Cubannie Links is an independently owned, home based jewelry collection, best known for unconventional jewelry and light weight “big earrings”…but you already knew that! Who can believe that this ubiquitous brand only just launched in 2007?! What began as a hobby has now evolved into individual high craftsmanship jewelry pieces and can be seen on celebrities and fashionistas alike. Oh and this has to be said: who can deny that this brand has one of the best names in the game!? A hint of eras past is found in the CL collection, but new forward thinking and mindfulness of what “THAT GIRL” desires is key to CL’s success. Founder & Designer Annie Basulto has been getting amazing notoriety as being one of the new fresh designers on the scene and today we honor her as a woman making history.

Above: Some CL pieces are featured on artist Cuci Amador, of Afrobeta, in a Calle 13 (a huge group in the latin community) video “Electro Movimiento”. Looks fun, right?! Click here, or the image above, for that video.

We have A LOT MORE from Annie and Cubannie Links below the cut, including a handwritten interview, a look at her workspace and a closer look at the CL collection!

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Fashion superstar Erin Magee, the innovator behind the innovative MadeMe Clothing, has just collaborated with the sisters of Nina Sky to release the brand’s second mixtape, Stike A Pose Part II. A collection of mashups and hip hop beats, the mixtape features all of your favorite Madonna songs from her Blonde Ambition phases, right through her latest Disco Queen obsession. From “Lucky Star” to “Like a Prayer,” these ladies have definitely made a certified dance-party banger! Download the 29-track mixtape here, and get your Vogue on!

We love us some MadeMe and the Lady behind the brand, Erin McGee. She’s always coming with the fresh collaborations and the newest does not disappoint. Teaming up with the beautify and multi-talented Natalie of NINA SKY, the two have joined forces on this new t-shirt for Holiday ‘08. Pulling from Natalies background as a singer and graff artist (yup, that’s right, before NINA SKY was a group Natalie was hitting up the streets of Astoria, Queens with **NA SKY), she flipped the MadeMe logo into a fresh ‘musical notes’ handstyle. The tee comes in black, white and purple and is available at MadeMe Clothing. Get up on it ladies!!

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MadeMe is known for their buttery-soft super cute leather jackets and edgy graphic tees and the Fall ‘08 Collection is selling fast. Lucky for you, we’re giving you the chance to win a leather jacket! All you have to do is answer the following 3 questions about MadeMe’s leading lady, Erin Magee, correctly:

1. Who’s Erin’s favorite musician?
2. Who’s Erin’s favorite fashion icon?
3. Who’s Erin’s favorite yogi?

Please send your answer to misscrewcontest@gmail.com - your submission will also add you to the M.I.S.S. email list. The fifth person to get all the answers correct will win a MadeMe leather jacket! Go on, what are you waiting for?!

Hot Damn!!!! So I finally have another mixtape to put into rotation with the Santogold vs. Diplo jam I’ve been geekin out on’ for the past month. And I have MadeMe Clothing and Around the Way Girls to thank! Thank-you!! The “Strike A Pose” Mixtape is in celebration of MadeMe’s Fall 08 collection. Mixed by Sure Shot and MC’d (quit sexily, I might say) by the lady Radio Rose. Download here and get your WOP on girl!

See the track listing after the jump! Your soooooo gonna love this!

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