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Glastonbury Couture

http://www.style.com/trendsshopping/stylenotes/062810_Glastonbury_Street_Style/

What is your favorite red, white or blue piece???

Industry Exposure

 MAC freelance make-up artist; Make-up artist for FCM photo shoot; Stylist for the Oprah show, “Step Out of Your Box”; Stylist assistant for the Oprah show, “Makeover My Man”; Stylist for the GenArt Fresh Faces in Fashion 2009 model fitting; Stylist assistant for the Joffrey Ballet Cocktails & Couture event; Professional freelance design and sketcher for Ariel Bellini hosiery and shape wear; Stylist assistant, and show cuer for the Nordstrom Designer Preview fashion show 2009; Stylist assistant at the Maria Pinto fashion show benefiting the American Cancer Society; Stylist assistant for the Maria Pinto fall 2009 photo shoot; Assisted at the Vera Wang bridal show Chicago sponsored by Belle Vie and CS Brides; Stylist intern for the Visual Therapy photo shoot; Dresser for Jillian Lewis at the Project Runway season finale show for New York Fashion Week; Dresser for various fashion shows at the Merchandising Mart in Chicago (StyleMax 2008 and 2009; Bridal Market Chicago), and New York Fashion Week; Runner for the Nordstrom Designer Preview fashion show 2008; Hair and make-up for AMO fashion show.

My Story

3 –Fruit patterned 1-piece -changed my outfits 5 times per day;


5 –Living room dances in costumes, to Cats and A Chorus Line;

7 -Poodle Patel=my dress-up name;

9 -Tomboy, bowl-cut, dug up worms with my boy cousins;

10-12 - Stack back bob (before Posh), lived for competitive gymnastics;

13-14 –City boutiques, I would not wear 'mall clothes';

15-18 –Make-up and up-do’s;

19-21 -Fashion design certificate program;

22 -Scholarship from YMA, and Bill Blass foundation- met Tim Gunn 3 times -backstage at NY Fashion Week -met Jillian Lewis;

Graduated -Jillian's design assistant - bridal registry at Bloomingdale's;

23 -Back to Chicago after 6 months of NYC- started working in the Chicago bridal industry;

24 - Bridal and Marketing Director at VWC & BVBC

The sequin shorts

I wore these to a barbeque (with a black and white horizontal striped top)...fantastic

Must read

http://www.amazon.com/Work-Visual-Therapys-Ultimate-Wardrobe/dp/0811865223

At long last, sound advice on what to wear to work. Jesse Garza and Joe Lupo, stylists to the stars, reveal their tried and true secrets to looking professional and chic. With questionnaires, hundreds of photos, color swatches, and before-and-after shots, they make it easy for any woman to determine her specific "worksonality." Then they tackle the tricky questions: How much skin is too much skin? Is what I'm wearing to work preventing me from getting the position that I want and deserve? Are shorts ever acceptable in the office? (Spoiler alert: they're not.) New grads, women re-entering the workforce, and those growing their careers will find Jesse and Joe's advice indispensable, no matter where they work they'll learn how to project confidence, dress their best, and make that wardrobe work!

*check out the acknowledgments page - I had the honor of styling at their Chicago photo shoot*

DVF Resort

http://www.style.com/fashionshows/complete/slideshow/2011RST-DVFURSTE/?loop=0&iphoto=0&play=false&cnt=38

*loved every look*

Marilyn

Randolph Vintage Market

Tennis Shoe

Vera Wang Resort 2011 - asymmetrical cardigan with...

Tom's Cordones

or try

Halogen silk dress

http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/3085859/0~2376776~2374327~2374331~6014132?mediumthumbnail=Y&origin=category&searchtype=&pbo=6014132&P=1

Silence & Noise

http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?itemdescription=true&itemCount=80&startValue=1&selectedProductColor=&sortby=&id=18554923&parentid=W_APP_DRESSES&sortProperties=+subCategoryPosition,+product.marketingPriority&navCount=399&navAction=jump&color=&pushId=W_APP_DRESSES&popId=WOMENS&prepushId=&selectedProductSize=

Keds 'Champion' sneaker

http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/3113552/0~2376778~2372808~6015208?mediumthumbnail=Y&origin=category&searchtype=&pbo=6015208&P=1

Nike 'Vandal' high top

http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/3035816?refsid=232034&refcat=0%7e2376778%7e2372808%7e2377035%7e2379515&SourceID=&SlotID=1&origin=related&cm_Sp=Related-Items-_-Product-_-Auto

Must Have

Fendi Clog

MUST SEE - Fendi peep toe platform @ Intermix

Jewel Me

-www.nordstrom.com

Must Read

Chanel 2011 Cruise

simply fabulous

Some of the pieces, like Freja Beha Erichsen's white silk Mick Jagger tuxedo, were making repeat performances, having appeared in Remember Now, the Lagerfeld-directed short film that screened at the Cinéma de la Renaissance the night before. The Stones front man, of course, married Bianca in just such an outfit in Saint-Tropez's town hall back in 1971. Magdalena Frackowiak, doing a spot-on Brigitte Bardot shimmy, danced her way toward the photo pit in a black and white checked maillot. And for the finale, there was Georgia May Jagger, with her dad's tune "Let's Spend the Night Together" for an accompaniment

-style.com

My beauty in lime & white

Hybrid Bike

Newest obsession

http://aloftaerialdance.com/Aloft_Aerial_Dance/Welcome.html

try to fly

Outfit Idea - Intermix

Check her out

Lorraine Nicholson

Hello mother

http://www.lfstores.com/index.html

Outfit Idea - Nordstrom

Botani

BOTANI TRIMMINGS

http://www.botanitrim.com/

263 WEST 36TH STREET

NEW YORK, NY 10018

-This was one of my favorite places to go while sourcing for Jillian

Must See

http://www.jillianlewis.posmatic.com/

A site to see

www.100layercake.com/blog

One of my favorite wedding websites!

Lust List

Matiko - BEC

Check this out

http://www.kaboodle.com/mk/wishlists/genwls1.html?m_cid=tgwl1

MUST HAVE

Givenchy striped blazer

Check her out

Georgia May Jagger

Lust List

Hulsey

Check her out

Nicoletta Santoro

http://www.nicolettasantoro.com/

Lust List

Deena & Ozzy Canvas Wrap Sandal