April 2010
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March 2010
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Dancing is the New Travel Photography (India &...
Special Note: when the film was rolling there wasn’t actually music. Of course, this only partially explains why my “dancing” is more like running in place…
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Planet Awesome Kid's Awesome Event!
Last Saturday was the awesome fundraiser put together by my friends at Planet Awesome Kid for the charity Global Action for Children. I spent the day picking up cupcakes, selling children’s clothing, holding kids, cleaning up, and pretending to be an MC.
Some kid unintentionally planted a tree in my face.
I think I’m definitely taller than Doro when I try really hard...
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“Workers of above-average beauty earn about 10 to 15 percent more than workers of...”
– Markus M. Mobius; Tanya S. Rosenblat. Why Beauty Matters. The American Economic Review, Vol. 96, No. 1 (Mar., 2006), pp. 222-235
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This season's style inspiration=dressing like...
(photo Andrew Elliott)
“Couples Always Match II, 2009”
(photo Colin Dodgson)
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Guest Blogger: Colin Dodgson
“These photographs were taken on a family trip to England in a car from Heathrow airport down to Somerset where my dad’s half of the family still lives. On the plane from California, he took an ambien and drank a guinness just to make sure he’d sleep throught he entire flight. He was still a little groggy in the car and he sorta passed out for a while. He’s the worst...
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Fashion Week Paris on Film
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Isabel Marant.
Backstage at Louis Vuitton.
Enjoying pistachio cream backstage at LV.
Tiny french elevators.
Backstage at Loewe.
Quick trip to the Pompidou Centre to see Lucian Freud’s paintings.
Broke down and went to BIA (Breakfast in America) because we actually had too many french meals.
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WatchRory Sutherland’s TED talk on advertising was really inspiring. He started me thinking about advertising simply as a way add value. Instead of the negative connotations that advertising usually has, he talks about ways it can bring about positive societal change. I was a little disappointed when I looked at Ogilvy Group’s work (where he is the Executive Creative Director). In his...
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Guest Blogger: Remy Holwick
You called…
Remy Holwick
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Fashion Week Paris: Day 5
Kenzo Bunny!
(That’s all for now folks. The rest of the updates will be from the film camera which we sent out to get processed. Check back soon for more!)
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Fashion Week Paris: Day 4
Thought about buying a stuffed rat for 450 euros, then decided against it.
Cheese, Gromit!
Notre Dame de Baguette.
Runway cafe at Loewe.
Midnight snack.
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Fashion Week Paris: Day 3
Neon Karl.
Make-up table.
Sitting backstage next to m’ rack!
Huge hair!
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Fashion Week Paris: Day 2
Found this gem of an advertisement this morning when we were buying film.
Delightful french breakfast.
Subways in Paris are incredible. We missed our train and another came in less than a minute. How come the metro in NYC isn’t like that?
Make-up time.
Talking to fashion t.v. I may have used the word fabulous, and definitely used the word amazing.
Finally ate lunch around...
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Fashion Week Paris: Day 1
Air France shows live feed of take-off and landing!
Paris has got to be one of the most beautiful cities ever, check out this sunset on the Seine.
Bright and early in the agency in heels.
Jet-lag.
Waiting for a fitting.
So much behind the scenes work goes into doing these shows. At Giles there was a dress 10 people had been working on for a full week!
Untouched calories.
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Daytripper: Peekskill, NY
Took a weekend trip on the long island rail road out to Bear Lake .
(Metro North Hudson Outbound from Grand Central to Peekskill station.)
Happened upon the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art and a great used book store.
Re-Reading: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov.
Photos; Andrew Elliott.