YOU've NeveR SeEn a PRETTy GIrl LOOk so TouGH

Bess collection autumn winter 2009

So before having a long day yesterday of going to school, dragging my parents to the red cross locations at 7 pm, and helping pack stuff that was sent to Haiti; I decided to take a rain check today, I was supposed to go to my music class in the morning, but instead I'm writing about combat boots (cause my friend, let's call her PC asked me to... btw those are her initials, not cause of my computer friend... since I have a Mac... bad joke).

She's had a pair of those since I met her in high school, and I've always liked them in her, but it wasn't until some time ago that I took my likeness to a higher level and started looking up some potential future prospects, in the pursuit of deciding if combat boots really go with me or is just another fierce hat that you like but wouldn't wear. SInce I've also been wanting to post some model street style here I go...

These are some I liked:

Dr. Martens

http://www.dmusastore.com/p-2844-gamma.aspx

Not to mention models lov'em...

ROck & roll, Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think it's Karlie Kloss with Ali Stepehns http://forums.thefashionspot.com/f89/models-street-style-2-a-76026-18.html

bridget malcolm, the fashion spot, http://forums.thefashionspot.com/f89/models-street-style-2-a-76026-16.html

girly.. fashion spot http://forums.thefashionspot.com/f89/models-street-style-2-a-76026-141.html, anne gaby Odiele

Abbey Lee Kershaw http://www.modelinia.com/slideshows/fashion--models-off-duty/117#/2 I don't know how to describe it... with the little black dress that it seems she has under that rope I think they would look super duper cool.

Well, They are a very edgy cool piece of wardrobe, they are amazing for winter, they are very comfortable and they look amazing. I see them and I can't help but hear Prince's YOU'VE NEVER SEEN A PRETTY GIRL LOOK SO TOUGH.

What do you think about combat boots? High, short, heels combat boots?

Livin' ThE Dream

I was reading my friend's blog and then I got inspired and wanted you guys to know my plans. In about 5 months, me and my bff, (since she said it first, sue me too!), are planning on moving to fabulous Spain... of course, like you would expect all the excitement and happiness is making my stomach ache.

In the other hand I'm scared like hEll, like she mentioned before in her blog, we have not been well trained by our dear parents to live on our own... there's a bunch of thing we gotta learn before arriving to the world that's expecting us, like how to wash our clothes, or make food, or clean up the bathroom, or move around the city using the subway.. =) y

es yes if there's a word to describe us... I don't wanna say it. In addition to that, I get scared of just picturing myself studying at 4:00 am, cause yes, school over there is wa

y harder, but then another picture comes and cleans up the mess, like me walking in a beautiful european street on a saturday afternoon, or go to the theater, or even read a book in a "cafe", and of course very very occasionally go out clubbing, partying, etc... ;) Luckily for us, at least here we are straight As students.

We've been getting together the past weeks to decide which part of Spain would be the most adequate (party, dorms, people, transportation) for us. And what about the University prestige for example? who cares?!, google "top ten universities in Spain". But wait.. don't think we are so irresponsible.. we actually found out that one in our list made the top ten.

If you have had any experience like this I'd like to know how you went through all this.

Visit my bff's blog, I promise she's way funnier than me.

http://chilinrice.wordpress.com/

During Boring class

Well.. in my free time I like to draw and when I started getting in to the fashion industry I used to draw some of the outfits that I saw on the runway.. But with time I started to get a little more creative ...

I can't say that I'm very proud of this.. specially the colors, I just draw whatever came to mind, and I was more worried about getting the main idea and didn't pay any attention to ANYTHING... It kinda reminds me the kindergarden drawings... haha... anyway... comment..

ANd this other one has a better story, or probably sadder, =/ a friend of mine who's an architecture student, had an assignment about alice in wonderland and she had to prepare some of the outfits, at that moment I thought that me studying business was so boring... and in my economy's class I draw this:

I liked this one a lot more than the last one. I hope next time I can impress you guys by doing an actual good sketch =)

Cowboy boots comeback?

Cowboy boots comeback??

