Cheap & Chic: The Year of the Private Sale Site

Melinda Green is a writer, editor, and self-proclaimed Reluctant Fashionista transplanted from St. Louis to Boston. Melinda's love of all things designer was realized when flipping through fashion week coverage in her mother's Town & Country and discovering Elsa Klench at a young age. Even as an adult, Melinda's still trying to find a way to reconcile her inner geek with her inner fashion maven. When not slapping herself for silently critquing the outfits of complete strangers, Melinda enjoys photography, pole dancing, and proselytizing about the insane awesomeness known as Battlestar Galactica. The Good Life to Melinda means becoming a regular cover girl on both Wired and W, but right now she'll settle for almost anything Marc Jacobs.