Kathryn A. Finney, a blogger, author, budget shopping expert is best known as one of the first fashion and shopping bloggers for her blog, The Budget Fashionista .

She has been called "Master of Cheap Chic" and "Scheherazade of the Sales Rack"

Personal

She was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Ms. Finney's background includes an undergraduate degree from Rutgers University in Women's Studies and Politics and a graduate degree from Yale University.

She currently resides in the New York area with her husband.

Professional

Ms. Finney started her blog in April of 2003 as a hobby, and started blogging full-time in June of 2004. Her blog, The Budget Fashionista, which was one of the first fashion blogs , is one of the top fashion blogs on the net . The blog currently makes six-figures a year .

In May 2006, her first book was published entitled, How to be a Budget Fashionista: The Ultimate Guide to Looking Fabulous for Less by Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House. It became an Amazon bestselling book in the Art and Photography category and is now on its fifth printing.

Ms. Finney is considered to be one of America's best bargain shoppers (Style Network, 2004) and has appeared on several national TV shows such as NBC's Today Show, Fox Network News, CNN, etc. She has also appeared in over 300 articles including Essence, USA Today, The New York Times, and Redbook, as a style expert on looking fabulous for less. She's also the former fashion editor of Real Magazine.

Ms. Finney is credited with coining several major shopping and internet marketing terms, including the term "Love what you buy and buy what you love" meaning shoppers should centre on purchasing items that make them feel and look great and "blogroots" which is a term meaning to aggressively market a product, book, idea, through networking with blogs.

Bibliography

How to be a Budget Fashionista, 2006 ISBN 0812975162