The Golden Coast

Sitting in an empty house located in nowhere New Jersey on a Saturday night with no plans can really get you thinking.  The suburb ridden town I'm subjected to doesn’t have enough activities, parties, events, etc to keep me occupied; even if it did, with my sinister thoughts about this place, I would still find myself unsatisfied with the under 18 opportunities presented to me.  Though I'm only 45 minutes from New York City, my shoe obsession has temporarily stripped me of all my funds therefore keeping New York City at a far distance.  So here I am, thinking about what alternate universe I'm going to explore as I try to widen my imagination beyond posting another runway collection with emaciated models. 

Tonight I had to allow my mind to wander pass my usual New York City dreaming and pass the abundance of drafted collections to showcase, which have begun to take up a significant amount of my Edit Post section.  Tonight on this lonely and somber night, I've decided to pretend I'm soaking up the sun on a West Coast beach-preferably one in Los Angeles-that makes the Jersey Shore look exactly how the cast of Jersey Shore makes it look-trashy and a pathetic excuse for a beach.  Having never been to California from the hundreds of editorials and movies placed there, I would say there has to be something worth wild happening in those Hollywood Hills.  After the Googling and editorial browsing I want all of you who haven't been to Cali to see what were being deprived of, jealousy is supposed to be a bad trait, but can you blame me?    

Sidebar: I was so bored I found my vocabulary notebook from school and decided to have a word of the day from now on..

emaciated; unnaturally thin

My Fantasy Letter From The Editor

Fantasy Paris Streetstyle:
1970's It Girl Jane Birkin Breeds A New Generation of Brunette Beauties It Girl Alexa Chung Picks Up Where Birkin Left Off

Above is the front of my completed final project for my FIT Pre College Fabric Styling for Fashion class.  If you’re a frequent reader of my blog, you would know that for the past 3 weeks in my class I have been creating style boards inspired by my celeb choice Alexa Chung.  This board was supposed to be a mini mock up of a fashion photo shoot, and of course I focused my interest on and around the runway.  With Vogue magazine in mind, I was thinking of a perfect topic that Anna herself would love to touch on in her editor's letter.  Comparing a fashion icon from the 70's to a bright bold face representation of today's generation of fashion icons, Alexa Chung is one of the few fashionista's today that could be compared to Birkin.  Using the Flash section of Vogue as well, I continued the story line and had a "Vogue photographer" follow Chung around and document her style choices, and showcase her “favorite shows.”  In my attempt to leave only the best impression, I took the knowledge that I gained from the cover-to-cover reading of Vogue and the guidance of my professor to make my Paris Fashion Week fantasy's small enough to fit on top of my wardrobe.

All three of my finished Alexa Chung inspired celebrity style boards

Talk About Street Style

It may not be Paris, but my small suburban street will have to do

The 21st Century Was Started by Alexander McQueen

Amy's still on my mind so here's another video of one of my favorite songsEnjoy!My moms old swimsuit cover up is now my new vest, BDG tank, Silence and Noise jeans, Thrifted Aldo Nude Pumps, Ecote Bag"I want to be the purveyor of a certain silhouette or a way of cutting so that when I am dead and gone people will know that the 21st century was started by Alexander McQueen"

-Alexander McQueen

I could have crop the infant to the left out, but I thought the baby gives the picture a bit more characterThe awesome signs I found outside the museum which totally explains just a bit of what goes through my head on the regular

Usually my Sunday's go a little something like this..wake up-quietly lay in my bed-someone discovers I'm awake-I'm asked to do a task-I don't do it-BLOG-catch up on my Housewives of..-eventually get out the bed to eat & groom myself-BACK TO BLOGGING-sleep__________________________________________________

However, this Saturday was a big change of pace, waking up just early enough to run after my 12:04 train, I found myself walking out of Penn Station at a quarter to 1.  After having some difficulties finding my friend Baldwin, I eventually met up with her and began my journey to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to view the Alexander McQueen exhibit.  After 2 subways and loosing half my weight in perspiration, we arrived on 5thave, across the street from the MET.  

Having never been by the Met or even relatively close, passing central park and the pent house apartments parallel to the museum was an eye opening experience (I have still yet to visit central park, I’m sure by the end of the summer a new outfit post of my first visit will become quiet necessary).  After taking pictures next to the motorcycle (would you believe me if I told you it was mine?) we endured a two hour wait to see the exhibit, which was pretty fun, considering we got to look at the 2nd floor portraits and sculptures as we made our way around the maze like 2nd floor staying between the ropes in an attempt not to lose are placed or become labeled as “cutters.”

The wait went by fast; me and Baldwin talked and took pictures of some of the paintings and sculptures.  But nothing could compare to the beauty found inside the Alexander McQueen exhibit that seemed like a dream like fantasy.  The talent McQueen possessed went way past an eye for fashion and style, his eyes wandered beyond the runway.  Indulging his love for great craftsmanship-the most impeccable beading and embroidering is a result of his hard work and talent, each room brought us something not new but unfamiliar. 

Alexander McQueen once said, "The explosion of museum exhibitions is only a mirror image of what has happened to fashion itself this millennium. With the force of technology, instant images and global participation, fashion has developed from being a passion for a few to a fascination — and an entertainment — for everybody."  Aside from the few cheap jean, white t-shirt wearing guys who came up to me asking what I was online for and if it was to see some sort of dress, Alexander McQueen was right when he said fashion is for everybody.  He created his designs based on everybody, his muses varied from Sarah Jessica Parker to Isabella blow-two very different women, inspiring one unforgettable designer.

Asos Class of 2011

Spring/Summer 2011

Fall/Winter 2011

The Punk, Pierced, Pistol- RIP Amy Winehouse

"Amy Amy Amy

Your just to hard to ignore"

Today started out just as good as any other, which doesn’t say much, but let’s just say I was in a decent mood, until I received a call from my friend as she screamed into the phone notifying me that Amy Winehouse was found dead today.  That call shocked and sadden me, as a frequent feature on my blog, I have always expressed my love for the very talented Winehouse.  Ironic it is, just the night before I sung every word of her song Tears Dry on their Own while my friend’s stared at me wondering why I had just turned from the popular song playing on the radio to belt out the lyrics to such an old song.  As a big Amy Winehouse fan, I never went a day without listening to her Pandora station; to enjoy her soulfully painful tone, which made even the darkest stories seem a little less tragic and a lot more beautiful.  She has always battled with her demons, and tried to plead her case in each song she sung, her addiction eventually got the best of her.  But with her death one can only hope that this is an eye opener to many other talented musicians battling with similar issues. 

While listening to Amy Winehouse station on Pandora and watching her old performances on YouTube, I browse through some photographs that Amy clearly inspired.  Every designer has had a season in which they want a girl like Amy to fill their closets with that season’s collection.  She was highly recognized as Karl Lagerfeld’s muse.  The punk pierced pistol had a cool factor that no one could deny.  Not known as much a role model, but iconic in style, Amy has left a permanent mark on both the fashion and music industries.  Amy Winehouse's line with Fred Perry