update.

Hello everyone! Sadly, my computer is still broken so I can't edit photos or so anything! :( I really hope it gets fixed soon! I have a lot of things coming up that I would like to share!

First:

Alyssa Bird is an amazing young local designer. I had recently interviewed her for The Hatchet. The collection will probably just as great as her last one. Would anyone like to join me in seeing the preview?

Second: I will be accompanying the owner of the local boutique Armadillo Bay in going to market. :D It's going to be fabulous!

Third: Hahaha, I'm getting my school schedule tomorrw.

Fourth: Antique Fleamarket in my area this weekend! I look foward to this event all summer! :)

That's about it. I hope you all are having a lovely evening!

Love, Jenae.

ikeaaaa.

My friend Raphael and I were bored the other day. So I headed out the door with my Marc By Marc Jacobs shirt and we spontaneously went to Ikea.

Then I helped him pick out shoes. He ended up getting the top two.

Well I hope you guys are having a great week so far! :)

I will be lacking posts for a while because my computer is broken which is a bummer because I was in the middle of editting posts/pictures for this blog. :( I don't know how long it will be. Bare with me please!

Love, Jenae.

AAU Final Exhibiton.

Hello everyone! So as you know, last week I finished up my classes at AAU and had my final exhibition. Here is my work from my Fashion Illustration and Fashion Merchandising.



So basically everything in the middle is my work.



From when we had to use mixed media: aerial views of LA neighborhoods from an issue of Dwell magazine and a silhouette of my sister on some transparent fabric.

From when I drew a store front. Miette in the Ferry Building.

Fashion Merchandising project.

Basically we had to create a product and a mood board for it. It's called Bohemian Wrap-sody. Nimitha helped me with the name. :) So the idea is a headband that can be worn as a bracelette.

And if you haven't read my Fashion Journalism work, keep scrolling and clicking through my blog. You'll find them. :)

I learned so much from the great teachers that I had. Hopefully it will be the same if I decide to take fall classes too.

Well, I hope you all are having a lucky Friday the 13th and I hope you have a great weekend.

Love, Jenae.

Oh! This is me and Micaela of The Drifter & The Gyspy. :)

Her blog is amazing!

(Sorry for all the different pictures sizes. I need to work on that.)

wednesday words. #33

- Dave Mustaine.

Hello everyone! I'm sorry, I've been busy this whole week. I"ll try to get something up tomorrow hopefully.

So, I finished my classes at AAU, what a great experience. Being surrounded by talented, inspirational, creative, and kind people was amazing. Especially when they completely supported and understood what I was talking about. It was great, I definitely came out of there with a new look on art, fashion, and the world. I will miss my city life, my second home. When I'm back in school next month I will probably be having city withdrawals.

So that's why I'm considering taking classes in the fall too. I'll have to see about that and I'll keep you updated on it.

I'll post up some pictures from the final exhibition soon.

Till then, I hope you all are having a lovely August! :) I am. And thank you to my few new readers!

Love, Jenae.

wednesday words. #32

- Unknown.

Hello everyone! :) I've been pretty busy lately with school ending and not being home. I can't believe it will be over soon, such a great experience. But it will be good to have my other life back. I love the city so much though. I'll probably have pictures stuff up this weekend of all my other work I did at AAU.

Well, I'm a little late but Happy August! I hope you all are having a great week so far.

Love, Jenae.

my san francisco stay.

So I had a sleepover at my friend Alex's uncle's apartment in San Francisco last week. It was a really cute apartment. Here are some photos of my stay.



Church by the apartment.

Then we got dinner in Chinatown. (It was terrible, but it was food.)

Then we came back to the apartment and dyed Alex's hair which we decided to do spontaneously and it turned out great. And then we got into the pull out bed and watched The Nanny.

Outfit I wore that day.

Deena & Ozzy cut-out oxfords.

Stringbean blazer, vintage cashmere scarf, vintage cardigan, Merona pink ruffle tank,

and American Eagle military skinny pants.

