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Currently Listening to: Get Ur Freak On by Missy Elliot
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Elle Est Comme L'air

"When you are on stage you are having an affair with three thousand people." -Gelsey Kirkland

Gelsey is my favorite ballet dancer of all time. If you haven't read her autobiography, Dancing on My Grave, I would definately recommend it-haunting and brutal in some ways but also indescribably beautiful. Here are some ballet-inspired Polyvores, and I think my next outfit post will be somewhat dance inspired- have I mentioned that I'm a little (read: a lot) obsessed with tights, leotards and the like?

Le Malade Imaginaire

* I've pretty much been wearing this beret every day this weekend. It's good for camouflaging how awkwardly long my bangs have become.
* Yesterday I competed in the first round of the Young Classical Singers Competition, and I was selected to go to the semifinals! That might not mean anything to most of you, but it was a really big honor to be chosen. They're in May in Chicago, so if any windy city readers know of fun things to do there/places to shop, I'd love to hear about them.
* I like my header, but I'm realizing that I look quite a bit older now-maybe because the picture is from two years ago? If any of you techy geniuses would like to make a header pour moi, I would be eternally grateful.
* I have been extremely inspired by all of the clothing this season, and have begun doing fashion sketches again. I may scan some to show to you guys, if you would be interested in seeing them...

Currently Listening to: Standing Next to Me, by The Last Shadow Puppets
Black Shirt-Guess, Ruffle Top-Topshop, Jean Short-Vintage, Beret-Urban Outfitters, Necklace-From Ireland, Shoes-Payless

La Fille Insouciante

My favorite shows from NY Fashion Week. I have decided that, this season, I will separate my favorites into categories, each one relating to a different facet of what I want to portray, come fall.

THE GOTHIC FAIRY: Rodarte, Abaete, Katy Rodriguez




THE DANGEROUS FUTURISTA: Narciso Rodriguez, Herve Leger, Alexander Wang




UPPER EAST SIDE BAD GIRL: Tuleh, Ruffian, Tory Burch



Also, I received the Your Blog is Fabulous Award from both Carlene and Patty. Thanks so much, both of you! I'll do my part and pass it on to Typhaine, Aimee and Micaela.

And I'd like to throw out a huge hug and kiss to everyone who reads this silly little blog, it really does mean a lot to me <333

Currently Listening to: She Wants to Move, by N.E.R.D.
Pictures from Style

Rouge Que J'adore

Has anyone but me noticed that Vlada's gone red? I fucking love it. I'm realizing that I really, really want red hair. It's so dramatic. Who knows? Maybe next outfit post you'll see a whole new me...
Oh, and I was tagged by the gorgeous Petra to list 6 random things about me. I'm not going to go as deep as last time, don't worry!
1. My favorite color is blood red.
2. I'm currently obsessed with making fruit smoothies.
3. The next song I'm planning to teach myself on the piano is Diary by Alicia Keys.
4. I would like to start incorporating the color aqua into my wardrobe, as a small hint to the weather that I would like spring to arrive.
5. I drink mint tea almost constantly.
6. I have a little brother who is quite possibly a genius.
Tagging Karla, China, and Maria

Currently Listening to: Sunday Arak by Balkan Beatbox
Picture from TheFashionSpot

Trop Long

So yesterday my dad surprised me with pretty much the best thing ever...invites to two shows at Bryant Park!!! A woman that he works with had read my blog and offered to give me priiime seats. I went to upcoming Russian designer Alexander Terexov's show, and William Rast. This is going to be a long post, so get ready.

I arrived at the tents practically jumping for joy. These were my people, this army of stilleto-wearing, hair-swishing amazons who were constantly checking their Blackberries. As you can see I stood out in my mint green flapper dress (because literally everyone else wore all black), but I kind of liked it that way; a few photogs even snapped some pictures of me, which was exciting.

Terexov obviously took his inspiration from the New York skyline, because many of his filmy dresses had exaggerated prints of buildings upon them. As you know I am deathly afraid of printed things, so these were not my cup of tea. An exception was the very last look, a silk sleeveless goddess gown. It was printed in the same way, but more subtly and with a crescent moon on the shoulder, which gave it a more ethereal, and less industrial look. My favorites from the collection included sequins, either all over or with black or gold sequin detailing on a tan or grey background. What also bothered me was his use of fur, but that's just because I choose not to wear it. However, one wool crepe dress had an asymmetrical mink collar that exposed one of the model's shoulders, and it was perfectly lovely.

Fellow fashionista and my partner in crime, Rina.
Terexov
Moving on to William Rast (which is Justin Timberlake's line, if you didn't know). I LOVED IT, you guys. It was so me, and the energy in the room was palpable. The collection was called "New America", and expressed the sense that American fashion needs to move into a more energetic place, to prevent us from growing depressed in these tumultuous times. And believe me, if I had some of the pieces from that line, I would never be sad again (HINT JUSTIN: CALL ME AND GIVE ME ALL YOUR CLOTHES). Rast stresses their Southern roots, which was evident in the show's soundtrack, which sounded like a mixture between Ray Charles and the tunes from O Brother, Where Art Thou?. It was undeniably cool, as were the clothes. There was a lot of acid wash (my faaavorite), and amazing jackets. I know that Rast's signature is their jeans, but honey, those jackets were out of this world. My favorites were a grey jacket with fringes going down the arms and wide, blazer-like lapels, and a blazer with studded leather sleeves- so BA. And I don't even wear leather (fashion week is trying to make me forget my morals).

William Rast
JT

So the verdict is that I liked Rast better than Terexov, although they were so different and both lines had their ups and downs (at Rast one model came out wearing a huge black blanket with stiff feathers sticking out of one of the shoulders...no). I sat in the second row for Terexov, but in the sixth for Rast, so you'll excuse me if my photos of the second show are, well, bad. I tried.

Oooh, I almost forgot, sitting diagonally in front of me at the Terexov show was Garance's It Girl, wearing a quilted leather jacket and THOSE glasses. Bitchin'.

Ahh, I almost forgot again: I did a little interview for Modepass about my style for their collection of interviews about what American style is. Please check it out, I did it in both English and French.

** An edit must be added. I forgot to talk about my best girl Molly, who accompanied me to the show but who sadly could not join me at the last moment. She looked super fierce and when I am invited to my next show, we are totally going together and will tear up the city (as we always do) :))

Dress-H&M, Boots-Doc Martens, Hat- Urban Outfitters

Picture from GaranceDore, all other photos by me

Pas Exactement

Pictures from the concert I went to on V-day.





I was tagged by the impossibly lovely Micaela to do a cool new tag. You take the second letter of your last name and write a poem beginning with that letter. Mine is E. I hope you like it :)

Ever twice I thought of it
Never more than once we saw
smoke and girls and perfect things
Took your eyes and mine away.

Purposefully we came to a place
Where drunken revelers wanted our mind
We satiated them with the money we had earned
And they left, but always there were more who came.

Lazing, daisy please tell me
Why you brushed so close, but then
Stopped halfway, my bitter peace
Wanted to slip away inside.

And it was us two, the only ones
Left in the smoke, and the bitterness
Made our mouths dry, and speech was limited
And you left, and I gasped for my unspoken stings.

Tagging Belle, Grety, Melissa, Holly, and Jenna. Happy writing!
<3 The Minx

Currently Listening to: Sally Lou by The Revelry