Being a fan of country music, I can't forget that legendary country lynard skynard "sweet home alabama" song, or Glen Campbell "southern nights"? or even actual Tim McGraw, Leanne Rhymes, Faith Hill, and why not? Taylor Swift (even though every one knows that she doesn't really do country, but she tries to do the style). If you're a fan of rock & roll music you probably have noticed before that country music has influenced classic rock in the american history a lot, and the link between these two is definitely southern country/rock music, the one elvis used to play, transforming from time to time to Nirvana. Rock & roll has been a huge influence in the industry, inspiring amazing great designers to develop signature edgy items like the leather jacket or even classic jeans. So if rock has given us so much , and considering that the cowboy style has so much of a different, simple, all american angle to offer, it's no rare thing to see from time to time fashion daring to turn the down non-glamourous side of style and turning it upside down bringing it to the urban streets of new york, paris and london.

I was at the mall the other day and saw a bunch of cowboy boots in different modalities, from high up to the knee to really just like brown flats with the cowboy tip. I remember seeing the spring 2010 fashion shows back in September fashion week, and D&G was one of the brands that based almost its entire collection in a "southern edge", that's when I realized that the boots were on again, but didn't really know how long it would take for the news to settle. While looking at some of those pairs I remembered my own pair of boots that I got back in 2005, when I was on winter vacation in Italy. From that time I decided to wear them every now and then, but it wasn't until now that I see someone within one kilometer of radius wearing another pair of cowboy boots. Anyways, it is true that it was through the industry that I realized how cool and edgy cowboy boots were back when I was 15 in the first place, but I got kinda sad knowing that after four years of feeling so edgy while wearing them everyone will be wearing them now...

pic credit: Style.com http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/S2010RTW-DG

Oh so Coco

So I'm a big fan of Coco Rocha, and I was reading some stuff at her blog the other day, and it surprised me what I found; she has decided to start her own line!!, and she asked her readers to give her advice on what should be an ideal name for it. It just seemed so cool to me that she cares so much about her followers/readers, and tries to keep in touch through twitter,her blog, and some funny youtube videos with fellow friends behati prinsloo and Jessica Stam, you can also find some videos of her hosting some fashion events for E!, I'd be cool if the next generation of celebrities, would be super models, anyways.. she seems really cool, and I read some posts in the fashionspot of people who have met her that said that she is really nice. It's nice to see that someone who's in the top of the world actually realizes that, is thank full for it, and doesn't let it affect her personality. For the followers I post her link to her blog:

http://ohsococo.blogspot.com/
Picture credit: Fash Pack Vogue Mexico September issue

Burberry... Going off to Milan

CONCLUDING LONDON

Burberry

Loved it!, Breathless, fashionista as God is, exactly got my point (the one I pointed out in the last post)

Amazing Christopher Bailey has come out a little bit out of the tipical, Burberry was no longer a classic shaped/color monogamy. STILL kept the elegance, the soul of the brand, that very brit wave of .. young but classic, chic but relaxed; and definitely took those jerseys to another vibrant fresh level. We saw the dimensions of the pieces, filled with rich fabric, we get the sense of equilibrium when we contemplate the outfits, the colors diverted the clothes. We see these "emblematic" pieces glowing out of this essence, cause each peace almost can't handle being so simple and fabulous at the same time. Loved it, breathless, is how you should describe spring burberry.

BCBG MAX AZRIA

photo from thefashioncult.com

The best word that comes to my mind to describe the sparkle of the show is maybe... predictable. As it went on, of course Max Azria didn’t fail us, and gave us some very cute and perfect short dresses, as always before, about them you just can't go wrong with BCBG. I do have to say that the long dresses were beautiful, very classic chic. We saw some pieces with very vivid colours, but a great deal of the collection was dark, black. With exception of a few very beautiful impressive pieces, the rest of the collection, as said before was unrelevant.

I think we need a little bit more creativity, Oscar de la Renta said that he knew what his market was about, and knew what they wanted, it's the same people that has been there all along his career, his collection is beautiful, well he IS Oscar de la Renta, chances are he WILL do, among some other classic labels, something you'll want to dress in your wedding day. But, seriously people, there are a bunch of designers out there, and it seems that they all want to be accepted playing it safe. Before, I thought that I didn't like 100% Fall Winter Marc Jacobs, it was beautiful but not something you can dress on the street I used to say... Now I think that flips like that is what we need to see, a whole new era is made of those kinds of turns. I think that every label is made of an essence that has to be kept alive cause it's the soul of the industry, and I'm definitely not saying that we should go back to the eighties crazynesss (funky colors and funny shapes that sometimes were simply uncomfortable), I'm simply suggesting creativity out of those terribly artistic minds, that we know are capable of doing so much more.