cats & dogs

(skirt-Topshop, sweater-Nastygal, boots- c/o Need Supply, turban- American Apparel scarf, bag- Zara, blue ring- Crossroads)

A quick rainy day photo shoot. It started raining the moment Sam and I met up for our lunch date, but I couldn't let it spoil my plans.
Sometimes you just have to work with what you have, especially when you work full time while also trying to run a blog.
I'm in love with these boots that Need Supply gifted me. I never saw myself as a combat-style type boot girl, but these have totally given new possibilities to my wardrobe.
They're the perfect cure for overdressing.

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Here are some photos from the Art of Fashion Foundation competition fashion show.
The Art of Fashion Foundation is a nonprofit organization, dedicated to international cultural exchanges through a variety of events meant to facilitate critical thinking among artists, designers, scholars and students.

The foundation puts on their annual competition to expose
and support emerging fashion design students from all over the world. The foundation
offers internships and scholarships to the winners of the competition,
while introducing them to industry professionals.

These are just a few of my favorites, but I truly enjoyed all of the creative designs that came down the runway.

After the Storm

(sweater-Nastygal, dress-H&M, belt-c/o American Apparel, fuzzy hood- c/0 C/FAN)

Ok, not a huge photo post like promised.

Crappy weather has really been cramping my style.

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Hey Bay Area readers!
Come out and support the Art of Fashion: San Francisco in Fashion Mode.
It will be a night of innovative designs and cutting-edge fashion at San Francisco in
Fashion Mode - the 9th annual Arts of fashion foundation international student fashion show and competition. San Francisco in Fashion Mode will be held on Tuesday,
December 7th at 7PM at the iconic Bently reserve (301 Battery street).
Fashion Mode offers 55 selected students from around the world the opportunity
to showcase two looks on the runway.

This year, Fashion Mode’s theme focuses on the idea of being “Uniquely Untrendy”.
The Arts of fashion foundation is in search for the next generation of creative fashion minds
who escape trends and find their own vision and genius to bring something new to the market.


San Francisco in Fashion Mode boasts an impressive guest list of established and rising designers from the United states, Europe, and Asia, who
will participate in the symposium and the fashion show competition. MANISH ARORA, the creative indian designer who has taken Paris and London by storm, will preside over the symposium and jury. Other guest designers include: MATTHEW AMES (who shows his collection at new York fashion Week), MATTHIEU bLAZY (current Creative design Assistant for raf simons), DAVID DUbY (a freelance designer for Yves saint Laurent and Lanvin and the current assistant to Anthony Vaccarello), JULIE PERRIN (a freelance accessory designer for Hermès and the current Creative design Assistant for Jerome dreyfuss), LAURENCE TEILLE (former Creative design Assistant for Martin Margiela himself), AURORE THIbOUT (a former Creatice design Assistant of Martin Margiela himself and now presents her collection in Paris) and ANTHONY VACCARELLO (a former fur designer for fendi under Karl Lagerfeld
and now presents his collection in Paris).

Tickets are available by visiting the San Francisco in Fashion Mode website at In Fashion Mode . Tickets are $75 for students with valid id or $150 for the general public. Tickets must be purchased online and picked up at Will Call the day of the fashion show. The tickets
offer an all-access pass with floor seating on the main floor.

finally...

(via boymeetsgirl)

I finally got my hands on a few photos from the Boy Meets Girl fashion show I walked in.

It was an interesting experience. Stacy knows how to put on a great show. Although I had a lot of fun, I don't think I'll be doing anything like that again.

I ran into some funny little celebrities backstage, a lot of Housewives, Entourage and even Jersey Shore(?!) castmates.
I also ran into Danny and David Roberts. Danny had designed a couple of beautiful dresses for the other designer in the show.
Here's his sketch of one of the designs.
(via igor+andre)

Update: Some of you have been asking why I wouldn't want to walk in a show again. It's just not for me, too many people and cameras. I like watching the runway shows.

Getting Kozy

(leather pants-H&M, denim shirt-vintage, scarf & sweater-c/o American Apparel, shoes-gifted Pierre Hardy for Gap)

The other night, the girls (Jennie, Laura, and Jen) and I went out to a Ports 1961 presentation, followed by a night of debauchery at our favorite dive bar, Kozy Kar.

The bar has waterbed booths, stiff drinks and a stolen VW van inside, ie dive bar perfection.

chictopia.10

Pictures from Chictopia.10, the Juicy afterparty and the after-afterparty at a random rooftop party where a strange guy decided it was appropriate to corner me in an elevator and molest my face (eh). Let's play a game. How many familiar faces can you spot?

A big thank you to all of my readers who came up and said hello during Chictopia.10. I loved meeting all of you!

drained

(last image via the Cut)
(silk robe/dress-vintage c/o thrifted, skirt-Zara, shoes-Jeffrey Campbell, headpiece- vintage)

I'm so glad to be back to my sleepy little city! No matter how much I complain about the weather and the crack heads, my heart belongs to San Francisco.
NYC was a mix of work, play, new friends and strangeness.
Chictopia.10 was a really great event. It was really nice meeting everyone who came out. I still have hundreds of photos to go through.

One of the nicest evenings we had in NYC was spent at the Alice + Olivia presentation.
A few friends sharing some odd encounters.

Cold Feet

(60' military jacket-ebay, romper-Margiela's MM6, shoes-Kenzo, crystalised ring-c/o Modcloth, rose gold ring-c/o Dannijo)
This Sunday I had the pleasure of attending the Vera Wang bridal show at the St. Regis. I loved seeing all the gorgeous gowns walk down the runway. Wedding dresses are an oddity for me, I have seen many beautiful gowns but have yet to see one I would actually wear. I like to torture Sam by describing to him our dream wedding, he just rolls his eye and ignores me.

Don't forget to enter my Elizabeth and James giveaway!

Because We're Young

(pants- french designer who's label I can't read, corset-F21, jacket-H&M, hat-vintage)
(via DAILYdose & my own)

This past Thursday night we ventured out to the Erin Wasson trunk at Azalea boutique. It was a lovely evening spent in the company of some of my favorite people. Highlight of the night was meeting and chatting with Erin. She was every bit as beautiful and hip as you'd imagine and also incredibly down to earth.


*Elizabeth and James Feather Ring Giveaway*
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