Have you seen the Nerd Show???

I organized a show this semester at MassArt and it's been up this past week! We're taking it down tomorrow. Real pictures later!

Fashion Journal Week of 2/3-2/9/12

Vogue!

I picked this (February 2012 Vogue, with Taylor Swift on the cover) up at the store the other day, and found a few things that both surprised and pleased me!

Prada! Vintage cars, awesome 50s styles (of hair and cuts) makes me think of all the car shows I go to in the summer with my family at home. Sometimes people dress up in rockabilly outfits there, and many people display vintage magazine advertisements for their antique cars on display. I had no idea that Prada was so cool! I love all of these pieces, and the shoes are fantastic! I'd really like to see more of this collection. I would enjoy having this pink set.

I find this to be a strange story of a photoshoot. But I do really love this black Nina Ricci hat. That, and the prada skirt and shoes she wears in the second picture I put here, are the only things I like in this set. Also, vintage is awesome, but when did it get so popular??? Some people say it's because of Mad Men. All of this reminds me of the 1960s.

Jason Wu for target is just so fun! floral, floofy, and old fashioned inspired hair, and a cat in the ad! How much better could you get??? I like the 70sish print, but not the 80sish shoes.

Such a pretty pink mermaid dress. I really like the accompanying vintage photo. But when did vintage become such an overused vocabulary word?

Fashion Journal Week of 1/27-2/2/12

If you couldn't figure out my love of cats from the rest of this blog and our Cat Haus tumblr, then you haven't really been reading, or you just don't know me. But really, I probably love cats a bit too much.

Apparently cats aren't just an internet craze, but high fashion, too!

Victoria Beckham (aka my favorite Spice Girl, Posh Spice) even has cat dresses in her latest collection! (which Katy Perry also wore for SNL promos) I really like this sort of mod one.

An adorable cat dress for daughter harper. a similarly bold print to her mother's counterpart dress.

A cute sweater from H & M, which was featured on Glee. fair isle knits are popping up everywhere these days! 

And a sweater dress from Sodamix... 

Adorably quirky shoes from Miu Miu, in a sort of 70s platform mary jane?

Miss Chloe loves fashion, too!

Studio Spring 2012

I was totally bored with my pictures and "inspirations" that I had up last semester, so I used my monitoring shift to remedy that! Now it is sufficiently nerdy. :-)

Fashion Journal Week of 1/20-27/12

Fashion History II requires everyone keeps a journal of fashion observations!

So, firstly, a series of dresses I've been seeing a lot of lately! Though I can't decide if I hate or love these dresses...

I first saw it worn by Emma Watson at the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 premiere, but more recently by the cast of Downton Abbey in British Vogue.

Tumblr is one of my (unfortunately) favorite sites. Even Vogue has a tumblr, so inspiration is everywhere on there!

This is a really cool couture piece. I love the details. It reminds me of medieval armor somehow, and brings me back to one of my new projects - to bead anything and everything. (link to collection)

This next piece makes me very excited, but hey, what Alexander McQueen piece isn't amazing????? I would love to have this in my closet. Perhaps some incarnation of it's will make its way there...

Pre-fall 2012 of Alexander McQueen employs both my favorite silhouette and colors.

Futures Dresses Fabric Prep

Happy New Year! Some semester leftovers...

Finally! A new, clean silkscreen! Not for long, however. 

An old screen... the key is not to wait 4 years to clean a silkscreen to use it again.

The wool before dyeing and discharging.

Setting up to print my 50s nuclear fabric

Test of the discharge on wool, which only worked here, not on the final piece :(

Hiking, Apple Picking and Last Day Adventures in the Berkshires

A much delayed post... Part III of the Berkshires...

On our last day of our mini vacation in the Berkshires, we stuck around the area for most of the day. We went apple picking and picked I think a half bushel - we were eating pie and crisp for so long after that! - and bought baby pumpkins and cider donuts. They were so good!

We also went hiking up to Laura's Tower. The hike itself was good, though it was an awkward fall day in between warm and chilly. Laura's Tower was quite tall, but of course necessary after all that hiking!

More pics behind the cut...

Laura's Tower. Not actually that steep!

An awesome view! We could even see an old Vanderbilt mansion from up there.