Things are just beachy

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Escape.

Personal Museum

My favorite interior design blog, Design Sponge, recently featured the home of prop and fashion stylist Rosy Fridman. Her and her husband's San Francisco home is not only perfectly decorated, but also unique and innovative. I love the fact that they restored everything in their home themselves and poetically refer to their space as a "personal museum."

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New York Magazine: 99 Designer Inspirations

ALICE AND OLIVIA "POP"

CHRIS BENZ "CHEERS"

EDUN "ELECTRIC"

NICOLE MILLER "FREEDOM"

PETER SOM "BOOM"

REBECCA TAYLOR "MERCURIAL" 

TESS GIBERSON "WRAP"

TORY BURCH "NAIVETE"

J.CREW "SHAPE"

PREEN "GRID"

What a fantastic glimpse into the world of New York's Fashion Week elite. Each season New York Magazine, in attempts to get readers jazzed up about fashion week, asks top designers to share the inspiration behind their collections. This season 99 designers were asked to submit one image and one word that elicits their F/W 2012 collections. Included are some of my personal favs: Tory Burch, Peter Som and of course Creative Director for J.Crew Jenna Lyons. I love being able to sneak a peak into their creative minds and personal Fall/Winter inspirations. Thanks NY Magazine!


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happy valentines.

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Spring Silk

Interning at Vince has been more then amazing. I am currently working with the Spring and Summer collections which are filled with silk, leather, and gorgeous knits. My absolute favorite look for Spring styled by shopbop is vince's silk henley in costal paired with matching wide leg silk pants. I just ordered the fabulous duo and again can't wait for it to arrive. I'm thinking grecian flats, oversized mens watch, Alexis Bittar liquid metal triangle ring, and Robert Rodriguez belt will top off the look quite nicely. Now I just have to find time to plan that perfect beach getaway.

SHOP THE LOOK

Fancy Free

Images: jakandjil, valentino S/S12, jeremyscott S/S12, proenzaschouler S/S12

Trend Report: Picnic Bag

Trend, fad, innovation, what ever you want to call it the paper lunch sak handbag is going to be huge this year. I first saw the uber creative bag designed by MARIE TURNOR and formed from neutral buttery leathers. It is such a great trick of the eye. At first glance the pouch resembles actual paper, but upon further investigation you can see it is actually super soft crinkled leather. I fell in love with the bag all over again when I recently saw a version carried on Jil Sander's S/S runways.

Heavy Metal

My first attempt at CAFD magazine layouts. 

Pretty tedious but with more practice the results will be worth it. Thanks FIDM.

Lost Optimism

Quote via style.com Images via Jak and Jill

Backstage, Lazaro Hernandez said the duo's starting point was Googie architecture. Googie what? "Mid-century road-stop architecture," he said. "It was once cutting-edge, but now it's decrepit. Lost optimism."

Celebrity Homes: Editorial Inspiration

I have been collecting Decor magazines as long as I can remember and while doing a little reorganizing I came across a folder with cut outs from some of my favorite editorials from Vogue Living and Elle Decor. My absolute favorite shown above is that of industry genius John Demsey the group president of Estee Lauder Companies best known for making the cult brand M.A.C a household name by enlisting over-the-top divas for its ads. His dashing Manhattan residence is just as flamboyant as his Viva Glam campaign and equally successful. Another favorite Garcia-Lavin's petri dish photography artfully hung above a tribal inspired bedroom.

Can't Wait

VINCE Spring 2012 looks are on their way to stores as LA Market week wrapped up last Friday. Buyers had their eye on neutral color palettes, classic silks, engineered prints, and untraditional leathers. I couldn't stop obsessing over flowing silk tunics and tops by VINCE and of course their butterscotch leather drawstring shorts. The collection hits it out of the park when it comes to casual sophistication. I can't wait to receive my Spring order next week of black, nude, and cobalt goodness.