See you in September

Last week we bid adieu to NYFW Fall/Winter 2010, and its last season at Bryant Park. I ended up being able to attend a show and after-party for William Rast (the label which Justin Timberlake is a designing partner of). The show was at a large studio space in Chelsea and packed with editors, some celebs, and other miscellaneous fashionistas including myself observing from the sidelines. It featured a live band playing rock music with a large TV screen set behind the runway with live feed from the show and images of picturesque Americana coupled with large words reading "William Rast", "Denim Couture", "New America", and the like. The show itself was full of energy and the live music brought an intense rock and roll vibe to it. Since my pictures and video don't do such a great job capturing the clothes, I posted pictures courtesy of theinsider.com
The collection featured a very all-American aesthetic with models rocking a lot of denim and casual couture with military and Native American-inspired pieces. Beaded headbands, tattered and torn jackets, cargo pants, and fur pellets all made their way down the runway against a muted winter palette of grey, black, brown, cream, and army green. The loose and laid-back vibe with embellishing details gave a contemporary take on American classics with an easy and ready-to-wear feel. Below is video I took during the opening of the show- you can just feel the intensity and rock & roll energy!

And of course Justin's sweetie Jessica Biel was front row, looking gorgeous! Paparazzi shot for ya.

Fashion Week

Well all my little fashionistas, trend-setters, label-obsessors, runway-strutters, it's that time of year again. NYFW (New York Fashion Week) is among us! I was so bummed to be away from NY for fall fashion week in September (though I was in Tokyo so can't be too upset haha) since it's one of the biggest things that happens in NY and I live here now! Thankful to be here for it this time around, I've already felt its intensity and it doesn't start until Thursday officially. Though my division at the agency doesn't usually have runway girls- the extremely tall, amazon-like, gangly ones- I've been busy with presentation and showroom castings and seeing tons of amazons flooding the streets running around to castings. The city is turning into a jungle and I even passed by the tents while they were being put up last week at Bryant Park. I took a moment to just take it in and it really hit me. I live here. This is NYFW and it's happening. There is an amazing energy I can feel and it's exhilarating! While it doesn't look like I'll be doing any strutting on the runway this time around, I definitely plan on embracing the fact I can be here for this and get in on any shows, parties, events, etc that I can! I still get to experience it, just not from the catwalk. I can deal with that... stay tuned for more frequent updates (no more slacking!). Though I've just been busy dabbling as I do... currently undertaking a new venture at DJing so any/all DJ name suggestions are welcome!