Good Luck Gregory!

So back in May, I had the opportunity to work with my internship with Gregory Parkinson again to do the makeup for his Resort collection. Catching up, he told me he applied for the CFDA (Council of Fashion Designers of America) Fashion Fund. Applying for something like this can mean big things for a designer (publicity, financial support and even mentorship for upcoming designers). Gregory is definitely not new to fashion designing but he is a smaller label and winning this could mean expansion! He's such a talented designer and I learned a lot from him while I interned for him.

Well today, the CFDA announced the finalists and turns out, he's a finalist! Good luck Gregory!

Gregory Parkinson Fall/Winter 2010

If you guys follow me on twitter, you'll know that I was a design intern for Gregory Parkinson who has been featured on Vogue in the March 2010 issue with his amazing dress featured on the amazing Chanel Iman:

Towards the end of my internship, I was asked to help in his Fall/Winter 2010 photo shoot to do the makeup and help with dressing. I was thrilled and honored to be a part of the shoot (since I hadn't really done one before and this would be my first one). I stumbled across these pictures from the shoot I did months and months ago on the LA Times website, only now:

For makeup (though you can't really see details as there wasn't any beauty shots), Gregory asked me to keep the skin natural. I only used concealer and tinted moisturizer, no blush. He wanted the eyes to be a focus feature by keeping everything else minimal (nothing on the lips but conditioner). I did a softer smoky eye on her and that was pretty much it. She was already really pretty as it was so we both agreed, putting on too much would probably overpower the clothing.

The clothing... oh the clothing. THE PIECES WERE AMAZING. His eye for color is amazing as usual. I got the feeling that the collection was warm with cool colors if that makes any sense. The appliques and construction of the pieces were truly one of a kind. The pairings of the actual outfits of themselves were a signature of Gregory's. He styles the clothes as a mismatchingly and seemingly the styling works together. A big fan of prints (which is pretty much all he does), Gregory works his magic into each piece. I have never seen anyone work with many different prints at the same time and make it look like a cohesive collection. I loved all of the texture in his pieces where he cut some of the wool herringbone pieces on the bias to create this asymmetrical effect.

He has many separates in this collection and I recall him saying that his Gregory Parkinson woman might not necessarily wear all the pieces he styles in the collection together as an outfit but knows that each piece is standalone and can be mixed in with basics in their wardrobe.

If you love this preview of this collection for Fall/Winter 2010, you should see his Resort collection (where I did the makeup for too). Well, this is the only taste of his work you'll get so far. I'll keep you guys posted when I find pictures of Resort.

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.