Una pequeña nota

A petición de mi jefa (que amo), he tenido que empezar a leer más en español para dejar de pensar en inglés... que también amo, pero entiendo que si voy a escribir en español para gente que lee en español, pues tengo que dominar el español.

A partir de ahora la mayoría de mis posts serán en mi lengua madre para practicar, practicar, practicar y más practicar. Quizá algún día vuelva a mis orígenes gringos y decida escribir en inglés, pero por ahora aquí estamos.

Collaboration Junkie

As you know, I really love fashion and I would so love to afford Jason Wu, Stella McCartney and Missoni... Or even their "lower priced" lines. But I don't. That's why I've become what I call a "collaboration junkie". I know it's not the same (the quality certainly isn't), but it's as close as I am today with an entry level salary.

Missoni x Target

The madness for me started with Missoni for Target. Probably the beginning of the collaboration madness. I actually did it in person because the site kept crashing, but it was better because I was able to snag two sweaters and a dress. All of them in different sizes. Who cares. But my craziest collaboration moment was the Jason Wu for Target collection (you can read about my experience here). I got stuff the day of the launch while on vacation in Boston, then online and then I went to the two Targets in Savannah to see what they had left. And then, I have to admit, I got a dress from e-Bay. It was cheaper than the price in stores, so I'm hoping the person didn't get any money. I just had to have it.

Jason Wu x Target

And then I moved back to Mexico so I can't go to a Target anytime I want. And suddenly, H&M opened just a few days before the MMMxHM collection launched, so that was good. And then Stella McCartney launched a collection with C&A (which is like the Dutch H&M). But then came Prabal Gurung for Target... Just a week after I was to visit Vegas. WHY?! Why couldn't they put it out on Super Bowl weekend like last year?! So I had to send my friend Allison (a fashion junkie like me) to get me stuff. I just had to have it.

MMM x H&M

These have been some of my favs...

• Jason Wu for Target
• Maison Martin Margiela for H&M
• Missoni for Target
• Prabal Gurung for Target
• Stella McCartney for C&A
• Marni for H&M (which I couldn't get anything from)

Now that we have H&M in Mexico, I can't wait to see what's next!

Printed Emotions

I love writing online... I was talking about this with a friend from work (sounds super weird to say a friend from work), saying it's exciting to see things instantly and to know how many people have read you. But to see your name on print? That's an entirely different emotion. My first printed article came out in October, but just now I had the time to have it as an image and show you... You really have no idea how exciting it is to see your name printed for the first time!
I'll be uploading more of my articles and if you speak Spanish you can read the complete magazine here... Enjoy! (If you don't speak Spanish, then just look at the pretty pictures.)

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Aunque me encanta escribir online porque es súper rápido y hasta puedes saber cuántas personas te han leído, no hay nada como ver tu nombre impreso. Mi primer artículo impreso salió en octubre en una revista llama 'La Revista' (en la que trabajo ahora a tiempo completo), pero no había tenido tiempo de subir la imagen. La verdad es que la primera vez que lo vi, obvio en un Sanborn's, me emocioné muchísimo. De verdad, no hay nada más emocionante que ver tu nombre ahí. Al menos no para mí.
Seguiré subiendo algunas imágenes de mis artículos, pero pueden ver toda la revista aquí. O comprarla en cualquier Sanborn's del D.F. y buscar mi nombre en el directorio (¡yay!).

Elaine Benes, an unlikely fashion icon

Elaine, fashion icon

  
If you ask me what my favorite TV show of all times is you may be surprised that as a "fashionista" is not Sex and the City, or Gossip Girl, or... The O.C. or whatever. Nop, it's not Friends either. God forbid. Don't get me wrong, I love Carrie and Blair and Summer –I even loved Rachel at some point– but there's nothing, I repeat NOTHING, like Seinfeld. And for all of you who think the show has nothing to do with fashion, think again.

OK, it's not really about fashion. But it had amazing fashion choices. The costume design was flawless. Each of the characters reflected who they were with their clothes: Kramer's loud shirts, George's checked shirts with white t-shirts under them, Jerry's denim everything and white sneakers.

