Favorites from Fashion Week – FW14

Fun fact: I’m originally from New Jersey (yes, I call it soda, not pop, and I am a huge fan of the New Jersey Devils). 

Anyways, growing up so close to NYC, it feels like home to me when I come back and I’ll take any excuse to go there. 

While probably unnecessary, but totally worth it, I completely insisted that I needed to be in NYC for the full seven days of fashion week festivities. I have literally been longing for this since I left NYC in September after last fashion week season. As I’m looking back on my favorite moments to share with you in this post, I cannot believe it went by so fast and that I’m already home! Not cool.

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Day 1: Not-so-fresh off of a 7 hour bus ride, Ms. Duffy Dossier, aka Alex Duffy, and I arrived in the big apple around 7am on February 6th. Which was really fabulous since room check-in wasn’t until 3pm. Soooo, down to take over the hotel fitness center locker room we went to get ourselves together and re-organize our elephant sized luggage.

Then, it was off to our first fashion presentation, Raoul, where we met our new super adorbs PR intern, Shayna! Look how cute we are:

But onto what you really care about, the fashion. Trends from Raoul: color-blocking, feathers, and mixing graphic patterns.

Next, we hit the Jay Godfrey presentation and it doesn’t even matter what else was there because all I could focus on with this flashy pink-sequined gown:

You’ll never guessed what happened after that! Off we went to the Desigual show, featuring probably the most gorgeous model in the world, Candice Swanepoel, where the models were HAPPY, SMILED, and DANCED down the runway! I couldn’t believe it. Plus, the music was on point. I don’t know how anyone leaving that show could not have been in an amazing mood. Job well done Desigual.

Moving on… Friday was dedicated to manis, inbox catchup, a butt kicking bikram yoga class, and Pinkberry. Not to worry, we were back in action on Saturday, which was probably my favorite day of the whole week because 1) we went to the Monique Lhuillier show, who is like my favorite favorite designer in the whole wide world (aside Tidal Cool obviously), 2) my glam squad and best friends forever, Melissa and Briana, from Swank Hair Studio, arrived in the city, AND 3) we went to the Monique Lhuillier show (duh)!

I don’t think it will ever feel real that I was actually in the room for Monique Lhuillier’s enchanted show filled with bold feminine dresses and beautifully structured fairy tale gowns. It was seriously a dream come true in so many ways.

Sunday’s highlight was the taupe navy & black collection by David Tlale, which displayed city chic pieces with extravagant elements. And then we have Monday. Oh Monday. What an eventful day. First, while Alex ran around to cover the Mathieu Mirano and Noon by Noor shows, I stayed back at the room in hair and makeup to prep for a photo shoot with Jose Pagan (featuring designs from Tidal Cool Creations). What started out as an edgy, sort of black-light shoot, ended up as a swimwear shoot in the snow. Even 500+ miles away, somehow Andrea (the designer behind Tidal Cool) is still getting me to wear her itty bitty bikinis in the frigid weather. How does that even happen? #ModelProblems. And then there was also the tragic loss of Alex Duffy’s iPhone, whom she left behind in a cab. Pretty much a PR girl’s worst nightmare. Poor girl is probably scarred for life! Although, I think she handled it much more calmly than I would have. [More on this eventful day here].

Tuesday was a blur, but I know we did some cool fashiony things, and we probably had Pinkberry, again.

Finally, Wednesday – our unexpected departing date. While at a highly anticipated meeting with Vienna Victoria helping to pick out jewels for her new collection at Swarovski Design Center, we learned of a supposedly very serious snow storm that was hitting NYC that night (stupid polar vortex). After extensive weather research, an anxiety attack, forty phone calls between Enterprise/State Farm, and an Orlando Bloom siting, we finally secured a rental car so that we could head out before the messy blizzard.

So from start to end, that is a little window inside of my NYFW FW14 trip. It is definitely safe to say that in my life, there is never, ever, a dull moment. Including both the ups and the downs, I had a fabulous time in New York with the most amazing staff anyone could ask for! I am so grateful every single day that I get to do what I love and still call it work!

I leave you on this note: follow your dreams people. Create your own opportunities and find a way to do what you love! I made this quote up, which might be the most insightful thing you’ve ever heard in your entire life:

“You can have your cake and eat it too as long as you’re the one who bakes it.” – Allyn Lewis

<3 xoxo