WORKING IN NEW YORK

It will soon be one month since arriving to New York, this past month was my time to get more acquainted with the area, and the transportation system (I’m finally getting the hang of it, thank you very much). I moved into my new place in the city, hooray to 30 more minutes of sleep in the morning. I’ve met some amazing people both at work and out through friends…

Being in New York provides you stimuli, people describe them differently:

• “it pushes you to work harder”
• “people work hard, and play harder …”
• “everyone is going somewhere, doing something, or they have somewhere to be”
• “it’s NYC, this is the best city to be in, look around”
• “ENERGY, life…”
• …

I agree with the above, but at the same time the city can drain one out. I feel like my days are shorter and during my weekends, the days I CHERISH, I’m kinda sorta pooped from the week that I have not yet explored the city! My to do list just keeps getting longer and longer … My October will definitely be dedicated to being more of a tourist. Let me know if there are any MUST SEE places, I would really appreciate it, thanks.

Fendi Spring 2010 Ready-to-Wear

Oh Karl, you’ve done it again…

Feminine, puffy with that parisian influence. These two looks were my favorite, especially the one on the right!

New York Fashion Week Closes

Although New York Fashion Week has come to an end, I’m excited for the shows in London, Milan and Paris. Like I said, September is THE most exciting time of the year in fashion.

Monday night was the IFB: Independent Fashion Blogger Soirée, and the turnout was GREAT. There was a panel discussion discussing the democratization of fashion by bloggers, followed by a discussion on social media. Times are changing people! It was truly inspiring to be surrounded by like-minded fashionable people, bloggers and fashion enthusiasts..!

Thanks Nubia

While we wait for more shows from London, Paris, and Milan… Some favorites of mine from New York:

Doo.ri never fails me

Phi had a great color story, with powerful pieces

Milly had adorable headpieces and jewelry to compliment the collection

StyleCaster: the future of fashion

Remember when I introduced StyleCaster early last week!

Here’s my VIP invite for Stylecaster.com.

Just think facebook + style.com + shopbop!!

Let me know what you think of the site…

Social Alchemy Club’s {PRE} Fashion Show Recap!

This event was well worth my journey; I got lost getting there, it literally took me 45 minutes to go 10 blocks, from my office to Mulberry Street! Also, if you’re wondering about the image on the left, I took the image from inside the showroom. A big boo boo was relying on my iphone for photographs, as shown in the quality of some of the images.

The venue was adorable, clean and definitely a great pick to host a fashion event. I couldn’t go to the after party at Delicatessen because this girl has work early early in the morning tomorrow. Nonetheless, I met some amazing designers who have amazing work…

I met with Alison Hessert, designer of Mixology NYC. Her jewelry collection is made locally in NYC and I loved her feather statement necklaces. Her inspiration comes from her childhood days and the vintage collection completely caught my eye.

The Magnes Sisters have a bag line (shown above) that also caught my eye! They were all so sweet, and silly, Yael and I posing with one of their clutch designs. And this is so like me to ruin the picture by covering the bag entirely with my hand! FYI: It’s the same bag Yael is holding, except in orange. We had A LOT to talk about because she loves bloggers, “ahem, thank you very much.”

The fashion show began around 7:30 ish: designer Jenny Hwa for Loyale and designer Brookelynn Starnes for Cloak & Dagger

Did you attend? What did or do you think? …

Social Alchemy Club’s {PRE} Fashion Show

{PRE} is being held on September 9th, the day before fashion week, and is a retail showcase, fashion show and after party for up and coming designers.  Designers will include Caycee Black, Loyale, Cloak + Dagger and others who have been featured in Elle, Vogue, Gossip Girl, and Lucky.

Here for more information…

I’ll do a show and tell about the event later this week!

Create Your Own Content With StyleCaster

Currently, more and more people, individuals are taking control of what they read and how information is portrayed to others. In that, individuals collaboratively produce content that goes online … companies who recognize the importance of two-way communication; jointly producing information with their customers are more likely to grow in our coming times … one example: Stylecaster

Any thoughts? What do you think?

