Exhibit A,B and C

Like i told you guys earlier, there was that whole week of furniture design and yes,
it was just how everyone said it would be....
a bunch of parties and open bars.

Non stop running the streets and crashing exhibitions/parties/open bars
for like 3-4 days


To be honest, i wasnt even really interested in the whole furniture thing, i mean i do enjoy furniture such as:


BEDS


COUCHES


and TOILETS/BIDETS
(toilet are considered furniture right?)


but i wasn't really trippin...

But I did get to see a bunch of cool design though. Not only did this week give industrial/product designers a chance to exhibit but gave fashion designers a chance also. Fashion designers and companies such as Vivianne Westwood, Agatha Ruiz de la Prada and Replay for instance, took advantage of this week and gave presentations and parties, since this years Milan Fashion Week was cut short for Anna Wintour and fashion shows were jammed packed into a few days. People even protested (i didnt even think people protested here. haha)
Anyhow...




We pretty much lost a couple years of life that week




But it was worth it.
It was nice, i got to play some records at a party too.




with my friend/partner in crime Tea

Real Life Absolutely Fabulous

It was yet another evening at the school's cafeteria called NABAR. Here you can usually find Tea and I: over eating some dry ass pasta, drinking coffee and/or an alcoholic beverage, because yes you can have a bloody mary right before class.

So like usual were sitting there having an intellectual conversation, catching up on the latest news, since we have a pre paid/pay as you go phone out here it is impossible to have actual conversations on the phone, so sitting for coffee takes place instead.

So were talking about art, politics, music, travel, fashion week, pink nail polish, parties, our future, men, etc and watching Absolutely Fabulous all at the same time, sometimes even in the same sentence, when during this Ab Fab episode there is a scene where Eddy and Patsy are on an airplane destroying it via drinking tons of alcohol from the little bottles they give away on airplanes as there going to France.

I go on and say, "wow Tea, one day we will be on a plane together drinking little bottles of wine, laughing out loud trying to join the mile high club and old ladies rolling their eyes at us..."
Then Tea replies... "well uh, im actually going to Madrid to visit a friend, i think she said its cool to bring someone...YOU SHOULD COME!"

"Madrid?" i ask myself... omg hell yea! so i quickly get online and search for flights! im not even kidding, 10 minutes later i had purchased a flight to Madrid!!!
I love doing things on the spontaneous tip... they always turn out more exciting, and you know me, i LIVE for excitement.

As soon as my purchase went through and I received my confirmation email...

...out of nowhere, like from the sky or something, traditional flamenco music began to play and i jumped on top of a table and danced a solo inspired by the one and only bad ass Carmen Amaya. It looked a lot like this:


;)

And that's how, ladies and gentlemen, the story of Madrid begins....

Worke Le Mode

Ok so here is the update yall. In the fashion world this would be considered old news since fashion trends move so quickly but in MY real world, 2 weeks ago to 2 months ago is still relevant. And with that being said, i continue...

So, I got an internship at a showroom with Les Hommes via my partner in crime, Tea (pronounced: tey-a, not like the stuff we drink ;). Les Hommes (pronounced: les-oms) collections are designed for men which i thought was great because not only will i be surrounded by male models on the daily basis but I am really into men designer wear as well. The great part is that Tea has been with them for a couple of season before so she was able to train me and put me up on all the do's and dont's.

My first day was to work the fashion show during Men Fashion Week in Milan. The show was 5 minutes from my apartment which was great since the showroom in more like 45min from my place. That day, my job was to help organize the looks a.k.a. make sure those trousers go with that coat and those boots go with model #10 etc ect as well as dressing and undressing the models.

Of course I was excited. And it was official, not like the last Fashion Week were i had to sneak into the shows.

