Solange Style: Are Juxtaposition Photos the New Thing

What happens when you get a group of friends staggering about in random fabrics and prints in one big photo? Chic happens, that’s what. This type of posing is a blend between Sex and the city married scene (notice the hard contrast) and Solange’s famous wedding photo (regarding their poses) very spacey, but yet uniform. Location: Viceroy Hotel, Santa Monica California solange’s wedding Carrie…

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Get My Look: What To Wear to a Day Meeting in Los Angeles on a Weekend

One may be overwhelmed with anxiety on what to wear to a meeting on the weekend in perhaps one of the most trendiest cities around, Los Angeles. No fret, your friendly stylist is here to help. oh, I almost forgot, I also have the sweetest secret on how you can save a little, but still say a lot with the perfect purchase. hint: The dress I’m wearing Nice and Neat hair : Pinned Minimal Jewelry…

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Don’t you just love it when it’s a good day and things go accordingly? Well, yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting with decor designer and owner of Cartamebii designs, Tamar Lipscomb. I was swept away by her brush stroke collection last winter which featured bright satursturated primes blended to perfection on pillows, clocks, and many other fixtures. So attracted to her hand sculpts and…

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There’s no longer a need to stay in the gym for hours at a time and honestly, who really wants to? Start loosing more weight in the half the time with Hiit training. Hiit is short for High Interval Training. When you train with Hiit you basically give it your all, like 100%, in short seconds. For example, You may run in place for 20 seconds then switch to high powered jump squats for 60 seconds, and  so on and so on. About 5 different work outs with appropriate reps usually gets the job done.

Try my Hiit workout below:

3 Rounds –> 60 seconds ea. workout –> 15 seconds Rest

1. Run in Place
2. Push ups, girl push ups are welcome
3. Jump Squats (I Love jump Squats)
4. Abdominal twist
5. Floor triceps Deeps

Ready to spice up your mornings with a tasty smoothie alternative? Well, I have just the right options for you.

Faithful Ingredients:

Protein Mix Powder: 2 scoops per serving  (I go between herbal life and a plant based option)

Almond Milk: 1 cup

Ice: 1 cup

Water (I like for water to be the base for every smoothie, adding a half of cup before any other ingredient and if the end product is too thick I add more water create the consistency I like) water is your friend

Other Ingredients vary with smoothie preference

1.Green Smoothie:

Faithful ingredients (refer above)

Spinach or Kale (Spinach has a more inviting taste to me)

½ Apple

Kiwi

Matcha mix (What is Matcha and its benefits)

Goji Berris sprinkled on top adds for great texture and appeal (I prefer to have them on the side) (What are Goji Berries?)

Need more sweetness? Add other half of apple

2. Is it coffee Smoothie:

Faithful Ingredients (refer Above)

Granola (later expand in tummy, helps stay full longer)

1 Banana

Cinnamon

Flax seed (Flaxseed Benefits)

Sweet tooth? Try snaking in just  a teaspoon of Agave (yummy)

Whip Cream (Adds the Starbucks affect)

3. Something Refreshing

Faithful ingredients (Almond Milk should be replaced with Juice listed below)

Mega Antioxidant Juice by Simply Nutritious (Juice Includes: Apple, Carrot, Peach, Lemon juice, grape seed extract, and green tea)

Frozen fruit ( I like  to add Black cherries, but I say get what you like)

Hand full of watermelon chunks

Flaxseed

Optional: whip cream, Half an orange, any additional fruit

Just be mindful of sugar  levels, if diabetic I would eliminate some of the additional fruit aside from what is already in juice.

Important note: If you choose not to use protein powder please use natural alternatives to ensure you get your protein intake. Our bodies are made up of protein and most of us are deficient in the area, so it’s really important that this ingredient is the King Ingredient in your smoothies.

Please Consult with doctor before incorporating daily smoothies :)

Not Just Bali, but Ubud, Not Just Ubud, But Hanging Gardens. Why You have to GO.

Sometimes life happens fast, we end something big only to gear up for the next amazing project while seldomly taking the time we need in between to reflect, digest, loosen-up, and simply enjoy life. What if I told you a trip to Bali could change that? It certainly did for me! After transitioning from an exciting career to a class room setting, into a new home, handling the highs and lows of a…

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wwd: Kristi Garced

“Do you wanna talk about [how I feel] showing up at a black-tie event in a mint suit?” Andy Cohen said as he walked into Pier Sixty on Monday night for the Parsons School of Design’s 68th annual benefit and fashion show. “Humiliated.”

Cohen, the executive producer of Bravo’s “Watch What Happens Live” — and the evening’s master of ceremonies — later joked that he thought the event’s “creative black-tie” dress code was “creative Kentucky Derby.” In addition to playing host, he was on hand to support his best friend Sarah Jessica Parker, one of the event’s four honorees alongside Donna Karan, Beth DeWoody and Arianna Huffington, all of them highlighted for their work in performance, design and social change, respectively. “Every time I get to hang out with SJP is a special occasion,” he said. “[Tonight’s honorees] are each exceptional game-changers in their respective fields….They’re [wickedly] smart and fiercely committed to being awesome human beings.”

This year marked the first time that Parsons, which is part of The New School, joined forces with the College of Performing Arts on its annual benefit, which raises money for student scholarships. The collaboration was reflected in the mammoth scale of the event — which drew a mix of celebs, designers and fashion execs including Matthew Broderick, Rupert Friend, Steven Kolb, Wes Gordon, Maxwell Osborne, Dao-Yi Chow, Prabal Gurung, Chris Benz, Adam Selman, Mel Ottenberg, Michelle Ochs, Patrick Robinson, Paul Andrew, Gabriela Hearst, Tanya Taylor, Ryan Roche, Jennifer Fisher and Yeohlee Teng — as well in the live musical performances by, among others, jazz musician Linda Briceño and the New School Carnival Caravan Brass Band. During the cocktail hour, most guests could be found drinking, smoking and taking sunset selfies out on the waterfront pier.

