ABOUT 10 -13 YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST FELL IN LOVE WITH FASHION, TWO ENGLISH DESIGNERS HAD TAKEN PARIS AND THE FASHION WORLD BY STORM WITH THEIR INNOVATIVE AND THEATRICAL PRESENTATIONS. THE ART OF THE FASHION SHOW HAD RISEN TO NEW HEIGHTS WITH JOHN GALLIANO AT THE HELM OF CHRISTIAN DIOR AND ALEXANDER MCQUEEN AT GIVENCHY. WITH EVERY PRESENTATION, THEY KEPT THE FASHION WORLD ON ITS FEET WANTING MORE AND MORE AND AS A TEENAGER GROWING UP OBSESSING ABOUT FASHION, I COULD ONLY HOPE THAT ONE DAY I WOULD HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO EXPERIENCE THE ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY OF ATTENDING ONE OF ALEXANDER MCQUEEN’S OR JOHN GALLIANO’S THEATRICAL PRESENTATIONS. TEN YEARS LATER, IT’S UNFORTUNATE THAT FASHION SHOWS THAT WERE AS CREATIVE AS MCQUEEN’S OR AS CEREBRAL AS HUSSEIN CHALAYAN’S NO LONGER EXIST. IT’S A LOST ART THAT MOST DESIGNERS HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT. IN THE SHORT PERIOD THAT HE’S BEEN PRESENTING HIS MENSWEAR COLLECTIONS, I FEEL THAT THOM BROWNE UNDOUBTEDLY HAS BROUGHT BACK THAT LOST ART AND THAT HE HAS PUT ON SOME OF THE MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS THE FASHION WORLD HAS SEEN THIS PAST DECADE. HIS CLEVERLY ORCHESTRATED PRESENTATIONS ARE INJECTED WITH WIT AND HUMOR AND ARE REFRESHING TO THE JADED FASHION CRITIC WHO CLAIMS TO HAVE SEEN IT ALL. HIS MOST RECENT SHOW FOR MONCLER GAMME BLEU WAS NO EXCEPTION AND A TOUR DE FORCE. IT’S SHOWS LIKE HIS THAT REMIND YOU WHY YOU LOVE AND CELEBRATE FASHION.

LINK LOVE:HIGHLIGHTS OF MEN’S FASHION MONTH: MONCLER GAMME BLEU//

 I went to Radio City to see Conan O’Brien with Mr. Robbie Bellon and Mr. Mike Pierce and it was great… he is a genius and he had some amazing suprises such a VAMPIRE WEEKEND, Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart and many others…. Check out some photos … the one of Radio City, Robbie photographed with his amazing new camera… sassy ! Conan is very funny but more so then his humor what stood out that night to me is we must go on…. Even if life slaps you in the face and you get shocked by some crazy news you must turn things on their side and move on…. Time is wasted if you just sit around feeling sorry for yourself.  Conan decided to get back on his feet and he even put together this amazing tour around the country so people can enjoy and laugh with him. Laughter is a great gift. You should be able to laugh by yourself, at yourself, with yourself and most importantly with the people you love. I laugh with the people closest to me and it is one of the things I love most about the time with them. I am a pretty serious person – I am a Virgo – so a bit uptight sometimes… born the same day as Karl Lagerfeld but I try not to be so serious all the time… there is a time for seriousness and there is a lot more time for laughter!

Vampire Weekend

Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart

Paul Rudd

I also had the opportunity to visit my best friend, Kerri, in Astoria – which was really awesome – all the yummy food… on the way to her apartment I stopped at this WELLING COURT MURAL PROJECT — and around the corner I even found a BANKSY ….

This is a wonderful project curated by www.adhocart.org and they put all these artists together and they started their creations on May 19, 2010 and they were done on May 22^nd, 2010 – that is the way I like to work… if you say you are going to do something… do it… go ADHOC!

You will see many different pieces and you can look up the artists from this article http://www.qgazette.com/news/2010-06-09/Front_Page/Welling_Court_Mural_Project_Transforms_Neighborhoo.html

An interesting artist whose work I followed for a long time is RON ENGLISH and he created these mock advertisements for this wall

One other shout out for the week …. is my friend GENEVA took me to see LA ROUX …. I love LA ROUX and I love GENEVA… thank you so much … TALENT TALENT TALENT …. And the lyrics kill me I feel like some of the songs scream what I want to say to some people sometime…. BRILLANCE

Oops one last thing a shout out to my friend MJ who took me and my buddy Taryn Manning ( an amazing DJ, musician, and actress who is super duper cool and fashionable– this girl does it all ) and Geneva to the CFDA after party at BOOM BOOM ROOM… that place is always beautiful and fun but on Monday night I felt like I was in a dream state – the crowd was amazing and everyone was having so much fun.   Here are some view photos… a night to remember and catch up with so many incredibly talented people.  Seeing all these awesome people and all the glamour reiterates why we need to keep fashion safe in NYC … so definitely learn more about MADE IN MIDTOWN.

The opening of the made in midtown space with Yeohlee, Anna Sui, Joerg Schwartz and others 

Ha ha made u look …. 

Right outside my fav le pain on 8th street … Hanisidewalkart.com

Yes exactly…

Meet my bike ! 

What are you wearing? Outside the Made In Midtown pop up venue in fashion district. 

Please get involved…. Madeinmidtown.org 

Please visit Forever 21 and pick up a tshirt or adorable tank by Danny Roberts.. This will make you smile! 

Spending time this summer on my roof reading + having fun. 

I think this is hysterical one of my guy friends keeps his sneakers on when he tans… I feel like my brothers did that… He is Italian like us… Is it an Italian thing ?? Ha 

If you have not watched The Hard Times of RJ Berger yet you should … I swear it is so good and Paul Iacono is awesome on the show…. 

I went to the 80%20 party at Panda in LES and fell in love with these shoes from the archives and all the current styles.. So amazing …

LINK LOVE: THINGS I ALWAYS LOVED….

Humor has a new and colorful collection for Spring that is both bright and colorful. The collection is mainly jersey material, and the thing I love most about it are the patterns and cuts. I am looking forward to trying to find some of these pieces for my own closet. Totally dig the two toned cardi.

Gallery: Humor: Spring 2009 Collection

Courtesy of: Men’s Rag