Hold Me Closer Tiny Dancer

Hey hey fashionistas!

So before I begin this blog I'm going to give you a little side note:

When I was a little girl my mom had me in ballet, I believe I was about 5, and I loved it! The costumes, the make-up, the music, the movement, the elegance, etc. Even though as a 5 year old you don't really get a lot of crazy ballerina experience, but it was still so much fun. After a year of being in it, my mom took me out for reasons unknown and ever since then I wish she hadn't. Aside from my aspiring career in the fashion industry, I would have to say my true out of the ball park dream career would be to be a ballerina! I am obsessed with everything about the ballet and I love to dance, especially like a ballerina. And to add to the yearning to be a ballerina, people even ask me if I am a dancer because I have a "dancers body," oh how I wish I could be a prima ballerina!

Anyways, long story short, last week I had the AMAZING opportunity to take a tour of New York City Ballet's workroom. It was magical; the tutu's, the glitz, the colors, everything was by far the most exquisite costumes I have seen. To wear one of the tutu's would have been a dream come true. And the fact that they do designer collaborations is so cool, I never knew that! After taking a tour and speaking with the head director, it got me very very interested in the idea of costume design, I would really love to pursue a career in that direction.

Out of all the study tours, this is the one that may have influenced me the most in the sense of a career path. Just recently I was put on board to do the costume designs for a short film, which I guess could be seen as hand in hand, and I am loving every second of it!

This study tour class was by far my favorite class of the semester. To be able to tour different places in the fashion industry and speak with industry professionals is such a privilege and I am happy I was able to experience that. It really helped me learn more about the fashion industry in a real world sense rather than just learning "how to do this" and "how to do that."

Another great tour that was in my favorites list was the Cotton Inc., tour. Even though we just sat and listened rather than toured, I learned about another career path I would be interesting in taking: trend analysis. Aside from that learning about the company was very interesting too because even though we seen Cotton Inc. everywhere, I never really knew much about the company and what they really did. So, that was very interesting.

The hat museum was also a treat because I love hats, first of all, and I also love the idea of eccentric, off-the-wall designs that I saw in a majority of the hats.

Having Meryl as our instructor was great as well. She really had a passion for everything that she showed us and it made me reappreciate why I love fashion and why I chose to work in this industry.

I Tip My Hat To You

Hey hey bloggers!

Any hat wearers out there? Well if you know me it's rare to me without a hat on my head! (well until last weekend when I misplaced it!) Anyways last week I had the opportunity to tour a hat museum! As always I didn't know what to expect but I was blown away! All the creative and innovative concepts behind the hats were simply incredible! From the actual design to the materials used for the hats, not a single detail was missed.

There were hats from films, runway shows, etc! Each exhibit had a general theme and all the hats in the display fit the part perfectly. The art of hat making is very special. Customization is key! I loved the idea of when someone wanted to give another person a hat as a gift, that they would first give them a miniature of the hat and then they could take it to hat maker to redeem their hat to fit just right.

Hats are truly a special accessory that not a lot of people recognize because not everyone wears hats! For example, people need to wear shoes to get by so, shoes are a very popular accessory! But hats get overlooked too much! So many fun things can be done with hats and it's the perfect accessory to complete an outfit.