Another rainy day

Therefore another day called off of work. At this rate I will officially be living the poor college student dream! Just in time for my last semester EVER of school. Oh the irony. Ah, well, c'est la vie. I will say that with all of these days off of work I have come to do some rather "productive" things. I use the quotes because some may find what I do productive, others might not. As it is I've started to look at apartments that I could move into come January (as long as I get a job in Chicago); I've caught up on Lonny Magazine; And because of getting called off three days in a row last week, have started to run. Say what?! For those of you who don't know me by name, or even face, I'm not a runner. In fact what I've been doing is a slow have jog/ half walk routine in my neighborhood. However, I've decided that I have two/three (depends on how you wanna look at it) goals that I want to achieve with this before the start of school on September 5th. The first is that I want to be able to be able to run/jog for five minutes straight without being winded, and the second is to be a bit more flexible in the forms of being able to touch my toes and do the right leg splits. Now I could do all these things my junior year of high school, so I know I could do it again. If I don't, then I don't, but it's a goal so at least I'm gunna try!
Besides my personal life, this blog is related to fashion/inspiration, is it not? So because of this I'm going to express my love for my newest obsession: Kate Spade. Whenever I look at the stuff it kind of makes me wonder how I was not an adoring fan before now! But I'm a believer now and that's what matters. And I must say: Forgive me father for I have sinned. I'm lusting for this skirt!

city lights lillith skirt

Isn't it fabulous!?! It's cute, full, and has New York City (I'd prefer Chicago myself...) lights printed at the bottom. Makes you wish you had $400 to just randomly blow, right?
The other piece that I absolutely adore form this collection is there newest novel clutch:

Pride & Prejudice clutch

Gotta say, this clutch would be boss to carry around. I have a few friends that don't carry purses, but just might carry this because it's Pride and Prejudice. Not to mention the script with the pen nub is just too cute. Perhaps in another life I shall be rich and will be able to afford these.

Wanna know what the best part of Kate Spade is? There is nothing on the market that I hate. There are those pieces that I love more than others, but there is no look, bag, shoe, or color scheme that I hate. It's kind of nice to finally realize that there is someone out there that caters to my taste. What's more is that I used Kate Spade as my launch point for my project for my Merchandise Management class. I created both a line and sales plan that caters to the child of a Kate Spade lover. Perhaps I'll show you all my Katie by Kate Spade line next time. I was rather proud of it. Now if only my teacher would post my grade...

P.S. This is what I want my sis' bachlorette party table(s) to look like:

Things to do

So when you find yourself doing nothing due to having your shift called off two days in a row you tend to get things that you've been putting off done. In this case it would be cleaning/organizing my new room (no where near don, but it's getting there), updating this blog, and trying to find the best place to sell my old text books. And when procrastinating I do things like cut my bangs (once again I did them a tad short, as has been my affliction since I could hold a pair of safety scissors in preschool) and come up with a theme board for my older sister's bachelorette party. Since I'm one of the two maids of honour (my baby sister is the other) I kind of have to help plan and throw it. Should be fun, terrifying, and interesting all at once. Thankfully my sister (the bride) has some guild lines for the whole thing. Also, she originally wanted something very Kate Spade for her wedding, but toned it down for the groom. So the wedding colors are emerald, gold, black and cream: lovely. The bacholorette colors? Kelley green, lemon yellow, black and white. I love it when things are easily transformed. Thankfully my summer classes are now done so all I'm focused on is work until September - let's just hope I don't get too many more called off shifts before then!

It's gunna be awesome!

Hello World!!!

Haha... that's the first thing you are tought to produce in a java programming class. But programming is not my direction of study anymore. In fact, if I ever had any doubt, fashion is definitly my calling, what with getting straight A's this past semester. STRAIGHT A'S!!! It would seem that giving up my blog for nearly a month has paid off. Granted, finals was during the first week of my hiatus, but that was the beginning of the end of many things. The end of living in downtown CHicago (I now live in the burbs *tear*), the end of summer vication (I'm in summer school), and the end of free time (I have class, work and an internship downtown still - that's roughly a one hour comute each way). Now I understand how my parents could always tell me I didn't understand what tired and no time ment, and that I would have a rude awakening once I joined the real world. Today was my first day off in almost two weeks, and I gotta say... I'M EXHAUSTED! I'd like to believe it is well worth it, but until I actually make more money (crappy hours at work, a non-paid internship and paying for transportation) I won't declare it a fact.


