal, founder of global travel community site Tripping, recognized the need for a site where adventure-seekers could connect and plan trips off the beaten path after several eye-opening trips abroad in 2009. Her go-getter ‘tude propelled her mission to create Tripping, a site on which users can find folks to connect with for conversation, language exchanges, free homestays, or even rent luxury villas. Yup, owning your own travel startup definitely qualifies for a Best Job Ever!

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1 Question, 5 Gals: Bloggers Dish on Trekless Traveling

Experiencing a place can sometimes be as easy as adopting a new perspective. We asked some of the bloggers featured in our Adventures in Style stylebook a question that proves whether or not it’s true. Scroll down to see what …

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