flash foreward to Spring

The Best of the Spring 2012 RTW Runways:
I have picked my four favorite looks from my five favorite
runway shows of the Spring 2012 season.

Miuccia Prada for Prada:




Miuccia wanted her models to embody the word 'Sweet' as her clothes this season are a blend of 1950's extremely girly flair mixed with iconic imagery of cars and flower patterns. I chose this collection since it brings a pop of fun to the runways and I think everyone just wants to wear lots of color and pattern once the sunny days arrive.

Haider Ackermann:



Once again, Ackermann designs an almost perfect collection. I find his sense of color and shape to be extraordinary and I honestly think he is one of the best designers if not the best out there on the runways today. His Jewel toned fabrics excite my soul!

Pheobe Philo for Celine:



I've always been a fan of Celine, although it is clearly not my everyday style. Celine is known for very simple lines and perfect construction. This season Pheobe went a little out of the Celine comfort zone, adding more structure to her looks and making some of them even architectural. [Although I didn't include those images above] she has defintitely done a wonderful job although it is nothing out of the ordinary.

Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen:




After Alexander's untimely death in 2009 I wondered if it would ever be possible for his Fashion House to have the same strangely beautiful essence. Well, it most certainly does and Sarah Burton is doing a wonderful job at keeping that beauty alive. I was of course blown away by this Spring McQueen collection. It was inspired by the fantastical majesty of the the underwater world. A theme that wove itself through many designer's collections this year, however McQueen and Givenchy were the only fashion houses that did it with such superb creativity, although in such different ways.

Riccardo Tisci for Givenchy:

Givenchy became one of my ultimate favorite Fashion Houses once Riccardo Tisci joined in 2005. His looks are always perfectly designed and his last few collections have made me speechless. This one was not a perfect home run for me but his idea behind the collection was splendid and these pale pink looks above are to die for. Tisci went for the 'Mermaid Siren meets Surfer' for this latest collection with his color palate stemming from a sunset and then going down to the sparkling diamond surface of the water and then down to the underwater world, right where McQueen picked up in his collection.

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I hope you enjoyed this taste of the Spring 2012 runways!
I missed being so inspired by fashion and I'm glad I took some time out to re-indulge myself in a world that has given me such happiness.

xx

Tears and fashion

The Best of the Fall RTW Runway 2011:

Haider Ackermann wins my vote!

[by far my favorite look of the fall]












Having been thrown into the world of interiors and product through the magazine I have found myself becoming more distant to the world of fashion. A world that has always enticed me and brought me to tears out of sheer delight and creativity.

I need to remind myself that I can be immersed in both industries at the same time!
That being said, I wanted to share my a few of my favorite looks from Haider Ackermann's fall collection. It serves as true inspiration and when watching the show on style.com I found myself moved to tears, just as the rest of the audience was with this outstanding collection.

I must be dreaming

Too cool to actually see my name in the magazine that I've admired for so long!

I feel like I must be dreaming.

xoxo

NOV/DEC

Our Holiday issue is now live!
We've worked so hard for 2 months to make this the best issue yet.
It's been so incredible being a part of the Lonny Team!

You can view the entire issue online here.

xoxo.

Celebration Time!

Moving up

Today I got given a new desk at work. Everyone is switching offices it seems and so me and another intern got the the two desks at the front of the office. We were very fond and used to our old placements but new change is always good.

My old placement (as featured in Lonny):



My New Desk ( as featured in Lonny):


My own photography and my own stuff:



I love the Photography that I get to look at everyday now and the crispness of the furniture.

there is a field

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing

and rightdoing there is a field.

I'll meet you there.

When the soul lies down in that grass

the world is too full to talk about.

[rumi]

I feel his words deep within, everything he wrote my soul already knows. Around and within I connect to his poetry and always tears well up since undoubtedly my soul is already flying.

The Center

Snapshots: Lincoln Center

Think I will return to view a Ballet and get my quota of culture!

Treats

Favorite thing about working for a magazine : Free Samples!

Got these amazing Vosges Chocolates sent to us to be photographed for our Holiday Gift Guide.
The Eggnogg truffle was to die for and completely white chocolate so I could dig in.

Ingredients:
[Eggnog and Jamaican Rum – Appleton Estate rum + Grenadian nutmeg + ginger + Dominican Republic white chocolate] Yum.

Happiness.

And all I need is a dance and drum and midnight swim...

[Halloween snapshot]

Polaroid

Sometimes all we need is a few moments with
old pictures to remind us why life is so special.

Remembering many impromtu dance parties
and photo shoots...

xx

Office Obsessions

For anyone who missed the Lonny blog post on Friday!
It was the interns day to choose our office obsessions.

I chose these outrageous Dolce Vita Sana Boots!
I would rock those with skinny jeans, a huge cashmere sweater, a Faux fur Jacket and an obnoxiously large black cable knit scarf.

Clearly I am the more eclectic of the Lonny bunch!

Keep checking blog.lonnymag.com to see some amazing trends and artists we love so much!

Changes

[Muse summer 2011]

Time to pick up and move on.
New City, New Blog Layout.
I'm trying a cleaner blog feel
so hopefully you enjoy it just
the same. I hope to add more
of my inspiration pictures as
well as poetry, song lyrics and
other such goodies that make
me smile. Of course images
from my life here in NY will
pop up as well my own words,
poetic and other.

I find this blog to be a creative
outlet and I hope to continue to
make it feel like a little snapshot
out of life and from my mind.

love and kisses.

The open road

[Kim Gordon]

There is a community of the spirit.

Join it, and feel the delight

of walking in the noisy street

and being the noise.

Drink all your passion,

and be a disgrace.

Close both eyes

to see with the other eye.

Open your hands,

if you want to be held.

Sit down in the circle.

Quit acting like a wolf, and feel

the shepherd’s love filling you.

At night, your beloved wanders.

Don’t accept consolations.

Close your mouth against food.

Taste the lover’s mouth in yours.

You moan, “She left me.” “He left me.”

Twenty more will come.

Be empty of worrying.

Think of who created thought!

Why do you stay in prison

when the door is so wide open?

Move outside the tangle of fear-thinking.

Live in silence.

Flow down and down in always

widening rings of being.

[rumi]


Getting urges to run free on the open road, to be a gypsy and dance in the dessert with scarves wrapped all around my knotted hair.
I want to swim in the rough ocean, jumping in head first. I feel the heart pound of the earth and I wish to experience it all. But fear is always the enemy and we must force ourselves out of our self made prisons and join in the making of the music!
Who's coming with me on this adventure?!