And that was written on 6/6/11. It's been a while since then. I'm still making no money, and I'm still dog tired. Thankfully though I do occasionally make money at my internship, I'm getting more hours at work (they're still long, crappy and underpaid mind you), and my Wednesday morning classes are now complete. In two weeks I need to move out of my current house (my dad's really) and into my new one (aka my dad's new house). I still need to repack my room and get all my stuff together. This is quite alright with me though. Why? I GET A WALK-IN CLOSET!!! That's right, a big fancy closet with enough room to keep all my belongings (including the ones packed up in the basement) in my room and out of everyone's hair. People roll their eyes when I gush about it, but come on, what girl going into the fashion business doesn't want a closet that's the equivalent of half the size of her room?

Anyways, I'm sure you all want to know more about this internship, and if you didn't your gunna have to listen anyways cause I don't have a clue as to what you want me to talk about otherwise. So I intern at a furrier. Huh? It's a place where fur coats (and hats, and vest, etc.) are sold. In Fabbri Furs' case, it also happens to be where they're made. SO I'm not only learning the basic construction (in visuals and theory) of a fur coat, I'm also learning how to sell them and work with the clientele that wishes to buy them. I'm sorry if you are PETA fan, but I find my job fascinating and don't want to hear about animal cruelty. They've also go me helping to sketch and design the furs!

So yeah, let's hope I get some more time to work on my blog this summer, but I can't and won't promise anything. If anything I'll make sure to give you all an update come July. Ciao!!!

By the way, here's some fur designs that have inspired me lately:

Kind of fun right?

It's the week before finals, and all through the house...

every creature is stirring, and it looks like a bomb went off. But that's what happens when you are doing things like final projects and trying to move out all at once.Great fun. But i didn't come here to talk about my life; I came to talk about the couple of the moment. Yes my analysis of Kate & Will's wedding is a little late in comparison to others, but I wanted to do some digging.
Now the reason for the digging is that I loved the dress, but my teacher from my product evaluation class hated it. He felt it was too plain, had no fashion forward originality, and don't even get him started on the "shroud like veil". His words not mine. Now granted, for the CATHEDRAL setting, the train was a bit of a let down. While I absolutely abhor Princess Diana's wedding dress (she was 18 and it was the 80's, so we'll let it slide), she at least understood that for the setting, you need a bit of theatrics.
As for the dress being overly conservative (everyone thought she'd go strapless), I gotta say, it was appropriate. If someone can tell me of a royal bride that wore a strapless gown within the past 50 years I'd be impressed. Unless you are doing a summer wedding, most people really shouldn't do strapless. Also, if you pay attention, more and more brides are going retro, and/or simplistic, and that often includes sleeves. Icing to the cake? There are many churches out there that ask the bride to be covered up for modesty reasons. Not all, but many.
Another reason Kate's choice of long sleeves was a good call: it's been kind of cold. Now granted the weather in England is probably a bit different than Chicago, but I'm sure she was preparing for whatever was thrown her way. Besides, that deep sweetheart neckline looked pretty sexy on her. Kinda nice to have curve, huh?!

Again, could probably use a bit more of a theatrical flare, but considering both the dress and the venue were all about simplicity (Trees in the cathedral? Yes please!), it was appropriate. She looked stunning, and like a fairy tale princess.

Remember how I said brides are going simplistic? Here is Princess Victoria of Sweden who was married on June 19th last year. Simple, modest, short sleeved. That's the way it works. Heck, one could say Kate's was more playful due to having a lace overlay.

And the main inspiration for the dress (as far as the world can see)? Grace Kelly. But hey, who isn't inspired by this dress. It's elegant, timeless, and both simplistic and done up all at once. Grace looks more conservative than Kate did though, so that says something about Kate being a modern woman, right?

I'm inclined to believe that Princess Margret's dress might have also been an inspiration for Kate's dress. Tight sleeves, a deep V-neck overlay and a shorter train. It's stunning, regal, and not over the top. And that is the problem with America today. When we think "Princess" we think "over the top and covered in shiny things" or "sexy conservative" (low necklines with ball gown silhouettes), when in reality a princess is a woman who can do over the top with a classy sense of RESTRAINT. Maybe it's not as fun of gasp inducing as some of the wedding dresses out there today, but that's what happens when you represent something. If I was to walk into a board meeting somewhere in a mini-skirt and a leather jacket, it would be considered so inappropriate that I would probably be fired on the spot. So to is the way of royalty. If Kate had shown up in a sleeveless ensemble or something tight fitting, I predict there would be such a ruckus made about the inappropriateness of the dress, she'd never live it down.

All in all though, the big thing is that during the entire event William and Kate looked happy. Happy about the fact that they were married and that they'd get to spend the rest of their lives together. As someone wrote it was "the day we began to believe in fairy tales again".

Although I must say, the best dressed the entire day was actually Prince Harry:

Now that's a man in uniform!