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CFDA : final lineup

And the illustration is DONE!!!!

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Source: various places on Tumblr

You can probably guess that I'm feeling stripes right now.

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I am going to begin weekly postings on some of my favorite recent photo finds that I have also posted on my Tumblr - just with comments (I am limiting my Tumblr to visuals only).

Soft, all-white look - beautiful, feminine.

 In love with leopard right now - but haven't seen them yet in loose pants like these.

The pointed-toe black heel I think I need in my life - it's showing up everywhere.

  New favorite designer inspiration - Natar Georgiou, Spring 2012.

 Favorite color of the hour.

 And again.. with my OTHER favorite color the hour, beige.

Gold scaled bracelet.

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CFDA updates

The project is almost complete!  Today I finished my last of the illustrations (I redid three, and within those three redesigned one).  I also finished the layouts for the flats and re-ordered the looks.  In total there are ten.

My next steps are to scan in those three redone illustrations, and start mounting the fabric swatches and assembling the final thing!  Pretty exciting.  I also need to figure out a title.

Why is that part always so hard?

In other news, I hopped on the Tumblr bandwagon and started one for my own personal styles.  In it I post photos of things that inspire me personally, for what I would like to wear/exude as a fashionable person.  It is helping me really nail down my own style - something that for everyone is much harder to do than we think.  Hopefully it can inspire you as well, and maybe you will make one yourself!  Right now I am trying to limit it to fashion-only photos (which is hard .. there are so many food photos and house photos and bunny photos I want to post).  But, the point is that when I'm feeling stumped I can click through it and be inspired again.  I think I may also do a weekly Tumblr post for the blog, like a "photos of the week" type thing.  We will see.

Hope everyone had a lovely three day weekend!  I was lazy, and it was great (besides doing three illustrations, so I guess that's not really lazy).

More to come soon.

trend : pointed toe heels

I love when an "obsession" post becomes realized in a "trend" post!  Alas, the pointed toe heel.

 3.1 Phillip Lim, Carven

 Dsquared, Oscar de la Renta

 Preen, Reed Krakoff

Rochas

Prime example of the fashion gods answering my retail therapy prayers.  

trend : pleated skirts

 Alexander Wang, Calvin Klein

 Chloe, Diane von Furstenberg

Donna Karan, Erdem

 Givenchy, Oscar de la Renta

 Philosophy, Rochas

Sonia Rykiel

I have to admit I didn't expect seeing this trend so soon - pleats have been very important the past few seasons, though more localized (so I suppose it is in good time, then).  A great accent on skirts of all lengths!

trend : overlay

 3.1 Phillip Lim, Badgley Mischka

 Calvin Klein, Erin Fetherston

 Giles, Giorgio Armani

 Helmut Lang, Jenni Kayne

 Milly, Monique Lhuillier

 

Nina Ricci

This trend came up in many different forms - lace overlays on solid dresses, sheer layers gathered over other fabrics, interesting cut-outs and perforations.