Pep Talk: I love you! There’s no way you can fail. You’re so prepared for life that, frankly, life is a little intimidated by you. And rightly so. You’re about to kick it’s ass.
Today remind yourself: I will succeed.
(I am so sorry, I don’t remember where I got this from)
I have been sifting through all my bookmarked websites to compile a new feature on the blog, “Have A Round On Me”.
I’ve done a “links du jour” type post in the past, but I want to create a themed segment that relates to events going on that week. I hope you enjoy!
There is no theme for the links this week. This week my funk really shook me up, so my thoughts are all over the place, enjoy this hodgepodge of my favorite fashion links!
photo by Jeanne Cowan
Ever get picked on for being dressed up? Sally McGraw wrote a great piece on Style vs. Vanity.
Jazz up your kicks with some cool new ways to tie your sneakers
How to UNshrink your clothes
Accidentally shrunk your sweater? Snagged a hole in your favorite cardigan? Check out these felted sweater DIY’s.
Going to the Manhattan Vintage Show this weekend? Read this helpful survival guide.
Have a few “off days” this week? Dress to play up your assets.
The Budget Babe’s tips on how to wear colored tights.
Looking for a Halloween costume or a DIY project for the holiday weekend? Check out Threadbanger.
This season there were far too many inspiring shows. Too many to pick out my favorites and share with you.
And anyways, doesn’t every fashion blogger share their top looks, looks that you’ve already seen yourself?
Well, my plan was to save you from being subjected to a fashion week reiteration. But when I saw Sonia Rykiel’s collection from Paris Fashion Week over the weekend, I couldn’t help but delight in her genius.
The show took place in Rykiel’s shop on Boulevard Saint-Germain where she rigged up disco balls and a confetti covered floor for her models to shimmy and shake it down the runway. Nichole Phelps of Style.com dubbed the look “thirties by way of seventies”, and boy was she right. I love the classic cuts and cozy knits bursting with pops of color. The whole thing just looks fun, and I encourage you to take a peek at the entire collection but I have also included a few of my favorites here.
(photo via Style.com)
The one thing that struck me the most about the show was how much the production resembled that of a fashion show I helped produce in college dubbed, “Creature”. As part of an undergraduate fashion coalition, each year I helped produce a show to display student work outside of the normal academic platform and in 2007, our chosen theme was Creature.
Avante Garde garments emerged through a thick fog of smoke behind the silhouette of a forest, walking down a runway covered in black mylar confetti (by yours truly)! The mylar’s sheen gave the awesome effect of dirt for the runway, but was a complete and total pain to clean up.
Models complained about slipping and sliding on the confetti covered surface, but we made them to it anyway.
The Creature fashion show is one of the projects I am most proud of from my undergrad career, and it is so flattering and re-affirming to see professionals do very similar work on their shows 2 years later.
model bursting balloons full of confetti onto the runway
(photos via Ian Aleksander Adams)
I also did a design for the show; my model in a reconstructed outfit made from 3 thrifted dresses
(photo via Ian Aleksander Adams)
What are your MUST HAVE trends this season? Anything you guys are having trouble finding? Post your comments and dreams here, perhaps we can all help each other out!
All photos are from listings on Shop Style
Tags: designer shoes, Inspiration, nude peep toe pump, wishlist
As you read in my outfit post, Tuesday night I headed back over to Broadway East for the Chictopia party.
I had heard lots of lovely fashion bloggers were going to make an appearance, so I skipped the other events on my calender to attend. When I arrived the scene was VERY different than the night before.
Same line outside wrapping around the block, but this time I didn’t recognize a single soul. I waited patiently and finally got inside to grab a drink and walk around, only to notice the place was bare!
Groups of people were dinning at tables as if they had ordered dinner, the bartender was ignoring his two patrons (myself included), and a second line had formed at the exit where girls were anxiously waiting to receive their goody bags before jetting out the door. I decided to wait until I finished my drink before trying to grab a goody bag and make an inconspicuous exit (hard to do when you’re 6 ft. tall in heels and wearing sequins).
Then, just as I was about to give up hope and head home, I spotted Jennine outside snapping photos of Susie. I ran out to say hello and was soon introduced to Jeanne.We headed back inside for a drink and before I knew it I was chatting it up with two lovely and super sweet ladies, Nikki and Mel.
Susie and Jennine Taking a Moment to Pose for Me (Thank You Girls!)
Candid Shot! Nikki, Jennine , and Mel Armed With Their Cameras
Nikki and Jeanne at the Chictopia Party
From then on the night was a blur. I snapped a few photos, met some lovely bloggers, exchanged business cards, and topped the night off by grabbing a bite with Jennine, Pamela, and Jeannie in the Lower East Side.
Jennine and Pamela Outside Broadway East
Liz Sampson of Late Afternoon
Lesson of the night: Stick it out, you never know what can come of it. You make your own fun and your own experience, so put on a smile and go meet new people! You will only get out what you put in.
My Paparazzi Shot of the Back of the Most Beautiful Top
In Love With These Boots
I am going to interrupt the usual flow of this blog.
Can we all stop and take a moment to admire Giovanna Battaglia?
She has looked AMAZING all of Fashion Week… but what else do you expect, she always looks amazing.
photo via The Sartorialist
Photo via Jak & Jil Blog
Photo via New York Social Diary
Note: The following are just lovely photos and are not from FWNY Fall ‘09
Photo by Garance Doré
Photo by Garance Doré
Tags: Fashion Week, Giovanna Battaglia, Inspired, New York
All photos by Elena Kalis via cyanatrendland
Tags: Alice in Wonderland, Elena Kalis, Inspired, Photographs, Under Water
