Volume 1, Issue 81, February 7, 2010:What I Wore Project

Day 4

Outfit 4

Chunky Black Sweater-Free from my Uncle

Grey and Black Sweater-Free from my Uncle
Blue Mini skirt-$9.80
Tights-$6.99
Blue and Gold Scarf-$8.99 from a Vendor at the Adams Morgan Day Festival
Red Purse-$7.99 from unique
Socks-$2.80 from Forever 21
Brown Boots-$24.80 from Forever 21

Day 5

Outfit 5 

Grey Sweater-Free from Uncle
Pencil skirt-12.90 from H&M
Grey Winter Tights-$8.90 from H&M
Purple Pumps-$9.99 from Urban Outfitters
Magenta Scarf-$12.90 from H&M
Black and White Earrings-$1.99 from Unique

Day 6

Outfit 6

Dress-$58.00 from Urban Outfitters

Red Patterned Tights-$14.00 from Urban Outfitters

Peep-Toe Black Pumps-$24.80 from Forever 21

Retro Feather Hat-$9.99 from Urban Outfitters

Silver Pyramid Earrings-$1.99 from Unique

Volume 1, Issue 80, January 30, 2010:What I Wore Project

I'm continuing my project slowly but surely. 

Day 3

Outfit 3

Red Long Sleeve Shirt-$8 from Forever 21

Black Skirt-$14.90 at H&M

Grey Winter Tights-$8.90 at H&M

Brown Leather Boots-$24.80 Forever 21

Flower Ring-$5.00 from vendor

Socks-$3.80 Forever 21

Necklace-From my mom or grandmother?

Earrings-$1.99 from Unique

Volume 1, Issue 79, January 27, 2010: What I Wore Project

          I'm in the process of completing a project for one of my fashion courses. The project is called 'What I Wore' and the purpose of the project is to examine the way I dress and what influences my choices. I have to take a picture of 10 outfits over the course of the next couple of days, describe what I'm wearing, where I brought it the clothing items from, and what each item means to me. Here are the first two days of the project:

Day 1

Outfit 1

Sweater-$ 5 from Thrift Store

Jeans-$19.80 from Forever 21
Magenta Flower Scarf-$ 12.90 from H&M
Scarf-Rust Found on subway
Shoes-Free from my mom

Day 2

Outfit Two

Day 2

Outfit 1

Without Coat

Hat-$5 from H&M
Earrings-$2.99 from the thrift store
Scarf-Self-made
Necklace-$9.95 from H&M
Dress-$8.99 from Forever 21
Tunic-$12.80 from Forever 21
Knee high boots-$24.80 from Forever 21

Volume 1, Issue 78, January 25, 2010: IM BACK!!!!!

            It's been a couple of months since I've blogged. These past couple of months have been some of the hardest and most heart breaking. I had to deal with numerous deaths in my family, financial crisis, and stress from school. I've haven't had the time to do one of the things that I love the most which is blogging. This blog is one of the few outlets I used to express myself. If I ever had a problem or any troubles I would just blog and I would feel much better in the end. I can be myself without anyone judging me or looking down on me and I write on anything thats on my mind. I know it's late but one of my New Years Resolutions was to revive my blog again and make a post at least once a week. This is the start of that.

Volume 1, Issue 62, April 24, 2010: Portfolio In Motion "All Doll'd Up" 2010

My university's fashion department puts on an annual fashion show ran by the students called Portfolio in Motion. I was a backstage volunteer and a dresser. Even though I didn't get to actually see the fashion show live I was backstage to see all the wonderful garments that my fellow classmates made.During the planning of the fashion show, students pick a designer as special guest and as the designer of the year to be honored at our fashion show.

 
This year it was Isabel Toledo, the famous Cuban-American designer who created Michelle Obama's lime green Ingauration dress. Also with Isabel, she brought her wonderful illustrator husband Ruben Toledo. He has drawn many designs and sketches for Vogue and also for Isabel. They had came backstage on the first night of the show to see the models and designs, but as usual everyone crowded the door and I wasn't able to sneak a picture with them.

