Denim Newly Assembled Outfit

So, if you follow me on Twitter, you'll know I'm on Lookbook now. Now, I can be a fucking hipster and post all of my memorable outfits. Hopefully I'll even make it on the website! LOL. But then again, I don't think my outfits are all "too" hipster.

Camera: Canon XSI
Studded Bracelet: (believe it or not) Miley Cyrus for Max Azria @ [people of] Walmart. LOL
Faux Leather Bow Bracelet: Forever 21
Denim Corselet: designed and made by yours truly
Black Peasant dress tunic: designed and made by yours truly
Denim Bow Headband: designed and made by yours truly
Will Oh Thigh High 5" boots: Diba

February @ a Glance

Sorry for all my lack of blogposts. I seriously went from 7 a week to zilch in a matter of days.  In between the 5th of February (my last blogpost) and now, Lee died (RIP McQueen). He was one of my "up there" designers. Loved him so much.

But, I've just been bombarded with a schedule with no free time although, I have had time to squeeze in reading time on bloglovin.'

I've been busy with school and an impromptu fashion show (makeup, styling and designs by who other than: ME!):

 

  

  

 

An internship with an amazing designer doing makeup, styling, design help and photoshoots with him for the Fall/Winter 2010 collection (Gregory Parkinson who is featured in this month's Vogue with this dress on the one and only, Chanel Iman!):

And when I'm not being kept busy by the two up there, I got work to deal with and the new launches! woohoo MAC!:

So there's an update on what I've been doing. Now, I must complete the list of amilionfuckingthingstodo. Hopefully I'll be able to post more soon.

Appearance Fees for a Fashion Show...Really?

 

How much do you think designers pay for celebs to come to their show? Don't know? Well Fashionista listed the "appearance fees" for celebs and what they charge to come to a show... WTF? really? I'd go for free to any show! But then again, who am I?

A-List
Rihanna ($100,000 or more)
Beyonce ($80,000-$100,000)
Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen ($80,000 each)
Julianne Moore ($60,000)
Maggie Gyllanhal ($60,000)
Chloe Sevigny ($60,000 or more)
Jennifer Lopez (circa 2005: $80,000; circa 2010: $30,000)
Lindsay Lohan (circa 2006: $60,000; circa 2010; UNINVITED)
Colin Firth (pre-A Single Man: $5,000; post-A Single Man: $15,000)

B-List
Blake Lively ($50,000)
Leighton Meester ($40,000)
Hillary Duff ($40,000)
Other Gossip Girl cast members ($25,000 a piece)
Jared Leto ($25,000)
Cliven Owen ($10,000)
Kristen Bell (unpaid, but airfare, makeup and clothing are taken care of)

C-List
Kim Kardashian ($35,000-$50,000)
Amanda Bynes ($25,000-$30,000)
Eliza Dushku (unpaid, but airfare, makeup and clothing are taken care of)

D-List
Paris Hilton (free or UNINVITED)
Jersey Shore cast (UNINVITED)
America’s Next Top Model Winners (free)

Befuddled by Patrick Mohr

There have been so many fashion shows that I need to catch up on in my limited amount of time. Most of the popular ones have already been covered and noted by most blogs but one that stuck out to me in particular [via What's Wrong With the Zoo] was Patrick Mohr's fashion show for Fall/Winter 2010. His show was very avante garde and stuck out to me like a sore thumb.

Berlin Fashion Week: Patrick Mohr Winter 2010 from LesMads on Vimeo.

 

 

I'm not sure how I feel about the line but I can tell you when I first saw it, I immediately was reminded of "Derelicte" from the movie Zoolander and interpreted avante garde characters of McDonald's (Ronald McDonald and the Hamburglar) with Bruno Gehard narrating in the background.

 

 

Looking at the pictures of the show initially, my eyebrow was raised for a good 5 minutes. Looking into the inspiration of Patrick Mohr, I guess I get it. Taken from the Mercedez Benz - Fashion Week website, Patrick Mohr's inspiration is noted:

"The autumn/winter collection 2010/2011 of Patrick Mohr concentrates furthermore upon the message Unisex. The differences between man and woman are not important to the designer – men and women form for him more than one unity.

The materials in this year autumn winter collection 2010/2011 are linen, jersey and jeans. A majority of the collection is dedicated to the concept of layering: the pieces can be worn arbitrarily with one another and one above the other.

Besides white and black the colours blue, yellow and red take a key role this time. Central components of the brand patrick mohr are the geometrical forms of the triangle and quadrangle as well as the parallelogramme which are expressed in the design till detail. In most models the symbols are to be discovered as a print or cut. Besides graphic forms the patrick mohr collection is marked by extravagance and individuality."

Ohhhh.. Wearable art? The makeup and unorthodox model sizes threw me off. I guess I can see these pieces separate and paired with something other than what they're styled with in the fashion show. To me the show's goal of being a-sexual just looked sexually frustrating. LOL.

Fashion Show Pictures

So, the fashion show finally happened. Did a couple tweaks to the outfits and for a college fashions show, I guess it was okay. A lot better than expected but I pretty much styled most of the 90's portion. You can find pictures of the show here.

Some of my favorites from the other portions of the fashion show were the denim reconstruction part:

Fashion Show for Black History Month

Sorry for the lack of posts!

I've been busy with school and working towards getting good at my craft! Buuut, I'll let you guys in on one of the things I've been working on. At school, we are doing a Fashion Show for Black History Month and I have chosen to work with the decade: 1990's. I tried to follow these inspirations as close as possible and curate styles worn in the 90s.

My inspirations for these looks so far have been: