Hitting the beaches this summer and haven’t found the perfect cover-to-cover read? Don’t worry your pretty head. Make your way over to the local newsstand and pick up Jones Magazine’s “Your Best Summer Now” issue. Jam packed with carefully curated content, Jones Magazine’s highly-anticipated Summer issue is sure to please even the most discriminating style maven

Jones Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief, Tracey Ferguson (pictured above) hails from The Lone Star State and is the quintessential southern belle. As a Houston and New York City socialite, mother of two amazingly talented teens, and co-owner of one of the hottest glossies to hit newsstands in years, Tracey is a woman in business you absolutely need to know. Today she allows for a bit of role reversal and chats with In Her Shoes about traditional vs. digital media, balancing parenting with a demanding career, and lessons she’s learned in the publishing industry. Here’s what she had to say

Don’t you just love it when life comes full circle? In 2009, I wrote a post titled “Missing Mara Brock Akil.” This year, I interviewed the fly female entrepreneur for Jones Magazine’s first ever “Best in Beauty” issue! She was absolutely FAB: cool as a fan, smart, sweet, confident and a shining example of how following your dreams leads to your best life

Aren’t you just loving the Black girl pride that’s in the air these days? Initiatives like Black Girls Rock!, My Black is Beautiful and even our own In Her Shoes “Fly Female Entrepreneur” movement, make being a woman of color an even MORE amazing experience

(l-r) Karen Tappin-Saunderson, Maya Lake, Renae Bluitt, Tracey Ferguson, Jodie Patterson, JaKissa Taylor (DJ Kiss) Check out the recap video for last Thursday’s “Facing Your Fears: Tales of a Fly Female Entrepreneur” event created by artist extraordinaire, Molaundo Jones. If you were able to make it out, I thank you again for supporting our first New York

I woke up today on a natural high. Last night’s “Facing Your Fears: Tales of a Fly Female Entrepreneur” event was a huge success and marked the beginning of what I hope will be an ongoing dialogue among ladies living out their dreams. A room full of beautiful, intelligent and progressive women descended upon Manhattan’s San

Last Thursday marked the official conclusion of the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week: Spring/Summer 2011. A collective sigh of relief was heard among NYC movers and shakers bidding farewell to one of their busiest times of the year. Fashion Week fatigue strikes again! I had the pleasure of attending a few really great events last week

So did you catch the premiere of Centric TV’s new reality hit, “Keeping Up With The Joneses” lastnight? Well if you didn’t, I strongly encourage you set your DVR’s immediately to catch next week’s uber-inspiring episode. “Keeping Up With The Joneses” allows viewers to step into the shoes (Louboutins, of course) of Tracey Ferguson, Houston “It girl”