Model Behavior

Model: Chanel Iman

Vogue Spain March 2010

Vogue Italia Relaunch

Vogue Italia has relaunched their website to now include a page for Vogue Curvy (for full-figured woman), Vogue Black (for African Americans), and Vogue Talents (for up-and-coming talent). The site includes features such as video interviews, photo galleries, articles, and more. Along with the relaunch of the website has come controversy. 

Many are glad to finally see Vogue Italia extend their coverage to all walks of life but many remain bothered by the fact that it done so separately. Instead of Vogue Italia including these new pages within the website as a whole it instead excluded them as if they are too inferior to be included on to the main page. Although Vogue Italia did issue an All-Black issue it makes  us feel as women of color with curves that we do not deserve to be incorporated into the magazine on a regular basis. Vogue Italia does not stand alone for their separatist ways we also have to fault our own magazine companies such as Essence Magazine & Latina Magazine for focusing on one particular race. Do we blame ourselves for this unjust behavior?


You can visit the re-launched Vogue Italia site here.

Even when I rocked POLO...I was F.A.N.C.Y

Ralph Lauren

*Yes, I clearly understand the difference between Ralph Lauren and Polo*
Just loved that line.

Honey.....what's your inspiration?

We, over at Candy Coat Me did not have the opportunity

to hit the TENTS...

Thanks to all our Fashionista blogger friends

we will still be "Giving it"

All  the 411 on NY Fashion week.

Check out the Style Caster's Backstage interview

with Charlote Ronson.

Charlotte has been one of my FAV designers for a few years now.

I love her girly fabrics, feme cuts and last year I died over a cute aztec (ish) print

wrap sweater.

Loved the Boho feel of the show.

Feeding your addiction

For all my Fashionista's addicted to this industry like a fiend in the night.

I have found a little treat for you.

The Cut blog posted this today

Deleted footage from "The September Issue"

available in stores February 23.

On top of this goodie, if you purchase your copy of "The September Issue"

from Barnes and Noble

you will get footage not seen in theatre's!!

Christmas in February...NO?

Enjoy!

B.E.P... Imma Be

We've been waiting since 10..to see the lights go dim

It feels like yesterday when I entered the Santa Monica airport hanger to assist in my very first fashion show.

The air was crip and fresh, I walked in and it was like a scence right out of

my wildest dream.

The stage was built, the lighting was being tested....models arriving....as designers stand around in their (yes i am a designer) outfits....and the chairs, the most delicate and important part..well of course they were in place.

For a moment, I stood there and took it all in knowing there was no other place in the world

I would rather be.

I could go on and on with this story as it is so vivid in my mind.

It wasn't until recently that I realized my love for Fashion was very deep, its more than material things,

it's a passion for beauty.....for texture, for art, for creativity and for life.

I am vert fortunate to feel this exact same way everytime I assist, see or produce a fashion show.

The images below are more than pictures, they are emotions....

NY FASHION WEEK....Backstage.

These photo's really tell the story.

Ohhhhh Catherine......

Catherine Malandrino

NY Fashion week 2010

Leather, Goat Hair and Chunky Tribal jewelry adorn Catherine's collection.

Makes me feel very African Princess...

We LOVE it!!

And now...a word from our sponsor

Sometimes you have to know when to leave.....and what better way then in a SICK shoe!

All we wanna talk about is partying and fashion

 

The girls over at Alice and Olivia are giving it!!!! I love the length, the fur and the hat!!!!

Flashing Lights

Alexa Chung
Madewell Capsule Collection
Bowery Hotel Terrace
NY Fashion week 2010

                  Come in close for a little lesson.....Allow me to introduce you to Alexa Chung. For those unaware she is an English Tele (in my fake English accent) personality and one of America's "It Girls." As a young girl she graced the pages of Elle as a model and moved on Fashionista, TV personality and now Collaborative Designer for J.Crew's sibling line "Madewell."

Madewell’s “vision is kind of the same as mine. They like laid back styles, they like kind of relaxed clothes — classic, timeless things. So when they asked to collaborate, it was a perfect fit,” Alexa reports to the Wall Street Journal blog

While she is not sure if this collab will continue into seasons to come, she does admit the design process is very egotistical. "Everyone around is dressed like me"

We over at Candy Coat Me....give it two thumbs up. (But of course we do, we moved our lunch break so that we would be able to catch Alexa's MTV show!)

The line appears to be the perfect mix of the school girl next door meets, the artsy girl in yearbook...its very New York.

Let my people go.

Glitz and Glamour. Front rows and backstage passes. Many young fashionistas and on lookers have an opinion on the fashion industry, the runway shows, the photo shoots, the parties. But looks are decieving.

The Fashion industry is amazing, it really is. But amazing is only acquired after most times, 15 hr days, uncomfortable working condidtions, STRESS, pressure, and a high level of expectancy to produce.



Which many on lookers do not get to see.



Enter Kelly Cutrone.  Many of you may remember Kelly from MTV's "The Hills" or "The City" as she was both  Lauren Conrads and Whitney Ports, emotionless, and very no-nonsense boss. Kelly is the owner of public relations, branding and marketing firm "People's Revolution." She is none the less an Iconic. Her company represents 46 brands and in 2002 broke the record for most fashionn shows produced in one day.

Kelly's next venture...."Kell on Earth." A new series on the Bravo network, following Kelly throughout her life, her business and all her interns. It is no accident that "Kell on earth" may often be confused with the infamous phrase  "hell on earth" because, that is what it may often appear to be.

Tune in Monday nights on Bravo for behind the scenes introduction to the real Fashion industry, the drama, the tears, the screams, the beauty, the models, the dreams of all fashionistas.

Check out the clips below for a little bite..of Kelly Cutrone.






More Kelly

No more explanation needed


And even with all this said...I still live for this!!!!