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Orientation at Delaware State

Yesterday I had orientation at the college I will attending June 20 of 2009. I left at 7:00 departing from my mother's house leaving with three of my siblings and of course my mother. We arrived at the college at 8:20 ten minutes before the orientation started. Once we got there we had refreshments then went to go sit down in this big auditorium well parents had to sit separate from there children the freshmen students. That sounds so good to say. I am a freshmen at Delaware State! While sitting in the auditorium they talked about the rules and regulations of the summer program that I have to attend. They also talked about what you can and can't where our curfew and the classes and things we will be covering during the summer program. The program starts June 20 and ends I think sometime in late July. We get two weekends to come home which is ok I guess.

Mrs. Bogal the person in charge of this program told us that we will have a lot of work to do from sun down to sun up. Some how I have to get use to this I know this is going to kill me but I think of it as it will all pay off, and it will. I am getting extra credits for going and completing the summer program with a 2.0 if I don't complete it with a 2.0 they send you home and you have to start all over again. Not GOING TO BE ME! The meeting was extremely long then after that we all slipt up to go and take the ACT a test that we was not warned about. Hopefully I did good. There was some math problems on there that I recently had in Algebra 2 that I knew how to solve with no problems thanks to Mr. Snyder and Mr. Davidson. Next after the test we walked around for a little ate and then left I had to be back before my little brother got off the school bus. The food was good there, there was collard greens, macaroni and cheese and fried chicken. Sounds good doesn't it.

We left Delaware State around 2:00 we was doing good time floating down the highways trying to make it back before 3:30 then BAM! Right over the Delaware Memorial Bridge I caught a flat. So I called my boyfriend to go to my mother's house to be there when my brother gets off the bus. In the mean while help came fixed my tire and we kept it moving. He didn't even charge us. Soon as I got back to New Jersey I went to get four new tires because my other ones were bad also and since I had the money right there and then I just got them. Saves me some trouble. That was my day!

New website (Polyvore)

So there is this new website named Polyvore that my friend Cierra put me on to. It's really neat. You can get clothes from anywhere like Charolette Ruuse or Forever 21 mix and match the clothes to make your own outfits. The outfit's that you make, you can post them so everyone else can see. On the website, of each item ever posted, they give you the price of that item and tell you what store the item is from in case you want to purchase it. In addition to this you can enter your outfit into a contest and the best one wins. Now I'm not too sure what you win, but you win something. I think it's amazing how you can look for one item and put in specifics down to the color, what type of dress, and the store it came from. I love this website, it's so much better then blogging. LOL I recommend to everyone! Try it!!!

Senior Trip!!

Geez!! Time has flown by fast with senior trip one week away then graduation. After that I am off to college. I am so excited! We are going to Disney World a place I have never been to before so I know I am going to have a ball. I am roomates with Turq, Mesha, and radiah which will also be fun. Mr.Maggi said we have to be in the room lights out by 12:00 midnight but with the people I am rooming with, you know that's not happening. This weekend I plan to finish my shopping for this speacial trip because of course you know I have to be flyy! Turq and I plan to go to Cherry Hill mall maybe even Philly to spend Some money!!!!! The only worry of mine going to Florida though is the swine flu. It is supose to be big down there. I just hope I have a fun heathly and safe trip there and back.

Trashy Fashion!

One thing I learned from my sponsor is that there is a big difference between fashion and just trash. Fashion clothing has to look good enough to make someone else want to wear it. It doesn't always have to match but it does need to look descent. It can be crazy but crazy enough to fit your personality. For example, tutu's are in. It is known to be a fashion statement worn to clubs and even for everyday purposes not just in dance class. A uniqe person like me would wear a tutu to a party and would look fine but every one can't do that.

If I had to choose again

If i had to choose another thing to do besides fashion for senior project, I would choose forensic science. I realized this while preparing for Snyder's fourth marking period project. I have always been interested in forensic science since early childhood. Always watching CSI, The First 48 and other crime genes productions. Criminal Justice (Forensic Science) is something else that I am truly interested in and maybe after graduating will pursue my desires in that field. But in the mean time, fashion is my thing!

