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An evening with Agatha Ruiz de la Prada.

This post is quite (and when I say quite I mean super) over-due, but I had these pics in the backburner and I'm dusting them off now I have some free time. 

Last Valentine's Day my Fashion school organized a runway with a very special guest: Agatha Ruiz de la Prada! All the fashion design alumni had to create an outfit inspired by the designer's work. The result? An invasion of over-the-top, colorful and extremely creative garments (there even was a lit-up bird cage!). The students really outdid themselves in such a talented display, +and some of them are not even 15! 

My pics aren't really good because I got to the show a little late (I got lost trying to get there oops!) but still, have a peek at the students' amazing creations. After the show there was a little cocktail in one of the museum's gallery and Ms. De La Prada greeted the young students and signed some of their garments. 

The event's dress code was, obviously, colorful (it is said that Ms. de la Prada despises black) and there were some very interesting outfits at the event. Here are some pics of the runway and some colorful outfits during the cocktail. 

Anna Fusoni + me! 

 Oh and the highlight of the night for me was meeting Anna Fusoni, a hugely important person in the Fashion Indsutry in LatinAmerica, once a winner of Vogue's Prix de Paris, worked with Diana Vreeland and established the first Fashion Week in México. Naturally, I'm a huge admirer of her work and contribution to Mexico's Fashion and it was an honor to meet her. Hopefully in the future I'll get to interview her. 

 What do you think of Agatha Ruiz de la Prada's work? Pretty colorful or too over the top?

Genius at work: Alexander Wang illustrated.

Genius at work!

Recently in my Saturday Fashion Design classes 

I had to make a presentation about a designer of my choosing.

I had a tough time trying to decide which designer to talk about. In the end I was between Proenza Schouler, Peter Pilotto and Alexander Wang. I was going for Proenza Schouler until I remember I had recently done this illustration inspired by a photo of Alexander Wang working on a fitting for his latest collection and it stuck with me, so I decided to make my research and presentation about him. 

Alexander Wang comes from a Taiwanese-American wealthy family from California. He attented High School in San Francisco. (Random fact: he attended the same prep high school as Miss Couturable), and then moving to New York to attend Parsons The New School for Design. Alexander quit a year before graduating to launch his first pret-à-porter collection in 2007, a collection displaying an 80's vibe mixed with some glam-rock style. 

Since then he has only continued escalating in the Fashion World and Industry, now being of Contemprary Fashion favorites and such an influential designer for such a young age. He has recieved several awards from the CFDA and a couple Swarowski awards. Also, Mr. Wang develops most of his fabrics (his last collection were all custom-made fabrics) and his minor line, T by Alexander Wang, began by the quest of the perfect weathered t-shirt. 

Alexander once stated in a interview: "Anyone can get all dressed up and glamorous, but it's how people dress in their off days that's most intriguing to me" and that reflects perfectly his line. His clothes aren't about glamorous Oscar dresses, but about the Paris meets New York streetstyle look we love so much. The A. Wang look is the model off-duty look, fashionable in the perfect disarray kind of way. 

Some of my favorite looks by Mr. Wang!

Some of his biggest hits have come from the accesories department, like the Rocco Bag (The Handbag version of the Litas phenomenon for Fashion Bloggers) or the Linda Farrow Collaboration sunglasses. Personally, I think his handbags and shoes are to die for, especially in his latest collection...if only I could afford them. 

The blogger-acclaimed Rocco Bag.

What do you think of Alexander Wang collections? Do you like them or not? Who are your favorite designers?

Magical Creatures!

The girls from Wildfox have created a collaboration with Francesa Lia Block. 

Check out these amazing illustrations made by Wildfox's Kim Gordon. 

She's an amazing illustrator. 

New blog obsession: Ring My Bell

A blog recommendation to start your week! 

Have you ever seen the t.v. series Revenge? Well I really haven't but some of my friends are 

really obsessed with it. So is the rest of the world. 

Amanda, from Revenge, is played by the lovely Ashley Madekwe, 

who happens to have a style blog! 

As soon as I started scrolling down on her page I fell in love with her style. 

Ashley was also Bambi on The Secret Diary Of A Call Girl (which I loved).

Check out her blog here. 

Le Sketecherie's Guide to NYC Part 1: Shopping.

From time to time we get stuck in a rut. A fashion rut, a hair rut, an activities rut, an apartment rut. Things just fall flat. Inspiration goes stale. 

Diana Vreeland writes: "The Eye Has To Travel". And I 've always believed so, but now I had the opportunity to travel to New York in the middle of the semester I find it truer than ever. 

Sometimes you have to shake things up and breathe new air for a while. 

Even if it's a weekend trip to the beach or an 80-days-around-the-world-type adventure, traveling is one of the main sources of inspiration you'll ever find (Hermés' last collection is evidence of it!). And after a trip you'll always come home refreshed and yes, maybe tired, but still renewed in many ways. 

