Collaborative Creating
A Garment+DNA=Thoughts About Who I Am
As part of cleaning up my “hot mess”, I have followed through and just completed 3 out of my five overdue doctors appointments. I have been very lucky with finding some wonderful women primary care docs but they always seem to move up to the suburbs to be closer to...
Weekend Fashion Bibliography
A Fashion Story: MAY “Étrange étrangère” The Veteran Perfumer Behind Gucci Blooml Handmade Hats: Old Fabric, New Life Tube Top History Meet Holiday Magazine How to Wear Black in a Heat Wave
Cultural Expression
Find out how a designer might translate the psychological experience of a city in a physical one in this very interesting exhibition called, Spirit of the City. Click on the photo to find out the story behind the process.
Using Your “VOZ”
So for those who do not speak Spanish, "VOZ" means voice and part of this ever evolving project for me is to always think about how I can use it. This week I am sharing blog posts with an amazing woman and friend Jasmine Etoile Aarons, the Founder and Creative...
Weekend Fashion Bibliography
Trying a new format this week and see how a visual might work to pull you in to read. Click on the box to take you to the article. ...
Cultural Expression
Photo: Surface Magazine I have been experimenting with ways to share some things that I am excited about. Click on the photo above and you will be taken to a great article in Surface Magazine about how one bad haircut resulted in Eugenia Kim creating her millinery...
House Dresses
As I stay closer to home this month, start transitioning back to school and the weather heats up, the only thing I feel like wearing is a “house dress”. The term “house dress” originated in the late 18th Century and was a type of simple dress to be worn at home to do...
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Fashion and Film Harley Weir's Newest Void Project: Show Studio When Madonna Changed Costumes 85 Times Fashion and Sustainability Sustainable Fashion Should Not Just be For the Rich Fashion and Craft New York's Most Covetable Jackets Embroidery is Cool Again Fashion...
A Hot Mess
Here I am literally right on my butt. I wish I could say it was after a brisk healthy run but it was after a session of content creating. After all my promises to myself in June to take care of myself, establish a healthy routine and enjoy my summer, all bets were off...
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Photgraphy: Yana Bardadim Fashion and Beauty Iconic Red Lips Fashion Design Wallpaper Style Finds Feng Chen Wang: It’s Not Black or White Fashion and Technology Podcast: In Honor of LA and Beautycon This App Will Tell You How Ethical Your Clothes Are Fashion and...
A Tiny, Little Detail
Sometimes it only takes a small detail to have you stand out from the crowd. It could be a bright pink glove or the presence of an attribute like kindness. This past weekend I was in Iceland doing a campaign for a fashion brand and it was one of those perfect...
Chasing the Sun.
Last night Calvin and I had the best time shooting. We began very late, around 7:00 PM, and began to chase the sun as it traveled west, getting ready to set. It presented us with a creative challenge and I realized those are the moments when something really quite...
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Fashion and Bodies Iconic Chair Designs and Imagining Who Might Own Them Fashion History Sunglass Trends Through the Decades Bucket Hats Fashion and Literature Experimental Fashion Theater Becomes a Book: Victor & Rolf Fashion Film On the Beach Fashion and Home...
Inspiration: Take offs and Landings
Shirt: Mango, Jeans: Jbrand, Shoes: Tibi, Earrings: Dinosaur Designs, Sunglasses: Ferragamo Perhaps it is because I have been doing so much traveling, but my styling inspirations have veered between two poles: light where I feel as though I am flying up into the sky...
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Fashion and Technology Maison Margiela's New Podcast Fashion and Styling Inspired by Art: Ann Demeulemeester Domestic Goddesses Fashion Interviews Clothes for the Body, Clothes for the Home Fashion, Art and Design Power and Paradox: Taking Over the Louvre Navigating...
Sometimes In The Presence Of, You Find the Absence
Last Friday, late at night as I was packing yet again, I found myself crying and just not wanting to leave home. It stemmed from being overtired and a really busy schedule the month before. Now after the trip I was so teary about is over, I am so happy I went. I flew...
Weekend Fashion Bibliography
Photographer: @thekateowen Senior Photo Director: @ashertorresphotography Creative Director: @morgantstuart Set Designer: @mostafapep Stylist Assistant: @guncleparisHair: @murielvancauwen Makeup: @makeupbyslater Location: @beyondstudios for @posturemagazine Fashion...