Modern Material Girl

2010-04-16T15:31:00.000-07:00

It's the end of the semester and I haven't had much time for my blog :( or shopping for that matter but today I made some time.

This is my favorite spring shirt, it's my "go-to spring shirt" so I decided to photograph the outfit...

What I love most about this shirt is that i got it about more than three years ago and i still wear it... which is more than i can say about a lot of my other things...

i even got a hole in it once and had it patched up, this shirt will never die.

I think i got these shoes about two, three days ago and I'm sure I've worn them to death by now

but that's just the way it is with shoes... you get a new pair and you squeeze and hug and love the shit out of them :)...and then they die :/

(Shirt - i bought this in brazil in a store called "Cantao", Jeans - Rich & Skinny, Shoes - Zara, and the cross necklace i got in a street market in brazil, watch - swatch)

2010-04-12T11:01:00.000-07:00

If I were a doll

I'd have no expressions at all

I'd sit in a corner

Posing for my owner

Living the fantasies

of your childhood memories

(dress - urban outfitters, long sleeve sweater - marc jacobs, socks - nordstrom, shoes - zara)

2010-04-11T10:43:00.000-07:00

So this weekend I went to the "Colors of the Islands" gala event hosted by the Tim Hardaway Foundation as a fundraiser for those in Haiti. The charity event included a fashion show, a silent auction of things such as Britto paintings, Tiffany jewelry, and NBA memorabilia, and other performances displaying Haitian culture.

The show started with a traditional Haitian costume display and dance.

Then the fashion show began. All the dresses modeled were being sold and the proceeds donated to the Haitian cause...

These were some of my favorite dresses from the event...

This one being my absolute favorite :)

Unfortunately I think it was auctioning off for around $1,200

Maybe in a couple of years when I've graduated and have a job ;)

After the fashion show there was a pyrotechnic display which was really fun, however Im pretty sure I got too close to the fire in my eagerness to take pictures. Unfortunately most of them came out a bit dark but this was one of the better ones that I took.

I wore a Karta dress I've not seen for a while but which I fortunately came across in the back of my closet, along with a brown clutch from Forever 21, and a gold cuff I found among my mom's jewelry and which I happen to accidentally break this weekend. I'll have to answer for that later.. :/

I went to the event with my friends Ruby and Shireen. Shireen (on the left) is wearing a dress by Black Halo and Ruby (on right) is wearing a long T-bags dress

2010-04-05T19:56:00.000-07:00

Easter weekend always deserves some pink

and a cross for both religious and fashion iconic purposes ;)

I'm really happy that i can keep posting colorful spring inspired looks

aaaannnnddd that i debuted my new shoes... which I came across unexpectedly but was very pleasantly surprised...

(shoes - guess, belt - vintage from my mom's closet, shorts - forever 21, watch - men's gold swatch, bracelets are from studio lx here in south miami as well as from Pearl (yes the art supply store), shirt - Ralph Lauren long sleeve button down)

2010-04-04T14:02:00.000-07:00

"In living color"

I'm really enjoying the miami weather now that the sun is out and everything seems greener and lighter than a month ago...

Being thoroughly affected by the levity that the sun has caused in us miamians I've dedicated this post to the bright colors of spring and the the beautiful day's we've been having...

In hopes of reflecting Miami's beautiful weather I've gone and painted my nails a light shade of green and bought this cool duo tone tank top

my yellow dunks really added the extra color that my outfit deserved :)

(Shirt - A is for audrey, shoes - nike dunks, shorts - Miss me, headpiece - Gold saturn)

2010-03-25T05:47:00.000-07:00

I've been meaning to photograph this outfit for a while but i've only had the time recently. It actually worked out perfectly since my nails were painted an electric blue to match the belt...

I took the pictures during the weekday so I had to do them myself, but when push comes to shove, you got to take your own pictures....

so with my digital camera and a few inanimate objects I managed to capture my favorite outfit.

This outfit is definitely what I would wear if I had a character on gossip girl.

It has that cute, edgy, yet "I'm still a school girl" feeling to it... it's very Blair waldorf

I especially like the sweater emblem

I hope you like the outfit as much as I do :)

(dress - BP Nordstrom, sweater - Henri Bendel cashmere, Shoes - Pelle Moda, Belt - Reiss)

2010-03-22T14:10:00.000-07:00

So i've finally finished the article layout.... the assignment was to create a new layout or base it off of an existing magazine layout that you like... I chose to base my layout on Nylon Magazine, hopefully i achieved the same vibe with some key alterations...