Fashion’s Night Out: JOO’s Picks

Finally have somewhat of a finished itinerary for Fashion’s Night Out! My top picks! It’s cr-A-zy, there are so many events going on! There’s even a block party hosted by TEEN VOGUE in Downtown NYC around the Bleecker Street area, starting at 7 PM.

Even though I work this day, and probably get off at 7 or 7:30 … I’mma suck it up because this is the FIRST Fashion’s Night Out, duh!

Follow my tweets for updates, here …

FYI: If you didn’t get to watch the Anna Wintour appearance on David Letterman, she’ll be starting her FNO in Queens …

BERGDORF GOODMAN
754 Fifth Avenue (at Fifty-eighth Street)
New York, NY 10019
(212) 753-7300
www.bergdorfgoodman.com

ZAC POSEN PAINTS ONE-OF-A-KIND CREATIONS IN THE FIFTH AVENUE WINDOWS. AVAILABLE FOR SALE. 5:30–6:30 P.M. PADMA LAKSHMI, BRAVO’S TOP CHEF, JUDGES A DESIGNER COOK-OFF WITH PETER SOM, CYNTHIA ROWLEY, AND OTHERS. 6:00–7:00 P.M. DESIGNERS ASHLEY OLSEN AND MARY-KATE OLSEN GUEST BARTEND AT 7:00PM. FIFTH AVENUE WINDOWS SHOWCASE AN EXHIBITION OF PHOTOGRAPHS FROM EXTREME BEAUTY IN VOGUE, A COLLECTION OF VOGUE’S MOST PROVOCATIVE BEAUTY IMAGES CURATED BY PHYLLIS POSNICK WITH AN APPEARANCE BY DR. PAT WEXLER. ANDRÉ LEON TALLEY HOSTS THE NEW GAME FASHION RULES, WITH TEAMS LED BY DONNA KARAN, LINDA FARGO, AND ROBERT VERDI. 8:00–9:00 P.M. ALEXANDER WANG PRESENTS HIS T-SHIRTS BENEFITING THE SEPTEMBER 11 MEMORIAL. ROOPAL PATEL AND TROY SURRATT PRESENT THE ROOPAL PATEL PALETTE FROM LE MÉTIER DE BEAUTÉ. A CONVERSATION WITH ISAAC MIZRAHI AND TUNES BY THE BEN WALTZER TRIO. 9:00 P.M. DESIGNERS WILL SIGN FASHION’S NIGHT OUT T-SHIRTS BENEFITING THE SEPTEMBER 11 MEMORIAL. MUSIC BY D.J.S ANDREW ANDREW, JOHNNY DYNELL, AND JON JON BATTLE. There are many more designers making appearances at Bergdorf, such as YEOHLEE that are not listed on the site.

ADAM LIPPES
678 Hudson Street (at Thirteenth Street)
New York, NY 10011
(212) 229-2838
www.shopadam.com

ADAM WILL BE OPENING THEIR DOORS FOR FASHION’S NIGHT OUT AND STAYING OPEN UNTIL 1:00 AM. MUSIC PROVIDED BY RENOWNED DJ, DJ PHRESH. ADAM HAS PARTNERED WITH HAVAIANAS AND WILL BE OFFERING GUESTS AND SHOPPERS PERSONALIZED AND CUSTOM MADE ADAM T SHIRTS AND FLIP FLOPS. SHOPPERS CAN STAMP THEIR NAME OR ANY OTHER DESIGNED ART AVAILABLE AT THE STORE ON ANY PURCHASED T-SHIRT.  FLIP FLOPS WILL BE CUSTOMIZED BY SPECIALISTS AT THE ADAM STORE AND SHOPPERS CAN CHOOSE STRAPS, COLOR COMBINATIONS AND ANY OTHER DETAILS ON THE SPOT. COCKTAILS WILL BE SERVED.ALL PROCEEDS FROM THE SALES OF THE HAVAIANAS WILL BE DONATED TO THE 9/11 CHARITY FUND.

