Elisa Goodkind and Lily Mandelbaum
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Elisa Goodkind is a native New Yorker that has long been a fixture within the fashion industry. She has held editorial posts at Glamour and Self magazines, and her fashion styling has been featured in Interview, InStyle, Vanity Fair, Vanity Fair Italy, L’uomo Vogue, Marie Claire, Tatler, Harper’s Bazaar Spain, Stiletto, Elle France, Gotham, Glamour, and City.


Elisa's daughter, Lily Mandelbaum, is currently an undergraduate filmmaking and anthropology major at NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study. After taking a life-changing trip to Nairobi's Kibera slum in 2009, Lily made a documentary film that gives a voice to the struggles faced by slum orphans. She hopes to one day help create opportunities for these children to become educated and attain a brighter future. After growing tired of the rampant commercialism permeating the fashion industry, the mother and daughter team began StyleLikeU in 2008 to give individuals a platform to express the stories and inspiration behind their incredible personal style.

Blog Entries by Elisa Goodkind and Lily Mandelbaum

Molly Gottschalk From StyleLikeU Shares Her Closet And Talks About Being a Muse For David LaChapelle (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

Posted November 4, 2010 | 09:44:40 (EST)

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Molly says that as a photographer she never walked around looking for something to photograph. "To be a true artist you need to be making it... it needs to come from inside your head." (Take...

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Electro-Pop Artist Uffie Shares Her Effortless Style: 'You Should Live The Hell Out Of Every Moment' (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Posted November 1, 2010 | 10:23:18 (EST)

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For me, Uffie defines effortless. As she puts it, she can "live the hell out of every moment," and she's so laid-back that she thought nothing of sipping a Jamba juice during the entire shoot. Uffie is so comfortable in her skin that the...

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Fashion Stylist Lori Goldstein Discusses The Contents Of Her Closet (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Posted October 29, 2010 | 13:00:36 (EST)

After a solid and full career as one of the most successful and "real" fashion stylists in the business, Lori is still every bit the unpretentious little girl prancing in her favorite yellow polka-dot bikini, "a tomboy who loves sparkly things." She is from Ohio, and says that her obsession...

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DJ Lindsey Caldwell Shares Her Closet, Talks About Atlanta's Once Rich Underground Music Scene (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Posted October 27, 2010 | 10:18:45 (EST)

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I was drooling while listening to Lindsey's stories about her experience in Atlanta's rich, underground music scene during the '90s. She recalls what is now, sadly, an almost extinct phenomenon: sweaty nights of dancing at low-key clubs with ratty sofas, where people...

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RZA of the Wu Tang Clan Shares His Closet and Studio (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Posted October 26, 2010 | 09:35:46 (EST)

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When I was interviewing RZA for this site, I kept thinking royalty in the ideal sense: noble, and captivating. RZA is mesmerizing, handsome, articulate, learned, gentle, soft-spoken, and humble. In his presence, you feel as if he should be on a...

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94-Year-Old Zelda Kaplan Draws Style Inspiration From Africa (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

Posted October 22, 2010 | 09:05:49 (EST)

Zelda was born in 1916 and is "younger" in body, mind and spirit than most people I know. During my interview with her, it was notable to me that at ninety four, there wasn't an ounce of self pity or time wasted with regards to her youth. I couldn't help...

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