i'm sorry i have been unable to post the past week!

i moved into my own place with a room mate and haven't had much down time

until today.

 today as i was laying out and reading the october issue of marie claire magazine which had an article featuring women in their 20's and 30's who are very successful and well on their way to success regardless of their young age. one of the women featured in the article was Kimberly Ovitz.

the 26 year old L.A. native presents an edgy, urban look with a laid-back SoCal flair. minimalism and equestrian style clothing also inspired the clothing line. 

Ovitz is very successful considering her time as a fashion designer, as most people know, due to the competitiveness in fashion it is not easy to get your name out there and be a success. Ovitz had a little Hollywood help on her side though which can never hurt. her father is Hollywood mogul Michael Ovitz, who helped with opening doors, making introductions, and lending money to Kimberly. the rest was up to her, she had to make killer designs to back up the talk.

Kimberly started her career in the industry at a young age, 14, when she began working as an intern for the senior women's designer of j.crew. now she has her year old clothing line in over 100 retailers nationwide including department stores like Neiman Marcus and stores with a smaller boutique feel such as Intermix.  

i'm going to a couple of fashion shows this weekend for StyleWeek OC and start school Monday so keep checking back because the posts will be flying!

xox.

my mom found a cool online store today called modcloth.com

it is a cool online store with unique stuff and decent prices.

but once you get on the website, if you click the "buyer" tab it's a whole new world to those interested in fashion,

ModCloth.com has set it up that shoppers can vote on products they like

and essentially pick out what is on the website.

i find this to be a fun way to get online shoppers excited about products that earn votes and the potential for it to be coming onto the online store will make them eager to check back.

it is sort of a discreet way of suggestion selling.

people will come on the website to shop, see that they can vote for items they would like to see in the store, then will be checking back and most likely finding items to purchase each time. it's genius!

ModCloth offers more than just clothes too..

they have stuff for an apartment, accessories, shoes, vintage. anything you may need!

here are some pictures of different products that ModCloth has to offer..

make sure you check it out! enjoy!

xo.

i love learning about up-and-coming designers that i may have not found myself,

so yesterday morning when i woke up and had a facebook message from my boyfriends mom, Karen, that included a link to this article i was very excited! not only to read it and learn about a new designer who is actually from a town near my hometown in Tennessee but to also share it with all of you who follow my blog :)

Jeff Garner grew up in Nolensville, TN and went to David Lipscomb High School. he rode horses every day after school and "basically grew up in the woods and the barn" as he says in his interview with the Tennessean. growing up Garner wanted out of TN more than anything; which most young Tennesseans do, trust me ;) 

Garner attended Pepperdine Universtiy in Malibu, CA. he received a degree in business and communication. he was a California resident for about nine years before getting into fashion.

Garner is currently working from his family's farm in Nolensville but is working on setting up shop in a remodeled barn in Leiper's Fork, TN. he is excited to have access to land to grow the crops needed to develop dyes for his work. Jeff is not just messing around in a barn though, he has a store that is to open soon in Santa Monica, CA and his eco-friendly clothing line, Prophetik, can be found in more than 40 high-end boutiques, including Posh in Green Hills and Ivy in Franklin, TN, and throughout 15 states and even overseas in England and Switzerland. as well as his success in stores, various celebrities regularly wear his fashions including; Tennessee's own Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift, Sheryl Crow, Kings of Leon and the Jo Bros.

to create his Spring 2011 collection, called Midnight Garden, he dug deep into his southern boy roots to create a sense of romance and civility in the line, including the precise tailoring of Civil War uniforms and the frilliness of antebellum gowns. the menswear of the collection is adventurous and the women's wear is "more like the adventurer's muse".

this just proves that no matter how small of a town you are from you are capable of big things.

xo.

and a special thanks to Karen German for showing me the article about Jeff Garner!

so we know what is popular for spring 2011,

but what are some hot, affordable styles for this fall?

cargo skinnies

sexy turtlenecks

high collars

maxi dresses

military

patchwork

ponchos

quilting

thigh-high boots

fringe

wide pants

lace

leopard

information taken from:

http://www.millionlooks.com/trends/outfits-trends/fashion-trends-fall-winter-2010-2011/

check that link out! they also offer information about color trends, jewelry trends, etc.

this is all stuff i will learn in class soon and am very excited to just know instead of finding out from someone else :) haha.

got to love Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week!

today was the final day of the famous fashion week.

here is a look at what some of my fave designers have in store for spring 2011!

marc jacobs wowed the crowd with a very glamorous yet girly collection with big flowers and dark romantic colors.

betsey johnson as always had a fun, flirty, and crazy collection including full skirts, feminine colors, and floral patterns.

marc by marc jacobs offered a vintage, military look with high-waisted pants, button down shirts, and neutral colors.

monique lhuillier who is known for creating beautiful wedding gowns (and being a FiDM grad ;)) presented a gorgeous, feminine but strong collection.

stacey bendet, designer of alice + olivia, also showed off her spring collection this year featuring lots of layered looks. love love love the blue strapless gown!

can't wait for the popular looks coming this spring.

xo.

