For the past three weeks I have been esconced in the city of New York participating in summer courses at the Fashion Institute of Technology. This was my first taste of a true college experience. I was living alone in the city, in one of the NYU dorms. Commuting to FIT everyday and doing my own laundry, buying all of the necessities and experiencing the city as a native. Four days a week from 9:30 to 4:30 i would go to class and then afterwards my time would be spent doing work for the two classes I was taking. The first of the classes I was taking was Fashion Art in which I honed my skill as a designer. I learned how to improve my fashion sketches and the basics of putting together a mood board and rendering different clotheing in a sketch. I learned about all sorts of different fabrics and how to incorporate them into a design. The class was taught by the talented artist Anna Kipper whp is a designer fot teh Haute Couture company Maggie Norris. Our projects for said class were only two but they were challenging and took time and energy to perfect. The first was to design a line of 1960's inspired swimwear and the second was to design a lingirie collection based on a movie. On the last day of class we were asked to design an evening dress for a celebrity of our choice. My first collecting recieved only a B- and my second a B+ which brought my average to a B. Not bad for a college as demanding as FIT! My second class was Urban wear in which we were given much more freedom to let our imaginations run wild as designers. We were asked to design a dark glamour line, an atheletic wear line, and a line based on superheroes! But when classes were over I was free to go out on my own and experience New York City proper.
City Style has no limitations and is often well beyond the progression of style in most other areas. Trends that I saw more often than not were ankle boots and gladiator sandals as well as the lady like trend of tucking ones shirt into a belted pair of shorts. Denim button downs and fedoras were quite popular and as I said in an earlier post of mine, florals are back baby! And be sure to get yourselves a pair of oxfords because this is a trend that you have to claim ahead of time! Rompers are here to stay the high waisted trend is more popular than ever. In my adventures I met a couple of models and was scouted by one modeling agent. Based on these two connections I was asked to participate in a Balthasaar Verdugo fashion show being held in Battery Park. The look was a flurorescent 1970's punk the likes of which had not been seen since Grease!
If you are ever in the city several hot spots that I urge you to check out are as follows.
Phileo: make your own frozen yogurt!
Reservoir: a bar for those who want to get smashed quick
One Eyed Willys in Soho: My number one club reccomendation
Cheap Jack's vintage clothing: number one vintage store on 5th avenue
Pink Penguin: My favorite Soho boutique
And be sure to check out Alexander Wang's new fall line, because there is a certain tuxedoe dress the likes of which I have already claimed that if you have a size 00 body and 545 dollars is quite a steal!
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