But the next day before the second show, I got my second chance to actually see them. Isabel and Ruben had a special presentation for Fashion, Art, and Graphic designs students in the auditorium, it was basically a timeline of their work and history in the industry. I enjoyed the presentation very much and it inspired me to never give up on my ideas, dreams, or my desires. Also, it made me really happy for Isabel and Ruben that they found each other, they have the most beautiful relationship and I hope to find a wonderful guy like Ruben who can be supportive of me, my career and to be my partner in crime.

Volume 1, Issue 59, April 9, 2010: It's Been So Long

I miss blogging and ranting!!!!!!!!!!!! It's been too long since I had a nice entry about life and all its randomness. But I'm so busy with this semester. It's been kicking my ass for the last couple of weeks. I can't focus and I feel drained of all life and energy. It's been really hard for me to complete my school work because I'm ready for this semester to be over. UGH!!!! The weather makes it worst. I hate when it's beautiful outside and you're stuck inside doing a 10 page essay. FML!!!!

Volume 1, Issue 58, March 27, 2010: The Day After The Banquet

The 2010 MU nternational Banquet was a sucess!!! I haven't had fun like that in a while. I'm so exhausted from all the working, dancing, and sweating from this banquet. I can't wait till next year. Here some pics from the banquet below.

Volume 1, Issue 57, March 15, 2010: The Ides of March/ Sewing Project

Happy Ides of March! Well this isn't really a day for celebration but this is the day that Julius Casear was assissignated. Et tu brute?

Anyways, I'm starting my sewing project soon and I have to sew this dress and make a decorative emblishement for it. This should be fun but I'm a little nervous because I'm not the world's best sewer and I'm being graded on this. I'll have to make a trip to the fabric store. I'm not sure whether I should go to the Hancock Fabrics store in Waldorf or Joanns and Gstreet in Seven Corners. But where ever I can the best look fabric. The dress that I will be making will be the one that is black and white but I want to use a solid color on the skirt of the dress and a printed fabric at the bodice. The colors I'm considering are red, turquiose, mustard yellow, emerald green and a deep royal purple or blue. I want something bold and eye catching.

Volume 1, Issue 43, January 13, 2010: I Really Need To Get To Work!!!

So far, my first week of school is going well but I can tell already that this is going to be a very busy semester for me. I'm only taking 4 classes with 12 credits but I still have a ton of projects, research papers, and just work needed to be done for all of them. I only have class on Mondays and Thursdays which is wonderful, it gives me plenty of time to get work done and possibly work.

I still haven't started my dress for the fashion show! FML! I'm suppose to be making a colorblock maxidress thats red, white, and blue. Plus I was trying to make a nice Ankara dress or playsuit.It's hard because I've been trying to buy all my textbooks for school I almost completely forgot about these sewing projects. I need to get to work...

Volume 1, Issue 38, December 26, 2009: Georgetown Fabric Haul

I'm feeling a little bit better today. I got some money for Christmas and I was so excited. Usually, when I get Christmas money I spend it on clothes but this year, I've decided to be more frugal and smart on my spending. Which is good because I'm going to need all of that extra cash to fund all of my upcoming projects and hustling schemes.

Today I went out to vent and shop and I ended up in Georgetown because I heard that there was a fabric store there. The fabrics store is called Exquiste Fabrics and the fabrics were indeed exquiste and painfully expensive. The store was kinda of small but they had extensive collection of fabric that included: imported fabrics from all over the world, couture fabrics from desingers such as Vera Wang, DKNY, Valentino, Gucci, there had a section of fabric that contained fabrics from previous seasons. But it was so expensive.

Imagine you see the most beautiful and softest cotton fabric that is seaform blue and lavender with orange koi fish, when you look at the price, which was $52.90 per yard to want to shank someone. I saw so many dream fabrics there, but many of them were way out of my price range.

Dream Fabric=$52.90 per yard
Budget=$150
Yardage need=3 1/2 yards
$52.90 x 3.5 yards= $185.15?! FML!!!

I didn't even add in the costs for notions. It sucks when your a student on a budget. You want to find the best looking fabric for your garments and projects but it's hard because the nice fabrics are always the most expensive and they break your budget.

Luckily, I found some nice fabric for one of my upcoming projects. The staff was very nice at the store and I walked out only spending $23.32.

