Very Red

wearing; H&M jacket, Ebay boots, Red jump suit

Oh yes, I'm having a little break from the washed out pastels, just a little break ;) ...
I'm so in love with red pants right now, red jeans, harems whatever as long as they are red.

The H&M jacket already became a regular in my suitcase, I take it with me wherever I go!
This is the 3rd H&M featured look for their Fall Campaign, you can check it out HERE. (next week the last look)

xoxo

TEAMO tee

Teamo "Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen" tee from Spanish Moss Vintage, TopShop floral jeans, Blackstone Boots, Botkier bag

Photos by Gemma from FadetoBlack, we were hanging out by the water front in Williamsburg for a bit, it used to be one of my fav paces but lately so much is changed here, slowly the old warehouses are disappearing to be replaced by new luxury condo's and the "old industrial" Brooklyn starts to look like Midtown Manhattan :(

I'm wearing my new MK and Ashley Olsen tee from Spanish Moss Vintage and TopShop Floral jeans and boots. ( It's kind of a rock n' roll look but then in pastels, no? ) The glasses are my new obsession, they are fake but I guess I love them so much because they change my whole look, haha) It's kind of silly.

I still have loads and loads of NYFW photos to sort out!! can't wait to post them all!

xoxo

Paper Dress Designs for a Fundraising Event - Kidney Texas

On August 26 , Senior students Mayra Alcantar, Courtney Powers, Jordan Wiehle and 2010 graduate Jonathan Aparicio were given the honor of participating in Kidney Texas, Inc kidneytexas.org). The event is one the biggest social fundraisers in Dallas of the year. They were given the chance to display an all paper dress, in the gallery before the show, that we designed and created in order of sponsor donors. Courtney Sponsored Adeluna Cellars, Jordan had Millet the Printer, Mayra had Coppertone Farm, and Jonathan had CBS11.

For event details, visit http://mysweetcharity.com/2010/09/jan-strimple-reveals-the-making-of-kidneytexas-paper-dresses-honoring-event-sponsors/

Rising Eyes of Texas 2011

Dear Students and Faculty,

Rising Eyes of Texas 2011 is now seeking undergraduate and graduate students to submit their best work!
NEW ENTRY DEADLINE: DECEMBER 15, 2010

Our prize juror this year is Risa Puleo, Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art at the Blanton Museum of Art, Austin.
Cash prizes are awarded; last year we exhibited over 30 artists from 13 Texas Colleges and Universities.

Attached is our digital postcard. Please share with fellow students!

Visit http://www.rockportartcenter.com/entries
Or http://www.risingeyesoftexas.com

John Aäsp
Visual Arts Director & Curator
Rockport Center for the Arts
902 Navigation Circle
Rockport, Texas 78382

nyc summer 2010

This past May 2010, Fashion Design faculty Janie Stidham and Marian O'Rourke-Kaplan travelled to NYC . Alumnus Nicolas Chui (06') organized a UNT Fashion Design gathering on May 18th at Room Service on 9th Avenue . Alumni in attendance were Tori Bleakley (08'), Rob Holly (03'), Rebecca Holly (02'), Amy Pace (08'), Emily MacKinnon (09'), Nykki Dang (99"), and David Widagdo (96').
It was so great to see everyone! As always, we are so proud of our successful alumni !

H&M FALL Campaign feature prt2

The second look for my H&M Fall campaign feature!

This is why I love Fall... I belted the romantic/soft H&M ruffle dress with a bulky belt and layered with a bulky jacket coat and heavy scarf. The over the knee socks peep out from under the sturdy boots and no need to say that Fall is my favorite season too when it comes to colors!!

Check out the campaign and the 4 other featured bloggers here

Randoms

photos by the self portrait project

I'm wearing; White dress with cut-out sleeves; StyleSofia, black tights, Tory Burch bag.
Gemma (from fade to black) wearing; Jean shorts, Style Stalker top from Spanish Moss Vintage, forver21 studded booties.

Me + Gemma + a random night out... what can I say.... oh the dude is random too.. no idea who he is but we liked him as our "prop man"

The photos are taken by the photo booth of selfportraitproject.com by photographer Andy Lin,
Basically its a booth with a big mirror where you are handed over the self timer so you can actually see the retarded poses your making before you hit the button for your self portrait, its quite genius in all its simplicity! Check out the project here.

ps. tomorrow my second H&M look will go up!!

Internship Opportunity at Cindy Kirk Inc.

