Girl About Town: BNO and Cocktails & Couture

That's the thing about Fashion Week. When I'm working with so many beauty and fashion clients it's nearly impossible to keep up on my labor of love. Sometimes, rather than burning the midnight oil on a post, a girl just needs her girlfriends and a cocktail. So that's what I did to get through the week.

Last Friday, September 9th, my coworker and I jumped in a cab and rushed over to Pranna Restaurant for Blogger's Night Out. The event proved to be the perfect antidote to the previous night's Fashion's Night Out festivities (or fiasco). #BNOnyc was organized by six amazing fashion bloggers from all walks of life. Their intentions? To create an opportunity for other bloggers to come together and network (or just have a great time) with drinks sponsored by Voga Italia, polishes by Zoya, glitz and glam by Send the Trend, and shopping opportunities by Shop It To Me, Sole Society, OpenSky, and Tortoise & Blonde. Hoping the girls decide to make it a bi-annual party so I can indulge again in February. Is it really too much to ask? Fingers crossed!

The next night, I met up with the girls again for the Cocktails & Couture party. The event was held at Bo Concept and hosted by the fabulous Lianne Farbes. Guests were privy to 3 specialty cocktails by X-Rated Fusion Liqueur, which I've been dying to try and was lucky enough to be gifted a small sample for my home. The event itself was so much fun - it was put together by my PR girl crush, Christina Rice of LuxeLife Media. Guests were an interesting range of New Yorkers, bloggers, fashionistas, and more. I was awestruck when Wendy Lam of nitro:licious walked by, and thrilled when LoveBrownSugar perched her gorgeous self on the arm of the sofa I was sitting on for a little chat. Love that girl!

Larissa, Allison, Christina & I

Guests indulged in manicures by CND, hair demos by title sponsor Indique Hair, skincare tips by Specific Beauty, and the gift bag included pieces from Immunocologie, Philippe Matignon, & FRS. What's more is a few lucky guests walked away with the Clairsonic Cleansing System, which only furthered my jealous of Lianne Farbes' beautiful skin. #iWant.

Looking forward to next season's C&C party, which has already been announced for February! 

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Girl About Town: NYFW + an Essence Mag Feature

I feel pretty blessed that a large part of my everyday job revolves around planning for and being at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week every 6 months. While the work that goes into a successful event isn't always glamorous, I seem to find myself enjoying the finer things when the moment strikes.

Case in point: this girl is featured on Essence Magazine's Street Style coverage for fashion week. The photographer, Darío of Art-X Studio was SUPER sweet during the quick shoot. That's my new fashion week boo.

[via check out photos 40-43]

What I'm wearing: 

Express button down & cami, Club Monaco Skirt,

 Coach boots, David Yurman Jewels, Louis Vuitton Neverfull, & Sunnies from UO

Look, Ma! Essence Mag calls me a writer!

Don't mind me and my geeked out response to this love - I'm just a girl from the suburbs trying to do it in the city.

xoxo

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I worry that my idea of love...

... is not very realistic.

I blame that on Carrie and Big.

And couture. 

 

  

  

 

all images via vogue, june 2008

But according to my mother's wise words - it never looks like what you expect or want it to.

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Suburban Girl's Fashion Week Recap: Michael Kors

I've saved the best for last: of the three shows I attended, the Michael Kors show was my favorite. The backdrop boasted bright springy greens while the clothing featured mostly whites, browns, khakis and navy, with the occasional pop of color. My favorite looks below:



The trailing hot male model doesn't hurt either.




I NEED this sweater in my closet immediately.








All images and the full show can be found on Elle.com

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Suburban Girl's Fashion Week Recap: Issac Mizrahi

I had very high hopes for this year's Issac Mizrahi show. I was lucky enough to attend his show last year and sat there gawking at the incredible theatrics! Did you forget? HE MADE IT RAIN and it was incredible!







This year, he went the more traditional route sending models down a normal straight, white, boring runway with no golf carts, no rain, and no tech guys in New Balance sneakers hoping out from the audience valiantly with an umbrella. Womp.

That said, the show was beautiful. My three favorite looks below:









all images via zimbio.

Gimme.

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Suburban Girl's Fashion Week Recap: Davidelfin

"Maiah, Kelly Cutrone is at the lounge and she wants to buy the furniture! Can you get here now?" Was the text I received from one of my models at the Maybelline Lounge we built this year. It was Day 8 of fashion week and I was weary. I'd just come from the Issac Mizrahi show with my childhood bestie and all I wanted to do was relax when this text came buzzing through my iphone.

I ran up and spotted her immediately:

"Hi, I'm Kelly" ... oh, oh hey! "I love this furniture. I just bought a new rug and this is exactly what I need for it. Can I buy it?"

Wait, is this real life? Does anybody know? ... think quick! Was running through my head as I gawked at this New York style institution standing in my space. "Um, they are rental pieces, but I can ask!"

"You're nice. Want to come to my show Davidelfin?"

And with that, I was whisked away from my childhood bestie and my booth and escorted back to The Studio for the 1pm show. Kelly sat me with her friends and family in the second row, where I found myself behind Eric West (who?) and am appearing in many a photo behind him looking completely oblivious. Evidence:
I'm the one in the blazer and red scarf, looking slightly confused
The show itself was slightly confusing for me. To be honest, I wasn't sure what to expect. With curious hairstyles, interesting designs, and sexually ambiguous models, I was pretty speechless the entire time.

That said, my two favorite models are below:

 
When homegirl opened the show in that gown, all you could hear were whispers of confusion. Man? Woman? Clearly, the cut isn't the best for her body - the broad shoulders and badass tattoos left us all confused. When she returned to the runway in the second outfit, I completely fell in love with her. I LOVED seeing her on the runway with full hips, a booty to be jealous of, and a full bust that was compressed in the first look. Love. Plus, she worked the sky high Davidelfin for Louboutin shoes like no one else on the runway.

 
My second favorite is the model above. The make up, which featured only smokey eyes and nude lips, looked best on her skin tone. Isn't she just adorable?

While I don't think I would find myself in any of the looks that hit the runway, I thoroughly enjoyed the show. Getting a glimpse into Kelly's world was an incredible way to end my New York Fashion Week S/S10. Well worth looking like a total nerd in the background of every picture of Eric West.

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Suburban Girl Apologizes!: #NYFW

Hello little darlings,

Many apologies for the radio silence over here.

I've been spending my days working (see Maybelline and Essie images) at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at the new Lincoln Center location. When I wasn't running around managing the spaces and models, I was trying to attend as many shows as possible thanks to my amazingly generous clients and the guest appearance of a certain Kelly Cutrone!

So, as Fashion Week ends tonight, the madness winds down, and I bid Lincoln Center adieu til Feburary 2011, I'm excited to have time for posting regularly. I've got a few fun things planned, including a little three part series called "Suburban Girl Reviews Shows She Wasn't Actually Invited To But Still Attended"... hm. I'm actually out of breath typing that! Gotta work on the series title, huh?

Regardless, it's coming up soon. And if you absolutely can't wait and miss me so, so much it hurts then check me out on twitter. I do my best tweeting from the backseat of a cab - especially when the cabbie farts audibly like this afternoon. Amaze.

Xx

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