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Saturday, July 12, 2008

13 YEAR OLD ENTREPRENEUR CREATES WEBISODE THAT KEEPS YOUNG FASHION LOVERS IN THE KNOW


13 year old entrepreneur and fashionista extraordinaire, Tweety Elitou has created a fun and fashionable webisode that keeps young fashion lovers in the know about the ever changing fashion world from a fresh perspective.

Young Hip & Chic has just launched its first show dedicated to the fashion of hip hop. “I wanted to cover hip hop on my first show because it is the era that I am growing up in, and my parents grew up with it, so I guess this is my way of showing love to them and the time that made them so cool,” says Tweety Elitou.

Young, Hip & Chic (YHC for short) was developed while Tweety was watching TMZ, Extra, and E! “I was watching these shows because I like to see what people are wearing but I was becoming so tired of seeing Brittany Spears and Paris Hilton without panties! Not to mention, I thought to myself, these are role models?” Tweety passionately expresses.

According to Tweety, YHC is to celebrate the art of fashion by educating people between the ages of 12-19 years of age that fashion, in fact, is an art that is expressed from the designer to the people that purchase it. Each week, the show will focus on different styles from antique, to grunge, to whatever trend is evolving and revolving. YHC will also inform people with fashion facts, the history of fashions, and the meaning of words that are heard and not often explained. “I think that to be a fashionista, you have to know the five W’s of fashion—who, what, when, where and why.” Tweety explains.

“The overall experience of YHC is to show that fashion can be fun; to know that clothes do not make you, you make the clothes, and being a diva is so overrated,” she explains. “I think that loving who you are from the inside shows on the outside, and that love of fashion, makes you a true fashionsita!”

YHC can been seen every Saturday starting 7/12/08 on: http://www.infinitemag.net/, http://www.youghipchic.blogspot.com/ and www.youtube.com/infinitemag. Feedback is encouraged as it may appear on the next show. You can check out the preview here:



YHC is also looking for stylists, beauty experts, designers, models, etc. that are looking for exposure and credits for their resumes and books. The show is also looking for sponsors that want to reach a young, hip and chic audience. To get further information, contact: younghipchic@gmail.com

About Tweety Elitou
Tweety is of Native American descent and comes from a very artistic family, which explains her colorful background. She is no stranger to the world of fashion. “I have been loving fashion since I was really, really little. My favorite store was the Gap because I loved the styles and how I could dress it up or down, anyway that I wanted, and I was only four!” she says. At the age of six, she graduated from John R. Powers modeling school in Philly, PA with top honors. While attending elementary school she grew in love with art and excelled not only in her basic learning of Math, English, Science and History but also in Art. She has won awards for her artistic work from the School District of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Free Library not just her visual works but also her poetry. She is an Evoluer Girl established by the great fashion diva and educator, Cheryl Wadlington, and was voted the most improved in fashion. Tweety also writes fashion articles and book reviews for her families well known art blog, Infinite Magazine. She has co-created covers for books, The Road to Emotional Healing and The Soul of Poetry for Neshee Publication. She makes jewelry, designs her own clothes, and loves photography in front of and behind the camera—a love that she shares with her dad.

Tweety has appeared in Naturally You! Magazine. As an Iconz Model, she has done several fashion shows including the Sensationel Hair Idol in which the King of Hair Glynn Jackson stated, “She is a joy and pleasure to work with and I wish I had more models like her, she fills my heart.” She has been a guest judge for the Jo’ni Modelz, Inc- Rip the Runway Competition, and she the protégé of Essence Best-Selling author, Miasha and the spokes girl for her foundation, Ask Miasha. “Tweety is a great girl and very inspiring. She someone that other little girls will look up to and I am so proud of her,” says Miasha.

She will be releasing her first book, Girl Power: The Go-To Guide for Teens to Becoming Perfect Young Ladies, and is now working on the sequel, Girl Power Two: Building a Better You! All of this while maintaining straight A’s in school every year.

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Book Review- Leftovers

Title: Leftovers
Author: Laura Weiss
Publisher: MTV Books
Pub. Date: 1/12/08
Price: $12.00
ISBN: 1416546626

Laura Weiss has done it again with her follow up to Such a Pretty Girl. Leftovers is a “discuss amongst your friends” book that has all the elements needed to create a hot novel for teens.

Blair and Ardith are two friends that are definitely from different sides of the track but their friendship leads them down the same tracks of self-destruction and sweet revenge.

Each girl comes from a dysfunctional background: Blair is well to-do but when her parents seem to clash and her controlling mother takes it too far by "killing" her best friend, Blair is ready to explode. And Ardith has to deal with parents that are totally out of control and a reckless brother who doesn’t take his sister or the law into consideration. When both of their crazy lives begin to clash, and someone that they are endear to gets hurt, both girls create a plan that takes everyone off their high horse and has to face the consequences of their actions.


Leftovers is pretty much written for teens but the books is an awesome read for parents because it allows you to see life from the eyes of the youth. We all know that teens will face peer pressure but how do they handle life after sexual abuse, divorce, attempted rape and the murder of their best friend? Will they crumble under pressure or will they conquer their demons and continue life the best they know how?

The point of view reading is definitely pulls you in because you are dying to know who they are confessing to and what will be the reaction of the listener? Immediately you think that it may be a psychologist but the interesting twist will shock you.

It is suggested that you read the first book, Such a Pretty Girl in order to understand the point of these girls revenge but it is not necessary.

Overall, the book is a must-read because it takes you into the lives of teens today and what they have to face. It would be more interesting to read it with your teen girls and discuss their opinions.

Do you remember what it was like to be a teen? Did you have to face peer pressure that caused you to go over the deep end? We would like to know…

Heather Elitou- Reviewer