It was a great time. I hope you have a wonderful rest of the week!

Love, Jenae.

wednesday words #31.

- Donald Trump.

A golden girl, with golden words

Mary Rosenberger in a photoshoot for Nasty Gal.

By Jenae Lee

The whole school year, Mary Rosenberger was the kind of girl that I would smile at every once in a while when I saw her, but I never had a conversation with her. I was acquainted with Mary through Facebook and Tumblr. I knew a bit about her and how she was a model. Mary, soon to be 17, has modeled for SF Magazine and online clothing stores such as Nasty Gal and 80’s Purple. So when I found out that I had to interview someone in the fashion industry for Fashion Journalism, I saw this as a great opportunity to get to know her more.

I waited for her at Starbucks on a Monday evening. I looked around waiting to see her head of blonde, yellow hair to appear. Then finally she came. Tall, of course, with her long, blonde hair down and a beaming smile. As she got closer I saw that Mary has a small face with great skin, cute freckles, and brown eyes. She wore a black pencil mini skirt with a blue striped tube top, and a layered chain necklace.

In another shoot for 80's Purple.

It was really exciting to be able to finally be able to sit down and talk to her. Mary was interested in what my questions were, so I began by asking her about how she started modeling.

Modeling was something that her Mom had suggested to her because she believed that she would succeed (if you ever see her you’ll see why). Mary put together a portfolio and brought it to Ford Models in September 2009. They didn’t like her photos but they liked her look. So they handed her and her Mom this huge paper “that literally took her 15 minutes to read,” and ask her if she could come in a swim suit the next week.

For Mary, modeling wasn’t something that she always wanted to do.

One of Mary's photos in her portfolio for Ford Models.

“For some people it’s something they’ve always wanted to do, but it wasn’t that way for me. I never found it interesting. I never considered myself pretty and I didn’t think I could be a model.”

When I asked her what she liked about modeling she responded, “The money,” with a grin and that she got to wear some cool clothes.

Then I asked her what she didn’t like about being a model. She explained to me that the modeling world is very competitive and that you have to keep on top of things and keep an eye on your weight. Mary is the kind of girl who likes food so having to constantly think about weight is a bother to her. She goes to the gym everyday to keep herself in shape.

“Modeling is something that you have to think about all the time. It’s not the kind of job that you can go to work for a couple hours and then go home and forget about it.”

Mary in the SF Magazine spread in March 2010.
Here she is wearing Prada teal organza cloquet jacket and shorts,
black organza croquet top and YSL heels. Photographed by JUCO.

One of Mary’s favorite gigs that she has done was a spread for San Francisco Magazine.

“The clothes were beautiful. The photographer was great. I got to wear clothes from Prada, Gucci, YSL, clothes that would cost more than my entire wardrobe.”

Does Mary prefer photo shoots or runway? To her photo shoots are more laidback but it can take a while to get “that one picture,” while in runway shows there is more pressure but they are over faster. Mary hasn’t done that many runway shows but she would like to walk for them in the future.

If Mary could model for anyone, she would model for Marc Jacobs. She loves everything that he creates and admires his crazy prints plus the hair and makeup in all of his shows.

Mary’s favorite model is the gapped-tooth model, Lara Stone. Mary describes her as “pretty, but not in a classical way.”

Lara Stone in i-d magazine.

“Lara Stone inspires me because despite her characteristics that everyday people would probably find ugly, the fashion world embraces. I love the fact that she isn’t traditionally beautiful.”

Mary describes her everyday style as laidback and like any other person would, she likes to be comfortable. “You’ll probably almost never see me in pants. I like skirts and dresses, and big, chunky accessories that make the outfit come together,” she says with a smile and points to her big floral ring on her finger.

When Mary stops modeling she would like to go to a makeup and hair school and would like to go to Academy of Art to study fashion.

“Looks don’t last forever,” she says when I ask her about her future, “I want to push modeling as much as I can.”

Mary in an online ad for Nasty Gal.