Cindy Kirk Inc.
4020 Huffines Blvd. Suite 100
Carrollton, TX 75010
972-512-3754

Hello UNT design students,

Cindy Kirk Inc. is looking for a few great interns. We need someone who is:

A self starter
Self motivated
Has a passion for fashion
Willing to do office work,
Merchandising and sample packs

We want people that are interested in learning the process from the 1st stage of design to products on store shelves.

As an intern for Cindy Kirk Inc. you will receive real life experience. You will work with designers, production managers, and might even have contact with the sales reps/buyers. This internship is unpaid but has a performance bonus at the end of the internship.

Some computer skills we would like you to have are:

Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop

We are open from 9:00AM-6:30PM Monday-Friday. You might choose to work everyday or maybe only one day a week. We will work with you and your schedule if need be. Please call Candice Kohl at 972-512-3754 or email her at candice.cki@earthlink.net if you are interested.

Thank you and we look forward to hearing from you.

fashion squad + the haute persuit + cocorosa

Me, Carolina from Fashion Squad and Vanessa from The Haute Pursuit taking some pics together while hanging out after the Tory Burch lunch at the Standard Grill where we had the best french fries ever, saw Mick Jagger having lunch and got to pick our favorite Tory Burch item at their store afterwards...
hmmm I start to love days like this! :)

Texas Next Top Designer 2010

Visit http://texasnexttopdesigner.org/about_us.html for Texas Next Top Designer 2010competition details.

COCOROSA for H&M f/w 10

I'm so exited to be part of the H&M f/w '10 online campaign!!
This coming month you will see a total of 4 outfits where I got a chance to style my fav pieces from H&M f/w '10 looks together with 4 other worldwide bloggers! Check out the whole campaign plus the other bloggers HERE.

Breakfast and Shoes

Top; StyleSofia, Skirt; H&M, Socks; H&M, Studded booties; Forever21, Bag; Botkier

So the past few days... or has it been a week already? has been hectic!

Fashion Week started for me with the IFB conference where I met a lot of the blogger gals in real person which I had been looking forward too the most! The conference was good and really started this thinking-spin of what I want to do with the blog etc blah blah blah... I think you can find write-ups on the conference on the IFB site here.

After the conference we went with a whole bunch of us for pizza, drinks and chats... The candit hanging out photos are going to be a whole separate crazy post haha...


So these outfit pics are right before the "Nine West Blogger Breakfast" where we got a great dilicious in store breakfast and got to explore and pick our favorite pairs of shoes to wear for fashion night out.

No need to say that we ( me and Caroline of Fashion Squad ) went for the taupe leather boots that can be worn folded over or over the knees and whats better then to start your day with a breakfast surounded by shoes haha..

The random hand reaching for the orange juice is Gemma from FadetoBlack and you can see Rebecca from the Clothes Horse in one of the pictures too!

Check out the Clothes Horse for the best write-up and Photos of the Nine West Blogger Breakfast and to see the other bloggers who were there :)

Shae and Spanish Moss shoot

all clothing from Shae and Spanish Moss, studded ankle booties; Forever21 ($32.80)

Some of the shots Shae (from everything style) took to on our road trip to Nashville last weekend with Spanish Moss! I just love Shae's photography!


So the NYFW craziness is ready to begin I guess, yesterday I spent all day at the IFB conference and right now I have to get ready for a blogger breakfast at Nine West! I'm not sure yet what I'll be doing tonight (fashions night out) but maybe I will see some of you, no?

xoxo

Job Opening at the Buckle in Lewisville

Seamstress needed at the Buckle in Lewisville
-knowledge of using industrial sewing machines including single needle and serger
-hours: flexible

Call Carlos (Manager), 817-521-8808, if interested.

Nashville

H&M dress, TopShop wedges, false lashes. photos taken by Suzanna from Spanish Moss.

I went this weekend on a roadtrip to Nashville together with Shae from Everything Style to meet up and do some shoots with the lovely peeps from Spanish Moss!!

So we left on Friday for the 15! yes 15 hour drive from NY to Nashville where we arrived late at night, had some chats and mimosa's on the porch to wake-up early next morning to shoot. We took this outfit post somewhere after the shoots on Sunday when we were shopping for a cook-out at the house. I had a blast and can't wait to see how Shae's photo's turned out but till then you can find some behind the scenes shots on the Spanish Moss blog here!

So I kind of developed a taste for road trips, haha I'm seriously thinking about flying out randomly to LA on the 17th because I really really want to go out West and I neeeeed to see the Desert!! So please drop me an email if you are around the LA area!!! :)

xoxo