CHANEL
15 East Fifty-seventh Street (between Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue)
New York, NY 10022
(212) 355-5050
www.chanel.com

CUSTOM-CREATE YOUR VERY OWN CHANEL CLASSIC BAG. SEASON AFTER SEASON, KARL LAGERFELD REINTERPRETS COCO CHANEL’S ICONIC “2.55” HANDBAG. . . AND NOW IT’S YOUR TURN TO CREATE A MODERN CLASSIC! FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, CHANEL IS PLEASED TO PRESENT A CUSTOMIZED HANDBAG STUDIO, IN CELEBRATION OF FASHION’S NIGHT OUT. ENJOY SIPPING ON CHAMPAGNE WHILE COLLABORATING WITH OUR SPECIALISTS TO DESIGN YOUR PERSONALIZED BAG. CHOOSE YOUR FAVORITE LAMBSKIN COLOR, LINING, HARDWARE, AND CHAIN—AND BE AMONG THE FIRST IN THE UNITED STATES TO OWN A CUSTOMIZED, MONOGRAMMED CHANEL CLASSIC BAG. MEET CHANEL CELEBRITY MAKEUP ARTIST ANGELA LEVIN. JENNIFER ANISTON, NICOLE KIDMAN, AND BLAKE LIVELY RELY ON CHANEL CELEBRITY MAKEUP ARTIST ANGELA LEVIN TO MAKE THEM FEEL RED-CARPET READY. GET YOUR OWN A-LIST MAKEUP LOOK FROM ANGELA AND DISCOVER THE LUSH SHADES OF THE CHANEL FALL 2009 MAKEUP COLLECTION, INSPIRED BY COCO CHANEL’S FASCINATION WITH THE ROMANCE AND DRAMA OF VENICE. Just in case you missed it “CUSTOM-CREATE YOUR OWN CHANEL BAG”

BARNEYS NEW YORK
660 Madison Avenue (between Sixtieth Street and Sixty-first Street)
New York, NY 10065
(212) 826-8900
www.barneys.com

BARNEYS NEW YORK AT MADISON AND SIXTY-FIRST WILL BE TRANSFORMED INTO A STREET FAIR OF DESIGNER PERSONAL APPEARANCES AND CREATIVE EVENTS. CUSTOMERS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOP AND MINGLE WITH ISABEL TOLEDO, MARCUS AND DAVID FROM RAG & BONE, NARCISO RODRIGUEZ, AMANDA BROOKS, WARIS, THOM BROWNE, JONATHAN ADLER, LISA PERRY, ALEXANDER WANG, THE ROW’S MARY-KATE AND ASHLEY OLSEN, AND MANY MORE. IN ADDITION TO THE PERSONAL APPEARANCES, BARNEYS WILL STAGE A ROSTER OF HAPPENINGS. WOOL AND THE GANG WILL TEACH KNITTING; LIPSTICK QUEEN POPPY KING WILL OFFER “LIP READINGS”; VOGUE EDITOR TONNE GOODMAN WILL CURATE A FASHION GREEN MARKET; GIANLUCA ISAIA WILL OFFER NEAPOLITAN DELICACIES; ADAM KIMMEL WILL SHOW A GERARD MALANGA VIDEO INSTALLATION; LOOMSTATE WILL CUSTOMIZE T-SHIRTS; LEONID KHANKIN WILL HOST AN ERNST BENZ WATCH TRUNK SHOW; ALABAMA CHANIN WILL HOST A SEWING CIRCLE; JUAN CARLOS OBANDO WILL GIVE SALSA LESSONS. AND THERE’S MORE. . . . COMPLETE SCHEDULE AT BARNEYS.COM. TASTE LUXURY HUMOR

OPENING CEREMONY
35 Howard Street (at Crosby Street)
New York, NY 10013
(212) 219-2688
www.openingceremony.us