Tell me what you think....

2010-03-17T05:31:00.000-07:00

I recommend that everyone try a sunday at the Standard Hotel here in miami

It's a lot of fun and the hotel decoration is beautiful

Eat and drink by the pool and enjoy the garden, which I must say is quite fun...especially these swinging chairs

that hand from a pretty wooden roof...

then once you've had enough caipirinhas head over to lincoln road for some shopping... theres no better way to do it.. :)

(oversized Shorts - hollister, big gold safety pins holding up my shorts - Joanne's fabrics, bathing suit top - mermaids boutique in south miami, top - Love Stitch, boat shoes - ralph lauren)

2010-03-11T14:31:00.000-08:00

Lastly here are the winter looks for the "one vest four seasons" article....

I'll post up the magazine layout soon! have a good spring break! :)
(tank top - ever, lace bra top - top secret, vest - www.shopnastygal.com, leather jacket - see by chloe, boots - jeffrey campbell, leggings - david lerner)

2010-03-10T05:19:00.000-08:00

Here are some of the pictures for the fall looks of the "one vest four seasons" article...

So the magazine layout is looking pretty cool and the article is almost done.... tomorrow I'll post up the winter looks and by the end of the week the layout will be up so you guys can read the article and check it out :)

(dress- marc jacobs, boots - miss sixty , ring - forever 21, vest - www.shopnastygal.com)

2010-03-08T18:50:00.000-08:00

Here are the spring looks for the "one vest four seasons" magazine spread...

(Dress - Karina Grimaldi, Shoes - Arezzo, ring- forever21, vest - www.shopnastygal.com)

2010-03-07T15:51:00.000-08:00

So I'm designing a magazine spread for my typography class and we are required to take our own pictures and write our own article. I'm currently writing an article titled "One vest four seasons". Here are some of the pictures i took for the summer look...

I'll put up the other looks in a few days and once i'm done with the spread i'll post that too...

(American apparel one piece, Gold Saturn head piece, Michael Kors rope wedges, and faux fur vest from www.shopnastygal.com)

2010-03-05T11:03:00.000-08:00

So fridays at work now are known as "Photoshoot fridays"

Photos by Juan Vasquez

check out some of the cooler pictures we got

Ready

Set

flip

Trip

Fall

i hope you enjoy these :) I had a lot of fun taking them!
(faux fur vest - www.shopnastygal.com, skinny black jeans - rock & republic, long sleeve black shirt - james perse, long sleeve crop top with white design - urban outfitters, shoes - converse (Neiman Marcus))

2010-03-04T09:58:00.000-08:00

A new update from the girl who lives in her closet.... so i found myself once again with nothing to wear on a night out, so i sat and stared into my closet for hours at a time trying to match new things and by some miracle come across a hidden treasure buried in the back of my closet

Well instead i found all old things, some just old, others older but new to me....

I must say i feel like i should be on the streets of london, i rather like what i found in my closet (& my mothers).

This picture is up here just because I really enjoy the background. Grunge, urban decay is what i call it...

The oldest piece of my ensemble is the head piece i found in my mothers closet. I'm actually not quite sure it's for my hair but i decided i should braid it into my hair and I think it really goes with the sort of style that the outfit has... which i can't quite articulate but i hope you get the vibe :)

(Jacket - marc jacobs, button down long sleeve - ralph lauren, socks - ralph lauren, dress - cotton american apparel tank dress, shoes - aldo, and lastly my mothers hair umm... well thing... accessory, whatever..)

2010-02-28T13:50:00.000-08:00

I love these jeans i really do. When I first saw them I knew I had to have them, but now I can only say I've worn them twice! :/ I can never figure out what to wear them with, and nothing i try looks right.

I finally settled on this little ensemble, it works but i've yet to discover what i can really do with these jeans...
(Shoes - steve madden suede boots, jeans - Jame's Jeans dry aged denim, white long sleeve shirt and grey short sleeve cotton shirt - James Perse, Scarf - Nordstrom cashmere)

2010-02-28T13:36:00.000-08:00

This is fico :)

The new man in my life <3

Shireen, your dog is too adorableeee

2010-02-27T10:36:00.000-08:00

What's with this prolonged winter??? Usually around this time us Miami-ans would be laying out by the beach, mojito in hand....

I really miss the feeling of the warm sun on my skin...

