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Friday, February 25, 2011

Top 10 Quotes of Style and Fashion

1) If there is harmony between ITSELF and his own BODY, a STYLE will born.
2) When you don’t feel to dress means that you are depressed.  You need a FASHION SHOWER.
3) If you like to be relaxed, you will never get the LOOK.  Fashion is always UNCOMFORTABLE!  (I respectfully disagree)
4) NO matter the size of your body!  FASHION to flatter every figure
5) Wear just NIGHT-CLOTHES in daytime.  It is UNEXPECTED!
6) Color me! ACCESSORIZE me!  shock me!
7) FASHION is such stuff as DREAMS are made on…
8) Fashion is a MUSE, you must seduce her.
9) Shall we dance? take your MUSE to dance, fashion loves music.
10) So between FASHION and STYLE?  Absolutely FASHION… is less pretentious, is authentic.
FASHION is declaration of own freedom.

Words of Wisdom from Anna Dello Russo

Thanks Grandma!

 

I recently got to take part in a very fun photo shoot with Johnny Truong Photography in San Rafael California.  The main goal was to have fun, create some fashion and jewelry shots and add to my model portfolio.  I haven't done a lot of studio shots before but had a blast jumping in front of a fan in heels.  This was one of my absolute favorite looks of the day.  I had decided to wear a beautiful nightie as a dress that my Grandmother Betty had passed along to me.  I'm not exactly sure as the age of the piece which came accompanied by a long lace trimmed robe, but in could be in the range of 30+ years old.  The fact that it reminded me of more of a vintage dance dress was what inspired me to wear it on the day of the shoot.  Thanks to whatever poly type blend of fabric the dress was made, of created wonderful shapes in the wind!

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

A Little Surprise

Toujours in San Francisco is one of the most amazing little boutiques you'll find in the area.  I've been lucky to have known the owner for over 15 years now and have been the stores model on select occasions for over 10 years.  This fun photo was from the Fillmore Streets fall walk to showcase select high end stores in the area.  It was actually quite a hoot to see the reactions of passerbys once the reality hit that it was not a mannequin in the window but a live person.  I was free to move in subtle ways as I liked and it was a blast to crack a smile at an unknowing shopper.

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Love is in the air





Walking around the neighborhoods of my hometown on a beautiful spring day reminds me of the simple things.  The beauty of nature never has trouble showing its splendor.  Just when we all thought the miserable cold, damp times of the holidays would keep us indoors for months...the sunny weather joined us.  For the past few weeks the warm and mild days have drawn out people and flowers alike.  Allowing us all to breathe the freshness and soak in the sunshine.  The colors of the camellias and magnolias I have seen so much of these days certainly inspire my next jewelry creations!  

Thursday, February 3, 2011

It's all coming together.

Well hopefully you aren't looking too carefully, but I will be honest to say it's been nearly 3 years since I started this blog!  I'm not sure why I never continued until this day...but I have finally reached the technology age where my website, facebook page and now blog are linked together.  I never thought I'd end up with all of these pages but they each have their own special purpose.
I feel like I have finally figured out this blog can be my outlet for all of my passions and interests...though there's a number of things I could add to the list.  We shall see how it goes...
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