PAM BRISTOW is a twelve-year veteran of the fashion, art, and design communities. Born and raised in Queens, New York, she began her career in fashion by producing memorable events for style leaders including Diesel, MAC Cosmetics, BCBG, and a young Alexander McQueen. Since then she has designed creative communications strategies for both domestic and international brands including Target Corporation, Boots of Britain, The New York Observer, Lacoste, Anheuser-Busch, Dove Beauty, and Guerlain. She is co-owns The Class Trip Corporation with her husband and business partner Matt, and edits their popular blog www.theclasstrip.wordpress.com. The duo is also producing a television show by the same name that will focus on the architecture of aesthetics.

Pam recently launched www.thisward.com, a holistic and wellness website for the everyday seeker.

Currently Pam lives in New York where she enjoys writing about stuff she loves (and you don’t know about), collecting things she doesn’t need, and trying to remain cool with three kids and two dogs.

Blog Entries by Pam Bristow

The Dixie Cop: 600 Miles of Yard Sales with my Six Year Old

2 Comments | Posted August 12, 2009 | 10:25 AM (EST)


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Since the first time I heard about it, I've wanted to do the 127 Sale, that once-a-year 648 mile yard sale that runs along RT 127 from Alabama through Tennessee, Kentucky, and Ohio. A gorgeous drive, southern food, and a shot at quite possibly...

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Web Browser: What Twitter and Facebook are Doing to Retail Shopping

5 Comments | Posted May 17, 2009 | 03:52 PM (EST)


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Anything plus technology is better. Especially shopping. I think that one of the best ideas ever was the big box stores installing those scanner machines that let you check the prices of items before you check out. I feel like I'm getting a better deal...

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Fortune in Fashion: Designers Embrace a Popular Recession Pastime

Posted December 16, 2008 | 11:55 PM (EST)


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Last week I bought my eighth Mega Millions lottery ticket of the year. I'm not a gambler, but it's getting rough out there. And somehow the one dollar and 60 seconds of pride swallowing I invest weekly have become a minuscule price to pay...

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Hipster QVC, the Future of E-Commerce?

Posted December 12, 2008 | 12:28 PM (EST)


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Last year I heard about an online retail venture that was supposed to be the next frontier in e-commerce. In this economy? Not likely, I thought. And then I got the company's official launch announcement email last month. Eleven months and one successful online...

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Dead Meat: Art That Even Palin Would Love

Posted November 20, 2008 | 07:32 PM (EST)


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I'm not much of a red meat lover, but throw it in a beautiful ornate frame and I'm yours.

Los Angeles-based artist Victoria Reynolds creates strangely beautiful paintings of meat of every variety. From undulating waves of bovine musculature to delicately speckled pimento loaf...

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Michelle, Our Belle

Posted November 20, 2008 | 04:39 PM (EST)


In the weeks following the 2008 election, there has been little talk of anything not tinged with our country's pride in electing our first African American president. The dramatic crossing of this racial threshold had been a loud, heralding cry to the rest of the world that the dawn of...

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