3 VARIATIONS ON FALL: SOFT, EQUESTRIAN, ELEGANT

Even Better

Loving New York Fashion Week -- Alexander Wang, as usual, playing the cool card so well. ADAM's colors, textures and shapes felt so comfortable for fall. And I absolutely fell in love with BCBG Max Azria...all the looks were so accessible. I basically collaged half the collection below. Separates are back for good, and I for one couldn't be happier.

 

 

Hope.

I totally agree with Tenny. While the media chooses to focus on all the negativity in the world, there is so much good around us that we can be inspired from. So many doors that are open to us. So many dreams that can come true. So much hope.


Anyhow, I have a question for you (mainly Tenny but reader's inputs are welcome): So I have a $40 gift card to Nordstrom's and have been looking for something to buy with it but haven't really found any clothes that I REALLY want. Except Rainbow sandals. I realize that I'm a bit late on this trend, but they seem like a good investment (especially with summer coming and being in La Jolla). Do you think I should buy them? Or wait for something else to come out that I like? Are the Rainbows worth it? And if I do choose the Rainbows, thin strap or thick?

Let me know what you think!

That's all for now :)

Fashionably Yours,
Nisha

p.s. Song of the Day: I Look So Good (Without You) - Jessie James

That Warm And Fuzzy Feeling / NYFW

God I LOVED watching the Vancouver Opening Ceremonies. When the Parade of Nations began...god I can't even describe it. Call me an ideologue but I just get so uplifted seeing people from all over the world joined together in peace, celebrating humanity. The contemporary dance routine with Sarah McLachlan and the slam poetry segment were awesome. And what about "We Are the World?" And the Akram Khan dance company? These are all examples of the wonderful things we can create. In the midst of all the negativity of modernity and whatnot (that's ALL we talk about in my philosophy/ethics class), there's still so much to be inspired by if we just look around! 

New York Fashion Week opened Thursday for Fall 2010 collections!

 Favorite looks so far...

More as the shows continue!

Inspiration.

I'd like to start off by saying that the latest rendition of "We Are The World" that Tenny posted up may have been one of the most inspirational videos I have ever seen. Seeing the effort that every individual is making to support another nation in need is truly inspiring. I have never been so proud of our community, our country, and our world :)

As for the Olympics:
1) I can definitely attest to the fact that Tenny is indeed a sports fanatic.
2) It was heartbreaking to learn of the death of Nodar Kumaritashvili hours before he was about to live his dream, but having come that far must be a dream come true in itself.
R.I.P. Nodar Kumaritashvili



But the games go on and the 2010 Olympics is something I've personally been looking forward to for a while. Two years ago in the summer of 2008, I had the opportunity to participate in the 2008 Dance World Cup in Vancouver, BC. At the time, they were also preparing for the 2010 Olympics. It's amazing how time flies and absolutely unreal to think that these contestants on TV are where they were setting up only two summers ago.

Also, did you all know that Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn spread Austrian CHEESE on her leg to reduce inflammation at the Olympics?! Talk about strange...hmm...I wonder if it really works though...

OH. Almost forgot the most important part of my post. Today I witnessed one of the best dance performances I have EVER seen in my life. The Akram Khan dance company came to UCSD tonight and performed a SPECTACULAR work of art. Akram Khan is a Bengali choreographer who is London-based. He trained in Kathak (an Indian dance form) for many years and now choreographs fusions of Kathak, Contemporary dance, Ballet, and Modern dance. Tonight he partnered with the National Ballet of China (Tenny, it's like our cultures fusing! How cool. haha.) and produced an AMAZING and I mean literally AMAZINGG dance production titled "Bahok". Everything about it was beautiful. Wow. DEFINITELY worth my money :)

Here is a brief trailer of the "Bahok" performance:




Well that's all I've got for now!
Fashionably Yours,
Nisha

We Are The World 25 For Haiti

Lionel Richie and Quincy Jones arranged the classic 25 years later for 80 of today's artists, with all proceeds going to Haiti. It premiered before the Opening Ceremony of the XXI Winter Olympics in Vancouver. I liked this version a lot, but I wish Mariah Carey and some other artists were in it!

People are always surprised how obsessed with sports I am, but seriously the Olympics are a major highlight in my year! Must go watch coverage -- from home -- now!

We Lost a “Dark Angel”

I guess I can’t say it any better than Suzy Menkes, the equally individual fashion writer from The New York Times:

“An irreverent and upstart attitude was part of [McQueen’s] character, evidenced by the cheeky comments he embroidered inside a jacket made for Prince Charles while he was apprenticed to a tailor in Savile Row.
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Inspired by nature, from predatory birds to writhing snakes, the designer skillfully folded exotic prints or fanciful feathers into a fashion lexicon that included plaid and tweed from his family’s Scottish heritage.
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Mr. McQueen had a love/hate relationship with beauty. Much of his work, built on precise tailoring linked to a soaring, romantic softness, was elegant in a skewed way.
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For the designer was a 21st century romantic whose soaring imagination, dipped into the dark side, made a mark on fashion history.”