Home is Where Ever I'm With You

From my school days.

2 1/2 years later and I still love that boy in the middle.

The only city I love more than New York

I love this little drawing, I love art that is cute. I also love Paris and really hope to go back sometime soon. It's been a dream of mine for years to live there for a year or two, I started learning French to prepare but can't seem to get past unit 1 on my Rosetta Stone. Who has the time?



from: http://www.etsy.com/shop/artquirk

Lookbooks

A couple of months ago I shot not one, but two lookbooks for Dana-Maxx. First we shot S/S 2010, and then after lunch we did F/W 2010, and by 6 I was so exhausted I fell asleep in the cab on the way home. I can't wait to see the printed books!


Look at the rest of the summer lookbook on Dana's site:

http://www.dana-maxx.com/collection

I've been wanting to shoot this for years.

Jourdan Miller & Robin with Code.

The dream.

I LIVE IN MANHATTAN!

I moved a few days ago and could not be more excited about my new situation. I feel like my year in Brooklyn was just a really long transitional period and now I'm finally here. I'm in this giant building in the Financial District, right by the South Seaport, it's such a bizarre area to live, but it feels safe and is really close to where I spend my time, and the price to space ratio is incredible. I've never lived in a real building before and it's amazing. Doorman? People to fix things when there's a problem? Gym/lounge/roofdeck? I'm never going back to small buildings again.

I don't know much about art

My boyfriend got me to start reading comics when we started dating. I started with books that were really easy and accessable, like Scott Pilgrim, but eventually moved on to series like Y The Last Man (amazing), and recently just finished reading all of Fables. My point being: all of the fables covers are done by James Jean, and they are so beautiful. I don't know much about art, but I know what I like.



I want a print of this cover, I think it's amazing.

Test with Missy & Julia from Q Models

Julia Robazzi and Missy Purvis with Q Model Management

I've been having lots of fun shooting beauty this month. It's a lot lower stress than what I used to and I don't have to drag my light kit all over the city on the subway (I've done it, and it's a terrible idea.)

Century 21 Post Script

Oh, you. Why must you constantly give me such mixed signals? I love you so much but you always throw something at me that's so ridiculous and makes me want to hate you. Just a post script to this week's proclamation of love for Century 21:

1. I found a gorgeous, completely undamaged Nina Ricci cashmere tank dress for $17 (amazing!)
2. They won't let you try on bras. (Seriously? seriously??)

What I Love About New York #3: Century 21

Now I know that most people hate Century 21, my boyfriend tends to run for the door after 5 minutes of the insanity, but I LOVE it. Century 21 is amazing, for a certain kind of shopper. You have to be a person who enjoys digging through rack after rack, who's main thrill in shopping is finding pieces 90% off and who is not afraid of being rude and pushing through other shoppers. I am a sale shopper, through and through. My father is very stereotypically Jewish, and I was raised to buy everything on sale, I never pay retail for anything, and I've always gotten a sick pleasure out of rummaging through outlets, thrift stores, sample sales, etc.

Yes, it's crowded, frustrating and overwhelming, and you really have to come in with a plan. I bring water and a snack, and plan to be there for hours. Finding the hidden gems required flipping through every item in every rack, but to me finding Adam Lippes cocktail dresses for $20, Helmut Lang tanks for $15 and a Margiela skirt for $24 is always, always worth it. Although I will say, anythign in a delicate fabric tends to get destroyed here, and it can be really painful to see these gorgeous chiffon and silk dresses just destroyed.

Not that it's an original idea but,

A tradition that I'm trying to start is taking a picture of me with the crew and models after I wrap a shoot (even though that's when I'm at my sweatiest). I just think having one for every shoot would create a nice collection over time. Here's where I'm starting: