Mint and Rose

In a fit of inspiration (and as a way of procrastinating on calculus homework) I redid the bulletin board in my room. I'm really digging mint and rose as a color combo, with some browns, silvers, and purples thrown in there for good measure. Tulle skirts, macarons, and jeweled headbands are all I can think about lately!

FROM TOP LEFT, CLOCKWISE: Gap flower pin; Model at Nina Ricci; Model in tulle from Elle UK; Tinsel coat from Elle US; Young Diana Vreeland; Anthropologie cat-eye sunglasses; "So Retro!" Post-It Note; "Is Ready-to-Wear the New Couture?" Article from the Wall Street Journal; Diane Von Furstenberg Fall 2011 look; "Polaroid" from Elle US; Laduree bag; Elle UK picture; "Mint and Pink: think les macarons" Post-It Note

(all images taken with Instagram)

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Moody Judy

In sewing class we've been talking about what really inspires a designer and how the process of creating a cohesive collection begins. Mood boards are really the basis of creating an understandable collection. Like a thesis statement makes or breaks an essay, the mood board is the explanation of inspiration. We humans are visual, and so a collage-style representation if inspirational images, text, and fabrics makes it easy to explain to others what message you are trying to get across with your clothes.

So of course I spent the afternoon searching the internet for cool mood boards by various designers. Here are some of my favorite finds:

Anna Sui

Matthew Williamson

Phillip Lim

Louis Vuitton

J. Crew

Meadham Kirchhoff (Picture from Rookie)

Jason Wu

Givenchy

(images not mine)

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MAID by mtv

Get it! Oh, homonyms, you never cease to amuse me!

Anyways, get crisp and clean this fall with bold black and white maid-inspired outfits.

Clockwise (from top left)

"Upstairs Downstairs" by Karl Lagerfeld for Harper's Bazaar

Stella McCartney pumps

White collars at Marc Jacobs

Vintage maid pinup poster

Giulietta dress

Feather dusters and midi skirts at Louis Vuitton

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Which Witch Are You?

A collage I made. Feeling the magical vibes as we start prepping for autumn again...

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This Is Ivy League

Maybe I just have college on the brain right now, but Ivy League Prep classics seem to be rocking the runways right now. It began last fall with the emergence of the Letterman jacket as a fashionable outerwear choice, and now designers have extracted trends from every corner of the ivy-covered walls of the country's most prestigious colleges. The reality is that most people do not dress in plaid and polos as much as I would like to think, but a girl can dream. When I get to college, they better watch out.

Here's my magical inspiration collage of all things preppy and scholastic.

 Clockwise from top left: The boys of Vampire Weekend; Harvard in the old days; Spring looks from Phillip Lim, Lacoste, and Tommy Hilfiger; Pre-Fall looks from Bally and Celine; Blair Waldorf in one of her classic school girl looks

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