The Fashionista Lab

The day before I flew to New York I was lucky enough to attend a pre-luncheon celebrating AAU’s fashion graduates. 1. A collaboration between fashion and architecture students was on display at the reception. 2. Drawings by Gladys Perint Palmer, the Academy of Art’s Executive Director of Fashion, lined the entryway into the lunch. She [...]

High-low hems always catch my eye, but they never look the way I want them to. During the heat wave we had a couple of weeks ago I tried out a new dress that I found when I was looking for something to wear to my friend’s wedding. Turns out, I loved it! I’m not [...]

1. Friday was epic. I went to the Morris-Jumel Mansion for The Loves of Aaron Burr: Portraits in Corsetry and Binding; the Metropolitan Museum of Art for Punk: Chaos to Couture and Impressionism, Fashion and Modernity (I liked the latter more than the former); AND to the Prada SoHo store to see costumes from the [...]

This outfit is an unexpected study in contrasts: I’m WILD about this dress. The shoes however, I’m pretty lukewarm about. I love how they look – and I worked hard to get them – but I’ve never loved how they look on me – or with any of the things I own. I think their [...]

In San Francisco you can really never have too many jackets, and this army-green, cotton parka is the latest addition to my stable of outerwear. A few of my friends have this exact jacket, and several of my friends have something similar. It’s the perfect mid-lightweight jacket that layers well and looks cool with everything. [...]

This weekend I went to American Apparel and stocked up on cropped white tees. I want this to be my new look! Basically, cropped tees over midi/maxi skirts, or regular loose tees over fitted pencil skirts. And fun shoes. I’m still in the process of paring down my wardrobe and only wearing what I truly [...]

Mixing prints is something you can always do on your own, but I love it even more when it all happens in one piece. Hope you had an excellent St. Paddy’s day. I’ve had a rough couple of weeks and can’t wait to head to a friend’s bachelorette party in D.C. this weekend (cherry blossom [...]

A couple of weeks ago I went to a work event, forgot to eat dinner, and drank copious amounts of wine – but I didn’t feel it until I attempted to wake up the next morning. In that mental state I combined sequined harem pants with wedge sneakers. And voilà: hangover chic! Nike actually sent [...]

It’s hard to tell, but the dress has sequins all over so combined with a sparkly necklace it was a very shiny ensemble. I actually wore this outfit on my birthday a couple of months ago (just never posted until now), because I figured if I were ever going to get away with so much daytime [...]