New York Fashion Week: Photo Diary
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A cushion at Betsey Johnson HQ!
New York Fashion Week is always an adventure! Between countless outfit changes, dozens of cabs & people brandishing clipboards, events are always unfolding. It was a truly action-packed week! I took plenty of photos, so I thought I’d compile them & give you a little insight into what NYFW looked like for this girl!
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I started the week optimistically, thinking peppermint tea would sustain me. How naïve I was!
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…The very next day, I was feeling a little worse for wear. My whirlwind trip to Las Vegas, way too much time spent in recirculated air & the extreme cold in NYC came down on me like a ton of bricks. I immediately started guzzling the ultimate plague-fighter: raw turmeric, ginger, spearmint, cardamom, lemon, sea salt, honey & cayenne… I also started popping Zicam religiously, which seemed to do the trick!
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Oh, hi, Robert Verdi!
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My first day of NYFW, I was followed around the city by Charlie & Yung from Onstyle Korea! They met me outside my apartment, & we went to The Lake & Stars before hitting up The Standard hotel so I could teach a blogging workshop for IFBcon, & then it was onto Rebecca Minkoff! They also interviewed me after Betsey, & we did a little piece on how I blog. Cute! Hanging out with them was great–they’re really fun!
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Street-style-snapped by Marie Claire. I’m wearing…
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Photo by Craig Arend for NY Magazine’s “The 21 Most Stylish People of Fashion Week, Day 4”. This is my “purposeful” face! I’m wearing…
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Heading downtown.
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Obviously (!!!) this is from the Betsey Johnson showroom! She hand-painted this on the wall herself. The bars going through it are usually full of clothing. Glorious!
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Some shoes from Betsey’s diffusion line, Pink Patch. How badly do you need those turquoise & pink boots? SO badly!
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Here’s the outfit I wore! Though sadly, the shoes didn’t make it.
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Standing in front of some of Betsey’s drawings in her showroom (& wearing my Betsey wig!). (Her showroom is amazing–I hope to be able to give you a tour once I get back from Paris!)
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Loved seeing all this.
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Betsey’s sketches!
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Thanks, Grazia!
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This is what a LOT of NYFW looked like for me! Traffic & ticking clocks!
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A view of the STUDY NY collection at The Standard.
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From the Fashion 2.0 awards, with my fellow presenters!
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With Yuli, Queen of Style Coalition & general get-‘er-done gal! I’m wearing…
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The awards were held at the Trump Soho (very fancy), & I presented the award for the Best Blog. DKNY won!
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Finally, sometimes you are so exhausted, all you can do is dress up your dog & take pictures.
Not pictured but definitely happened:
Got trapped for ten minutes in an elevator which was packed so tightly with people we couldn’t even move–& it happened even BEFORE the FIRST show of NYFW!
Lots of excellent celebrity spotting (Michelle Trachtenberg, Jessica Szohr, Lo & Stephanie from The Hills, Miss Jay [!!!], Lynn Yaeger, etc…)
Got photographed by Bill Cunningham (pretty much the highlight of the week for me!)
Had a cab driver who hiccuped non-stop for 60 blocks!