Daisy the queen of hats!

My grandmom, the qeen of hats, Daisy. She does it all, meaning my grandmother is the fashion trend. Everything she wears is always fashionable even down to a nightgown. Maybe thats wear I got my taste of fashion from. Daisy! you got to love her. My grandmother never wears pants, she doesn't even own a pair of pants. She is such a role model to me.

You know the older ladys that go to church with the big hats and you can never see past to the precher, well that's Daisy. She has every color hat and shoe to match you can ever think of. Not only that but all of her sisters are similar to her also. When I am older I tend to be just like her the hat and fashion queen.

My first Creation

Senior project presentation is almost near of course as you know I am presenting a fashion show. I am making all of my clothing and majority of the accessories from scratch and my first creation which is a tutu is complete. I thought it was going to be hard making it but it wasn't at all. Just 3 steps, sew, pull, then I'm done. I had two helpers who are both of my models Erica and Justin. (Thanks) each tutu took about 15 Min's. I am going to making various colors to match my rock star scene. I can't wait I'm so excited to put every thing together and strut my skills.

Vic Levitan's visit

Yesterday during the meeting that I came late to beacause I had had, Vic Levitan talked alot about ideas for our senior presentation. I learned that i now have to really start planning everything out carefully and quick because timeis getting short. Something else I learned which would benifit me and my presentation is to leave time at the end for anyone who may have questions. I would of have never remembered to do that. I also have to test out my visual project before presenting and remember to invite and give big thanks to my sponsor and mentor.

Senior Project!!!

April 9th, 2009
Dear Mrs. Carroll,


I chose senior project to get a feel of my future career in fashion. I figured if I can get an early start in what I want to pursue my career in, why not start now. My presentation for senior project is so far coming along well. I plan to put together a fashion show of fun themes, clothing and accessories. What makes my presentation unquestionably unique is that I will be presenting every thing that I have made throughout the year from scratch. I have been working very hard with the help of my sponsor, my mentor Ms. Clark and Mrs. Porter my fashion and design teacher to make my presentation worth while. One big project that I have started working on which will appear in a part of my presentation is a paper dress that I have started to make out of newspaper. Right now it is a working process but in time, it will be impressive.


By creating this project, I will prove to myself that I am able to complete high standards that I set for myself for example, making a paper dress which is not simple. Doing research on exactly how to make the dress would also give me more knowledge about fashion and the fashion industry. No one can really help me complete this project but myself. They are my ideas and creation so I think I would be best at determining how to put the project together. I will receive great ideas and suggestions from my peers and people who do support me but overall I have to complete this project myself. I am ecstatic to see how my senior project and presentation will turn out. My own actual fashion show put together all by me, I’m so anxious.


Sincerely,

Finding a hairstyle for prom

Finding the perfect hairstyle for prom is not an easy thing yo do at all, especially when you are attending three different proms! You have to find the right style to match your dress and also make sure you can wear it for prom weekend. Depending on the type of dress your wearing, you can wear an up do hairstyle,long curly hairstyle, or even straight. One type of dress I am wearing to prom is very unique. I was thinking about wearing long curly hair something that Tyra Banks would wear in rip the red carpet. That's exactly what I am going to do for this years prom Rip the Run Way. So watch out girls!!!!!!!!!

Famous quote from Coco Chanel part 2

" Fashion is not something that exist in dresses only, fashion is in the sky, in the street, it's a person personality, fashion has to do with ideas, art and the way we live and what is happening."
-Coco chanel

This quote by Coco means alot to me and it is also true. Fashion is everywhere and made with everthing. Like for example a paper dress. You can get ideas from anywhere to create fashion. Coco Chanel really nip it in the butt when she stated this quote. It all depends on the type of person wearing the creation and how you work it. For my preoject, I am looking for models who are outstanding and unique to model my clothing beacuse i am expressing and that is the type of person I am.