Volume 1, Issue 21. November 18, 2009: NO I DIDN'T DIE

I'M BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I haven't blogged in a while I've been so busy with school. Its almost finals time and I'm trying to finish all of my final papers and projects. This semester has gone by so quickly, so much crazy stuff has happened and it feels like it was so long ago. Despite it all, I'm feelings so much happier and so much confident. Even though I'm broke, even though I'm jobless I feel like $100 million right now. I'm looking foward to the Thanksgiving this year not just for the food but to see my family and relax and actually get some sleep. The only thing that's bothering me now is that when I registered for classes my Survey of Fashion class is full. I would have to wait till someone drops. I might have to bribe someone with a pair of Jimmy Choos to drop the course.

Volume 1, Issue 20, November 5, 2009: Courses for Next Semester

         I talked to my advisor on Tuesday and I picked out some courses that I'm going to take for next semseter. I asked her if I was behind and she was no your fine Currently I have only 30 credits by the end of this semest I will have 45 and by the end of next semester I'll have 60 credits. I'm thinking about taking a course or two in the Summer.

My Course List( hopefully)

AA 361- The Survery of Fashion
AA 274- Fashion Industry and It's Promotion
AA 270- Clothing Analysis
MKT 301- The Principles of Marketing
MKT 308- Retailing
PSY 210- Human Growth & Development

Volume 1, Issue 19, November 1, 2009: The Halloween That Almost Wasn't

October 30, 2009

Well, I haven't posted anything for the last couple of days. I've been missing my blog, so here it goes. Well Friday was my friend Kelly's Bday. While I was making my stash for my costume( I didn't go as a present I ended up being "Miss Dominican Republic 2009, I'll explain later, sigh) I decided to make a card and the first thing that came to my mind was an envolope( i don't know, I have a weird thought process). I got some ppl to sign it for Kells and we suprised her @ midnight in the lounge. Check out the pic of me floating in mid-air at the surprise party.

So on that very day, I attened and particpared in Halloween Fest at my school. It's basically a event that my school does every year for some of the local children who are in less fortunate siuations. Each student organization has a table that has an activity for the children. They can range from bowling, puzzles, jewelry making, coloring, or even taking pictures. I enjoyed it I saw some interesting costumes and I ate a lot of food that day.

Later on that night, Kelly and some of my other friends decided to go to PF Changs for her b-day. I wanted to go but I'm a broke bitch. So me and my roomate( or former) Nastacia decided to go to a Frat Party at American University with some other chicks from our school.

The person leading this expedtion didn't even know where we were going. We walked from Tenleytown Station all the way to the house, which was way down Connetitcut Ave. We were also accompained by two Marines. One was dressed as the Shamwow Guy and the other was dressed as Bono. The Bono guy was hot, he is the reason why I like Marines.

So we get there eventually and when we walk inside the house, the overwhelimg smell of beer, cigarettes, weeds, and possibly cocaine fogged up my glasses immediately. So I took of my glasses because I couldn't see. This Frat house was overcroweded, beer keep dripping on me and the toliets were all flooded. So we left and some of the chicks that we were with we a little tipsy, Nastacia and I didn't touch anything. I was a proud graduate of DARE. We walked passed these two guys and one of them starts a convo with the girl and they ended up going to another Frat house. Me and Nas went home.

October 31, 2009

I woke up and still smelled like a Frat house I took a shower ate some breakfast and I decided to go the swim meet at my school. It was probably a big mistake on my part, I got my feelings hurt( it's why I didn't dress as a present, I'll explain later : ( ! )

After the swim meet I just went off did some work than I ate some dinner and a couple of my friends went out to G-town to watch Zombieland and to look at some of the crazy costumes.

This is all I'm going to say now about this. Even though I had a wonderful night the thing that I said that I was going to explain later keeps bothering me and it made me cry a little.

Volume 1, Issue 18, October 28, 2009: *Exclusive Pics* From My Textiles Project

Ok, so I'm staring on my Textiles project right now. I have to nip this in the butt before I start to forget about it and than rush to do it last minute. Since I don't want another crappy looking project I decided to put 100% effort into this. Basically my professor wants us to find 10 outfits photograph them, write down their tag information and say what season this clothing is for. It doesn't seem that bad to me. I actually like this assignment because it involves camera-whoring and that's what I'm all about. I started to take some pics of my clothes. I'll put up some more later.