As dinner got under way, Joel Towers, Parsons’ executive dean, issued special thanks to two heavy-hitters in the room: Henry Arnhold, a member of The New School’s board of trustees, and Kay Unger, chairman of the board of governors at Parsons, both of whom donated gifts of $7 million each to the university. Later, 25-year-old Isabella Huffington stepped up to the podium to present an award to her mother, praising the media mogul’s resilience, strength and perseverance. “When my mom [Arianna] launched The Huffington Post in 2005, a media critic at the time compared it to the movie equivalent of ‘Gigli,’ ‘Ishtar’ and ‘Heaven’s Gate’ all rolled into one. Now, those were all a bit before my time, but I’m assuming that wasn’t a compliment.”

In her thank-you speech, Parsons alum — and noted draper — Donna Karan admitted that she flunked draping as an undergrad. “I had to go to summer school,” she said. “I’m a little obsessed with showing Parsons that they taught me how to drape.” Karan also referred to herself as an early adopter of the cold-shoulder trend, giving a shout to WWD in the process: “I’m honored that after Women’s Wear Daily killed me on the cold shoulder many years ago, that it has finally hit the fashion trends. You can [always] expose your shoulder because it’s a guaranteed place that you will not gain weight,” added the designer, who was wearing a belted black halter jumpsuit that showed off her very own.

Parker, meanwhile, accepted her award wearing a translucent studded Valentino gown as the “Sex and the City” theme song played in the background. The actress, introduced by her friend and tailor Lars Nordensten, will accompany three bidders — who paid $10,000 a pop — to Bloomingdale’s on a shoe shopping spree to benefit Parsons.

Later, Christie’s auctioneer Lydia Fenet achieved the seemingly impossible when she commanded the full attention of the chatty room, during which no one was spared from her razor-sharp humor. “This is a really random item, and I’m just gonna say that up front,” she said during the auction, referring to a horse-themed book handcrafted from gold, which eventually sold for $8,500. “All joking aside, it takes 15 people to make each of these books, and they are currently owned by the following people: Queen Elizabeth II, Pope Francis…the Presidential library has one…George Bush has one, as does Vladimir Putin. [So if you buy this]…you, Queen Elizabeth II, Vladimir Putin and George Bush will all have the same thing. And that you cannot say about a lot of things in your life.”

The runway show kicked off after 9:30 p.m., showcasing an array of gender-bending, forward-thinking men’s and women’s looks from 30 graduates of the Parsons BFA Fashion Design program: Alejandra Burguette, Angela Luna, Molly Kirchoff, Margo Isadora Schneider, Aven Helford, Conrad Sun, Ya Jun Lin, Natasha Alia, Song Seoyoon, Tiffany Huang, Ezra Xia, Kailu Guan, Ace Seongmin Kim, Jaya Luo, Sarah Kate Belcher, Jennifer Kangmin Lee, Wei Hung Chen, Zuoyu Shi, Xingyuan Xu, Yun Xie, Shweta Lakhani, Song Ryoo, Moon Choi, Nicola Romagnoli, Ming Peng, JZ. (Sijun Guo), Shi Chang, Annie Li, Han Wen and Jackson Wiederhoeft. Running just under a half-hour, it was not without several standouts: Women’s Designers of the Year awards went to Luna and Wiederhoeft, while Peng took home Menswear Designer of the Year. Laurent Claquin, head of Kering Americas, announced Lin and Huang as winners of the fifth Empowering Imagination competition, and Seoyoon was named VFiles Academy prize winner by VFiles founder Julie Anne Quay.

As guests started to summon Uber rides out of Chelsea Piers, Unger hopped on stage to reveal one last bit of news: the honoree for Parsons’ 2017 benefit gala will be Neiman Marcus Group, which is slated to open its first-ever Manhattan location in the Hudson Yards in the fall of 2018.

Valentine’s Day is Coming and Here’s One Way to Celebrate

Well, look it look it, who invited cupid? Ideas for the darling holiday seem to be the talk of the town. I don’t know where I’ve been for the last five years, but it wasn’t until this passing year that I begin to notice how many Americans truly loved their holidays. Seriously, either I’m just way too aloof or there’s a series of parties happening year around that I’m missing out on, but is…

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Three Vegan Treats That Will Make You Go Bananas!

If you’re like most veggie shoppers, a nice bundle of bananas to adorn the tops of your kitchen counters and fridge is almost an absolute must after every grocery run. Like seriously, what’s a morning without a banana? If you love bananas in your morning smoothie or cinnamon oatmeal, then you are bound to love this article! We’ve found not one, but three ways to bring the yellow peels into your…

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White Garments and Lace Detailing

Loading up our wardrobes with white pieces for spring/summer may not be very ground breaking, but absolutely necessary! I know this may be hard to comprehend for those of us who adore and have complete submission to All things black. We get it, but you have to admit, nothing quite spells travel, vacation, and family like white cotton and comfy linen on a cool spring/summer day. Summer Day of…

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The Successful Do’s and Don'ts of an Intern to ensure employment

Like most hopeful twenty odd year olds, I needed to get my foot in the door and I needed to do it fast. After relentless prayers and applications I was lead to the parking lot of Barnes and Nobles for what I thought would be a night of coffee, but in actuality it would be nothing short of the revealing of my next chapter in life. That which involved JustFab studios. It wasn’t until  unknowingly…

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