December 12, 2011
In the past few weeks, the nicole by Nicole Miller brand recently launched a fabulous blog, Nicole Daily, and I was fortunate to have the opportunity to guest blog for the site. Check out my post at the blog Nicole Daily, where I dish out some great tips to transition from the cubicle to the cocktail party this holiday season.
December 12, 2011
[All images courtesy of Condé Nast]
SELF Magazine‘s Fashion Director, Evyan Metzner, knows a thing or two about conducting a successful photo shoot. With over 20 years of industry experience, Metzner travels all over the world to conduct shoots for SELF, Teen Vogue, Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, and InStyle. She’s worked with Beyonce, Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Hudson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Carrie Underwood, Kristen Bell, Taylor Swift, and more, with some of the shoots she’s styled pictured below. FPD was able to get the skinny from Metzner, for you aspiring stylists out there, what its like to be a stylist and how to prepare for a styling career.
FPD: Most people want to know how to jump start a styling career, let alone become a fashion director; what sound advice might you give them to follow to make their dream a reality?
EM: “First, I’d suggest reading, looking at, and watching fashion and style magazines and blogs, whether in print or on the iPad. See what you like and respond to: are you more of a full fledge fashion girl or do you like more lifestyle-like magazines, like SELF? What designers do you like? What photographers do you like? I’d also suggest following different editors on Twitter. And then intern, intern, intern. It is still the best way to get your foot in the door. While interning, see if you want to style (work with photographers and models on shoots), or want to be a market editor (they call in the clothes and accessories from designers & PR firms). And then take a look at the mastheads of the magazines you love. Find the editors’ email addresses or send them letters to ask for a meeting with their assistants. Its also important to understand that we all don’t start out in this industry doing exactly what we want to in the beginning. It’ll take a lot of energy and there is a lot of hard work, like packing and unpacking…and packing and unpacking. Most importantly, though — don’t give up!”
FPD: What would you say are some elements to look for, take note of, and analyze, when looking at editorial shoots in magazines, in order to become a novice (or better) stylist? Continue reading…
December 11, 2011
[Lustr image from iTunes.com]
“Apps,” or application software, are designed to aid users in specific tasks. The majority of the time, when referencing apps, we are referring to the programs made specifically for our mobile phones. As our phones become sophisticated, naturally so do the applications. If you want to stay on top of fashion trends, synthesize coverage and news feeds, or maintain your virtual closet, we’ve got the app for you! The following list rounds up our 10 most lauded apps. They’re simply too cool to pass up!
1. ThisNext.com, an independent social shopping platform, partnered with luxury retailer Neiman Marcus to launch ShoeDish, an innovative Facebook application that allows users to catalog their favorite shoes and share interests and purchases with others. ShoeDish is the first product-based application dedicated solely to shoes.
2. Emergency Medical Center Locator (EMCL) is an application designed to save your life, literally. The EMCL app directs you to the closest medical center in time of dire emergency, while also targeting the best-qualified care for your specific emergency. The app offers recommendations for six specialty areas: trauma, stroke, eye pediatric, cardiac, and burn. This internationally accessible application may not be fashion oriented, but it is crucial when time is of the essence.
3. Style.com: The Style.com FREE iPhone app provides it all: in depth coverage of runway shows, fashion feedback, designer collections, and hot international party scenes. The iPad app includes all of this and more. Get your fashion on the go.
4. Chicfeed: If you’re anything like us at FPD, you’re constantly browsing a number of sites for fashion related info, images and inspiration. So why not bring together all of your favorite feeds in one place? Chicfeed is absolutely genius for fashion eye candy as it compiles images from our favorite blogs and puts them all on one site.
Continue reading…
December 9, 2011
From our friends at thefind.com:
I know. I’m dreading it too. The rain and snow is going to start or already is pouring down. The wind is going to start cutting through our clothes and the best thought of the day is probably the mental vision of when we’re home, cuddled around the fireplace with a nice cup of hot chocolate. Preferably rapped in a wool blanket holding a mug filled with hot chocolate topped off with marshmallows. Though being fashionable will be the last thought in your head during that chilly, willy time, it doesn’t mean that we can’t prepare and ready ourselves to be fashionable at those moments by purchasing the most fashionable rain boots on the block? Burberry, Hunter, Leoffler Randall, and more have all created amazing and adorable rubber rain boots that are completely and stylishly steps above the rest. After all, if you’re going to brave the snow, you might as well do it in the most babe-licious boots that the fashion world has to offer. They might actually have you wishing for the winter weather just so you can wear them outside again: Hunter Regent Grosvenor, Valentino Wellington Rubber Boots , Hunter Boot Heeled Rain Boots, Leoffler Randall Rain Boot, and the Jill Stuart Riding Boot.
– Mira Torres
