As most of you probably know, today FSU Fashion Girl turns ONE year old!

This is a very exciting time for me due to the success of FSU Fashion Girl thus far. I wasn’t even sure if I would still be blogging throughout my sophomore year in college let alone that people would actually read, admire, and fall in love with it.

To my devoted fans that have been with me from the beginning, to the new readers who have just discovered this site and to the people who fall somewhere in between.. I would just like to say THANK YOU! I love you all!

In order to keep the celebration going as well as to show you all how truly grateful I am for supporting me throughout the past year, I have collected various prizes to giveaway to 21 lucky readers.

ONE lucky reader will win the prize package which includes:
- Merchandise from VS PINK which includes a blue tote bag, water bottle, puppy and ID holder courtesy of the FSU Campus Reps!
- A turquoise Niki Biki camisole courtesy of Repeat Possessions
- A FREE My Style Fashion Application for the iPhone/iPod Touch
- A sample of Antidote’s (renamed Beautisol) Summer Glow Dark Self-Tanning Lotion
- The Spring 2010 Issue of CLUTCH Magazine, FSU’s first successful student run fashion magazine
- A $10 Subway gift card

In addition, 19 other readers will each receive a free My Style Fashion Application, VS PINK ID holder, Niki Biki Tube Top and CLUTCH Magazine.

How to Enter:

Leave a comment on this post telling me what you love most about FSU Fashion Girl. It’s THAT simple!

For additional entries, leave a separate comment saying that you completed one or more of the following:
+1 Become a fan of FSU Fashion Girl on Facebook (or let me know that you already are)
+1 Follow me on Twitter – include link
+1 Tweet about this contest (1 time only please, include link)
+3 Blog about this contest – include link

In addition, I will select one reader who has the BEST comment to automatically win a free VS PINK water bottle and CLUTCH magazine.

Winners will be selected at random. Contest ends on Tuesday, May 18th at noon. Open to U.S. Residents only!

A HUGE thank you to everyone who made this site and giveaway possible!

Good luck!

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Whether you are currently done with school for summer or not, this list is for you!

1. Reinvent Your Style – Summer is the perfect time to try a new look on for size. Have you been dying to try a new trend? Looking to rid your closet of old clothes that you don’t need or wear anymore? Do it now! Sell old clothes back to Plato’s Closet, donate them to charity or give them away to someone else. Buy new clothes for less at outlet malls, discount stores like T.J. Maxx and Marshalls or at thrift shops. If you have an iPhone or iPod Touch, you can download the My Style Fashion Assistant application for only $0.99 (or enter to win for free for FSU Fashion Girl’s giveaway on May 12th) to help you store your favorite outfits and keep track of the items in your closet.

2. Try a New Recipe – Everyone needs that go to recipe that they use when they are in need of bringing something that everyone will love. Mine? Oreo balls. They require no baking whatsoever. Just your time, a bag of oreos, cream cheese, chocolate chips and a freezer. EVERYONE will love them!

3. Find an Internship – Summer is the perfect time to intern. You have more free time typically during the summer and you are able to intern in areas other than the one you live, if desired. A fantastic resource for all different types of internships is Intern Queen Inc. During her four years of college, Lauren Berger successfully completed 15 internships and her mission is to help other students do the same. Although it might be a little late in the game to start applying for summer internships, it is never too late to get an offer. Employers are still actively looking to hire interns for summer and fall 2010. Follow Intern Queen on Twitter and/or Facebook to instantly find out who is still in need of interns for summer.

4. Try a Self-Tanner – We all know how damaging the sun can be to our skin. This summer, try to avoid the harmful rays by getting a  safe glow. Two of my favorites include Beautisol Summer Glow or All Seasons Glow and L’oreal Sublime Bronze.

5. Enjoy Popcorn and a Movie – Make sure you check out these movies this summer:

5/14 Letters to Juliet
5/21 Shrek Forever After
5/28 Sex and the City 2
6/11 Coco Chanel & Igor Starvinsky (limited)
6/30 Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Who says you can’t mix and match fashion with technology?

The iPhone and iPod Touch both offer tons of different applications to download. Among them, I have found some great fashion applications. I will talk about my top three fashion applications so far.

1. Style.com – This application allows you to view exclusive runway photos and party pictures at the palm of your hand. Just open the application, click on fashion shows and scroll to find the designer you want to view. You will instantly have access to their entire runway collection with just the swipe of your finger. Amazing application for those of us who aren’t fortunate enough to attend fashion week in person. Best of all, it is FREE!

2. My Style Fashion Assistant - I just downloaded this application yesterday but I am already in love! I am a huge fan of free applications and occasionally a $0.99 application but when I stumbled upon My Style Fashion Assistant, I just could not resist. This application allows you to basically import your entire closet onto your iPhone or iPod Touch. You can either import these photos by using the camera on your iPhone or you can upload them from your photos. Once your photo is uploaded, you can then categorize into what type of clothing it is, what brand it is and into what you would wear this item for (going out, casual, working out, fancy, business). Now you can view the items in your closet individually or mix and match the items into an outfit that you can save and refer back to later. Amazing! This application also lets you keep track of what you wore on what day with a fashion calendar and keep track of the items you want with a “fitting room.” Seriously, amazing application! Well worth the $4.99.

*TIP* For the best results, make sure you try to take the picture on a solid white background or use Corel Paint Shop Pro to get rid of the background. Paint Shop Pro makes it easy to get rid of almost any background with their background eraser. I take the pictures on the ground with my digital camera since I have an iPod Touch. I then upload them onto my computer using Paint Shop Pro, re-size the image to a smaller size, crop the image to get rid of excess background that would distort the image and then erase the background. This program really makes it extremely easy to do all of this!

3. Shop Style- This program is great if you just want to do some online shopping. You can shop by brand and shop by what you are looking for or just check out there entire collection. You can also filter items by price and sale. If you love shopstyle.com then definitely check out this application. Definitely a great application for people who like to shop while on the road and best of all, it is FREE.

Know of any other great fashion applications? Let me know and I will definitely check them out!

Update 3/26/10 – To celebrate Spring 2010, the people from My Style Fashion Assistant will be giving away 50 free downloads of the number one iPhone / iPad Touch fashion app.  If you would like to join the My Style Fashion Assistant community, have them e-mail us at jeff@mystylefashionassistant.com and make sure to tell them that Chandra from FSUfashiongirl.com sent you.