Last Friday

Last friday I went to see my sponsor Mrs. Sheila and she encouraged me the most ever. She gave me all types of ideas to start on my senior project presentation. She brought to my attention things I have never even dreamed about doing, or should I say making. Mrs Sheila has been such a big help and inspiration to me from the first time we meet. I can't wait to see her next week. Maybe she can show me some pictures of fashions shows she has been to. I am almost ready to gather clothing for my senior project presentation and start creating unique styles out of them. The way I am feeling right now I know I am goiing to do good.

Overwhelmed!!!!!!!!

I haven't blogged all week. It seems like I am falling behind because I am so focused on doing my research paper that I never seem to have time to blog or write in my journal. Outside of school I am working and doing other homework for other classes. i am overwhelmed with things to do and blogging right now is the least of my worries. When I do have time to blog I have nothing to say. I want to blog about something new. I just wanted to get this out so I figured why not a great time to blog. Well I am about to get back to my research paper which is due April 1st. So much to do with so little time!

Famous quote from Coco Chanel

" Fashion is not something that exist in dresses only, fashion is in the sky, in the street, it's a person personality, fashion has to do with ideas, art and the way we live and what is happening."

-Coco chanel

Finding bathing suits for the summer

Every year it seems to me that finding bathing suits for the summer is very difficult especially for a person with a big bust size. So I came across this bathing suit from Victoria's secret that I want really bad but unfortunately the top part of the bathing suit doesn't fit properly. So I went to about. com to surf the net to find ideas of a bathing suit to wear for a person of my shape and size. They gave me some good ideas on what tops to wear like if you have a bigger bust size then average people you should go with a whole piece or halter top bathing suit and if you have short legs you should go with bottoms that fit your hips. I think this site really helped me to find the perfect bathing suit for the summer because I don't want to be walking around with a bathing suit falling off in all types of areas.

Coco Chanel back in theatres

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From WWD.COM
A glamorous, big-budget short film of the silent variety will premiere in Paris this week, and it’s all due to Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld, who donned a director’s hat and let rip his encyclopedic knowledge of Gabrielle Chanel’s early years.The 10-minute movie — in all its flapper glory, as these stills illustrate — will be screened at Le Ranelagh theater on Wednesday night, along with a showing of Chanel’s Paris-Moscow, a luxury pre-fall ready-to-wear collection embellished by the couture ateliers Chanel owns.“Today, people are ready for silent movies again, as they spend time — hours, I would say — looking at text messages and e-mails,” says Lagerfeld. “I always loved silent movies.”The designer gathered some familiar members of his entourage, including model Brad Koenig and his bodyguard/private secretary Sébastien Jondeau (mustachioed and surly as a Russian nightclub owner), for the cast, along with model Edita Vilkeviciute, her gamine allure, jutting chin and ramrod posture creating a beguiling portrayal of the young Coco from 1913, when the legendary designer first set up shop. As reported in WWD Nov. 17, Tallulah Ormsby-Gore plays a Chanel model who has to sell her real-life mother, Lady Amanda Harlech, a hat in the film. Even the workers in the Chanel atelier got to play parts as workers in the fashion house. “I cannot take extras,” Lagerfeld notes. “They don’t know how to touch the clothes.”The second part of the film takes place in 1923, when Chanel was already established, and is interspersed with newsreel images from the First World War. The plot, conveyed with title cards, involves a fascinating cast of characters, many tied to Russia, including Chanel’s lover the Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich, from whom she borrowed the pea jacket and pelisse, giving them a feminine touch. “It’s a funny movie, unpretentious,” says Lagerfeld. “Chanel was a charming woman, at liberty to seduce men. Everybody this year has decided to make a movie about Chanel, and you know their historical worth is not always too exact.”Lagerfeld’s mini movie took two days to shoot in a studio on the outskirts of Paris, and was “made like a Hollywood production,” the designer says. “I had every image in my head.” As for the collection he will show, he says it will be “constructed,” incorporating elements of imperial Russia and Russian folklore.

He's Back!!!

