Anxiety and Photoshop Projects

Hey everyone! I'm currently in the computer lab of my school, doing my photoshop homework. We're making prints out of our mood boards, and well, here is what mine (moodboard, not prints) came out to look like:


Yeah, it's kinda not fashiony . . . more weird mysterious other worldly fiction. By the way, I can't tell whether that cloaked person is a man or woman, but can anyone here tell me?

On another note, I've been pretty stressed lately. Not really in terms of school, but in terms of packages I'm sending out. I currently have two packages I'm sending out as a result of having sold something online, but suddenly another person has emailed me saying I haven't sent out their package, which I have long ago.

It's never happened that what I've sent out has gotten lost, but I know it's a possibility when it's not tracked. It's just terrible because the person is losing money and I am losing trust. But I really don't track small packages (unless asked to) because I feel it's kind of a waste of money since up until now, everything has been reaching people just fine.

Any advice anyone?

Inside this brain is another brain of which you are inside this brain is another brain of which you are inside this brain

Today's Focus:


Louise Gray Fall 2010 Ready to Wear Collection.

Why we're focusing: Well, first of all, it's not monotone. Black is pretty much the dominant color this fall (recession = back to basics and fail proof colors) and so are colors like white, cream, camel, and maybe purples and reds (in plaid pieces).
This is like a war between rainbows and my imagination.

Another reason is the textures. I think a lot of people are playing with textures this fall, but the way it's combined with colors and patterns in this collection makes it stand out more. There's also similar treatment on the shoes.

I also love layering. And although I can see this collection being a hit or miss with people because so much of the pieces are layered with things that seemingly don't go together, I think it makes it quirky and fun.

I personally wouldn't wear everything in this collection, but I'm loving the vintage looking trend right now, and this is just fun.


Images via style.com and editing by me.

Snap, I ran out of interesting things to say. Tally Hall, help me!



Uhhhhhh, well, that didn't really help . . .

What? This is unrelated? Wait, what? I can't hear you. All I can hear is . . .



I hope you my dear readers know that yes, I am trying to brainwash you. Good day.

You think you've seen it all in your little ball

Hey guys.

So jeans and a t-shirt is not the usual direction I go in, but hey, it's comfy once in a while.

Outfit:
-Fake glasses
-Stigmata Addiction Alice in Wonderland shirt
-Gap jeans
-Ralph Lauren scarf


I explained in the previous post, I've been pretty busy these past few days. Busy to the point that I have not had a weekend for the most part because I kept going to school to work on a project, and I got scolded by my textiles professor for being the only one yet to complete her swatch book.

Well, I've been working on a full jacket in muslin for my draping class. I being a derk decided to do a complicated design that required multiple parts, so joke is on me. However, all this time spent on it has really paid off.



I got an A+!
All those times redoing the seam and zipper paid off! My professor really liked the design and actually told me I was talented (which is pretty mind blowing because I don't think professors at my school say that unless you're like, a design prodigy, of which case I am not). But I am content with this and now I can rest easy until the next project.

Oh, and so, here's some foodie pics for y'all:

Bought this at Whole Foods last week. I turned it into pacman. Then I bound and gagged him. And ate him some more. And made him angry.

Proof of my devouring him, along with oranges, yogurt, bananas, apples, and banana nut crunch cereal.

Lindt dark chocolate! Yum.

Obanyaki from Mitsuwa in Jersey. I love these (so fluffy . . . ) I would like to say that I bit it to show you what it looked like on the inside, but I actually was just hungry and forgot to get my camera beforehand.

Salt bagel!!! They never have it at Guy and Gallard, but they did yesterday, so I got it!

I was really amused by these ice pops. Especially Jaws (oh remember that period shark movies were so in). Plus, look at that dude on the Screw pops.

So on that note, I'm going to go watch Tally Hall internet shows.

Tally Hall, Christmas Cards, Smoothies

Yay for posting 5 minutes after the last post (I'm not bored, I swear)! I'm actually trying to make up for my lack of activity the past two days (I was so busy I had no time, but deets on that will come later).


