Home Star

First night in the Brooklyn apartment, with a star right out front to help me find my way home.

Antigua, West Indies

I am just now realizing as I type this that it had been three years since I left the country. Not good! Life moves so fast and we take so much for granted, even if you consider yourself someone who tries not to...we really do. Get on a plane, explore a new country, shake up the way you look at the world, and all the beautiful people in it.

Ella Romero, student at SUNY Purchase created this month's SMASH UP - Rock on. The fabulous Timmy Brown took some pics for me, his son Morgan modeling.


Not sure if he wanted to kick Dad in the butt during the process...his look reminds me very much of the look I gave my parents when I was about his age, very funny.

Critique with us

Click here for the full blogpost.

Here’s our plan to help get every store on our homepage at least once.

• What are we going to do:
Critique one store’s images each week.

• What we need from you:
1. Comments and constructive criticism about the store’s photos. Would the images hinder or help you in making a purchasing decision? What could this designer do to improve photo quality (and get on the homepage more often)?
2. Suggestions! Suggest someone’s store (or volunteer your own) to be critiqued by emailing me at: julie[at]smashingdarling[dot]com

Next week we will start this post, so send in your suggestions today to help someone (or yourself) snag that homepage spot ASAP!

Thanks for your help!
-The darlings

my hairdresser is a god

I love that I can sit in my hairdresser's chair and say, "Do whatever you want."
I desperately needed a change in the hair department, and that is exactly what I got.
Lovely copper highlights...and wow, short hair. The tresses haven't been this short in years.

bikinis and bombs

“The bikini is the most important thing since the atom bomb."

Click on that quote
Tell the Darling's who said it
Win your choice tee
Easy as pie

Let's get Wrecked

T-Wrecked that is!

I love the new student SMASH UP for April. Dave Maggio from Northeastern had some fun with his crew and sent the Darling's these great images.
This is Dave below, to see more head to Smashing Darling!