Fashion Books A to Z

Since about the ninth grade I’ve had a hobby of reading fashion autobiographies and how-to’s. During my recent internship with Seattle wardrobe stylist Tannya Bernadette I noticed she had quite an impressive library of fashion books. Yesterday while organizing her books I came across celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe’s book From A to Zoe. Last night while reading it on the 2 hour bus ride home I got to thinking about how not fashion but style is created. Through visuals and the gift of god of course I have inherited the gift I combining unusual pieces to an outfit that no other person would it went with,

Back to fashion books I finished reading Rachel Zoe’s and I began to toying with the idea of revamping my own personal style. I noticed that I have a knack for buying the craziest dress and handbags (Shannon would say). Since I finished that book in one night I’m off to reading Victoria Beckham’s personal style guide. Two chapters in I must say she knows her stuff especially when it comes to the art of buying jeans. My favorite part so far is when she claims she just got lucky “If you look at me I have quite normal hair, body type, I just simply got lucky”.

The Fashion Inspiration of Carrie Bradshaw

When my friend Shannon sparked the idea of me working at a fashion magazine back in eighth grade I had never put two and two together. It never dawned on me that every day hundreds of fashionable woman wake up every morning to go write for a magazine. When I began watching Sex and the City a few years ago I thought how fabulous it must be to be Carrie Bradshaw. My already large eyes grew 3x bigger when saw her sporting a new cleverly ensemble or when she question her stint as a “sexy in woman in the city”. I’ll never forget the episode when she got the call from the Vogue editor Edith to be a writer for the magazine. It was this moment when the start aligned for me I wanted be Carrie Bradshaw.

Fashion and Connections

One of the first lessons a person learns about the fashion world is it’s all about connections. A few days ago I met with my friend who runs his own fashion company who needed a lesson on how the game of fashion works. I decide since I had been recently assigned to write a back to school article on fashion trends it would be good idea to his line. So I asked my editor if featuring the company would be okay to my surprise she said yes. Then with my internship with a Seattle wardrobe stylist and boutique owner I learned she needed help finding someone from Fashion Network Seattle to cover the event. What would be the odds that I also intern there today. The strangest thing to me is that I never thought I’d be the one with skills or the connections.

Amy Winehouse Fashion Icon?

Most of us have already heard the news that singer song writer Amy Winehouse passed away on July 23, 20ll. Over the passed five years the singer definitely left her impact on both the fashion and music world. Her critically acclaimed album Back To Black which dropped in January 2007 was a mixed of 50's and 60's styles of music. Her famous Beehive hairdo another was yet another take on sixties culture. With her London hipster style mixed with designers duds she was often could be found wearing dresses belted at the waist with a neatly tied banana around her midnight black hair. Though her talents my have overshadow by her addiction she will surely be missed.

Death of Hip-Hop

Since I was a little girl I’ve been fascinated with the world of hip-hop. I remember staying up late watching Behind the Music of such legends like N.W.A and Run-DMC. Today I visited the EMP (the music and sci-fi museum in Seattle) with my dad and younger siblings. In one of the exhibits you got to look back on how a genre of music was created. Hip-hop has had such a tremendous aspect on black culture. Though I didn’t grow up in Brooklyn or Compton I could help but to become intrigued by what they were saying. Artist like Tupac and Nas had become regulars on my I-pod.

During an documentary on hip-hop rap pioneer KRS-1 proclaimed that hip-hop was officially “DEAD”. The thing that got to me most was how many of the artist in the rap game refused to stay with the changing times as a new spin to the genre is added. In my opinion no music genre can ever be officially over. I believe as the years progressed and new artist emerged they added what I like to call “flavor” to an already colorful subculture. With new artist coming out for what seems like every week in the last few years many young and talented MC’s have added new sounds to old rhymes and melodies. Artist like Kanye West, Lil Wayne, and in my mind Drake have already begun to make their marks in the history books. To those artist who believe that all a bunch of dance records and booty shaking please go listen to Lupe Fiasco or Kid Cudi and my favorite Kanye West. And rappers if you feel that the “young dudes” don’t know how to rhyme do what Jay-Z did become a mentor.

Studio with Bradshaw

Studio with Bradshaw by Tishayla Jasmine featuring beaded jewelry

This Hollywood Lifestyle

Every teen of the 22 century knows that everyone is obsessed with celebrity. From reality show and twitter updates it seems that nothing is kept secret anymore. In the worlds of fashion a celebrity we the consumers are all hungry for the latest pieces, news and information. Due to something crazy that happened this morning I had the chance not have to travel to work in the city. While catching up on my favorite TV shows I finished the first season of one of my favorite reality shows starring Paris Hilton called "Life According to Paris". I watched the show in ahh wondering how it would feel to have every aspect of my life videotaped or photographed. I would constantly be in fear that whatever people wrote about me would come true. Though we do complain about celebrities and their lifestyle they give up a lot just for fame and fortune.