One thing I know is that I love the 50s. In my mind it's the second greatest fashion era, only second to the 20s of course (who doesn't love a good flapper dress). To me this Gucci Pre-Fall collection is the best thing the label has produced in awhile. It may be 7 looks but the artistry that went into these looks is what Gucci needs to do. More feminine lines that just emphasize it's a high fashion label. My favorite look has got to be the first one. So simple, and so old school by today's standards, but oh so chic. Gimme more!
Now I am not a cat person by any means, but Choupette is one of the most adorable things I have ever seen. Just look at that kitty...how can you not fall in love with it. That is one pampered kitty too. What am I doing thinking about college, I need to find a way to become Choupette!
For the past couple of days I have seen a bunch of articles referencing a Ted Talk that Cameron Russell did. A little background knowledge for you: Russell is a Victoria Secret supermodel that has been modeling for the past 10 years, since she was 15. She has graced the covers of Vogue and walked the runway for Louis Vuitton, Prada, Versace and Marc Jacobs, to name a few.
Russell did this whole Ted Talk to give her own ideas on the power of image. As a model how you look is everything, it's the only thing that matters. Russell though didn't have a plan to go into modeling. So many girls today grow up and their goal is to be a model. Why? To appear pretty to the masses? to gain confidence? I just loved how real Russell was in this video. She's an intelligent woman that told it straight. She's a model, because she got lucky. She was born with the right genetic code, and took advantage of it and has been "cashing out"on it.
Russell takes the glamour out of the modeling industry a little and just talks about how she knows it's not right or fair, but it's the environment she lives in. Models are people like us, but we put them on a bit of a pedestal. We idolize how pretty and skinny they are, and we set them apart as separate than the average female. They're some kind of glamorized superwoman. I know that the modeling world isn't as glamorized at is appears, but sometimes even i forget it. These girls ( I say girls because many of them can't be classified as women yet), are more insecure than the rest of us because their life, their livelihood is looking nice. They have to compete against hundreds of other girls who are just as tall, just as pretty, have the same perfect leg to torso ratio. They live a superficial life and I honestly think that is worse than what the average woman endures with her looks. The average woman has to deal with maybe 100 people seeing her in a day and feeling insecure, models deal with millions. They are seen on a global scale.
There was a time I wanted to be a model. Looking back on it, I realize that it wasn't that I wanted to model. I wanted to do it so I could get that validation, so I could feel good about myself. That was all the below the surface motivators; what I told everyone was I wanted to model to be a part of the industry. I knew modeling wasn't the path for me, but anyway that got me closer, I would have taken.
Society as a whole is obsessed with how we look, and obsessed with this perceived lifestyle of fame and fortune. Models don't get paid a lot, and there is a very small percentage that will ever reach the national acclaim that Karlie Kloss, Jourdan Dunn, Iman, Tyra Banks, Miranda Kerr and others have. It's a game of luck, and the odds are not in your favor
I have to weigh lift in the mornings now, this is the time I used to take my outfit of the day pictures beforehand. To be honest though, I haven't been putting in much effort into how I dress. It's not much fun when you're scrambling to change in a locker room. You kind of forget about looking fashionable, and opt for just presentable.
It's December and 2012 is coming to a close. I think i'm going to miss this year, there was a bunch of firsts. I'll make a post and elaborate on those later. Got 28 more days to enjoy an awesome year!
look at skinny little freshman me. She didn't know how to high jump.
I think I've referenced this a lot through the course of this little blog, but never actually explained it. In simple terms, I high jump, and I love it. That's me up there, throwing my body over a bar...for fun...when I think about it that way i'm not sure why I like the sport so much. So yeah, this blog is all about fashion, but I thought I'd just insert a blurb about the other thing I love in life, good 'ole Track and Field.
I think I enjoy mocking the whole teenage-girl-duck-face-peace-sign look too much.
This was the only day of school I have to attend this week! YAY for being a senior, and YAY for parent teacher conferences. I will now be on an eight day break from school ( I think) since I will be in Boston from Sunday to Tuesday. Does anyone else love Boston as much as I do? The vibe is incredible. Benefits of recruiting time: missing school to explore colleges, and knowing at the end of the day I am going to pick the perfect school. Disadvantages: make up work.
Funny thing about this outfit was I got ready in about 20 minutes this morning. Today was the first morning lifting workouts we did, so I literally looked in my closet and just pulled out random things to change into afterwards. I thought I had a bit of sparkle overload, but I guess it was a hit.
Courtesy Google Images
Loafers have become my new little obsession. I just love flats, slippers, and loafers. I have become quite the little man repeller in my style lately. Maybe man repeller is the wrong word, I just like menswear, and I think women do menswear better. I would adore to have these Charlotte Olympia kitty flats, so if anyone has a spare $660 laying around.....don't hesitate to donate it...to me. Write it off as a tax deduction, I can be charity. :)
Today was a rough morning. You ever have those days, you wake up and you KNOW that it's going to be a rough one? I'm 17 and have no license, so I have to take the bus to school. Well I ran to the bus stop this morning, while it was all wet and rainy, in my bare feet holding my shoes. I was a bit of a hot mess. Then during distribution of the newspaper at school, all these little underclassmen are making out, doing stupid things, and clogging the hallways not moving out of the way. I swear I wasn't that annoying when I was younger.
Tonight's senior night, and the final football game I might go to as a high school student!! We made it to the playoffs (which starts next week) but i'll be on a college visit that weekend, so can't go :( Our school has really come together over the past few years to support members in our community with breast cancer. We've done pink-outs for basketball games for the past 2 years. Tonight's the first one for a football game (at least I think it is). On a complete side note, I own almost nothing pink....I find that really strange.
