BULLETIN mini mall

December 4, 2017

"Whoever said orange is the new pink was seriously disturbed," Elle Woods said it all, pink is always a good idea. Show me a store that is top to bottom pink sprinkled with glitter and neon lights and I'm already 99.9% guaranteed to like it, but BULLETIN mini mall surpassed all my expectations. Located at 927 Broadway slightly down town from the Flat Iron, this small store front provides a little slice of heaven for 'Nasty Women' like myself.

A female centered Beyonce aura inspired vibe fills the store from the attitude of the lovely staff to the hot pink Christmas tree. Have you ever been in a store where you don't even know what to pick up because you want so much??? I had to make a full lap of the store just to prioritize what I wanted the most or I would have walked out with half of the merchandise. The store has products to please the most avid feminist to a girl who is simply there as a Brittany Spears fan; with the clueless playlist sounding in the background it is almost impossible to leave empty handed.

I am a sucker for a good photo booth..... you better believe I will not be leaving anywhere without a super close up face picture. BULLETIN mini mall took it to a whole new level with a photo booth that created a gif.

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The Whitney Museum

November 13, 2017

Continually providing a diverse collection of art from ideal beautiful paintings to mind stimulating 'ugly-beautiful' art in addition to providing one of the most beautiful views of the city. The Whitney continues to be my favorite New York museum due to its ability to house exhibits that my super deep father can ask you "how it makes you feel" but also ones that my mother can enjoy the beauty of. Currently The Whitney holds an exhibit titled 'An Incomplete History of Protest' in which the museum was willing to fall on its own sword and admit the social justice wrong doings of their past while also shining a light on the most relevant social issues we are facing.

Currently The Whitney holds an exhibit titled 'An Incomplete History of Protest' in which the museum was willing to fall on its own sword and admit the social justice wrong doings of their past while also shining a light on the most relevant social issues we are facing.

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Volez, Voguez, Voyagez: The History of Louis Vuitton

November 6, 2017

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Take a journey through the history of Louis Vuitton and experience the evolution of the brand's trademark designs.

The exhibit is located in the heart Of New York's Finical District finding its home in the American Stock Exchange Building from October 27th to January 7th. A must see for any fashion or history lover, my only advise is 100% reserve your spot online so you don't get stuck in an endless line in the arctic tundra winds. Focussing in on the idea of the brands evolution being a journey, the exhibit plops you into the cleanest looking subway I've ever seen with the first stop tiled as 'Louis Vuitton'. When you continue on you are presented with a portrait of the man himself, Vuitton followed by his own personal trunk a piece any connoisseur of vintage fashion can't help but drool over.

The only way I could think to describe the exhibit is a living time line of the art that showcases the amazing way the designs adapt through the evolution of time. Trunks, post cards, advertisements, registries are among the various original pieces on display in the first exhibition room. My inner Carrie Bradshaw shone in full brightness when I found the dreamiest trunk of them all: a vintage woman's trunk solely dedicated to shoes!

A hall that exhibits many LV's original advertisements showcases a variety of creations possible through the brand. Unfortunately the trunk has lost its importance in a persons travel essentials, yet one piece showcased did not: the carry all. Though the looks of the bag has changed, the idea for a bag that could do it all was at the beginning of the Vuitton's vision for the brand.

The journey continues in a room containing the most unique vintage travel pieces arranged on one side in a scenic desert night and the other on the deck of a wooden ship. A steamer trunk on a yacht deck, a coper trunk in the desert, and even trunks that were taken on the Croisière Noire, a mission through Algeria, Mali and the Congo from 1924 to 1925 organized by André Citroën of the French car company. Even more unique is the trunk that folds out into a cot, as some one who has been forced on many camping trips with my dad I was especially envious on this piece.

As time goes on, lifestyle becomes the focus from grooming kits and book cases to table wear and picnic baskets, LV found a way to establish itself as not only travel goods but also every day essentials. Men and women alike were provided with every possible thing they could need or even imagine, If you could live surrounded by the beautiful hand crafted works of LV why not?

Life style evolved over time from more focus on prioritizing function to today where function and fashion share equal importance within the brand. Through this evolution the brand expanded into various collaborations with brands such as Supreme and artists like Jeff Koons in addition to bringing clothing into the mix.

Staying true to the museum vibes the 'Exit through the gift shop' followed the exhibit, but it's Louis Vuitton so they of corse added an extra flare. You enter a room with two woman working at two separate tables hand mending pieces of leather that you later see appear as a personalized luggage tag from the event. If this was not your cup of tea, the gift store had many various unique items including beautiful books bound in LV printed leather, unique perfume travel kits, deskwear and other small specialty items.

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Tyler Texas Rose Festival

October 23, 2017

Texas Rose Festival

A Deb Ball full of 'Celestial Wonders'

This is not a typical post topic for me, but after a weekend of wondrous chaos and the fact that none of my school friends could comprehend what was happening, I thought it would be worth giving a little insight to the ridiculousness that is my home: Texas. The Tyler Rose Festival is an Debutante Ball on steroids that has been going for 84 years in a smallish town in Texas called Tyler. I am from Houston, not Tyler, but most of my dads family either lived their or is still living there; I mention this because in order to participate in the Rose Festival you must have some connection to Tyler. Their is a queen & ladies in waiting who are the girls still living in Tyler then their are duchesses, the out of town girls, aka me.

