So,today, on my day off work I woke up 100% PMSal ready to scream at, cry to and complain to the first person I see, as my boyfriend ran out to work before I fully regained my conscious my first victim was my mother. Which is great since she must always understand and forgive, she has to! That's her "mother duty"-Mother's Law 1252.1 :"Never take anything your PMSal daughter saids to heart".
Next, I talked to my GF and BFF, we discussed rather important issues with finalizing her wedding plans and she educated me on "The American Weeding Traditions" which are soooo damn confusing! Gosh!!!! I miss Croatian good old "cash in the envelope" kind of gift giving.
As I finished my conversation I finally started reading Teri Agins's "The End of Fashion" and sinfully indulged in my 654 Calorie Grande Fat Free Pepermint Mocha (God Bless Starbucks on the first day of PMS and damn you New York City officials for showing the calorie count in my face).
Recently, I started to research fashion history and fashion business to help me decide if I should go to fashion graduate school or not. So far, the more I read the more I am realizing that my view of fashion is very naive and romantic. I have been living in an "isolated bubble".
Please don't get me wrong, I am not comparing myself with their geniusness but simply realizing that I myself think of fashion garment as little pieces of art, rather that a pieces of fabric stitched together by a 10 year old factory worker in China. As Teri Agins realistically noted the fashion has ended as it existed before and became a mass-pleasing part of entertainment industry :(
Obviously, I have just started reading this book but I am hungrily turning its pages, praying to find a thread of hope to grip on, hoping to learn that it is not all about money and catering to couture illiterate sloppy dressing masses and that there is still interest in fashion in form it has once existed: exclusive, reserved for sizes 6 and under ,fabulous, expensive, glamorous, uncomfortable and painful to wear but stunning to look at and a privilege to wear.
INTERVIEWS category contains quick interviews I did with young and talented fashion designers, editors and business people in fashion world with intention to get a better picture of what is happening in backstage of fashion industry.
If you know or you are a young designer who ‘s
work I might want to feature on my blog
please feel free to email me designers
resume and photos of his/her work and I
will be happy to consider you for a post and/or an interview. I am always
looking to support young designers and showcase their work.
Where do you see your blog in 5 years from now?
Formally I see it as it is
now, but with even more visits and readers. My blog is my only diary which
honestly and trustfully describes me and my growing up experience in the last 5
years I am writing it, I want to keep it personal. My blog is profitable for a
while now, I have signed with UK based publisher couple of years back and I am
very happy with our cooperation so far. My readers are wonderful and I communicate
with them via various channels daily. I founded my blog 5 years ago when I
lived in NYC; most of my readers is from US while about 30% is from Croatia
currently.
How long does it take you to get dressed?
Ugh..I am not a morning
person, so until like 10am I am not totally awake. In average I need about half
an hour to get dressed and ready to leave the house. I have a lot of clothes
which I collected shopping in various vintage stores in NY and traveling around
the world, I also worked for Rugby Ralph Lauren and Abercrombie & Fitch so
I have a lot of their clothes as well. My clothes is well organized in 2
closets, one with work and one with casual clothes obviously adjusted to season
of the year.
Would you say that person is what he/she wears?
I don’t think that person is
what she wears, but I think it shows person’s personality somewhat. First
impression is very important, especially in work setting, and clothing is obviously
part of this first impression. Looking at persons outfit can tell you a story
about the person, just like a tattoo.
What is your favorite fashion creation ever?
Red dress, pencil skirt and stiletto
heels! These pieces are the basics of my daily work outfits, a tad of color,
skirt that perfectly hugs the curves and good quality comfortable heels in
which I can run around completing my daily work tasks. In ideal world, I would
rather wear couture gowns every day, but from practical reasons I don’t do it
really. ;)
When I was little I thought
I was a princess and it wasn’t an issue for me to stand out with the way I
dressed. For a long time I was wearing a crown, it was very hard for my parents
to persuade me to stop wearing it.
If you can have a one day in fashion designer studio, which designer
would you choose?