*i will now go back into time to show you that experience to later return to this story. dont worry its all relevant ;)

Last Fashion Week happened sometime in September when i had only been here for a month and was still homeless aka living in a hotel.
-ok im just going to copy&paste what i wrote about it on FB to save time and energy. And also i wrote that moments after it happened so you can better feel the excitement versus me writing about it now, ok-

Omg, i dont even know where to start.... so today i was determined to get in.... so me and Joicy got dolled up and headed to a Salvatore Ferragamo fashion show for fashion week in milan.... Unfortunately, we got there too late and missed the show so we were a bit bummed.... but low and behold, an opportunity pops up as a group of hairstylist admire my camera! Next thing you know we are walking in with them and ended up backstage!!!! OMG, i got to see and feel the whole collection in my freaking hands!!!! i saw the illustrations, held the garments and enjoyed a glass of champagne... The next show was Jo No Fui, and we were able to watch the whole thing go down. I met the designer, Alessia Giacobino and we saw the models get their hair and makeup as well as saw them get dressed, stick figures, high heels and titties, the whole thing.... the best part was seeing the work and having it in my own hands!!! Ok, so we cant have everything because my camera died and i was only able to document a little bit of it. Here is some of what i got! enjoy!

Pictures and illustrations of the collection

i love the illustrations sssooo much
Ferragamo Clutch, heavy enough to knock you out
I was really shocked to be there- with no questions asked.

It was so unbelievable to me. This is backstage with all the garments and illustrations.

After the Ferragamo show was the Jo No Fui show. Since we were already backstage we decided to stay. We walked around the venue and saw the whole show being set up. I didnt care that i was waiting around because i was willing to wait or this aka, a real fashion show in MILAN!



The sound tech kept playing the runway music over and over again to get it right i suppose. I mean he kept playing the first song over and over again, i liked it at first... by the end of the show i was loving it. I had no idea who the artist was though until a few weeks later somehow i found out. This was the song:





This collection i was really excited about. It was very rough with a very pirate meets biker theme that i was really into. A lot of pins, chains, leather and color such as black and nude.
(u can click on images to enlarge)

This jacket was bananas! The outside was made out of safety pins and it weight a ton! I felt kinda bad for the model because at first she looked like she could barely hold her own head in place, but when i saw her walking down the runway she impressed me because she actually appeared strong.
I got to meet the designer Alessia Giacobino

I got a bit of video from backstage with my lil 'ol camera phone because my canon had died. The sound is bad but dont worry, i'll show you the professional video right now.

We had great seats to watch the show also and they had these pins on every seat. And yes, i did feel kinda bad sneaking in and sitting down- like who am i right? but honestly that was meant to be. It was like swiss clockwork- perfect.

You can see in this video me and joicy got our 3 seconds of fame (0:13~0:16), LMAO, i think we are hilarious actually.




ok, i know im such a nerd for this stuff but i dont care. i'll share with you what took over me when the show started.

So i was already high on life just being at the show. I kept contemplating my life and career, after all i had some time to sit and wait for the show to start. I was even writing this down. How i dont want to have to always sneak into fashion shows and how i want to be officially invited or be working in the very near future. Something tells me that will happen. Honestly though, even though i get a bit embarrassed sometimes of the stunts i pull off, i think it adds excitement and humor to my life. I guess i'll have other events to sneak into instead like the opera or the Olympics... oooh the possibilities!

SO yea, i remember sitting down right before the show started, and i couldn't believe it. I mean i still couldn't believe I lived in Milan but to be at a fashion show during fashion week was incredible to me. I remember when they cut the lights and simultaneously turned the runway lights and the music on. My stomach had butterflies and when the first beat of the song dropped so did a feeling in my stomach. It felt like it feels when your on a roller coaster. I damn near cried. This song will forever remind me of this moment.



*ok now back to Men Fashion Week 2010

ok my first but not last Men Fashion Week Milano! this time i was working so no sneaking in.



This was the outside set up. The show was at an place where they used to cut wood. very industrial.

the runway
the make up artist from London

the collection/models/looks
i like how he was pretending to read, very chic actually
Bart, one of the designers adding few last touches
omg some of these models were babies, i felt like i was baby sitting sometimes when i would have to tell them, "take off your head phones...come here, dont go there, here let me put this shirt on you... dont move, just stand there..."

I was wishing they were more on the D&G model type category, maybe in a few years after they grown facial hair.


This is us giving the models a prep talk on how to walk out there, lol




The end of the show. Happy Ever after and sealed with a kiss...




Les Hommes getting interviewed by Fashion Insider TV





poppin bottles of the bubbly



and of course we have the after party. apparently the place to be: Punks Wears Prada:






Overall it was a great time. Met some new people, partied, danced, and enjoyed the night.
And i must say, i love fashion shows. They're always so exciting. Whether its your own little show or a big time designers show they are hard work love and dedication.