Sun, spring, summer, warmth! We are waiting in doors patiently for your arrival :)
(Sweater top - Forever 21, skirt - haute hippie, shoes - sam edleman, bra-nike)

2010-02-27T10:07:00.000-08:00

This is a picture of Mariyln Monroe in a 1940's-50's style bathing suite. I actually love these bathing suites, not that i would wear it to the beach today (I'm definitely a two piece type), but there is something pretty in the accentuated curves of the piece.

So i styled this outfit with the bathing suite in mind... It's an american apparel body suite worn folded down to the waist with this Geren Ford top tucked into it. My shoes are Michael Kors and the jewelry is from my mom's closet.

I of course wouldn't wear this out at night and it's not beach attire either, but there is something very womanly and sexy about the idea. Maybe ill pair it with a high waisted black pencil skirt.

2010-02-21T22:42:00.000-08:00

I fell in love with this t-shirt that i bought at forever 21, "No.1 rule Make it beautiful"

I wore it with my knee high argyle socks, aldo booties, white rosary, and an american apparel ballerina dress

This is a great shirt and a great saying. Make it beautiful no matter if its an old t-shirt in the back of your closet or a new dress, just make it work

I liked the look so much i wore it out that night with an american apparel cotton dress, scarf, knee high cotton socks (thank you dad), a reiss electric blue waist belt which you can't see in the picture and the aldo booties again

2010-02-15T23:15:00.000-08:00

i love carrie bradshaw, love love love her... I fell in love in fact when I first saw the sex in the city intro where she is walking around manhattan in a pink tutu :)

I love all of carrie's outfits but for some reason this one stuck with me throughout the sex in the city seasons. I've always wanted a tutu dress so when i came across my tutu skirt from halloween (i know i know, very risque) I slipped some nike volleyball shorts on underneath and decided to make an outfit of it.

The funny thing is I can't bring myself to wear it out :/ Maybe if i were in NY i wouldn't mind, but then again this is Miami so i should be able to fit right in on lincoln, who knows maybe ill venture out one day soon with this one. Or maybe i'll just find a better tutu skirt, one that's less sex-shop-ish... :)

2010-02-13T15:34:00.000-08:00

So work was especially fun this friday although it's never boring in an office full of colombians...

This is the boss... Juan, head honcho and a cool guy

And these... well, these are his cool socks

Like any true photographer, he took my digital camera and we had ourselves a 5 minute photo shoot session...

I hope that when I'm older I can enjoy myself at work as much as he does lol

(Me: Shoes - Jeffrey Campbell boots, Shirt - forever 21 oversized t-shirt "I think I can I think I can", Leggings- David Lerner, Hat - Bergdorf's cashmere)
(Juan: Socks - god knows but i love em)

2010-01-24T11:51:00.000-08:00

Don't be fooled by the stairs at Abe&Arthur's! Although the stairs continue they are in fact covered by glass and meant to trick unwary customers.

I tripped on my way up... but on my way down (even after wine and such at dinner) I managed to pass without incident

...

2010-01-20T20:40:00.000-08:00

So i spent the weekend in New York City with a few friends. It was a great trip and definitely needed before spring semester started! Now i'm back at school but I love remembering the trip.

I fell in love with this picture because of the intense green background. Ruby made it look even better. She's wearing an Alice and Olivia coat with a colorful jumper from www.asos.com, aldo black booties and a vintage earthtone satchel purse. I love the outfit and the pose!

I first saw these argyle patterned knee high socks on www.sockdreams.com two days before I left on my trip to new york! I knew I had to have them then and there so I desperately bought them and had them shipped two day to the Gansevoort Hotel in New York, where we were staying. So they were there when I arrived and I got to wear them on my trip :o)

In this outfit I'm wearing a tight cotton american apparel tank dress with a black James Perse V-neck long sleeve shirt over it. I threw on my navy blue urban outfitters shift on top of that and completed the outfit with my argyle socks and Sam Edleman Booties.

I guess the theme of the trip was definitely thigh highs. This night I wore my Nightcap clothing thigh highs with my new Jeffrey Campbell thigh high wedge boots (I bought them in new york and am officially in love with them). I wore a short black long puff sleeve dress and my Marc Jacobs short sleeve sweater dress.

After dinner at Abe & Arthurs we went for drinks at the Standard, which is a really great place in New York! I definitely recommend it. In fact I have to recommend that you take pictures in their lobby bathroom it has a psychedelic wall pattern that makes you feel like you are spinning off into space... Anyway I had some fun with it.

and so did my friends...

and then we did some other things.... the best pictures come from the oddest places... In this picture stef is wearing a tight american apparel dress with a v-neck long sleeve black sweater on top of it. She's also wearing her Giuseppe Zanotti booties and black burberry scarf.

