On again, Off again

The Party Faithful

off duty

11.06.10 @ Pianos NYC

The Party Faithful

on duty

11.06.10 @ Pianos NYC

tough life...oui.

partying like rockstars

merci beaucoup:

Pianos, for the lovely show...(a cute soundguy helps too).

Grace Kim, for your deft hand (and wrist).

the Party Faithful, for the good times.

erase that car

2013

ponte vedra

love music love

if the shows haven't been up to par this season (save for Marc Jacobs and Chris Benz), the music has been quite inspirational and moving.

maybe it's helped that i happened to stand in front of the speaker at 3.1's mens and womens shows...here are a few favorites over the course of fashion week, Fall 2010:

Peter Pan R.I.P - Kula Shaker

Chord - Donovan

Lovely Allen - Holy F*ck

maddied.

jannie & carrie wedding

july 3, 2010

the perfect couple.

and the perfect clients, for my first foray into...gay community dressmaking?

pictures courtesy of elaine kuo

oh hey there, stud.

that boyish charm...

burberry prorsum

spring 2011

but.of.course.

a.mazing.

"When I wake up in the morning, I feel just like any other insecure 24-year-old girl," she says. "Then I say, 'Bitch, you're Lady Gaga, you get up and walk the walk today.' "

word.

the fashion intellectual

oh, you sexy beasts

burberry prorsum. 

menswear, spring 2011.

I'm really inspired by fashion websites that feature a more serious slant on fashion and the craziness of the industry. Almost by default, fashion lends itself to a gossipy sort of tone, and has cultivated its own dialect and environment where you really are 'in' one moment, 'out' the next.  Looking at fashion-centric reality shows such as Project Runway and the City, it's easy to brush Fashion off as a vain and frivolous industry to concern oneself with, and frankly I think I would do the same if I weren't able to appreciate both the ins and outs of it all.

As in any industry, Fashion deserves its moment of credibility where underneath it all it's run by those devout fashionistas who wake up everyday considering what they will wear, or at least what they wish people would wear, doused with the creativity and intention of any individual passionate about how they live and what they do for a living.  Even for those not working in fashion perse, but are fashionistas nonetheless, what they clothe themselves in has everything to do with how they make their daily choices and how they choose to present themselves. They care and infuse their decisions with innate style.

One of my favorite websites as of late, that takes this industry quite seriously, is Business of Fashion.

They report on topics such as how to start your own label, what's going on in the world of fashion relative to mergers, designers, insights,  and features interviews and streams runway shows in a way that naturally challenges the notion that fashion is frivolous. Alongside the New York Times' Cathy Horyn and Women's Wear Daily, this website is like the Wall Street Journal of Fashion, sans fashionista-speak.

Featured recently is a live stream of Burberry Prorsum menswear show, Spring 2011.  

Let me tell you, it's amazing. Didn't think I would appreciate such menswear, but honestly, if I saw a man walking down the street dressed in Christopher Bailey love, I would say hi....and maybe then some.

And it's not just the clothes. Christopher Bailey is a pioneer in featuring upcoming musicians at the scene of the runway, thus promoting new music as well as his own fashion, in a technological format that is reachable to everyone. This collaboration of fashion-music-film truly comes to fruition and even made someone like me enjoy, and almost covet, menswear.

Who said being serious couldn't be fun?