with StyleWeekOC coming up i wanted to give everyone a sneak peek of Nick Verreos's work and a little background information on him, especially since he was a semi-finalist on season two of Project Runway and is an instructor at FiDM classes in the departments of  Apparel Manufacturing Management, Merchandise Product Development, and Fashion Design :)

Verreos is inspired by exotic locales; art; music; strong, sexy women; the always gorgeous SoCal weather; and the Red Carpet, where his designs have frequently appeared.

so why is this talented designer bringing his collection to Style Week OC?

for the 10th Anniversary of their NIKOLAKI line, David Paul and Nick Verreos decided that Style Week OC was the perfect place to debut their Spring 2011 collection. i am very excited to see the line and possibly meet him and David Paul at the VIP party before the show!

well since the Spring 2011 collection hasn't been presented yet, here are a few pictures of various gowns that the duo has designed for past collections...

NIKOLAKI Gown that was worn on Dancing With The Stars

Haylie Duff wears NIKOLAKI Gown to the Final Destination 4 Premiere

Carrie Ann Inaba wears a NIKOLAKI Gown to the Grammy's

you can check out more of NIKOLAKI's collections at

nikolakidesign.com

can not wait to see what the Spring 2011 collection will have to offer :)

xoxo.

orange county, you never cease to surprise me.

september 27-october 3 is StyleWeekOC

Nick Verreos will be previewing Spring 2011 and "dishing the fashion dirt"

Annual Presentations from Nordtrom, Ezekiel, and the newest names in SoCal design talent.

the week has a lot to offer. but the always exciting fashion shows of this event are free admission. aren't we spoiled ;)

Friday, October 1

NIKOLAKI Designs, founded by the dynamic designing duo, Nick Verreos and David Paul will be presenting their Spring 2011 couture collections as part of Rack Rave.

Saturday, October 2

Cadillac Couture features runway looks inspired by Cadillac vehiles presented to the audience as must have dresses. This show will appear between other runway times.

Nordmstrom will present what they have to offer this fall at 7 p.m.

..at 8 p.m. is the Needle & Thread Design Competition

seven FiDM graduates will preview five original looks that they have created for the Ezekiel Spring 2011 collection. a panel of celebrity judges will select a winner to later be featured in the collection.

to follow the Needle & Thread Design Competition is the Ezekiel Spring 2011 collection.

come to Irvine Spectrum Center that week and check it all out :)

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a minute away from the fashion world..

for those of you who check in to read recent posts and what's been going on here at frox&fame, I'M SORRY.

i have been slacking with my dedication to this blog and i can't really blame anyone or anything but myself. i have recently come to a point in my life that i haven't ever reached before. i no longer have the energy, passion or urge to create and be totally emersed in fashion. for as long as i can remember my clothes were my life. i had such an interest in shopping and discovering fun boutiques. i loved to sew and learn about various designers and question the construction of anything and everything.  i loved to paint, draw, and capture beautiful moments behind a camera lense.

anything to just create.

i couldn't put my finger on what separated me from my little world that i loved so much. but i am happy to say i have figured it out.

i lost my inspiration.

the thing that brought me the happiness and desire to create something beautiful.

but at this point it's time for me to get back to what i love.

to fully, completely jump right back into it.

so be ready and expecting some better, more interesting posts.

anyway, i didn't just blab forever about me being lost for no reason.

there is a moral to the story.

never, ever lose sight of what you love. and try to always find inspiration in your surroundings.

especially in a place like sunny California; inspiring sights are around every corner.

stay happy, stay inspired, stay fashionable.

xoxo.

i am very proud that i have received as many pageviews as i have!

to everyone who follows my blog and checks it out every once in a while,

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

xo.

so my sister is getting married in june and we have barely gotten anywhere with planning this wedding.

i am the maid of honor and am overly excited to help plan from start to finish.

she knows the location, bentley's on the bay, in the panhandle of florida

beautiful white sand beaches and water that is crystal clear

she is currently thinking of doing spa blue, ivory and silver

we recently found a website that has everything imaginable needed for the wedding party.

dessy.com

it is so fun to explore the website and play around with different ideas

i decided to make a styleboard for my sister's wedding

you can view it by following the link below

http://www.dessy.com/pantone/gallery/

and my styleboard is the one called Tiffany Box

i'm definitely starting to think i should be a wedding planner instead ;)

just for fun i made a styleboard for my someday fairytale wedding..

follow the same link for my sister's styleboard but it is called Sage Rose :)

love this dress but couldn't put it on my styleboard!

who would have thought orange county would be a hot spot for various fashion events?

the thread show was awesome.

but now fashion island in newport beach is having their own event.

Fashion Island's Fashion's Night Out

fashionisland.com/fno

fashion's night out is a night of drinks, music, and fashion

celebrity reality tv personality lo bosworth will be at the event from 5-6 p.m.

the actual event will be from 5-9 p.m. on friday, september 10th

various stores are giving discounts, have dj's and champagne, gift bags, you know, the works :)

fashion island is already such a great shopping complex so this event is a wonderful chance to shop until you drop with no regrets!