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What Fashion Week Means to Me/You/Me

New York Fashion week is the greatest time of year. Not because of the pomp and circumstance surrounding new clothes, but because it's fall in New York (the greatest season) and the community of fashion lovers are united.

The energy of fashion week can be felt all over the city. Some people avoid it, others flock towards it and most want to be apart of it but don't quite know how.

What fashion week means to me, is an opportunity to be close to something that inspires and moves me. It is an opportunity to be in my city and gaze at this moment in time that will shape style's future. NYFW provides me with the venue to meet my muses, thus propelling my own creativity forward. Simply put New York Fashion Week is like the first day of the funnest, most magical school there ever was. You get to wear the outfit you've been planning all summer, see old friends, make new pals and major in all things fashion.

So what should NYFW mean to you? Well, it should help you imagine what your life will look like in the spring. What are your goals and daydreams? And what would you like to be wearing when you accomplish them? 

While we won't be wearing these clothes until the earth turns another 250 degrees, NYFW gives us a great catalyst for envisioning our fabulous future!

Happy New York Fashion Week!!

Ps - My favorite coverage is on Style.com, you can see the photos of the shows almost instantly! It's as though you have Ann Wintour's seat:-) 

GreenEye: Threads for Thought

Over the past year I have tried to change the course of my existence by making a smaller footprint on this earth. Little things, like reducing the use of paper towels, using recycled vegetable bags as short trash bags! "Reducing and reusing" is the name of my game.

I know it’s far from your mind when your shopping, on a mission to look amazing, to think, “How is this leather shoe affecting my carbon footprint?” But I think it’s time we start bringing that thought closer to the closet.

The easiest way to implement a more eco-friendly fashion strategy, is to research fashion companies that are utilizing sustainable practices when producing their garments. Think leather-free, recyclable fabrics and eco-friendly business practices. I’m not saying you have to give up your shopping habit, but I know for a fact that there are ways to be glamorous and green.

My new favorite T-shirts are from Threads for Thought. I was shopping in my local Whole Foods over the summer, and these well cut tops where hanging where I used to by my multi-vitamin! I played with them for a while, tried them on over my clothes, read the label, and decided this is an amazing product & company! These T's are as well fit as the high-priced designers in your local department store, and way more affordable! (Because of this fact I have since acquired five.)

Threads for Thought uses fabrics that are made using the most sustainable materials possible such as organically grown cotton, and polyester derived from recycled water bottles. Fabrics are dyed using low impact dyes. Often, water used in the dye process is purified and then reused. Fabric is cut and sewn into a specified style. Embellishments such as prints, beads, and stones are applied last. Screen prints are often done using K2 water based inks. Other embellishments come from recycled materials whenever possible. 

Threads for thought is also involved with major charities, they are a company that is doing good while making you look even better!

Shop here!

 

EyeSpy: Anna Dello Russo at NYFW

 

Images Via Style.com

Anna Dello Russo = my style icon. She defines the three “F”’s necessary to be an icon: Fearlessness, Fabulousness, and Flyness. The “ness” is for emphasis.

If you don’t know who Anna is, let me introduce you. As the current editor-at-large and creative consultant for Vogue Japan, this Italian beauty has been walking down style’s main boulevard since you where wearing jeans with the upside-down triangle on your butt. She is self-described as a "passionate fashionista," and was given the title of "fashion maniac" by Helmut Newton. With enough shoe’s to outfit a small village, Dello Russo is also known for her outrageous headpieces, seemingly modeled after the produce isle.

Aside from walking her a$$ off in some legendary, fall frocks on the streets of NYC this week, Anna recently styled and modeled for Macy's private label brand INC. She is also moonlighting, as the label's editor-at-large, editing a capsule collection of ready-to-wear and accessories for the Macy’s line.

As a “writer,” I felt that this information was important back-story for why she pushes all of my fashion buttons. I’ve completely buried the lead, when the point of this story is, Dello Russo’s style is beyond amazing, thus the recipient of StyleEye's “I want to snatch you up, pin you on my wall, and use you as my inspiration board,” award.