Wednesday, February 29, 2012

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These women are my new role models in fashion and in life! Fabulous!


Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Nicole Miller - Fall 2012

Nicole Miller - New York Fashion Week
All photos are by Me
Mixed prints - love this trend. Also, the shoes in her collection are hot!
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Wonderful jacket.
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Floral prints!
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I am always a sucker for sexy leather jackets with a fur trim!
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For some reason this look just caught my eye.
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Fashion, Photography and NYC


  Random Fashion Photos from Mercedes Benz Fashion Week - NYC

Anna Wintour, Editor-in-Chief of Vogue,  socializing at the Alexander Wang show Saturday night. Photo by Erin Eastburn

The crowd of photographers surrounding Anna Wintour, Editor-in-Chief of Vogue, and Grace Coddington, Creative Director of Vogue Saturday night at the Alexander Wang show. Photo by Erin Eastburn

Emily Schuman of Cupcakes and Cashmere looking super chic coming out of the Lincoln Center Wednesday morning. Photo by Erin Eastburn

Jay Manuel and Jay Alexander from America's Next Top Model coming out of the Ports 1961 show Wednesday at the NY Public Library. Photo by Erin Eastburn

Woman wearing fancy pants at the Ports 1961 show Wednesday. I need to get me some of these! Photo by Erin Eastburn
Women leaving the Antonio Azzoulo show at Milk Studio Sunday. Great jeans and cute little dog in a Tory Burch bag. Adorable! Photo by Erin Eastburn



Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Braving NYC Fashion Week

http://www.collegian.com/index.php/article/2012/02/fashion_intern_braves_nyc_fashion_week

The time on the face of my Michael Kors watch glares at me. My legs shake with impatience. I sit helpless in the back of one of the million yellow cabs in Manhattan.

I am seven blocks away from the Tanya Taylor fashion show and 20 minutes late. To make matters worse, Sarah, the Women’s Wear Daily (WWD) photographer I’m supposed to be helping, calls me asking where I am. Panicked, I search for a faster route.

As the stoplight turns red, I am fed-up and believe the traffic is moving slower than I can run. Deciding this is true, I ask the cab driver to pull over. I throw a $10 bill at him, jump out and start running.

It’s Mercedes Bends Fashion Week in New York. This is my life as a fashion intern, and I love it.
Fashion Week, ending in New York this Thursday, is filled with beautiful clothes, fabulous people and an incredible opportunity to build connections in the fashion industry.

A model's makeup is touched up at the Chris Benz show before doors open Monday at the Lincoln Center in Manhattan.
Photo by Erin Eastburn


As an intern, I’m not guaranteed a spot in the shows I’m assigned. It’s up to me to talk and smile my way in. WWD gives me a media pass but no show invitations. Once inside, I search for WWD photographers, sometimes as many as four, and once the shows end, I sprint their memory cards back to the office for online publication.

The smaller shows are easier, since representing WWD gives me instant credibility –– they want WWD there. At the larger shows, such as Alexander Wang, they’re not so easily impressed. You’re left with your powers of persuasion and only the most skilled succeed.

During the Ohne Titel show Monday, a model struts the runway showing off a deep plunge back sweater at Milk Studios in Chelsea, Manhattan. Photo by Erin Eastburn


Once the gatekeepers are passed, you’re safe. Opportunities abound to network with others who “belong.”
I head to the photography pit –– the best spot to see and be seen at all the shows. As a college fashion student I’m dressed well, but during fashion week the style bar is raised.

All shows routinely start late, so I use the free time to join the professional photographers snapping photos of socialites, celebrities and editors taking their front row seats.

Members of the band Die Antwoord are bombarded by photographers going to their seats at the Alexander Wang fashion show Saturday evening. Photo by Erin Eastburn


After growing up in Colorado, having the opportunity to attend shows and spot fashion icons feels like an out of body experience.

The camera flashes surrounding these fashion moguls are blinding, extending the distance between their lives and mine. I understand now why they’re constantly seen in sunglasses with the flashes that abound.

I’m on the sidelines now fighting to just get in, but someday, hopefully I’ll have my own invitation.

Erin Eastburn is a senior apparel merchandising major who is currently interning for Tory Burch and Women’s Wear Daily in New York City.

Someone To Love the You, You Love.