But Elaine was the best, she was so 90s. Amazing: floral dresses, masculine suits, black shoes with white socks. And a lot, I mean A LOT, of vests. Also, I find her hair choices really inspiring. She did everything: short, long, braids, curly, straight... You name it.

Denim on Denim.

Menswear... Love the shoes!

I think she's super pretty.

With Jerry in matching suits.

And this BuzzFeed article explains everything anbout how is not only her fashion but her EVERYTHING, that makes me wanna be like her. Sort of. She even worked in publishing and a J.Crew-style catalog! Writing, editing and fashion? Sounds like me... I also LOVE that she hated "The English Patient" the way I hated "The Illusionist". Hating a movie eeeeveryone loves? Very me.

Anyway, Elaine was so crazy with her choices and quirks (the way she danced!) so authentic that she is an absolut icon for me.


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Cuando alguien me pregunta sobre mi programa favorito se sorprenden de que no sea Sex and the City o Gossip Girl. La verdad es que esos me encantan, sobre todo por la moda pero creo que mi favorito de todos los tiempos siempre será Seinfeld. 
No, yo sé que no tiene mucho que ver con moda, pero la verdad es que el programa tuvo un excelente diseñador de vestuario que supo reflejar la personalidad de cada uno de los personajes en su vestuario.
Uno de mis ídolos, por lo tanto, es Elaine Benes. Sus looks son muy de los noventas. Precisamente porque el show era en esos años. Pero me encanta la forma en que se refleja su personalidad. Amo que trabajara en editoriales y en un catálogo al estilo J.Crew y que un día decidió cortarse todo el pelo nada más por que sí. Como yo. Me gustan sus chamarras de mezclilla, sus miles de chalecos y sus trajes masculinos. Creo que son looks que se pueden aplicar súper bien a la moda de hoy, sobre todo jumpsuits y pantalones de vestir a la cintura. 
Pero bueno, lo que más me gusta es que es un personaje completamente loco y libre. Y eso se refleja en su ropa. Un verdadero ícono.

I want to be her! (Seriously)

Sometimes you find a book that reads like your own story. Most times such book is a novel about a boy who is a wizard and has a dorky friend and you think you are that boy's friend with a weird name and bushy hair. OK, not really. But, this time it's something much more real for me.

Last year I got the memoir/style book I want to be her! by Andrea Linett, and seriously it's like I wrote it. Not only because the author's name is my name too, but because her life is super similar to mine. OK, it's more like I want my life to be like hers... But who cares?

Andrea Linett has worked in magazines her whole life, from being the receptionist at Sassy (where she discovered Chloe Sevigny) to founding Lucky. One of my favorite magazines, by the way. But the most amazing thing is that she did it being the weird girl. I love the illustration above with the (vintage) shoes she wore for her first day at BAZAAR compared to the ones the other girls used. Yes, she wore vintage in a sea of Manolo-wearing-Carrie-wannabes.

The other thing I really enjoyed while reading the book, were the super pretty illustrations by Linett's BFF, Anne Johnston Albert. These, along with the bullet points and quotes make for a really light reading. Like I said, I read the whole thing in 5 hours. And if you don't fell like reading, you can visit her website. But the book is better, I swear.

She is now at Michael Kors and has an awesome life (see for yourself), and she's a book author sooo.... I feel really identified with her and I'm definitely planning on following her advice, both fashion and career-wise... Because, of course, I want to be (like) her.

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¿No les pasa que leen un libro y sienten que podría ser su vida? Recientemente terminé de leer (en un solo día) el libro I want to be her! de Andrea Linett y justo me pasó eso. Obviamente me emocioné porque tenemos el mismo nombre, pero la historia que cuenta es increíblemente similar a la mía. Yo aún estoy en un punto muy inicial, pero me encantaría seguir sus pasos.
Ella es fundadora de Lucky, una de mis revistas favoritas, y trabajó en Harper's Bazaar. Pero lo mejor es que lo hizo muy a su manera, usando vintage cuando aún no era cool y sin intentar ser como todas las demás chicas de las revistas.
El libro es hermoso, está lleno de ilustraciones de la mejor amiga de la autora y es una lectura súper ligera. Lo recomiendo muchísimo para cualquiera, no solamente para fans de la moda.
Yo, definitivamente, quiero ser como ella. No solamente en cuanto a moda sino también en su carrera.