New York is such a refreshing city. It's the city of endless possibilities and there's way too much to see, not only inside it's numerous museums and exhibitions, but in the streets. There are endless things to do, enjoy, taste, smell, you name it. The Art Deco buildings, the Flower District, the smell of the sea around the docks, the immense variety of food, the colorful and luminous Times Square or the people watching (no better runway than the streets!). It's so much that's impossible to take it all in! 

So, I've put together a small guide of the spots and secrets I have discovered (or people have shared with me) during my trips to NYC. I'm no Zagat guide, but this is my take on The City, from shopping, to dining. And hopefully, this guide will keep growing. 

I'll publish the guide in sections so keep tuned for the upcoming parts.

First: Shopping!

Forget huge strip malls. Shopping in new york is all about enjoying the city while you shop. Discovering small cute boutiques, but visiting the big stores too. And maybe, stopping for a cupcake and coffee on your way. These are some of the places I like or have discovered, besides of the obvious and usual (like H+M or F21). 

Henri Bendel

@ 5th Avenue

I know what you're thinking...look at those prices?! I know. But just look at the façade! It's so pretty. Bendel's not really in the affordable section, at least not everything they sell, but it's worth going in at least for some serious window shopping. 

Hell's Kitchen Flea Market.

@ 9th st. between 9th + 10th Ave.

Hell's Kitchen

Sat + Sun 9 am - 6 pm

You'll find just about anything here. From useless trinkets to vintage designer items.  I wanted to buy everything to decorate my apartment. It's really so much fun to go and it's a great inspiration source (Some seriously interesting people-watching here).

Meat Packing's Sephora

@ 21 9th Ave

Meat Packing District.

This is one of the coolest Sephora's I've ever been to. It's not crowded and the decoration is super chic and stylish. Sleekier and fancier than the rest Sephora's I've seen. And you have to check the lash bar, it's crazy. 

Marc by Marc Jacobs

403 Bleeker St. 

West Village

While Marc Jacobs is pricey, at Marc by Marc Jacobs you'll find cute and very cheap accessories. My sister even stacked on some pretty rings for $1 each. 

Bookmarc

400 Bleeker St.

West village

Just across Marc Jacobs and Marc by Marc Jacobs. Great art and design books. 

Urban Outfitters

526 6th Ave

Greenwich Village

A long time favorite. Even though this time I visited the Broadway store in Soho and I was kinda disappointed. I'm still listing it because they always have cool stuff, and because I hope it's just the Broadway store and not the whole brand. Hope it picks up again. 

Anthropologie

@ Chelsea Market 

75 9th Ave. 

Chelsea

Greath clothing pieces. And the home decor stuff is jaaaamazing. Their window displays are always, always beautiful. It's a little pricey but if you can't afford it, this place is a huge inspiration for home DIY's. 

Uniqlo 

5th Avenue

The store itself is impressive. Great for finding basics. 

Topshop

478 Boradway between Laguardia Pl. + Prince St.

Soho

About 4 floors full of TopShop. Need I say more? 

Blick Store

1-5 Bond Street between Broadway + Lafayette

http://www.dickblick.com/

I learned about this place from one of my favorite illustrators, Paper Fashion. So I used this opportunity of going to nyc to get some stuff I wanted and that you can't find that easily here in Mexico. If you're an artist, designer or crafts nut you'll have to agree with me this place is nirvana. Every supply you can imagine, every color of paint, any kind of pen, any type of brush, any size of canvas. NIRVANA!!!

Mood Fabrics

225 W 37th St. 3rd floor.

Garment Distric

In the middle of the Garment Distric, you go inside this building and press the button for the elevator. Then there's a ding! and you'll enter this charming elevator, you know, those with those sliding see-through doors (funny old dude operator included!). You get off the elevator on the third floor and voila! Another nirvana...seriously this place is like a textile museum. And yes, this is the fabric store from Project Runway!

Purl

459 Broome St.

Soho

For the kinitting nuts. A cute store filled with every color of yarn you can imagine. And many other pretty things. 

Don't forget the window shopping around the 5th, Soho and the MeatPacking districts. 

You'll discover your own fashion spots.

Have you ever been to NYC? Or do you live in NYC? 

What are your favorite shopping spots?

New York, I love you.

There's something about New York. 

Since I was a little girl I've been obsessed with it.
My grandfather always said I was "pavement flower". 

You how there are cat people and dog people?
Well, I've always thought there are also country
people and city people. And I am a city person. 

Yes, cities can get stressful and noisy, but big cities, like NYC,
will never cease to amuse and amaze you.

The minute you step a foot outside the cab and onto new yorker pavement there's a rush that will invade you and will linger long after you've left. New York is the Concrete Jungle. Walking its streets is always an adventure. You never know what you will find. 

What other city in the world has annual massive pillow fights?

Only New York. 

Here are some shots from my last trip to the city that never sleeps.