The Rag Trade: The Sale Mentality

April 21, 2010

Last week, I began exploring the effect of the recession on the fashion industry and the theory of “wear it now” versus “wear it later” deliveries as a way the fashion industry is trying to combat economic stagnancy. Though “wear it now” might be a step in the right direction in changing the tide [...]

M.I.S.S. x Pool Magazine: Spring 2010 Trends

April 7, 2010

I did this a few months back - M.I.S.S. teamed up with Pool Tradeshow to highlight some of the product shown at Pool that are great examples of spring trends that are on the streets.  The spread was in the Pool Magazine that was distributed at the show in Las Vegas but I just got [...]

Guess Who is Karmaloop’s April “Chick of the Month”??

April 1, 2010

Moi!  Yep, I was asked to do a short interview for the Karmaloop Ladies’ Blog as part of their Chick of the Month series.  You can read the full interview on the Karmaloop Ladies’ Blog.

Girls Got Kicks Interviews in Sneaker Freaker

March 25, 2010

Girls Got Kicks is a book project put together by Lori Lobenstine, founder of Female Sneaker Fiend, to showcase all the lady sneaker fiends of the world and show the boys that they’re not the only ones who like to keep their kicks fly. She enlisted M.I.S.S.’s very own Amanda Lopez to shoot all [...]

Guest Blogging on Moxsie.com

March 23, 2010

M.I.S.S. has teamed up with Moxsie.com to kick off their new guest blogger series. For the next three weeks, each Monday Moxsie.com will publish an article that I wrote for their blog. The first post relates to spring trends - and how to update your closet with a few key pieces. You can [...]

My Vans x Hellz Testimonial

February 2, 2010

Vans and Hellz collaborated on two sick styles coming out soon. When Lanie and the Hellz crew came by the M.I.S.S. Paper Dolls opening in LA, Brittany filmed me for a video testimonial wall that was going to be playing in the background at the Vans x Hellz launch party. Here is my [...]

Paper Dolls Exhibit at FIFTY24LA - Opening Reception Recap

January 19, 2010

Last Thursday, the M.I.S.S ladies got on planes and hopped into cars to make our way down to Los Angeles for our first ever art show, “Paper Dolls” at FIFTY24LA Gallery. It was a great excuse to see the ladies since we mostly work over the phone and via email - when we’re all [...]

New M.I.S.S. Editorial: Office Tramp “Roses Aren’t Red”

January 7, 2010

A few months ago M.I.S.S. produced and art directed the look book for Office Tramp’s “Roses Aren’t Red” capsule collection. I love the way everything turned out - you can’t go wrong when you have strong product and a strong team. Many thanks to Gina Valdez at Office Tramp, Amanda Lopez, Liz Baca, [...]

M.I.S.S. and FIFTY24LA Gallery Present “Paper Dolls” - A Group Show

January 6, 2010

M.I.S.S., has teamed up with Upper Playground to curate its first ever art show at FIFTY24LA Gallery. In keeping with our love of fashion and art, we are very excited to present “Paper Dolls” - a group show displaying new works by artists and their interpretation of the paper doll.
Curated by M.I.S.S. editors Lexx [...]

The M.I.S.S. Week in Review: Weeks of July 20th & 27th

August 8, 2009

The past two weeks have been really busy and last weekend I was too busy cooking Persian for the first time and neglected to do an update so this is a two-for-one. Check out some of my posts from M.I.S.S. below - you can read the full story by clicking on the link.
Cuckoo for [...]