Jiye Lee: WATW’s 2010 celebrity fashion blogger

Jiye Lee is a stay at home mom who blogs about her obsession with all things fashion related.

Her personal style is all about mixing opposites (high end and high street, feminine and masculine, classic and edgy.) Jiye’s former professional experiences include teaching first grade and merchandise analyzing for a Fortune 500 Retail company. She has a global perspective in fashion having lived in 4 countries and traveled extensively. Currently, Jiye spends her time blogging, contributing to Chicago Parent magazine and enjoying time at home with her daughter.

Her blog can be found at: “Pearls and Green Tea”, FASHION FOOD DECOR.

the next celebrity fashion blogger is…

It was a VERY close race, but the final standings (tallied by a former PricewaterhouseCoopers auditor; Oscars-style) are Jiye Lee 1st; Lauren Scapillati 2nd, Jackie Chan 3rd, Valerie Tih 4th.

A big THANK YOU to each finalist, I’m sure we all agree they are all FANTASTIC-talented celebrity fashion bloggers!! I hope everyone keeps writing, there’s some real talent and great style there.

let the voting begin…

It’s election week in the US right? Well in case you don’t live in the United States of America, or if you’re a foreign resident living in the US like some of us (a·hem…) we can all vote this week regardless of our citizenship: WATW-style. Today marks the official start of the vote for our “are you the next celebrity fashion blogger?!!” contest.

The four finalist’s entries are posted below (in the order received):

Jiye Lee:

Fine, Fresh, Fierce!

Lauren Scapillati:

the rantings of a fashion-addicted-college-student

Jackie Chan:

New Life

Valerie Tih:

ride wit me: A-list style

For the next three days, until midnight this (PST) Friday, November 5th – you can cast your vote on who the next celebrity fashion blogger is by facebook “liking” your favorite post (on either the WATW homepage: whataretheywearing.com or facebook.com/WHATARETHEYWEARING, retweeting your favorite post (be sure to include @whatwearing in the tweet and the post URL, long or shortened form so it can be recorded), or commenting any form of “WINNER”, “FAVORITE”, “NEXT CELEBRITY FASHION BLOGGER” on your chosen article (again, choosing one of the four). Each person can exercise any one, or all three of the listed ways to vote, but please only use each method one time or all of  your votes will be disqualified Florida-style… Contest finalists may vote.

A reminder of the prizes: all four finalists will receive a gift-card to J.Crew!!


YOU decide who wins what: 1st place: $200, 2nd: $125, 3rd: $100, and 4th: $75.


Good luck Jiye, Lauren, Jackie and Valerie!!


For further contest details please visit: “are you the next…”


The next celebrity fashion blogger will be announced Monday, November 8th… Get excited!!