So here is a late Christmas card I recently received from my friend Jennie!

And she made me a Stilettos at the Dinner Table ornament/bookmark! Look at the cuteness~
I shall be using this whilst reading my current book (since I actually don't use bookmarks and just look around for the page).
This is perfect, thanks Jennie!


I also have utilized my new single serve blender!

Success! At first I had problems because it only chopped the fruits on the bottom, but I just kept pushing it down, and then it was fine. And well, it tasted good!

LASTLY, I HAVE TO MENTION TALLY HALL ohmygoshnefjnadhiojrjfnjknknaldmfngjkh4hednklnlskdl;ALRK344KFNKSjfnjkdgkjsnknkjenkjNFJKknjkkJFKJNjkfnfjk43kn489tndkjndk!

Oops, sorry, so apparently I do have an obnoxious teenager inside of me.
I think I've mentioned them before, and if I haven't, then I did mention the fact that there were 2 opening bands at the Rooney concert I went to previously. Well, they were one of them, and they were the band my friend and I got really into afterward. Really, it makes my deformed fingers twitch (but that is a different story entirely).

I'm hoping to see them soon in concert! I'm excited because I know songs and lyrics now too! [giddy] I even promoted them on Facebook through retarded dance moves to their songs on a video which I thought my friend could only see but I was wrong (oh well, the more people know, the better)

So on that note, I'm off to have some fun with mr. youtube. Toodles!

March is a-coming . . .

So I'm trying this thing in March to basically improve my energy levels and overall performance. The plan is to get rid of the icky in my body and make my life healthier, and to see how I feel at the end of the month. It's also part of Lent, since I wanted to give up junk food. Here's the plan:

1. No junk food
I always believe that all foods can be taken in moderation, but I wanted to cut some of the junk that I don't need.

2. Exercise 4x a week
This is a real commitment for me because I love exercising and I try to do it often, but with school and then school work, I'm finding it increasingly harder to keep up. So I will try to push this in.

3. Sleep by 11 4x a week
Again, with school work, this has been hard. So I'm trying to make it so that I still have some days a week I can work late on projects.

Those are basically my main goals for the month of March. I'm really excited to see my progress. I'll post up the progress once it gets going.


ALSO, GREAT GIVEAWAY ALERT:
Katie over at Lilveggiepatch is giving one lucky winner a $50 shopping spree at iHerb! iHerb is "a vitamin, supplement, and health food superstore". I've been surfing the site for the past few minutes, and they have A LOT and I'm excited. So you should be too.
Click on the lilveggiepatch text above to find out deets on how to enter! Good luck everyone!

Tokyo Fashion Festa Full Report!

Hey guys, so because I have some time (what am I kidding? I have textiles homework!), I have a full report and pictures for you guys on the Tokyo Fashion Show that went on at FIT last Friday. It was full of laughs, tears (some shoes were too big on girls . . . although no actual tears, these were internal), and cam whoring.

Beforehand I will apologize for my sucky camera. I edited the pictures but they still manage to be grainy!


So I will quickly explain what went down all week prior to Friday: Basically, a week in advance, I went to auditions and met the man in charge of this event. This man happened to be a man I worked with before (when I was doing translations for a Japanese girl group, AKB48). He remembered me, and after a long conversation, I kind of was designated translator for Aoki Misako.
After a few days of late night calling (not shady at all) and planning, on Thursday, I was surprised with a quickie interview between Misako and the head of the school, Valerie Steele. This was confusing because I thought it was done while I was in class, but this was not so, so after much trepidation, I did my job. Much of the interview was about the word "kawaii" (cute) and it's connection to lolita, and overall it was a great interview. Then I was even more surprised when previously mentioned man told me I would be spending the whole day with Misako. Sadly, I had classes and photoshop was a class I could not miss a class of! So I declined. However, I did accompany her around my break of 12-2, where I took her to Macys and around Herald Sq.