I find it so interesting how life works. One day your healthy, and the next, you could have cancer. I really wonder how all these diseases, all these deaths play into God's plan.
That's enough deep talk for an outfit of the day post, have a good weekend everyone :)
On Saturday a group of friends and I went down to the city. Nothing wonderful happened, nothing extraordinary occurred on this day, but it was just one of those days, where everything falls into place. It was one of those days where you just have to thank God for everything in your life. Nothing special happened on Saturday, it was really just another ordinary day with my best friends. I just came home feeling grateful and thankful that I got to make these friends while in high school, that I get to live in such close proximity to one of the best cities in the world, that I get the opportunity to have such fun times with the people I care about. I complain about how messed up the United States are sometimes, and how some many different branches and organizations need to be reformed. At the end of the day though, the opportunities we get to have in this country, the freedom we receive, you can't get that in many other places. Everyday I just say thank you to God, there are kids without food in this world, without clean water, millions of people will never leave the villages they were born on. Yet, I get to spend $7 on Starbucks coffee, I get to buy $3 overpriced water when I get thirsty, I get the chance to jump on a train and go to one of the biggest cities in the world in a heartbeat. I will never understand how society allowed such extreme juxtaposition.
Homecoming was two weeks ago, and I didn't post anything about it other than our spirit week outfits. If you haven't noticed yet, I am extremely forgetful. I keep forgetting to blog on here daily, tumblr is easy, I have an app for that, this one takes a little more effort. I was debating if I even wanted to go to the Homecoming dance this year, but am so happy I did, it was the best one yet. I personally am not big on having a date when I go to Homecoming, I think this dance is one of the few that's a little more fun when you're single. You have the freedom to dance with whomever you want, without feeling like you're ditching your date. Plus, I'm not big on how people "grind" around here. They do this ridiculous hip sway, it's just a lazy dance style. I would not be able to sit down and just grind for 3 hours, it'd be excruciatingly boring. The only downside to not having a date though, are those awkward 4 minutes during a slow song. In my school though half the couples were grinding during the slow songs, so hey I was not missing out!
It's FRIDAY! If you don't love Friday, and the fact that the weekend is upon us, then you need to reevaluate your life. This has been a week I am glad has finally ended, I just can't wait till college, and not seeing some peoples faces everyday. Just looking forward to relaxing in the city tomorrow with some of my favorite people. It's going to be a fun weekend.
It's been awhile, SORRY! It's homecoming week at my school and the teachers always bombard us with a bunch of homework this week, so we aren't too distracted, plus so we aren't taking pictures all class hour. So being a senior ( SENIORS 13 WOOHOO) we get to have our own spirit days in contrast to what the school does. Now there was some drama concerning that. We were basically told if we did our own spirit days this week we would not be able to go to the Homecoming Dance. Long story short we rebelled, got a local newspaper involved, and ended up on the front page of it the next day, and were spoken about on the radio...So here's a little glimpse of what my week has consisted of.
Monday: CEOs and Office Hoes.
Now I am no Hoe, I don't think I even know how to dress trashy (my motto in life is: Always classy, never trashy) so I went with a different approach. I dressed like the hot female boss that all the male employs can't help but eye, sexy, sophisticated not trashy.
Tuesday: 80s Workout
This photo is courtesy of the Huntley Voice...gosh I love this picture
Wednesday: Superhero
I was really sick the day before this, I had no time to plan and execute a nice outfit. I just dressed up really nice to hide from the fact I couldn't participate. I however don't have a picture of that outfit, I came home and just cracked down on all my homework, I should have taken a blow-off senior year.
Thursday: Huntley Hoedown
Girls take the HOE in hoedown to a new level on this day; they forgot the motto: Always classy, never trashy.
Friday: Senior Blackout
Every grade has a class color the freshman wear gray, the sophomores wear white, the juniors wear red, and the SENIORSSS wear black. A bunch of the seniors coordinated together to make senior shirts, but I don't know, I just wasn't feeling it. I wore black, but I kinda did my own thing.
I'm about to leave for tailgating and then the homecoming football game in a couple of hours (or minutes). I get to do interviews and be Oprah again like I was in the other post I made.
Courtesy of Huntley Voice
We have a state recognized student section (if you can count a Comcast poll as state recognized) and while I came to the football game last night as a fan with friends, an opportunity presented itself. One of my Editors, from the school newspaper, asked if I wanted to do some fan interviews about "Raider Nation" and the upcoming homecoming week, naturally I said yes, why not. Guys, I now know why Oprah loves the job she does, video interviews are fun (and I'm guessing Oprah doesn't hate the couple billion she makes). The combination of interviewing everyone with the fact we rushed the field at the end of the night, made it a day I will never forget. There are moments in life where you just feel infinite, like the stars are aligned and for a few moments, or minutes everything seems, perfect. Last night was one.
The theme of the game was costumes, if anyone was wondering what was up with some of the outfits.
Us rushing the football field! It was such an interesting experience I had to add "rush a football field" to my bucket list just so I could cross it off. Yeah, i'm sentimental like that.
New York Fashion Week is slowly coming to a close. Two collections left and
it's over. I got dressed this morning, on the last full day of runway shows,
and wanted to honor the day in a bittersweet way. The outfit is fun, but not
too fun. It's mature, but not too mature. I have a lot of fun dressing into
more business like attire. One day I will probably be working in the business
world, whether it is through my plans of fashion, or in a corporate setting.
The way I see it, this is just practice for who I am to become one day. I
believe that we must dress, and act like the person we want to be, we shouldn’t
lose our true identity, but transform and mold it.
