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Name: Lauren Messiah aka Fashion Kitty
Position: ThisNext’s Community Manager
Favorite Tags: Fashion, Hello Kitty
Favorite List: Childhood Product Trauma

Q&A action:

TN: What do you do at ThisNext”
LM: I am ThisNext’s community manager, so I try my best to keep all of the members of ThisNext’s community happy. I am also the editor of this fabulous blog.

TN: How long have you been working for ThisNext?
LM: I have been a member of ThisNext since August 26, 2006 but have been working for ThisNext since January 2007.

TN: Where can we find you when you aren’t working?
LM: When I am not working I am blogging the night away.  I have my own personal blog called Ask Fashion Kitty, where I lend my fashion advice to anyone who needs it.  When I do manage to pry myself away from the computer I am either shopping, working out at the S Factor studio, or burning some calories at Maha yoga.

TN: What is a favorite memory/ moment at ThisNext?
LM:  I would have to say listening to musician perform outside of our offices.  The music isn’t very easy on the ears but it is good for a laugh.

TN: Top product discovey?
LM: So many great discoveries, but I think my favorite for today is my Skull Candy headphones in hot pink.

TN: If you were a product what would you be?
LM: I would be a pair of premium denim jeans, like these from Taverniti So (I own 3 pairs of these).  Why jeans? Because they make people look fabulous and that is what I live for.

TN: I can’t leave home without my _______?
LM: My BlackBerry. This is the only phone I haven’t sold on ebay or accidentally ran over with my car because I hated it. I am a total BlackBerry addict, I think I check it about every 7 seconds.  Ask anyone who hangs out with me.

TN: Who is a ThisNext user that you recommend (or follow)?
LM: I follow a lot of users on ThisNext for great product discoveries but right now my focus is on Farfromsober.  For starters his username is hilarious, he has a Simpson’s avator for his profile picture, and he managed to find these beautiful carved Crayons.  Amazing.

LM: Scorpio baby! The best sign in the zodaic.  I am also a Monkey in the Chinese zodiac … and everything it says about me is true (except for the bad stuff… tehe).

TN: What is your guilty product pleasure?
LM:Guilt? Never.  Okay maybe a little when I am wolfing down an Elvis Cupcake from Yummy Cupcakes.

TN: Let’s play product association, when you see the word what product first comes to mind?
LM: 
Rush Hour: Sirius radio
Happy Hour: Tanqueray Gin
Fall: Christian Louboutin Emily shoe boots
Funny: Zoolander
Luxury: Louis Vuitton

TN: Favorite Shopping destinations?
LM:  Oh where do I begin … Kitson, Shop Intuition, Marc Jacobs, Betsey Johnson, Fred Segal, Sephora.  Shall I go on?  I shop anywhere products are sold.