FOR FASHION’S NIGHT OUT 2009, OPENING CEREMONY WILL HOST A FESTIVE BLOCK PARTY FEATURING FOOD, MUSIC, AND SPECIAL EDITION MERCHANDISE. GATHERING INSPIRATION FROM NEARBY OPEN AIR VENDORS ON CANAL STREET, OPENING CEREMONY WILL TRANSFORM ITS HOWARD ST. STORE FRONT INTO A FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SIDEWALK SHOP. DESIGNERS AND FRIENDS OF THE STORE WILL PARTICIPATE, INCLUDING JACK MCCOLLOUGH AND LAZARO HERNANDEZ OF PROENZA SCHOULER, KATE AND LAURA MULLEAVY OF RODARTE, DELFINA DELETTREZ FENDI, ALEXANDER WANG AND SCOTT STERNBERG OF BOY/BAND OF OUTSIDERS. EACH DESIGNER WILL OFFER GOODS MADE EXCLUSIVELY FOR FASHION’S NIGHT OUT, SOLD OUT OF THE BACK OF CUSTOM CARS TAILORED TO EACH DESIGNER’S AESTHETIC. A CLASSIC CONVERTIBLE LOW-RIDER (RODARTE), A BLACK VAN (ALEXANDER WANG), AND AN ICONIC VW MINIBUS (PROENZA SCHOULER) WILL BE AMONG THE VEHICLES FEATURED. IN ADDITION, SHOPPERS WILL ENJOY DJ SETS BY O.C. FRIENDS AS WELL AS FOOD AND REFRESHMENTS FROM NEIGHBORHOOD VENDORS

MIU MIU
11 East Fifty-seventh Street (between Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue)
New York, NY 10022
(212) 249-9701
www.miumiu.com

ALEXA CHUNG WILL DJ THE EVENING. Enough said!

Recap: Fashion’s Night Out

Oooh, I can’t WAIT!

This is going to be A-mazing, and CROWDED for sure!

New York Fashion Week: Czech Benefashion Show

Fashion Week is mere days away and I’ll be covering some shows! One of the shows will a NEW COLLECTIONS PRESENTED AT THE BENEFASHION SHOW 09. I’ve decided to attend their event because this event supports disadvantaged young adults. Although fashion week has its glitz, glamour, parties, fabulous people, let’s be real here … at the end of the day it’s important to encourage helping others in the process right? Right!

A fashion show will be held that will do more than showcase the latest trends and newest fashions. The Czech Center New York in cooperation with Beauty of Help – Tatana Kucharova Foundation is presenting the second Czech Benefashion show in NYC on Saturday, September 12 at the Czech Center New York starting at 8:00 pm.Interested?? Tickets for the evening range from $75 – $300. For more information or to register contact the Czech Center New York at 1-646-422-3399 or info@czechcenter.com.

Proceeds from the event will benefit the Beauty of Help – Tatana Kucharova Foundation. The foundation, whose patroness is Tatana Kucharova who was crowned the title of Miss World 2006, supports projects which effectively help and solve the specific problems of disadvantaged individuals or groups. Benefashion 09 will support their Halfway Houses fund, which supports young people who are living in shelter houses because they were forced to leave children’s homes or foster care after reaching adulthood.

• The show will present a unique collection by world-renowned Czech designer Libena Rochova. The collection “HOMAGE TO GLASS” is a blending of clothes and glass jewelry.

“To create glass jewellery was another challenge for me and also a dream come true. I already have experience with glass costume jewellery, but I was attracted by something different, by the creation of larger jewellery objects. It’s so exciting to see my visions are becoming a reality. The collection will be an interlink of clothes and jewellery,” says Libena Rochova.

• Students of the Fashion and Footwear Design Studio of the Academy of Arts Architecture and Design Prague will present “THE REFLECTION OF TRADITION/FUSION OF PAST AND FUTURE.” Both of these collections were created especially for the New York City showcase.

I’ll have my full report after the event, and don’t be surprised to find an interview with Libena Rochova or Tatana Kucharova from the foundation! If you have any questions for them lemme know?! here or here …