PERSONAL: [internship | nyc | part 2]

Less than two weeks for me left here in NYC. My how time flies... can you believe its almost been 3 months already?! my goodness. Time here has been surreal, fun, exciting, and a great experience. There's so much i still want to do and experience while I'm out here... like check out all the vintage stores, NYC library (the one Carrie Bradshaw was going to get married at >_<), visit Ground Zero, check out the Central Park Zoo and so much more.

But with Fashion Week about to kick off this week and with all of our preparation kicking in for the fashion show, i don't think I'll have time to do even half of them. The design house I'm working for shows on Monday, February 15th. Which i have decided to be my last day interning for them. With my sublet let being up on the 19th, i felt that having my last day be the day of the show would be unfortunate but perfect so that i have a day or so to tie up loose ends and try to explore the city one last time before i have to head back to LA LA LAND.

This week we're finishing stuffing/sending out invites, casting for the models, and i can't wait for all of it. This was my goal, to be able to get behind the scene and see how its all goes down and even tho we're not showing in the "Tents" (which a lot of the designers aren't) it's still a well known brand from the 70s that has a new Creative Director, which everyone can't wait to see what he's done for his break out line for the company. I can't wait to see them myself, every things getting shipped from the UK. It's getting exciting!!

As most of you know, i headed out her with one of my closest friends. With a mission to find a internship and learn and experience the fashion industry here in NYC. She is very much an inspiration to all. When we first came out here we both had a hand full of interviews lined up with a list of which ones we wanted the most and which ones we would take for the last resort. For her it came to a point in time where almost all of them wanted her and she had to choose. She ended up narrowing her list down to a company that fit her design style to the T and a high-end, well know designer that was at the bottom of her original list. Even though her heart wanted to stay within her comforts of her style and aesthetic she decided to challenge herself and forced herself to break out of her shell and learn and experience something more. Plus with that Designers name on her resume along with the wealth of knowledge she learned, i believe has helped her get a JOB. Yes people i said it.. she got a JOB!! I'm so proud of her and i know that she's going to do/be great! We're going to run LA! lol

xoxo
j

POLL: [which color hunter rain boots?]

everyone knows that living in New York City during Nov-Feb is the coldest (snow & rain) time of the year. with that being said i NEED to buy rain boots. i've always wanted Hunter rain boots, but living in LA never really needed them and after actually trying them one... OMG so comfy! i might just wear them all the time. ha!

so my question to all of you is...

what color Hunter rain boot should i get??

High Gloss: Black, Grey, Violet, or Pea Green??

should i go classic with black or grey, or should i go funky and get violet or pea green??

let me know your thoughts. thanks!!

xoxo

**UPDATE**

I ended up finding the Grey & Violet in my size here in NYC. As much as i loved the color Violet (which really looks Fuchsia) it was just a little too bright on my feet for my personal liking... so i stuck with the grey. Surprisingly i haven't had to use them yet, all the rain seems to be on the west cost. >_<

PERSONAL: [internship | nyc | update 1]

As you can only imagine, I've been extremely busy since my last post. To fill you guys in (short version of course) we were lucky that my parents were nice enough to support our journey and get us a room at a hotel in Chelsey for 2 weeks, while we focus on our interviews and apartment hunt.

Fortunately enough for us, our hard work paid off for the both of us... we both got excepted to a handful of high end designers/Magazines as full time interns. Unfortunately we could only choose just one. It was an extremely hard decision for the both of us, but we think we've have chosen the right places of us and our futures.

Also from what we've both been told, we will both be able to attend and work our both companies' Fall 2010's Fashion Show doing Fashion Week in February 2010. We are both very excited and can't wait to dive into the preparation chaos starting in January 2010. If you guys are wondering if we intern together at the same place, as fun as that would be, we do not.

As for our Apartment hunt, lets just say it was an experience to remember. There were some crazies, drama & bedbugs (ewww!! i know!), but in the end we found a perfect place in NoHo with the prefect roommate. like the saying goes, "everything happens for a reason."

Just like our theme song says "Concrete jungle where dreams are made of, There's nothing you can’t do... These streets will make you feel brand new, the lights will inspire you. Let's hear it for NEW YORK!" -Empire State of Mind by Jay-Z feat. Alica Keys. Those words are so on point. We're loving it in NYC.


PS. The Sex and the City 2 trailer & teaser poster is out...


and on top of it having our theme song in it... one of the girls is actually wearing one of the dresses of the design house I'm working/interning for. YAY!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL & TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT!!!

STYLING: [felicia k | photo shoot]

As i mentioned in my last post last month, I had the pleasure of styling a photo shoot and working with my talented Hair Stylist & good friend: Jane Suh (owner of the Kutting Room), Photographer and Owner for The Social Trust: Paul Sun, and Make Artist : Melissa Christine.

In November, we all got together and joined our creative minds/talents to do a photo shoot for the beautiful & talented Felicia K of the sister singing group Jazmin. It was a fun & amazing experience. I had about 5-6 looks put together but unfortunately we were running out of time and only got to shoot 3 outfits.

the images above are a few of the photos taken that day by Paul Sun of The Social Trust. enjoy!!

