I love this dark and decadent editorial from MIRRIN Magazine, titled ‘Blush.’

Things I’m not over yet: studs & leather. The beautiful marriage of the two on these Jeffrey Campbell ‘The Mad Stud’ boots, Karmaloop.com $290.

When I was a kid I used to be fascinated with mermaids, and wish I could live under water. I’d imagine it would look something like this.

Emanuela De Paula for Wish Report Brazil, Feb 2010

So here are some pictures as promised from my very recent trip to New York City. I was lucky enough to be amongst the group of editors from our newspaper The Mountaineer and our magazine Substance (in which I am Managing Editor) who were chosen to go. The conference held in Times Square by College Media Advisers is among the largest collection of student journalist and media professionals in the nation, which meets once a year in the spring in New York City. I had the great opportunity to meet with editors from The New York Times, The New Yorker, Associated Press, and other industry professions from schools and established publications.

After work comes much needed play. I’d get up early to go to sessions and by the late afternoon my friend David, who is a hair stylist living in the city, was nice enough to take time out of his day and show me around.  The first day out was insane since it happened to be the hurricane of 2010, but I wasn’t going to let gusty winds and pounding rain keep me from my Soho shopping experience. The details of my purchases will need a whole different post alone, but I found a few essential pieces that I cannot wait to share.

The trip has inspired me and made me realize that there is no other place I could possibly finish my schooling. I’m shifting gears to apply to schools in NYC and I couldn’t be more excited, it just all feels like it’s happening so fast.

A special thank you to my friend David Lopez (in the last picture) who took these fabulous photos to document my trip, and all around showing me an amazing time. Please check out his website, his work is amazing and I have to make an appointment for a cut & color the next time I’m in the city :)

Oh and yes, the 6th picture of me IS in front of Carries stoop. I don’t care if it’s cheesy or too fan boy but everything I know about New York is from Sex and the City. I know the series foreword and backward and it would have been a sin to be in Manhattan and not pay homage to Carries apartment.

I can’t even begin to describe how fabulous my trip to New York was and how much I learned. I will share with pictures once they are ready to be posted. I unfortunately wasn’t able to blog from my hotel since they charged a ridiculous $15 a day for wifi, that and my pictures are very limited since NYC experienced the hurricane of 2010 while I was there. But that didn’t stop me from seeing as much as I could. This week has been crazy, I kind of have no concept of time right now.

For now, I will leave you with this fantastic editorial I came across called A Lesson In Tailoring, Max Rogers by Weston Wells via The Fashionisto. I love curly haired boys.

Photos from Alexander McQueen’s last collection, shown during Paris fashion week.

“What McQueen was preparing had a poetic, medieval beauty that dealt with religious iconography while recapturing memories of his own past collections… But the circumstances, sad as they are, allowed his friends and colleagues to share a long and poignant moment to look at what the man achieved, and to grieve for him.” Style.com

This week has been insane. I had an interview at the Writing Center at my school on Monday to be a writing tutor (interview outfit in second pic; color blocked cardi, black gingham shirt, and vintage wool tie), so I hope that works out. The semester has been off to a good start, I like all my classes with the exception of math, of course. As hectic as this week has been already, I LEAVE FOR NYC TOMORROW! I am so unbelievably excited, and will try to blog while I’m there (if time allows). Now all I have to do is get through my anthro and math exams today, hopefully my favorite Missoni scarf will help me get through them. First picture; Missoni scarf, American Apparel tri blend cardi. and Jcrew white shirt. Off to class!