welcome to my wasteland.

Today, Alex, Kayla, Amanda, Kristina, & I took a visit to the famous Brick Factory. Alex is making a video that I will post once it's done. So here are the photos.

Enjoy the rest of your Saturday.

Love, Jenae.

wednesday words. #8

From my favourite book, Stargirl.

music monday. #3

No You Don't - Islands.

"Film star Michael Cera hallucinates through a bad trip in this clip from indie rockers Islands. Directed by TV Carnage's Derrick Beckles."

Also LSTN #8 from Urban Outfitters just came out today. They always make the best playlists.

My 100th post is coming up soon. Does anyone have an idea of what I should do?

Enjoy your Monday.
Love, Jenae.

My Interview with Alyssa Bird.

Basic Info:
I am 18 years old.
I currently attend FIDM- San Francisco
I do have a job at American Apparel as well as selling my own line of clothing.

Have you always been interested in fashion?
I have not always been interested in fashion, everything just fell into place sometime before my senior year. I taught myself to sew when I was 12 and had been designing a few things here and there for a while until I realized designing was something I was really good at, so I decided to pursue a career in it.

What drew you to fashion?
I like the idea of being inspired by abstract objects, music, or feelings to create a collection, it can be like art in a way. I'm never inspired by fashion, clothing, or style when I am designing, its always something else and I still manage to design whole collections of beautiful dresses that people love. That whole concept of inspiration coming from so many different sources is what drew me into fashion.

What is your inspiration usually?
My inspiration comes from many different things, each collection on its own is inspired by something different. My Fall 2008 collection was inspired by 80s hip hop culture. My Spring 2009 collection was inspired by a song called "Shores of California" by the Dresden Dolls. I try to show my inspiration in the photo shoots for each collection, but sometimes it might be hard to tell exactly what was the inspiration.

What kind of girl do you picture when you make your designs?
My target customer is a young woman ages 14-25ish. I design a lot of summer dresses which would be more ideal for a teenage girl, as well as cocktail dresses which targets women in their 20s. The type of girl that would wear my designs is a fun, outgoing, flirty girl who just wants to look and feel pretty.

What schooling did you have?
I just graduated High School in 2009, but now I am majoring in Fashion Design at FIDM, I am in my third quarter and plan on graduating sometime next year.

Who is your favourite fashion designer?
Marc Jacobs and Betsey Johnson are my two all time favorite designers. I just love that they can design clothing that is actually wearable in everyday life.

How does your clothing line differ from others?
I definitely know that my clothing line differs from others because everything I design is handmade by myself. I also do custom orders for bridal and prom dresses, where my customer tells me what they want specifically and I will make it to their measurements. Also, I do free alterations on dresses that customers have purchased, but don't fit quite right.

I know your Spring 2010 line isn't out yet but could you tell me when you plan on releasing it and what your inspiration for that collection is?
My Spring Collection should hopefully be up on my website this week, if not it will hopefully be up by the end of January. My inspiration for the line was the evolution of my personal style. I went from wearing dirty Chuck Taylors and band t-shirts to wearing super feminine designer dresses everyday. The collection definitely has an unexpected twist to it.

What are your goals for the future of your line?
My long term goal for my clothing line is to eventually have my own boutiques all over the world selling my designs and to hopefully show in New York Fashion week. For now, I just want to make dresses that make women feel beautiful and confident in.

The photos for Alyssa Bird's Spring Collection were released on Tuesday. To view the collection check out her website here : http://www.alyssabird.com/. It's a beautiful, fun, flirty collection and I hope to pick up a piece. :)

My article on her for The Hatchet will be relesed in print and online on Tuesday.
I hope you all have a great weekend. Study hard and this will be over before we know it.

Love, Jenae.

wednesday words. #7

-Richard Brinsley Sheridan.

Maybe this will be inspiring to do well on finals coming up.

I did the typography a bit different this time. I think I like this way better.

Anyway, on Friday I will have a special post on my interview with the fabulous Alyssa Bird.

She just released her the photos for her Spring 2010 line yesterday.
She is an amazing, inspiring girl and I want every single piece that she makes!

There will also be an article on her for the January issue of the Hatchet that is coming out on Tuesday.

Till then, enjoy your Wednesday.
Love, Jenae.

music monday. #2

It's a bit late, but still. I think I'll start doing these every monday now.
Wednesday words will be up tmrw.

Love, Jenae.

if they are going to be in a story book...

When it rains alot around here my mind escapes

to the stories of Peter Pabbit.

Well, back to work for me. Enjoy your Monday.

Love, Jenae.

saturday morning...

wednesday words. #6

from the poem January Morning by William Carlos Williams.

(untitled.)

to be a lord of dogtown:

you must have these things...

and have great surf style. :D

So, it's kind of a lazy sunday with lots of work to do.

Enjoy your sunday!

Love, Jenae.

Chuck is back on tonight btw! :)

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.

Who wants to see this with me? It's looks kind of tripped out but it still looks awesome. This film was actually Heath Ledger's last movie, not The Dark Knight. It says it was released on October 16th but that was in the UK. I recently saw a commercial for it saying it would be in theatres on Friday.

So who's down?

Love, Jenae.

P.S. I just recently made a formspring. So ask away!

http://www.formspring.me/jenaeistoday

wednesday words. #5

- Ralph Waldo Emerson.

the fleamaket. #1

Hello darlings! this will be the first post of the new year! I am still working on my new years resolutions. I've written them down but I need to sort them out. So, today I went to a flea market. I haven't been to one of these kind before with the hardcore dealers. I'm used to the cutesy Niles ones that come around every once in a while. I found alot of cute things and blew all my money on it. 

This is what I wore.

Bleached jean button up shirt from Urban Renewal, Vintage belt, Billabong skirt,

Dotted tights from New York & Company, and Kim Rogers Boots.

The cute ring I got for $8, handcrafted by this lady.

I got three necklaces.

The fish one is probably my favourite. The perfect summer necklace.

It reminds me of the fish necklaces Kate Spade came out with last summer.

Got it for $5.

Also a good summer necklace. It's nice and simple.

Well, simple in my terms. Also $5.

I love crazy necklaces like this! I haven't quite figured out what to wear it

with but it's so pretty and sparkly. It'll look great. I was suprised it was $8.

The lovely coral necklace Alex got. It's too perfect. $25

Lunch. Fillipo's Fettucini La Salmone. So goood.

Then we visited Alex's Mum's friend's, Gwen's house.

It was a lovely Gothic 18th Century House.

Today was a nice way to end break. Winter Break 2009 was the best in a long time in some terms. Being around amazing friends; new and old, discovering new places, visiting old places, creating pieces of art, catching up on Gossip Girl, and buying lots of stufff.  This was a great escape.

Now let's pray that I'll study hard and that January will be over quickly.

23 days till finals.

27 school days till our four day weekend.

62 school days till spring break.

100 school days till summer.

Enjoy the rest of your evening, I will. :)

Love, Jenae.