PERSONAL [internship | nyc]

As most of you already know, I've been interning for an amazingly talented celebrity fashion Stylist for the last 3 months. Although I've learn a lot and gained a life time worth of experience in the short amount of time (which I'm truly grateful for), an opportunity has come to me that I had to jump on. Which means unfortunately I won't be interning for the Stylist any longer. I guess you can say the opportunity just landed in our laps and we ran with it.

A very good friend of mine just graduated with a degree in Fashion Design and we started to talk about what's her next step after graduating. She told me she was interested in looking for internships in NY & LA and I told her if she gets something in NY I'd go with her. At first it was just a thought and then we started to apply for internship out there just to see if they'd even be interested in having us intern. We (or at least I) wasn't expecting any responses at all, but once I got a few responses wanted to interview me, the next thing we knew... So was she. And that when we decided a month from yesterday we had to jump on the opportunity and move out to New York for a few months and try and get an internship within the Fashion Industry (me: fashion mag & PR/events. Her: fashion design). We know that if we didn't, we'd always say "what if?".

Our goal is to try and work/intern up until Fall 2010 Fashion week, which is mid February. Its a very crazy and exciting time for the both of us and we are truly touched by all the love & support we're receiving from our family & friends. You guys mean the world to us and we wouldn't be able to do this without you.

I know most of you guys are wondering... "What about your husband?", "are you guys still together?", is he going with you?". To answer all your questions: yes, we're still together/married. He's a wonderful loving husband who is allowing me to fallow/pursue my passion/dreams while he's trucking on at his job back in LA to pay the bills. I'm a lucky gal... I know!

The plane is landing and Interviews start tomorrow... Let the madness begin!

P.S. I forgot to mention the hubby also got a new job and we moved from West LA back down to Torrance all around the same time. We just got everything to Torrance on Sunday. I feel bad, there's boxes everywhere. I didn't have time to unpack. I was up until 4am this morning packing for NY. Crazy times & its about to get even crazier. Oh I also styled a photo shoot in the middle of all that as well... But that's another post.

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PERSONAL: [my ninja clothing | photo shoot]

if you haven't heard about My Ninja Clothing before, you should definitely check it out. It's a t-shirt line my friend Peter Hong created a couple of years ago and it's taking off.

Last Saturday he shot his new line for his Fall 2009 lookbook. Which he kindly asked me to help style along with Layne. We started at Noon and i had to jam around 6:15pm and they were still going strong after i left. it was a long day but so much fun and such an amazing group of people... everyone was great. I also got my girl Jane, who does AMAZING hair to jump on board too. Peter has an amazing/talented group of people helping him make his vision on true. i can't wait until you guys get to see the lookbook.

but for now, enjoy some behind the scenes images...





thanks for letting me help out Peter.. you ROCK! lets work together again soon
xoxo

TECHNOLOGY: [powermat charger | wireless]

i want, i want, i want!!! how MAJOR is this?! it's a wireless charging pad. here's like youtube commercial...


it's technology + convenience AMAZING?! LOVE IT!!

PERSONAL: [internship | photoshoot]

As we all know, every profession has many different types/variations of jobs within that profession. for example, i was a print graphic designer for 7 years but there's also web designers, motions graphics, logo designers, etc. that all falls under the Graphic Designer umbrella. As for a fashion stylist there's editorial/photo shoots, Print Ads, TV, Movies, Celebrity and so on.

At the moment I'm interning for a Celebrity Fashion Stylist who mostly dresses clients for the events that they have to go to. which don't get me wrong is fun and amazing... but I've ALWAYS wanted to style for a photo shoot/editorial and work on the behind the scenes of a fashion show.

So when the stylist told me that she was going to take me with her to a photo shoot... i was ECSTATIC!! My very first all out photo shoot and it was everything it thought and wanted it to be. the sets where amazing, the vibe on the shoot was high energy with a DJ playing music to keep a fun/happy environment. so far it's probably been my favorite thing I've gotten to do during this internship so far.

next on my list is helping out backstage at a high end fashion show... lets do this!

xoxo

FASHION: [lanvin | paris fashion wk | spring 2010]

i heart lanvin!!

PERSONAL: [mina's bday | scavenger hunt]

i had never really heard of a bday scavenger hunt before. So when i heard about Mina's, my initial thought/reaction was "this could either be super fun or really awful!" But to honest, it was SO much FUN!!!

they broke us up into groups. they separate the couples into different groups, which i think was smart (i think i had more fun not being on the hubby's team ha). then they gave us a list of things we have to do, get, photograph and/or video tape. (i.e. get a stranger to pump your gas, human pyramid in front of the Mc Donald's arches, find a 1979 coin, 42¢ stamp, get an application at a hostess bar, down a beer with a stranger, take 4 shots, take a photo on a firetruck (extra points if with a fire fighter), slide down the fire station pole...) each item was given a point of how much it's worth and at the end of the hunt everyone's items were tallied up based of the points and not the number of items your group completed.

my team consist of me, kelsey, morgan, jay & steve. unfortunately we came in second to the hubby's team. but in the end we all had fun time... we even wanted to try and extend the scavenger hunt.

all in all what a great idea. i highly recommend this to everyone. here's some of the photos of the tasks we accomplished...


oh yeah and while doing these tasks we had to wear masks. heehee

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MINA!!
hope you had a fun filled birthday.

xoxo