Press/ About

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Brooke grew up in a small town on Cape Cod where she learned the fine art of Abercrombie and Fitch living and 400-meter dash running. You can imagine her relief when she started college at Brown; needless to say she took the jokes about her tattered-jeans based wardrobe in stride. After learning the keen art of success by procrastination, Brooke graduated and landed a job in New York, working for an entertainment lawyer/ entrepreneur. After September 11th she moved back to Providence where she rested on her psychology degree and spent time counseling the not-so-chic side of heroin addicts. Currently Brooke divides her time between practicing law, consulting and writing. She draws inspiration from her amazing and diverse group of friends, her job, and all the great designers she gets to work with on a daily basis. She is currently obsessed with: Aventura, a 10:30 mile, and of course mi sol.

What is an Urban Socialite?

An Urban Socialite is not a socialite in the Paris Hilton sense (thank goodness) or some weird manifestation of the Bergdorf Blond. An Urban Socialite is a girl who has distinguished herself as a trend setter in Urban Style. It’s no secret that the city streets dictate most if not all of fashions latest trends, therefore its better to be known there, than for imitating the style 6 months later for thousands more dollars. An Urban Socialite is someone more likely to follow Paris than the lithe and listless blond of The Simple Life fame; someone driven more by their Inner Bling than the ridiculous Swarovski Crystal craze, but well versed enough to understand all of the above.

Urban Socialite is literally read all over the world!

As Seen on:

One of Technorati’s Top 100 Fashion Blogs!

Boston.com

Great shout out! Click on the picture for a link to the transcript:“And for the piece de resistance… we give you the best fashion blogs in cyberspace ! Visit iamfashion.blogspt.com for the latest trends in the industry and where to get them, shoeblogs.com for the best of shoes, and our favorite - urbansocialite.blogspot.com, the adventures of an urban socialite who brings you the truth in the form of fashion!

From delight’s BLOG REVIEW of Urban Socialite:

From the site: “Some blogs are, well, just smarter than others. Jazzed up with photos, cartoony artwork, and plenty of color, Urban Socialite is a riot. Though edging out fashion as more of a lifestyle blog, there is plenty to learn here. With so many obsessive shopping sites out there, we find it compelling that the so-called Urban Socialite goes deeper. Blogger B, a Brown graduate from Cape Cod with aspirations of being a student for life, describes the Urban Socialite not as Paris Hilton, but rather as someone “driven more by their Inner Bling than the ridiculous Swarovski Crystal craze.” In this day and age, to find a clever journal of someone who not only reads but describes her subway commute novel of choice and then provides the DIY for a cute book cover to prevent dog eardom is pretty darn….savvy.”

From Gawker
From Blogher

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You know, it’s the innominate way of being able to admit my total terminal unhipness…virtually…but, feel no need to ever have to concede that, ‘If I can’t find anything nice to wear, I’m just not going!’”
“Not with blogers like The Adventures Of An Urban Socialite around — who I can visit with anytime of the day (even in my pajamas) and share in some blog gossip, while she introduces me to her Designer a la moment and graciously helps me discover my “inner-bling!”"

Now, that’s what I call shopping in style…as well as comfort…perhaps there’s hope for me, yet?”

Privacy Stuff:

Privacy Policy for urbansocialite.comThe privacy of visitors to urbansocialite.com is important to me.Here is information on what types of personal information that is received and collected when you visit urbansocialite.com, and how that information is safeguarded. I will never sell your personal information to third parties.Log FilesAs with most other websites, urbansocialite.com has access the data contained in log files. The information in the log files include your IP (internet protocol) address, your ISP (internet service provider, such as AOL or Shaw Cable), the browser you used to visit our site (such as Internet Explorer or Firefox), the time you visited the site and which pages you visited throughout the site.Cookies and Web BeaconsUrbansocialite.com uses third party advertisements to support the site. Some of these advertisers may use technology such as cookies and web beacons when they advertise on our site, which will also send these advertisers (such as Google through the Google AdSense program) information including your IP address, your ISP , the browser you used to visit our site, and in some cases, whether you have Flash installed. This is generally used for geotargeting purposes (showing NYC sample sale ads to someone in NYC, for example) or showing certain ads based on specific sites visited (such as showing cooking ads to someone who frequents cooking sites).You can chose to disable or selectively turn off cookies in your browser settings or by managing preferences in programs such as Norton Internet Security. However, this can affect how you are able to interact with the websites you visit. This could include the inability to login to services, programs, forums or accounts.

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