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March 12-14, 2010 - Grand Rapids, Michigan Put Your Best For me, fashion has always been threaded through the fibers of my being. When I was six years old, I was a "model" in an Easter fashion show and walked the runway in red patent mary-janes. I have trouble remembering the actual show but I have a vivid memory snippet of looking down at the shiny smooth lipstick red shoes thinking "I can't believe I've been running around in scuffed up Velcro kicks when there are beautiful shoes like these as an option". And thus, then and there, my unconditional love for a fine constructed sole was born. Flash forward to the present and my heart still skips a beat just thinking of Cole Haan's spring collection or what Jeffrey Campbell will come out with next. I get a flutter in my chest thumbing through the pages of Marie Claire or reading Katie Grand's latest review. I suffer from minor palpitations when I come across a jacket that commands respect or a piece of jewelry that holds a story between its clasps. So as you can imagine, my heart cart-wheeled in excitement when I was given the opportunity to become a contributing fashion blogger for the Grand Rapids Press. Shameless plug: Grand Fashion, a blog focusing on local and global trends, styles, designers and industry news will soon be featured on MLive.com. When I met my fellow contributors last week at MadCap Coffee, I walked away inspired and excited to start on a new project. Writing has always been my creative outlet of choice; so to be able to intertwine my two biggest loves is a chance I've been waiting for. And I really hope Grand Rapidians embrace and promote all the fashion our great city has to offer. I plan to use my power of word for good not evil and cover everything from unique street style to local boutiques to great finds. Who knows, I might ask to take your picture as you exit 25 Kitchen + Bar this coming weekend. Amity Dharia spends her days as a Client Services & PR Manager at Murdoch Marketing and a slave to fashion mags and blogs by night. She spends most of her energy daydreaming of Oscar de la Renta studded platform sandals and scheming up plans to one day purchase them. You can find her incessant ramblings on such blogs as Grand Fashion on MLive, Urban Girl Diary on Urban1972.com and occasionally the Grand Rapids Social Diary. Follow her on Twitter: @amitydharia. Are you in? "fashion foot" ~ photography by Michael Buck
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