So Basically...

...this has pretty much been one of the greatest weekends ever...

And this only adds to it:
Today I and three other people from my Drama department's Design committee- we're in charge of costumes and props for shows- went on a mission to get costumes for our two upcoming fall plays ("Black Comedy" and "From Whom the Southern Belles Tolles"). After trying two stores which were both closed at that time of the day, we went to Goodwill and hit the jackpot. We got SO many costumes and a few props for about $80.

The greatest part is, I also came back with this amazing treasure, thanks to finding of Michelle and our other friend:
BEST part: It cost me $6 :D

Hope everyone is having a just as amazing weekend!

p.s. Does anyone have any good halloween costume ideas? I'm stuck! I want a creative one, but I can't think of any.

Inspiration Lies in Eye of the Beholder

I hope everyone had a great weekend and is ready to face the week! I keep making inspiration boards on photoshop but they keep coming out really small, even though they seem big when I make them. So sorry if you can't see it.

I will be posting outfit posts soon. I took a few pictures this week, but I'm waiting until I've taken a few more and know that I'll keep it up before I post them. I hope I get to take one tomorrow, but unfortunately I left my camera at a costume party on Friday and my friend is giving it back to me tomorrow. Speaking of costumes, what is everyone planning on being for Halloween? Anyone have any good ideas? Maybe once I get my camera back I might put up a picture or two of costume on friday... ;)

Everyone try and have a fabulous week! I know it all seems so crappy working/school but just stay positive and smile and laugh as much as possible :D

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"It's looking VERY McQueen to me.."

yes, yes, yes!! The first thought that ran through my head when I first saw Kenley's wedding dress in last nights Project Runway was "Serously? SERIOUSLY?? Are you TRYING to rip off McQueen?? The judges arent stupid! they called your stuff out ALREADY for looking like dolce & Gabanna AND Victor & Rolf! SERIOUSLY??" And then what is the first think Micheal Kors says about her dress? "It's looking very McQeen to me... VERY McQueen..." To which I shouted at the tv "THANK YOU MICHAEL!!"

Last Nights Epsidode: (spoiler alert) How amazing is Leanne? Her dress was gorgous! it was the only the one that I could imagine a normal everyday bride wearing, while still being modern and stunning. Her bridesmaid dress was great too. Kenley: AT LEAST she did a good job, and it turned out really great, plus her bridesmaid dress was adorable! Korto/Jurell: Korto definitely should have gone! I'm so sad about Jurell!


In other news: I am really excited that the The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art now has an onlin database where you can view all the displays. I was drooling over the stunning creations by designers in their prime such as Coco Chanel, Christian Dior, Jeanne Lanvin, Yves Saint Laurent, etc.

Chanel:
Dior:
Lanvin:
Yves Saint Laurent:
Balenciaga:
Givenchy:
Madame Vionnet:
Madame Gres:
Vivenne Westwood:
Versace:

Oh to be inspired

I hope everyone has had a good week and is ready to enjoy the weekend! My week was pretty uneventful... I really need to find a way to take pictures of my outfits so that I can start doing outfit posts.

Fashion Week: thoughts? LOVED McQueen, the detail was incredible! Dries Van Noten was so insanely wearable and perfect. I cannot wait for Lanvin, Chloe, and Miu Miu! Oh and was anyone else not surprised that Alessandra Facchinett got the ax? With exception of a few lovely looks, it was unbelievably boring! There is such a ginormous difference between her snore fest and Valentino's last ready-to-wear collection (spring 08) filled with bright, girly cocktail dresses and GOWNS, you know, gowns, one of the many reasons Valentino was so loved? Yeah, I think she missed out on that part.

p.s. if you're a tv junkie like me... we need to talk. Who else is angry that The Office wasn't new this week? AND who else thinks that Serena needs to stop choosing random times to be bitch and stick with one personality? (Gossip Girl)

Have a great weekend everyone!

Nonsense

Boredom. Lack of Inspiration. No one to take a picture of outfits/ a camera that captures me full-length. Because of these reasons- mostly boredom- I did a mini photoshoot a couple of nights ago. I mostly accessorized with hair accessories, but there are a ton more pictures which I may post in the future. Then out of more boredom, I went to tinypic.com and made them look pretty :) *yes that is Voge Britian from May, I tried to find the best cover with a celebrity that I don't hate and this one has the prettiest colors and Natalia Vodianava.