Highlights:

1. Conversations with Misako about cold NY weather, trying to recommend cool places in NY and failing (she knew like all of them), and bonding over Johnny Depp after seeing a billboard for Alice in Wonderland
2. Misako's cute scared reaction to the old escalators in Macys (the weird wooden ones that clank)
3. Going into shady sock/underwear shops
4. Her shoes!!!!!!

It all ended with me bringing her back to school and me having to shlep my way back to class.


FRIDAY

Worst cold of my life (okay, so it was just the sniffles actually but it seemed worse since it was supposed to be an awesome day)
I was supposed to pick Misako up from the Roosevelt Hotel but had to report in sick. Another person went instead (I know, I fail, but I didn't want to spread my viral germs!) So I went backstage to hang out with my friends who were modeling for the show.

Sound check in progress.

Top picture from left: Sandra, Linda, Tara
According to Tara, she had about 50 pins in her hair (extensions). The hair looked fabulous though. Everyone also had these great falsies.

There was a lot of time in between rehearsals and show, so there was food to be had and the models did test walks. I sat and asked if there was anything to do. Misako came in much later, donning on pink loli!

My face is odd here, but after she recognized me (had on a wig the day before, and a wig again), we took pictures!

She left for a few seconds to take care of business, so I managed to take a quick picture of her cutely deco-ed out Hello Kitty camera!

Then people started to get ready for the show! Dresses and head pieces and shoes flew everywhere~

What emerged:

There was also a speech that Misako and a woman named Arielle had to give, that was rehearsed for a little while. After that, the real one was given, and the show began! Girls went out, girls came back. And round two began . . .

I really hate that the nails shot turned out to be such a blur because they were GORGEOUS. Really, there were probably 2 dozen nail sets (maybe more) for various outfits. The nail people even moisturized every girls' hands and gently took them off when they were back. I loved them.

Also in the first pic of this batch with Tara, there is a man wearing red and black in the background. He was SUPER nice and I had fun working with him. He didn't work/call me to death like aforementioned man (sorry, aforementioned man).

After the girls left another time, I had to head to the other dressing room where MOA and Misako had their stuff. I was helping the dresser assigned to Misako in case there were some things that needed to be translated. There was a bit of a struggle with the assembling of the outfit because I realized later the picture they gave us actually was not the outfit in question.

This was the outfit however:

The skirt was AMAZING! I really loved it. It was basically 4 blouses sewn on a skirt, and the sleeves were tied together to create bows. I LOVED IT, and Misako rocked it.

And me being the camera happy person I am, after Misako left to go out with the kids, I took a picture of my outfit (well, had a picture taken)

My nose started to match the red accessories I had on.

While I was inside, I also took pictures of some of the cute stuff!

In order, Misako's own clothes, bags and make-up, shoes!
I really love her shoes. I love sparkly pink things, and well, the fact that they're also Emily Temple Cute just made it a hundred times better. I actually asked about them the day before and she said she was kind of tired of the clunky loli shoes, and wanted something that would make her legs appear more lady-like (hence the tiny heel on them).

After that, the show pretty much ended with the Hide collaboration yukatas (of which I loved the big hair). Here is a snapshot of Linda and Misako.

The show was great and everyone worked their butts off! The big reason my shots are mostly blurs are because everyone was running around (shush, not an excuse!) But everyone did such a fantastic job, and the turn up was insane! Lolitas everywhere! And everyone was dressed so snazzy that I wish I was also on the audience end. The modellas and stylists were great, and I made more friends! Hope there's another gathering like this soon . . .

The day ended like this: Tara, our friend Kate, Linda, Tara's friend Laura, and I went to Woorijip for food. Conversation and company: topnotch. Creepers and guys hitting on Linda: not so much. But all was fun.

Gasp! We all got the same drink! It's actually that good . . .

And so ended our exhausting day. And no, I did not go back to school to work that night (however, the whole weekend, I did come into school to drape). But lets leave on a happy note. I hope you guys all enjoyed this post!