My 'Birthday Suit' featured on Shopsterium.com

Out and about on the morning of my 21st birthday, I was spotted by style blogger at a Starbucks coffee shop on Kearny street. Surprised by her offer, I accepted it graciously. It was a good start to my day.

shoes: Urban Outfitters
pants: H&M
blouse: American Apparel
jacket: vintage

Shopsterium.com comment:
Well, I absolutely love that he’s paired a sheer button up with a striped top underneath. I’m actually wearing something similar right this moment, so I feel I got this stylish lad’s seal of approval in a weird, even-though-we’ve-never-met sort of way. Super rockin’ outfit, indeed.

Balmain replaces Decarnin

Almost unidentified Olivier rousting will do well Christopher Decarnin on the Parisian fashion home, Women’s be dressed in Daily news.

According to the deal document, Rousting has work under Decarnin at BAL main for the history three years following a six-year stint at Roberto Cavallies.

BAL main had announced on April 6 that it was departure conduct with Decarnin. His absences at the label landing strip demonstrate in March had by now spurred speculation about his future at BAL main. His breakdown to take the customary bow had a lot of attendees twittering, and it was report that the fashionable had checkered into a cerebral physical condition hospital rear in January — perhaps fueled by matter mistreatment.

On the other hand, WWD say so as to “source shut to the designer say conjecture about Decarnin mental health was exaggerated…In reality, tension between the fashionable and Bal main’s chairman and chief managerial officer Alain Hivelin had reach a breaking position, with the two men supposed to have extensively different view on the company’s plan and future way.”

Fashion Pioneer - Eleanor Lambert

Eleanor Lambert Berkson

was a U.S. fashion pioneer who established the International Best Dressed List in 1940. She was born in Crawfordsville, Indiana and died in New York City. She was an innovator who esthablished many important changes for the fashion industry including the creation of the Council of Fashion Designers of America

Fashion Photographer - Mario Testino

Mario Testino grew up in Lima, the eldest son of a businessman. When he was young he wanted to be a priest. Testino recalls not being popular at school because of his flamboyance. He was good at math and went on to study economics at Universidad del Pacífico, where his insistence on wearing pink flares and platform heels around the campus ensured that everyone knew his name. In 1976 he went to London to study photography living in an unconverted floor of a hospital, without much money, he funded himself by working as a waiter. He had his hair dyed pink which helped him get noticed as a photographer.


A few of Testino's work

The Sartorialist - Scott Schuman

Scott Schuman is the creator of the popular fashion blog "The Sartorialist". After leaving his position as director of men's fashion at his showroom to take care of his daughter in September 2005, he began carrying a digital camera around and photographing people he saw on the street whose style he found striking. He then posted these to his blog, sometimes with short comments, always either favorable or open-minded. He is well known for photographing what have been described as 'real people.

Scott Schuman's autograph courtesy of my friend Mer, who was able to meet him at one of his book signings.

Things were fine and DANDY.

According to his public relations bio, Patrick McDonald is known as “Dandy” to the fashionista crowd. This I never knew until I read the bio. The title sort of fits although I don’t think it quite covers it. It also never occurred to me that Patrick had a publicist, although it makes sense – this is New York and he is a man who is seriously out and about. And out and about seriously.

It never occurred to me that he might have a publicist because he doesn’t need one; he’s his own best. Take a look at him. This is a man, no matter where you might run into him — at a party, at a club, coming out of Louis Vuitton on Fifth Avenue, at a benefit — always ready for his (full-length) closeup, and like all pros, he never disappoints. There’s an artistry and discipline in that that is rare these days, even in New York.