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A Little Hello From Your New Geeky Fashionista

Hello to all of you! Allow me to introduce myself: I’m Charlie Brazen, your new resident Geeky Fashionista. Before I go into providing you with your weekly dose of delightful geek fashion, I wanted to...

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Sailor Chic

Fighting evil by moonlight, Winning love by daylight, Never running from a real fight, She is the one named Sailor Moon It’s safe to say that after a long hard day of elementary school that theme song...

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Make an Impression With Hunger Games Fashion

Last year I picked up a paperback copy of The Hunger Games at Wal-Mart for a whopping $6 because it sounded like an interesting, albeit morbid, concept. Obsessions often have such innocent beginnings;...

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Win With Game of Thrones Fashion

In less than a week, the long awaited second season of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” premiers (April 1st)! If you haven’t watched season one yet, I highly recommend that you do so (and you should probably...

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Kick Up Your Easter With Kawaii-Inspired Accessories!

It’s that time of year again when the Easter Bunny has flooded the shelves of every store with every shade of pastel and sugary treat you can imagine. Sometimes it can be a little bit much. Even though...

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Meeting My Hero, Anne Rice

From what I understand, not many people get the chance to meet their heroes and leave without an ounce of disappointment. I suppose that I am among the lucky ones seeing as how I got to meet one of my...

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Avenger Fashion 101

Since 2008 we have given our time and money to watch the crew of The Avengers slowly come into being; now all that waiting and watching has finally paid off with the release of the film next month. I...

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Steampunk Fashion for Ladies and Gents

Question: what do dirigibles, sci-fi, gears, steam engines, and lace all have in common? If you answered anything other than Steampunk, you receive an “F” for the day. Steampunk is one of those things...

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Green Geek & Hippie Chic

A belated happy (merry?) Earth Day everyone! I hope that you all gave a proper nod to the amazing planet that we live on. In recognition of Mother Earth and the great things that she does for us...

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May The 4th Be With Your Fashion

Almost 35 years ago (May 25th will mark the actual anniversary), the immortal words “a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away” first scrolled on the big screen. I don’t know if anyone at that time...

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A Fashionably Mad Tea Party

We are going to rewind a bit for this week’s look at geek fashion to this past Friday. I hope that you all had a wonderful “Star Wars Day,” but I’ll have you know May 4th was not a day only for Star...

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Super Fashionable Mario

Unless you’ve been living under a rock since the early 80’s you should at least know of Mario. Ever since he first made his appearance as “Jumpman” in the first Donkey Kong, the plumber has launched an...

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Things I Learned at Comicpalooza

I hope that everyone had a fun Memorial Day weekend – I know I did! This past weekend, I was lucky enough to go to Comicpalooza in Houston, Texas to rep Custom Comix (with our fearless leader, Holly),...

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Comicpalooza Cosplay

To continue with the theme of my previous week’s article, the highlight of Comicpalooza for me had to possibly predictably be the cosplayers. From the ones that made my jaw drop to the floor out of...

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Good Goth

I have a confession: My road to being your geeky Fashionista has been a long and arduous one. Had you met me about 9 years ago you would have asked me if I had  knife on me before you even thought to...

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Cosplay With Curves

Last week I confessed that my journey to being your Geeky Fashionista has been a long one. Well, this journey hasn’t been long just because I was a very drab goth kid back in the day. It’s a tough road...

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Toonami Faithful Fashion

A legend has returned to Saturday nights on Cartoon Network: Toonami. Obviously this isn’t hot off the presses news, but I have many friends that are quite ecstatic about this and I have to say that I...

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The First Avenger Fashion

Happy Birthday to America! I don’t know about you guys but Texans take the 4th of July pretty seriously; it’s lots of beer, barbecue, and blowing stuff up. You can’t walk in a store without being...

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Mischievous Fashion

Hey did you guys know that your very own fashion forward geek takes requests? No? Well now you do! I love feedback and I received a very impassioned request from a member of Loki’s Army to pay tribute...

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Gotham City Couture

It’s finally here. The weekend we’ve been waiting all summer for. Everyone seems to be holding their breath about its release because we don’t know what to expect come the end of the film. Does he...

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Full Metal Fashion

Hello again my geeky fashionistas! Sorry for the hiatus, I’ve been in the process of moving and it hasn’t been a smooth transition. But I’m back and I thought the best way to thank you guys for being...

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Rest In Peace Mr. Kubert

I am sad to say that on Sunday the world of comics lost a great man and legend, Mr. Joe Kubert. I was lucky enough to have the pleasure of meeting this amazing man at Comicpalooza back in May. He was a...

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The World Needs a Nikola Tesla Museum

Have you heard the good news?! Actually the great news? The Oatmeal is on an epic quest to raise enough money for a nonprofit organization to buy the land and the building that was once the laboratory...

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