Test Shoot--Emily Rose Preview

Styled a test shoot with a great team last night!  Though it felt like the longest day of my life--midterm/school in the morning, work right after, the shoot, then practice til 1AM--this was soo worth it! ;)

Here's a sneak peek!

Photographer: Alden Steimle
Makeup/Hair: Theresa Amundsen
Styling: Me
Model: Emily Rose (No Ties)

Fashion 5.0 Magazine--Aaron Smith

A couple of weeks ago I styled Aaron Smith (aka Shwayze) for Fashion 5.0 Magazine.  Aaron is best known for his collaborations with Cisco and the hit summer classic song, Buzzin.  It was my first celebrity shoot and it definitely was a blast!  Despite the stresses of gathering all the clothes together, the 4 looks that I styled all worked so perfectly together.  See below for the cover and spread that I styled!

Thank you Robert for this incredible opportunity! :)

DJ Premium Lookbook: Now Live!

I'm so excited to share with you all the Fall Trends Lookbook I styled for DJ Premium! :) Here is the link to the page to see more details of the items that I used. 

DJ Premium Fall Trends Lookbook

Hey guys!

It's been a month working as a Stylist for DJ Premium & Dr. Jays and it's going great!  Two weeks ago I styled my first lookbook photo shoot for them.  For the shoot we covered the four key trends that on the site right now--Military, Rocker, Wild West, and Graphic Tees.  The lookbook isn't officially live yet, but here are some sneak peek images that are currently on the banners of DJPremium.com. 

I'll definitely keep you all posted with more images soon! :)

Kids/Tween Test

A couple of weeks ago, my boyfriend and I took a mini trip to Julian area for my first Kids/Tween test shoot! In total I styled 10 kids, and the crazy part is that most of them modeled for Target, Guess, Ralph Lauren..you name it.  They're making more money than all of us combined...nonsense. Haha! After doing several photo shoots for adults/teenagers, it was a breath of fresh air working with kids who are constantly having fun.  Below are a couple of my favorites from the shoot!

Photographer: Tamara Muth-king 
Makeup/Hair: Theresa Amundsen
Styling: Me
 

Spring 2011 Editorial

I had the pleasure of working with an amazing team back in September.  Photographer Nicole Hill wanted to do a spring 2011 editorial, which included 8 looks.  Some key Spring '11 trends that I noticed on the runways were: hints of sea foam green, white, neutrals, lace, sheer (my fave!), pastel floral patterns, and hints of black and gold.  Below are the edited images from the shoot.

Photographer: Nicole Hill
Makeup/hair: Bethany Ruck
Model: Kiersten -- No Ties, FORD L.A.
Styling: Me


My favorite outfit! I layered a lace skirt, with a ruffled green dress and the oversized knit to add dimension.


Layered three pieces-nude dress, long sleeve tunic, and lace top.




I had this vintage gold dress that went down to the knees. I transformed it by pinning the skirt to make it shorter and put a chunky knit sweater and the black lace top over so that the skirt is just a "pop!" in the outfit. ;) It was the last outfit of the day and made that outfit on the spot.  Good ending! Haha

Last day.

I can't believe it.  Tomorrow I will be back on a plane to San Diego.

New York--you made this trip rough, tiring, crazy, yet insanely beautiful and memorable.  The experiences that I have made and knowledge that I learned from this 3 month adventure was definitely worth it.  Last Tuesday I ended my internship at the fashion magazine.  It's so crazy how fast everything went.  On Thursday I spent a couple of days with my friend from San Diego. We talked a lot about our futures and it made us worry like nooo other haha.  The internship taught me a lot and made me want to continue my aspiration in making it in the fashion industry.  It is fast-paced, cut-throat, and very very rare to land an entry level job in the magazine industry.  I accepted the fact that there are hundreds of other college girls just like me who most likely have more experience than me.  With that said, I accepted it and moved on.  Since I am in San Diego for another year, all I can do is gain more experience that will set me apart from the rest of the fashion hopefuls.  I am unbelievably thankful for all the people I have met, each person taught me a new lesson and inspired me to continue pursuing this dream.  Once I am back in San Diego, I am thinking about starting with a clean slate and making my senior year at UCSD count.  Thank you, New York for all of the amazing opportunities, and I will see you soon--pinky swear!!