Our last day in New York was spent in Central Park, I couldn't think of a better way to part with the city. We took some great pictures...

I love the yellow of my scarf against the green and brown background. I got the scarf a while back in Urban Outfitters. Im also wearing my current elliott jeans, jeffery campbell thigh high boots, and my see by chloe leather jacket which is my favorite purchase from last winter.

This last picture was taken at the city garden that runs on top of the standard hotel. It was originally a railway that was made into a city garden. Its beautiful and if you walk through it you can actually look up at the rooms of the Standard and see the people in their rooms. Careful you might see too much, some people are careless about the blinds... In the picture above im also wearing my new beret hat that I got at Bergdorf's. It's studded with rhinestones and it's from their cashmere collection.

2010-01-10T18:02:00.000-08:00

I think i got my colonial look down. Mel Gibson's nightshirt plus Heath Ledger's military jacket were the two inspirational pieces for my outfit. I'll be going to New York soon so there'll be plenty of posts as to what I should wear and my trip as well! :o)

I also wanted to add notes about my outfit: The jacket is from forever 21! which is great, Im not sure but I think it only cost me $30 or something like that. The shirt I got at Studio Lx here in Miami. Any long flowy shirt with puff long sleeves will do. My jeans are Current Elliott and I got them at Simmon and Greene in South Miami and lastly my shoes are Pelle Moda shoes (One of my favorite shoe brands, they are always beautiful and not so expensive)

2010-01-05T14:54:00.000-08:00

A small tribute to one of my favorite cities :o)

2010-01-04T12:08:00.000-08:00

This is a tribute to the people I personally consider fashion icons. I love the chic and slim style in audrey hepburn and lagerfeld's collections. Madonna's careless 80's material girl look. The olsen twin's grunge, boheme, and carefree style. Not to mention my favorite city girl, Sarah Jessica Parker, and her audacious high fashion style. Lastly, but not least of which is Jane Aldridge the youngest style icon in my tribute. An obviously intelligent and fashionable girl and in fact my favorite blogger. Check her sea of shoes blog. :)

2010-01-03T13:02:00.000-08:00

This is my version of a modern material girl. A haute hippie pink bubble tool skirt with a sequins tank top a leather jacket and my ultra high sam edleman booties. All i need now are biker gloves in pink :o) and definitely an arm full of sparkling and leather and metal bracelets

2009-12-29T15:18:00.000-08:00

I just got this military jacket so i tried to pull of a victorian feel in the rose garden. Of course my jean shorts throws it all off but I'm looking forward to really getting a chance to style this jacket with future outfits :o)

2009-12-29T14:52:00.000-08:00

For Stephanie's birthday i wore a purple sweater dress with my sam edleman booties.... luckily I matched her garden and decided to take a picture...

2009-12-24T15:06:00.000-08:00

on the first day of christmas my sam edlemans came to me :o) <3

2009-12-22T16:13:00.000-08:00

I love nicole's outfit. A simple off the shoulder white shirt with pretty black heels and a sequence skirt to add some flair. She looks awesome

2009-12-22T16:08:00.000-08:00

Starting at my feet: Pour la Victoire sandals, Rich & Skinny cigarette jeans, a white razor back tank, and an earth tone marc jacobs vest. On my wrist: a male gold swatch, and beads galore (one of which i bought at pearl, you can find great things in the oddest places)

2009-12-22T16:05:00.000-08:00

speaking of shoe love, I just bought these Sam Edleman booties on sunday :o) I love them but I haven't received them yet since I bought them on Ebay. I can't wait to get them! I'll be wearing them for the rest of winter

I love shoes <3

2009-12-22T16:00:00.001-08:00

Sequins is a must!!! i LOVE these new sequins converse i bought two days ago. You can be sure i'll be posting up a lot of outfits with these shoes.. :o)

2009-11-13T11:57:00.000-08:00

As my first post I decided to comment on one of my all time favorite looks styled and published by Shopbop.com. This outfit manages to combine many of fall fashions' must-haves into one. Starting with an absolutely necessary fall piece, the leather biker jacket. Paired with a basic grey tank and ultra high cut out suede wedges. The the must have obsession in this outfit however is the hand made lace skinny jeans! The lace addition to this traditional black skinny jean makes a big statement without all the distration. These jeans are a statement of their own just keep the rest of the outfit understated and the jeans will do all the talking.