With absolutely no doubts –
Alexander McQueen! For me, couture is the definition of fashion, and Alex for
me represents the definition of fashion designer, he was a true artist! Each of
his collection pieces was a unique piece of art. I loved his contrast of royal
lady in rich luxurious nightgowns and leather RTW pieces with sculls. I am less
interested in retail store ready to wear lines.
If your blog was a song which one would it be and why?
Hahaha...it would probably
be one of Edit Piaf’s songs, something French for sure.
I was always interested in
true ladies, bit wild, hardheaded adventurous ladies, strong, independent,
secretive and gentle.
LYRICS OF PASSION are the impulsive, spear of the moment lyrics that come to me randomly when I am in love. These lyrics are personal notes about my past and current relationships to which I often come back to and to which many seem to be able relate based on wonderful feedback I am getting from you, my lovely readers.
Paris Fashion Week (Mode à Paris)
Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2011/2012 Collections
July 15-19, Miami, FL
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
Swimwear 2011 Collections
September 21-27, Milan, Italy
Milan Fashion Week
Women's Fashion Spring/Summer 2012 Collections
Paris Fashion Week (Mode à Paris)
Ready-to-Wear Spring/Summer 2012 Collections
Date TBA, Seoul, South Korea
Seoul Fashion Week
Autumn/Winter 2011/2012 Collections
September 8-15 , New York, NY
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
Spring 2012 Collections
Date TBA, Mumbai, India
Lakmé Fashion Week
Winter/Festive 2012
Date TBA, Washington D.C.
D.C. Fashion Week
Spring/Summer 2012 Collections
September 15-22, London, United Kingdom
Fashion Fringe at Covent Garden
Catwalk Event
Date TBA, Milan, Italy
Milan Fashion Week
Spring/Summer 2012 Collections
Paris Fashion Week (Mode à Paris)
Ready-to-Wear Spring/Summer 2012 Collections
Date TBA, Los Angeles, CA
Fashion Week Los Angeles
Spring 2012 Collection
Date TBA, Seoul, South Korea
Seoul Fashion Week
Spring/Summer 2012 Collections
2012
Date TBA, Milan, Italy
Milan Fashion Week
Men's Fashion Fall/Winter 2012/2013 Collections
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
Fall/Winter 2012/2013 Collections
Paris Fashion Week (Mode à Paris)
Men's Fashion Fall/Winter 2012/2013 Collections
Paris Fashion Week (Mode à Paris)
Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2012 Collections
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February 9-16 , New York, NY
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
Fall/Winter 2012/13 Collections
I am a fashion and PR passionista, social media affectionada and a curious globetrotter with fashion being my main transportation.
My fashion blog was founded when I was still living in New York and working in a fashion industry back in April, 2008. Before that I studied and lived in Maryland, then Connecticut and then New York City after which I returned back to Croatia to work in a communications department of amazing global corporation - Procter & Gamble. Today I live with my boyfriend Ante and my dog Papi in beautiful Barcelona, Spain and working as a full time fashion blogger and entrepreneur - a co-owner, a buyer and a curator for e-commerce fashion startup www.Trendcy.com.
Fashion is very important and influential part of my personal
aesthetics. All of the categories I cover in my blog are luxuriously
illustrated and viewed from my personal point of view shared in a way I
would share it with my girlfriends over a cup of Starbucks skinny peppermint mocha.
My fashion blog was founded when I was still living in New York and working in a fashion industry back in April, 2008. Before that I studied and lived in Maryland, then Connecticut and then New York City after which I returned back to Croatia to work in a communications department of amazing global corporation - Procter & Gamble. Today I live with my boyfriend Ante and my dog Papi in beautiful Barcelona, Spain and working as a full time fashion blogger and entrepreneur - a co-owner, a buyer and a curator for e-commerce fashion startup www.Trendcy.com.
My goal is to share my
growing up life, travel and love lessons, commentary to current fashion trends and my passion for fashion as it translates into every segment of my daily life.
I hope you
will enjoy reading and commenting my posts as much as I enjoy writing and
sharing my views, emotions and daily thoughts with you lovelies.
XOXO,
Katarina Štimac
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