Me and my friend, Anne, were using our spring break to go to Rodeo Drive to do some trend shopping. It was quite interesting to see designer's clothes, bags, shoes, and all the good stuff. When we were there, we saw two gorgeous models were trying on some clothes. Well, it's Rodeo Drive after all.
Back to the topic, from the trend shopping, I saw a lot of printed dress and nude color influence. Military influence was still going on. Tie-dye technique were seen on dresses too. I saw printed dress/ tie-dye technique by Alexander McQueen and Pucci. It brought fresh and feminine look.
I really love nude color and on this trip, I saw a dress from Valentino that was made from sheer fabric on the top and accompanied by silk blouse from Chloe; both were incredible. Last but not least, a pan
ts from Chloe that brought military look.
Within the last three days, last night was the first time I could sleep early and allow me to tell you why... It was because I had fashion class project very recently. The project was about sport influence research and I chose "baseball" as the subject. Aside from the research, I also need to prepare flats and all the stuff that is related... I chose digital as my method of presentation mainly because of my ongoing Adobe Illustrator class, although I am still considered very basic. At least I can try my new skills, right? Another reason??? Simply because I do not want to spend $25 for the portfolio hahaha...... there..... I said it loud! haha...
I have started the project since last Friday and finally finished it up on Sunday night. During the past three days, I have learned a lot about the illustrator and one of them was the "shortcut". It is something really simple but it really helps me a lot. I.e. if you press Control+I, the cursor automatically changed to Eye Drop, Control+P, it will be changed to Pen Tool and etc. It sure fasten things out.
So long story short, I was finishing up my project on Sunday night and getting ready for tomorrow presentation so here I go... I went to the class and while I was preparing all the stuff, suddenly my teacher gave me a comment that nearly made me crazy but one thing that I hate was, her comment was right. She said that the way I layered my designs could deliver unclear message to customers and also my color designs was too pale and so on and so on. On that time, my brain froze for a sec and the only word that came out from my mouth was, "Ok." When she was done, my brain started to think, "why why and why?.... after I put all my efforts to it but at the end the result was a negative." Well, the good thing was I could immediately changed what I needed to change and added what I needed to add. It took me almost half day to make it perfect.One thing that I learned today was "not to be easily discouraged when people gave you a negative comment of your work or your creation" We should take it as a means for us to improve... more excellent in what we are doing. So finally, I presented my project at the end of the day and to be honest I was quite impressed by my own work... That I can finally create flats using illustrator :) so here it is...
Recently I watched The September Issue directed and produced by R.J. Cutler. The movie tells the story of the legendary Vogue editor in chief, Anna Wintour and her larger-than-life team of editors, creators of the issue that is basically ruling the world of fashion. It is amazing to know that would-famous, top-leading designers such as Oscar De La Renta and Jean-Paul Gaultier actually invited her to their head office in Italy just for to get her comment on their new designs. On top of that she was treated like a Queen. She is such a charismatic figure. I can actually feel the intensity and stress that her employees that they experience during their September issue of Vogue with her. I was even holding my breath every time they were having a meeting ... :0
I can see through this movie that fashion is an ever changing industry. We must keep up to date or we will be left behind. I really recommend this movie to anyone who is studying fashion or to anyone that is simply a fashion aficionado. Enjoy it ..................and...............CUT!
I woke up earlier this morning, prepared myself for internship interview at 2pm. I was very excited and looking forward to it. Yesterday night was a hectic night for me because I was gathering all the projects that I have done in class and putting them nicely in a portfolio. After that, I brainstormed on questions that might be asked by the employer, prepared notes and finally here I go... I arrived 1 hour early (it was a good time for me to review all the interview questions) and after waiting for some time, finally I met the designer of the company. She was very nice and friendly. She was explaining why they need interns, what are interns' tasks and benefits.
Well... they basically needed help! They needed somebody that can work for free and in return, the person get experience which sometimes money cannot buy. For me, it is all good. When we sat down, I showed her with my school projects from flats, sketches, patterns, my final dress from fashion 107A class, my jeans logo; well... basically everything!!! Thank God, she liked them! After she finished interviewing me, she still have another candidate to be interviewed. In closing, she said that she will make her decision tonight and that she will call me back tomorrow. The interview only took 14 minutes but it meant something for me. I learned something new; something that I never experience before. 
Overall, I do not put my hopes too high because they asked the interns to work 2 times a week and need 12 weeks commitment. It means that I cannot find a job for almost 3 months and that is scary...
Spring is around the corner..yei!! but the weather is not being friendly lately :( It is causing people to sneeze and cough. But anyway...spring is coming! haha..it means Spring Break fella! Spring reminds me to flower field in Carlsbad near San Diego. Oo by the way if any of you interested in flower, you might go there to check it out or just refresh yourself from "The Hectic Life in Los Angeles".
So from the flower field in San Diego, let me just re-direct you all to fashion report which is the main purpose of this blog :) . Spring leads us to bright playful color which includes colorful flower so of course floral dresses is coming out. I'm posting some pics from Oscar De La Renta, Alberta Ferretti and Etro Spring 2010 floral dress collections. Aside from dresses, the trend for this spring also include boy shorts, over the knee socks, jumpsuits, pattern and printed pants, see through and sheer fabric trend and last but not least ..from last season trend and still going on.."the boyfriend blazers".
My favorite outwear for the time being is the boyfriend blazers. It is simply because the blazer will fit you nicely and easy to mix and match with other outfits. For example, it can be paired with a short or long dress, a miniskirt, leather shorts, boyfriend jeans and of course the classic white blouse. It will never go wrong if you have one in your closet. 
Me and my friend, Anne, were using our spring break to go to Rodeo Drive to do some trend shopping. It was quite interesting to see designer's clothes, bags, shoes, and all the good stuff. When we were there, we saw two gorgeous models were trying on some clothes. Well, it's Rodeo Drive after all.
ts from Chloe that brought military look.