Celebrity Kanye West just can't stay away from a fashion week. This rapper is making the runway rounds again with girlfriend Amber Rose. Kanye west is a person of style who likes to stand out at all times. He has been busy checking out all the fashion shows overseas at the fashion weeks in London and Paris. Now he has to get back to the music business.

Fashion tv series

There are so many new tv series coming out today. They all seem the same, based on finding true love like The Love of Rj or the I Love NewYork show or either just based on money. Finally there is a real show coming out based oh Fashion.
FLIRT-ing with the FASHIONISTA DIARIES-- a Hip New REALITY TV Series About NYFW! LA STORY Hot New Cosmetics + Fashion+ TV Blog
Hang onto your tv time and don't totally blow it off this summer because one of the hottest summer shows will be on SOAP.net with a NEW reality series that marries fashion + cosmetics+ Jane Magazine + New York Fashion Week all in show that has 10 episodes!! It's called The Fashionista Diaries. Buena Vista (Disney division) partnered with GO GO LUCKEY ( Laguna Beach) and HOUR ONE to present this show.

10 steps to accessing your personal and professional image

The moment we see people, we make judgments about them. Our initial, split-second contact with a person is eye-to-body. We look at their face and clothes first, and evaluate them on a scale of attractiveness and whether we consider them friendly or threatening; but it doesn’t stop there. Immediately after that, we start making evaluations about their character, temperament and professional abilities. Whether we like it or not, our appearance speaks volumes about us before we say a word. Hence, your image needs to say that you are professional, credible, trustworthy and likeable. Here are 10 tips to help achieve this:

1. Your verbal and non-verbal communication styles must be consistent. Your appearance is your most powerful non-verbal communication tool. Consistency breeds trust; make sure that your body language and appearance are consistent with your message. Unless the language of the body synchronizes with your words, you will convey a hollow message at best, and an uncomfortable, dishonest one at worst.

2. A pantsuit adds instant authority and easy elegance to every woman’s wardrobe. Pair it with a classic white shirt and pumps for the boardroom or with a tank top and heels for a more relaxed look.

3. Don’t wear clothes that are uncomfortable or do not reflect your personal style. Regardless of your personality and lifestyle, there are options available in building a professional wardrobe. Fashion-411 has an easy to use fashion personality quiz to help you make these choices. Email us at mcole@fashion-411.com to request your copy.

4. As a businesswoman, you should project an image of professionalism while maintaining an updated and modern appearance. Purchase Trend or Trend-Classic combination garments that have been around long enough not to look faddish, yet create a current and fashionable image. If you wear all classics, you run the risk of appearing old fashioned. If you wear nothing but the latest fads, you appear to be victim to the whim of fashion. Trend or Trend-Classic styles will stand the test of time and are worth the investment.

5. Adding trendy accessories to an outfit is an inexpensive and simple way to convert a traditional classic look into a conservatively fashionable one.

6. Use the 8-count rule when choosing accessories. If you count the number of points of interest you have on your total outfit, the number should not exceed 8. Include belts, decorative buttons, rings, earrings, watches, glasses, pins, necklaces, embroidery, bracelets and shoe ornaments.

7. Invest in the right jacket. Every woman needs at least one great jacket that she can wear with jeans, slacks or a skirt. Even in a more casual work atmosphere, a high-quality casual jacket looks professional and works well for that last minute meeting when worn with a nice pair of trousers or over a dress.

8. Your hairstyle is the most important accessory you wear each day. Invest in an attractive, basic design and weight distribution, a professional color and cutting technique. A good haircut will pay off in easy maintenance and a polished appearance.

9. When available, purchase all three pieces to a suit – jacket, skirt and pants. This interchangeable set will make packing for a business trip much easier.

10. When visiting a company, find out what their dress code is so that you can dress accordingly. If the company has a casual dress environment, and your dress style is too corporate, you may be judged as formal or stuffy. If, on the other hand, they have a more traditional dress environment and you come dressed too casually, you stand the risk of not being taken seriously.