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Check it out - Complex Magazine did an interview with my sister and the fresh.i.am crew about their show at NYFW.  That's right - fresh.i.am had a show at New York Fashion Week!
While it was pretty fast and kinda last-minute, only the NYC family could represent.  I'm happy they were able to go on my behalf because that's kind of a BIG deal!


   



Check out some photos of the show from our step-sister, Vee, who had a cameo in the Complex Mag video!

Watch the video!

More NYFW Inspiration: Tavi Gevinson

In keeping with the NYFW inspiration, I saw the prettiest picture of Rookie Magazine's Tavi Gevinson posted on Rodarte's Instagram

I instantly fell in love with her rose crown/headband! I loved it so much I made one!

I bought some cheap roses with fake dew drops on them (on sale, son!) for my trial run and I really like the way it turned out!


They remind me of some roses that Oni painted and put on ribbons for me years ago and I thought about doing that but I like the stability of the headband base - which I noticed when I made my Rodarte inspired foam stars.


And even though I enjoy the stability of the headband for the roses, I think I'll move the stars to some ribbon.  They're not as angled as I had wanted them to be for the Rodarte piece.  I mean, the way they are now reminds me more of the Giant Dwarf piece - which is fine but I'll fix that this weekend.  Since the glitter foam turned out okay, I think I'll move on to using what I wanted to use instead: glitter vinyl.  I bought some wires to make the starbursts from the original look and I can't wait!  The purple stars were a huge hit at work!  Especially since I paired it with my black and silver Mondo Guerra sugar skull shirt!

The stars definitely helped pick up my mood as well.  I feel like I'm recovering pretty quickly but I'm still tired and my throat feels like there's a desert in there.  Not pleasant at all.

I think with this new inspiration and Lauren's new hairdo (which she revealed during the Project Runway All-Stars live-blog), I'll make her a custom hair accessory!  I also bought some cherry blossom sprigs to pin in my hair tomorrow to keep my mood up.  Maybe I'll keep the flower theme going and make hair pins for Heather (a co-worker)!  She has pretty, long blonde hair that I want to make pins for.  We'll see what kind of mood I'm in. I'm hoping to catch up on some rest so that I can be fully recovered by the time I'm off my medications.  Only a few more days!

EDITOR'S NOTE:
Here is a tutorial from Rookie Magazine on how to make various crown/headbands

Happy NYFW Valentine's Day!

I'm loving all the New York Fashion Week coverage all over the web! From the Tumblr tag, Twitter and now all the way to Instagram, it's awesome!  I'm kind of hoping I make it to NY Fashion Week at one point or another in my life but for now, social networking has got me covered!  I'd much rather be in all the hectic fun that I've been seeing on From Me To You's Instagram (@_frommetoyou).  Maybe next year?  Maybe it's in my five year plan?  I have to remember that The Oscars are in my plan as well.  Can't I do both?  Of course I can!
And I'd like to do it in style!  Like in this cute little Kate Spade number

Or in this bad ass number by L.A.M.B.

I'm loving this cute Mod/60's rock 'n' roll look!  It's so feminine and it's such a great update to the rock/punk-meets-cute-girl thing that's been happening forever.
The beehives are the cherry on top.  Ever since I saw the Jean-Paul Gaultier beehives from Milan Fashion Week, I've been a little more than anxious to attempt it.  But where???  (Maybe a Project Runway All-Stars Finale Party?...)
Between attempting the Mondo pouf and now the FALL2012 RTW beehive, I've definitely got my work cut out for me!  Luckily, I've been secretly teasing my hair every now and again for some extra body and I've been washing my hair less frequently to get used to the texture for easy manipulation.  It's driving me crazy but I think I can manage.

On a personal note: I went to the doctor today and it turns out I do have a sinus infection so I'll be spending a lot more time with my NYFW friends on my phone while I rest up.  I'll definitely take notes on hair and make up and see what kinds of new outfits I can put together with what I already have (and maybe make more collars?).

I hope you all are having a Happy Valentine's Day!
XOXOXO

**EDITOR'S NOTE:
I can't believe I forgot the most important part!  Coco Rocha started my insane NYFW coverage with her gorgeous backstage photos on her Instagram! (@cocorocha).  She started all my madness!  Without her gorgeous feed, I wouldn't have been able to follow everyone that I've been finding on Instagram.  If you don't follow her on Instagram, what are you waiting for?!  Her photos are so beautiful and her outfit photos are amazing (example 1, example 2, example 3).  She's definitely one of my style icons for sure!
It was also through Ms. Rocha's Instagram that I saw Theophilus London opened the Rececca Minkoff show wearing his - you guessed it - custom Fresh.i.Am LVRS hat!

Ugh - how embarrassing!  I'll chalk it up to me being sick.  I hope you can forgive me!