Oh and how cool are those blue lace tights? I actually wore them today, maybe I can get my brother to take a picture...

--will be posting my fashion week thoughts shortly. hope everyone is having a great week!

Back from the dead

I'm back from my month of being amish and can finally use electronics again!

What's been happening:
-school started. I generally like all my classes and am taking some pretty amazing electives (Drama and Fashion ROP.) Drama is incredible, the class is fun and some of us take an after school ROP class as well. The really cool part is that I'm on Drama Board and am co-head of the Design comittee which means I'm in charge of costumes and props for all the shows. We have awesome people on our comittee with a ton of talent and I can't wait to get to work with the costumes.

-Fashion ROP...It's fantastic in the sense that we get to do things for homework and for a grade that I do for fun in my free time. I mean a homework assignment was to answer questions about Coco Chanel! And luckily I get to be in class with Michelle, Jessica, and Alena. We got to do this really great group project where we did a powerpoint on fashion from a decade of our choice. We did the 1920's and had a lot of fun with it, it turned out really great (and at least we knew how to pronounce the names of designers...you wouldnt believe the different pronunciations we heard of Lacroix, Alaia, Givenchy, and Yves Saint Laurent. And one person actually asked, "Wait, is Gucci like a rip off of Pucci??" The four of us all had our jaws dropped and the teacher said "these girls know.." to which I yelled out "they're names! they're different people! they're completely different!!") But all of us can't help but feel like we could teach the class more than our teacher is...Hopefully we learn more as the year goes on!

-I'm still a failure at life...I hate DMV workers...

-Fashion week!!!! As with every fashion week there are huge successes, and huge dissapointments. Some of my favorites so far: Luella, 3.1 Phillip Lim, Narciso Rodriguez, Marc Jacobs, Rodarte, Brian Reyes, Jenni Kayne, Helmut Lang, J. Mendel, Jonathan Saunders, Marni, Oscar de la Renta, Thakoon, Preen, etc.

Some dissapointments: Maybe its just me, but I really wasn't feeling Proenza Schouler this season. I think its because I'm so used to seeing clothes that are very wearable and a collection of wanting every single piece. But this seemed more editorial, less wearable, and kind of an exageration of what they normally do. Maybe it just needs to grow on me. Again, maybe its just me, but there was something about Zac Posen that I just did not like this season. I think its probably because its a little reminiscent of Cavalli, and I've never been a huge Cavalli fan. I never thought I'd say this but: I wasn't a fan of my lovely A Wang! He took a risk by using bright colors and taking inspiration from Miami, but I thought that he should have just stuck to his roots. Oh, and PRADA!! what was that? It looked straight of the 90's, but not the good "taking inspiration from" or even going down the grunge path, but I really did not like it all! How could Miucca let me down like that? Of course, I'll remain faithful to all of them but hopefully they step it up next season.

Cannot wait for Paris to start! Looking foward to Lanvin, Balenciaga, Chloe, Givenchy, Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, Nina Ricci, Dior, Alexander McQueen, Miu Miu (you have a chance to redeem yourself Miucca! use it wisely Please!), Dries Van Noten, etc.

-Also, who's been watching Project Runway? Team Jurell! And I think I may be the only person on the planet who kind of is interested in seeing Kenley's collection...

-Friday I went to South Coast (a high end mall in SoCal) with Michelle and Alena in hopes of finding them some homecoming dresses. It wasn't exactly the best place to look considering everything is way too expensive for all of us combined! But we had tons of fun drooling inside designer stores. It was really excited because both the Christian Louboutin store and the Balenciaga store opened last week. The Balenciaga store was my favorite! And a saleswoman even commented on my (not exactly real Balenciaga) bag, asking where I got it because she had never seen that that size before. I had to admit that it was a knock-off bought in Italy, but I was happy because she said she was impressed with how real it looked. A women in Yves Saint Laurent even complimented me on it :D One of the really cool things about the Balenciaga store was that Balenciaga has an exclusive line where they picked 10 looks from Cristobal Balenciaga's archives and recreated them for a limited time. As you can guess, they were stunning.
Michelle found a dress in H&M which looked fantastic on her and she'll have a lot fun dressing it up with bright accessories.
Alena tried on an AMAZING Elizabeth and James dress in Intermix, that looked like it was made for her (which isnt hard to do considering she has a perfect body...). Now all she has to do is convince her mom to shell out the $225...


Some inspiration to hold me over: