Not raining on my parade!

What a manic but productive Monday! So much going on and it's all good: start of Fall 2011 press season, fashion night out brainstorming, prepping for a very late holiday shoot on Thursday, and my birthday on Friday which I have no clue what I am doing for once.

Midst of this as everyone in the east coast knows it's RAINING, Sunday was cold and Saturday was beautiful. So Monday, I decided despite the weather being schizophrenic, I'm going switch my winter clothes to spring summer!

I already had some spring up, from my personal order from Qi. Happy to say there isn't that much I want to get for spring/summer (Fall is more my season!) just the following:

A new denim jacket
Denim Pencil Skirt

My new obsession is maxi skirts/dresses, I got a great deal on a maxi dress on shopnastygal.com (I will wear for a post later on this week) For spring/summer, I plan on getting these:

Helmut Lang

Alice & Olivia-I have so many stripe tops this would be a great way to dress them up

I am trying to kick up my accessories game, I worship Pamela Love jewelry and plan on getting the Tribal Spike Cuff so I love the color because I can wear it in the fall too:

Moveslightly DIY bracelets

I am also going to get into more color, I tend to go with black, grays, blues, and neutrals. Planning on getting some layering tees in yellow and pink :)

How is everyone else coping with the rainy weather?

x
Kosi

Loving some Thor

Saw Thor last Sunday and let me tell you guys, this is a kick ass movie! I was skeptical about it only because Summer 11 moving season seems to be Superhero overkill (Not digging Ryan Reynolds as the Green Lantern, and the trailer for X-Men First class looks like a mess). I love my comic books but some movies (i.e Fantastic Four casting Jessica Alba) make you go hmm, what the hell were they thinking.

Thankfully there is hope, Thor besides the special effects and the direction of Kenneth Branagh (who knew right?) works because it is funny! Yes, I said it funny, I also liked how they tied in the Avengers subplot (did you guys see the cameo by Hawkeye?)

Seeing the movie made me want to get back into card collecting again, I used to do it when I was 10 years old. And I am happy that I work a block away from Midtown Comics on 38^th! First trading card set I get will be Thor for sure!

P.S-I will be writing more often :)

x

Kosi

M.I.A L.O.V.E.S her her fans

I didn't think I love M.I.A more until I heard about this, a female fan sent in a picture of herself displaying her fingers, which are tattooed with the words 'Born Free' - a title of M.I.A.'s song. M.I.A loved it so much that she promised to get the same one done if she can pull in 200,000 Twitter followers.

"Once we get 200,000 strong I'll get this tattoo!" she tweeted.

It's awesome M.I.A showing love to her fans but also taking a marketing opportunity by the horns.
Below is the tattoo and M.I.A's twitter page


http://twitter.com/#!/_M_I_A_

Spring come soon!

Weather in NYC is crazy right now, either it's too cold and not snowing or it's semi warm but there is snow everywhere. Everyone including myself is OVER this weather.

To get out of the winter blues I have been doing the following:

Creating a wishlist for Spring 2011
Planning vacay for Summer 2011
And staying inside.. ha!

I also looked up poems about Spring thought I share one:

Very Early Spring by Katherine Mansfield
The fields are snowbound no longer;
There are little blue lakes and flags of tenderest green.
The snow has been caught up into the sky--
So many white clouds--and the blue of the sky is cold.
Now the sun walks in the forest,
He touches the bows and stems with his golden fingers;
They shiver, and wake from slumber.
Over the barren branches he shakes his yellow curls.
Yet is the forest full of the sound of tears....
A wind dances over the fields.
Shrill and clear the sound of her waking laughter,
Yet the little blue lakes tremble
And the flags of tenderest green bend and quiver

Stay warm everyone, I predict Spring is right around the corner!

Cold Feet

Hi everyone, sorry for the lack of blog posts :( Been busy preparing for a new season at Qi :) It's all good! I can't believe it's nearing the end of July already and we already got Fall product on websites. At first I was disgusted, I mean how obnoxious? Let the consumer enjoy her summer! I thought that until I saw it, the boot....

The boot as I call it is of course A.Wang and it's a monkey fur boot. Presenting the Polina Boot by Alexander Wang:

Of course it is $924, way out of my budget but I did think of a creative solution. Grab an inexpensive ankle boot, like the Jeffery Campell one below, and get some faux fur trim with elastic. It is the same look for 90% of the price.

That is my game plan during my vacay in August this will be my project :) LOL thought I share. Plus working on SWAG by A.K with Aiesha :)

xoxo

Kosi

You've Got a Friend

What is true friendship? How would you define a true friend? I thought I had this whole thing we call true friendship figured out. Turns out I didn't quite have it right. I’m learning that things change, people change, friendships change and it doesn't mean you forget the past or try to cover it up. It simply means you move on and treasure the memories. Letting go doesn't mean giving up, it means accepting and treasuring the past and being open to new future experiences.

Why do friend’s drift apart? People have so many answers, I’ll give you my answer: Time.

It’s life’s experiences, boyfriends, girlfriends, children, different interests, occupations, or, not having anything in common anymore.

How sad is that? For starters, when you leave school you and your friends may go different ways. You meet new people, or have a new interest. Again, it’s sad sometimes because you miss the good times you had with your old friends, but then you've just got to accept yourself, and move forward. Maybe you will be able to connect with an old friend later in life.

I am looking forward singing my heart out Friday night at Asia Roma, with my friends; some new and some old. All are very dear to my heart.

Karaoke, booze + positive energy are the perfect ingredients for a fabulous time!

I decided to feature pictures that tribute to famous friendships that stand the sands of time:

If ain’t broke don’t fix it…

Has anyone seen the commercials? "However-You-Want-It Frappuccino Blended Beverage" from Starbucks. The signature frozen summer drink is now changed into a hot mess of flavors, toppings and shots. Yea, I mean if dignity didn’t already stand in your way, as soon you can walk into a Starbucks and order Venti quad soy two-pump sugar-free vanilla dry cappuccino with chocolate shavings.

I used to work at Starbucks senior year of high school and during college (made a lot great friends there that I am blessed to have in my life today). Being at the “Frappe Station” during a hot July day at a tourist stop Starbucks location was cruel and unusual punishment. And I used to be there a lot because of my gift of remembering everything. Customers not knowing the difference between: coffee frap, coffee frappe light, and vanilla bean frappe. If you didn’t have a good barista writing the drinks, IT’S NOT FUN!

To replace the old Frappuccinos, which were PERFECTLY fine, now we have: coffee (regular, double, triple or decaf); syrup (vanilla, white mocha, mocha, peppermint, hazelnut, and caramel); a choice of milk (nonfat, 2 percent, whole or soy); and a topping (whipped cream, mocha drizzle, and chocolate shavings). Coffee-free beverages are also available, including strawberries, vanilla bean, chai, green tea and double chocolate chip.

So when I saw this new “However-You-Want-It Frappuccino” I wondered why Starbucks? However-You-Want-It, isn't that the whole concept of Starbucks already? Why Starbucks, when barista’s are fast, why make their lives more difficult? Now customers are going to ask for Frappe’s that are half coffee, half skim, light on the whip with extra chocolate curls and caramel sauce, in under two minutes during the 4pm rush. Did they also forget that there are customers with the crazy iced espresso drinks! Yes folks, customers who insist on having hot foam in their iced cappuccino despite health department laws that forbid baristas to do so?

Starbucks, I understand you are upset at McDonald’s and Dunkin Donuts for taking your flow, I would be too. But haven’t you heard the saying, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”. Best of luck, and good luck barista’s during the frappe 2010 season. At least the happy hour promo for the launch of this However-you-want-it Frappe will end next week, and you guys can actually go to a real happy hour to celebrate :)

While we are on the subject, my favorite frappe drink is the caramel frappe. I keep it simple:

xoxo

Kosi