Themed 'Celestial Wonders', each girl got some sort of spaced themed costume above we have: Ursa Major (the polar bear), Cassiopea, Rose Nebula, Super Nova, Cloud, Dawn and two others i'm not exactly sure of. The same man has designed the costumes for over fifty years, Winn Morton thought of over sixty different creative masterpieces to showcase in this years Rose Festival. I promise i'm not being biased when I say this years were my favorite collection of costumes I have seen after going to at least five different years festivals.

Susie has made all four of my cousins and my dresses for the Rose Festival, she is called the 'hoop skirt genius' and a hoop was one of the requirements I insisted on when picking my costume. I mean this is the only time in my life I will get to wear anything remotely this extra, might as well do it big! I remain in awe of the work she does, Susie had 15 dresses to make this year, each dress is hand maid from start to finish even down to every single sequin. The lengthy methodical process of making each dress differs from person to person, mine took 5 different fittings filled with corsets and the lovely Texas heat sending sweat down my legs.

As the extraness continues, an audience will fill with friends and family to watch the members of the court individually walk around the stage watching the beautiful creations Wynn envisioned come to life. Three of us, Cassiopea (Lizzie Darwin), Andromeda (me) and Pegasus (Morgan Weaver), were placed on stage together to portray a mythological story. Cassiopea brags of her daughter Andromeda's beauty upsetting Neptune who then ties Andromeda to a rock in the middle of the sea; luckily her true love pegasus comes and saves her from the sea monster.

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How to spend a day in Houston

October 16, 2017

Tinys No.5

The best brunch complimented by life changing chocolate chip cookies!

Hot as Hell. After 18 years of living in Houston, this is still the only way I know how to describe it's weather. With its obvious cons of the limiting of accessories and non stop sweating, the heat does provide pros. These pros Include your not being expected to walk more than about 15 feet to get anywhere aka the perfect time to whip out your heals and your wedges.

Tinys No.5 is my favorite brunch in the city, the beautiful open dining area stretches onto a porch where you are surrounded by beautiful boxwoods and hydrangeas. The menu has everything from a charcuterie board to a kale salad to a pesto grilled cheese, my personal favorite, but I can't stress enough you must get one of the famous chocolate chip cookies.

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Suite Caroline Salon

October 6, 2017

Suite Caroline Salon, a soho salon on Greene Street, is full of clients from models like Katie Moore to normal people like myself. You will immediately feel cooler the moment you climb the one story walk up and enter the trendy salon environment. The vibes are relaxing and artistic, unlike many other high class salons they lack the upity, judgmental attitude so don't be afraid to go in sporting your weekend leisure wear. This is also important because it takes forever, aka 4-5 hours, to do a full highlight; I do have very thick hair but still.

Sorry for the lack of an official picture, but here is a Before and after of my hair color! Malcolm Cuthbert is a magician I swear, he took my warm brassy balayage to a cool toned blonde.

A glimpse into the creative work done at Suite Caroline! Not everyone is ready to take on neon green or turquoise, but these magical colors needed to be appreciated

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Refinery's 29 Rooms

September 25, 2017

I kid you not, I had been waiting 365 days for this moment inside Refinery's 29 Rooms; the year prior I had made the great pilgrimage into Brooklyn but was confronted with a line that not even I was willing to wait in for a good Instagram. This year was the year, Taylor and I got our tickets and were ready to experience the wonderland of culturally relevant, socially woke & not to mention beyond aesthetically pleasing rooms Refinery 29 had created as there contribution to New York Fashion Week 2017. Below is a compilation of my ten favorites of the day; sadly we did not get to all 29 rooms but only missed a few that were not as promising to fit our Instagram aesthetic (YES we are those people, my apologies to anyone who has to deal with us). Enjoy :)

disco Wonderland

Cloud Ten

Laughomatic Noodle Room

Woman's Rights are Human Rights

Gender is a Social Construct

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*My absolute favorite room; embracing the power of the female mind and soul I felt I was walking into the future*!

A Feminist: some one who believes in the political, social and economical equality of the sexes

Flower Power

I'm Getting Pappered

If you know me at all you know I would like to live my life in pink everything all the time; with a giant snow globe surrounded by pink skies, pink earmuffs, pink furniture I was pretty sure I had found my heaven.

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RuPaul's Drag Con NYC

September 17, 2017

YOU BETTER WORK

RuPaul's Drag Con graces New York for the first time in HERstory!!!

If you want to go to a place where you can wear hot pink eyeshadow and not be the most extra person in the room, Drag Con is your place! RuPaul created a wonderland of products, glitter an QUEENS! From the reigning queen Sasha Velour to the sickeningly fabulous Violete Chachki; almost all of my favorite queens sashayed their way down the pink carpet to their booth decorated to each queens persona. Make up, lashes and wigs were scattered like snow; My only regret of the weekend was not wearing a pink wig and ten feet long lashes. Don't be a drag just be a Queen & enjoy a little taste of Drag Con NYC.