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Friday, May 2, 2008

No sweatpants for me please.

So I decided to give the blog a little spring makeover. It's cheerier now and I figured it was time for a slight change. Obviously I suck at updating, but hey school keeps me busy. Speaking of school I decide I will be attending Pace University in Westchester, NY. I'm pretty excited and can't wait to start the next chapter in my life. I'll be majoring in marketing and since the school doesn't offer any fashion classes, I'll most likely take some classes at FIT in the summer. Speaking of college, the other day my friend made an observation that I never wear sweatpants. I replied with I wear them for gym. She then said what are you going to do in college next year when everyone is in sweats and your the only one dressed up. That started to get me thinking. Does everyone really wear only sweats in college or is that just a rumor? It's not like I think sweatpants are gross or anything, I just think they should be worn to either work out or lounge around the house. When I walk out of the house I want look put together and sweatpants just don't give me that feel. Actually I am guilty of wearing sweatpants twice this whole school year besides for gym, one time I was sick and had 3 tests so I just wanted to be comfy and the other time was on the way to senior trip in Washington D.C., but I changed into jeans at the rest stop. Here are some looks I would rock in college, which are still cute and comfy.

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Thursday, April 24, 2008

I'll be left alone forever with my magazines...

While most of the hype was about Gossip Girl this week, another one of my favorite TV shows comes back on tonight. That show would be Ugly Betty and I can't wait to see what happens. Since the show revolves around a magazine company, I figured I'd pick out some of my favorite magazines and show some things that I love about them.

Magazines are one thing that almost everybody enjoys, and you can pretty much find a magazine for almost anything. I read mainly fashion related magazines, but I believe my house subscribes to at least 30 magazines (hey most of them are free). From traveling and food to clothes and cars, we pretty much get a bit of everything. Sometimes I'll browse though a few here and there, but I mainly pick up these 4 magazines.

My favorite magazine would have to be Teen Vogue. They are always on point with trends and show easy ways to wear them. Unlike most magazines who only show expensive clothing, Teen Vogue offers a variety of selections, most of which one can just pick up in the mall. Their articles are well written, and focus on issues ranging from global warming to anorexia. The covergirl is always a positive role model in which people can look up to and in general the magazine has never disappointed me. I actually have every issue saved from October 2003 till now and it's always a great refresher to look back at them.

Another magazine I love to read is Lucky. It shows the best of everything from clothes and accessories to make-up and traveling. The magazine is always laid out well and keeps the reader interested. It also doesn't hurt that every month they have amazing contests and awesome discounts for online retailers.

With huge pages, W magazine is not only great for details, but also decorating walls. They always have unique fashion spreads and show the best of high end designers. I admit I don't always take time to read all the articles, because I'm usually more interested in their pictures.

I just started reading Nylon this year (free subscription from UO) and I really enjoy it. The magazine is slightly edgier than what I usually read and mixes looks from the runway with street style. Every issue features people and places from a different part of the world and they also have a great feature where they go behind the scenes at a factory (this month's was havaianas). This has easily become one of my new favorites.

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Inspiration from Art

Senior Trip was amazing, and something I'll always have a memory of. Because I was so busy I didn't take too many pics, except on the last day. We had around 3 hours to roam around D.C. and the first thing I did, along with 2 friends, was go to the Art Museum. Consisting of two buildings connected by an underground tunnel, one building contains artwork from past centuries, while the other contains more contemporary art. The insides of the buildings were so gorgeous and peaceful, I really just wanted to stay there forever. There were so many gorgeous pieces there that we didn't have time to see them all, but what we did look at seemed to be some of the best pieces they have. When I was looking at a few pieces, I totally saw how they can transcend into the fashion industry today. Here are pictures I took of some of my favorite pieces and you can translate them yourself into whatever you want them to be. Sadly I don't know the names or artists of the artwork because I didn't have anything to write them down with.

This piece had to be one of my absolute favorites, I don't know why, but I love it.

And of course an Andy Warhol:

After that we went to the Indoor Botanical Gardens, and here's a few pics from that.

Is that A for Alexa? And how gorgeous are those 3 flowers?

Yea, it was a lovely day (inside), but what you don't see is the dreary weather outside.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Senior Trip

Tomorrow, er four in the morning to be exact, I go on my senior trip with my school. It's the last real school event I'm going to (besides graduation), as I will not be going to prom. I'm so excited and the weather is gonna be warm, hopefully. Most people are all ugh why do we need to do something educational?, but I actually enjoy Washington D.C. I've only been there once, but found it interesting and I'm glad to go back. We will also be going to Busch Gardens, so there's the fun factor. I'll be back on Monday, hopefully with tales and pictures from the trip. (btw, I got an 80 in AP Environmental this quarter, woohoo)

Friday, March 28, 2008

Spring Style: Get Printed

Just when I thought it was gonna start getting warm outside, its still super cold. I really need to move to a warm climate. AP Environmental is killing me and I have no idea what I'm doing. My teachers a psycho,the whole class is pretty much failing, but thank god the year will be over soon. That's actually kinda scary though, Senior Trip is in exactly 2 weeks (Washington D.C. and Busch Gardens) and then Graduation will be here before I know it. It's really quite scary just how fast life moves.And not just my life, but the people around me, the news, the fashion industry. It just seems everyone is just up and onto the next thing and I wonder if in the years ahead I'll just have any time to relax at all. I think I'm going to make a promise top myself to try and keep my life as stress free as possible from June through August and just go with the flow and see what happens.

One thing that is not relaxed is the prints that are in for spring. From global prints, classic floral, and everything in between, an awesome print can give your outfit a standout look. Don't go too overboard on the prints though, choose one key piece and keep the rest of your outfit simple. A top, skirt , or dress seems to work great.

Global:

http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=1133828

Floral:

http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=1141940

Shapely Patterns:

http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=1154683

Gingham:

http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=1161563

Sunday, March 23, 2008

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Runway the Cheap Way

In lieu of the first day of spring (even if it is cold out), I've decided to take a look back at the Spring 2008 ready to wear collections. While many of them are now working their ways into stores, not everyone can afford to own these looks (I know I certainly can't). Having nothing else to do today, I've looked through pages and pages of Style.com(yes I looked at all 8716 looks) and picked out some of my favorite looks for the Spring season in order to recreate them at more affordable prices and into more casual looks. Here's what I've come up with and I hope you enjoy.You can click the link following each look to find out where to get the clothes from.

Inspiration: Chanel - Look: Americana