Lusting over Fashion Week

My Fashion Heads, as I lust over any and everyone who has attended fashion week this week, of maybe ever, I just hope to my self that one day I will be invited to a show, you don't have to sit me in the front row, just to be there and have the experience would be my everything. I have to say, that when I surf the Internet during FW I find my self being more interested in the outfits of the fashionista's going to the shows rather then seeing the pieces that are coming down the runway, shameful? I love seeing the ladies of fashion outside Lincoln Center lining up for all the papps wearing art , art to me because it speaks such volume as it would to an art major going to MOMA. You can see who each of these woman or men are by what they are wearing and how creative their minds are.  Seeing how they represent how they feel right there on their bodies for the world to see, gives me goose bumps. I always say, when you dress to impress for something as extravagant (to me) and fun filled as FW, its all about the laying, laying goodness, and necessary with blizzard Nemo who hit the first of FW, bastard. Quirky you might call some looks, maybe even bizarre, but that's was fashion is, not cookie cutter, not borrring, STAND OUT, SPEAK VOLUME, TURN HEADS, and most importantly there's the fun factor. My MECA inspiring fashion blogger Leandra Medine (The Man Repeller) said in a recent video that, fashion is a way to escape  and forget about something and step into another character, be #oneofakind. Love that!

Here for your eyes are some of my favorite girls and the outfit they worn to this years FW thus far, street style of you will.

Happy Valentine's Day

xoxo,

Fashion Head

Alexa

Who holds all the power?.. From the eye of the bag-holder

My Fashion heads, yesterday while out window shopping I came across my very own impromptu experiment. During my work break you can usually find me walking around the mall, every other day I'm forced to go there because our office bank's there. So I choose to get some cardio by walking through some of my favorite stores to pass time and breathe some fresh fashion air. Well, while browsing through (I don't think I'm going to give out the name, but it was a high end store), I was going through their clearance bin of handbags ("after the holiday" mark downs are this girls best friend). Now let me tell you, in toe with me was my Christmas gift from hubby, my new Celine bag, aahhhh!!! Like I said, I do go to the mall pretty regularly, so much that some people at other stores think I would work in the mall, not a good look, but I really don't care, as long as people don't start asking me to get them a size. Like I was saying, I was digging through the clearance bin, holding up a nice Marc by Marc Jacobs cobalt blue cross body when a sales woman approached me, asked if I needed help, when I said my usual "no thanks I'm just looking" she then complimented me on my bag, telling me how stunning it was, asking where I had gotten it, when I told her from my husband for Christmas, she smiled and started telling me about her holiday and then started talking about her presents, then to her kids, it was about a 5 min convo. She followed me around for a few minutes, giving her two sense on other things I was looking at, as if I didn't have my own brain to think that "that bag is very cute" (I really hate that, but that's another topic). I go back to the bin of bags and grab another , go over to the mirror to take a look and another sales woman approaches me, tells me how stunning my bag is, compliments me on the bag I was holding then recommends me to see a fancy bag in the glass case, OK the glass case! Not once have I EVER been offered to see anything in a glass case, even looking at watches I would normally have to beg a sales girl to open it, and after getting some eyes rolls I was helped. She's showing me all the new merchandise they just got in and all the different colors these wallets came in. All awhile thinking to myself, "what makes this shopping experience and ME any different from all the other times I browsed through this store" then I looked down, this is my bag doing all the work here! All because of this beautiful, red babe I had on my arm, I was the stores biggest catch! Did they think I had thousands in my wallet ready to spend and they would be receiving a heffty comish, were they just being polite because I was "the rich girl" at the time in the store.  I have gone in this store NUMEROUS times carrying less expensive bags and have not had more then a "hello how are you" and now the women are practically throwing themselves at me and wanting to show me the good EXPENSIVE stuff, you had to be there, I'm telling you. It's sad to say that I was not able to exactly ask these woman, "what is it, is it my bag, is it that you have received poor feedback on customer service and that's why your all up my ass? what is it?!"  Then it got me reminiscing about one of my favorite movies, Pretty Woman, where she goes to Rodeo Drive to shop and in the first store things were "very expensive" and they wouldn't let her shop. No I have never been told to leave a store, frankly it's because I don't go into stores dressed like a hooker, sorry Viv, but I do 100% believe we receive better customer service depending on how we dress, and especially in higher end stores.  I took a stab at this topic on my personal Facebook page and the responses were all unanimous, my other friends have received the same treatment when shopping. When dressed a certain way we get treated differently. So does this really mean that the power is in the eye of the bag-holder? OR were all the woman at ____ about to catch the FLU and running high fevers? The world may never know....

"They won't let her shop!"

C.R.E.A.M.

xoxo,

Fashion Head

Alexa

DIY in the stars x My first GIVEAWAY!

My fashion heads, this is a DIY moment. My mother, as much as I hate to admit it at times, has definitely rubbed off on me. When I was younger all I wanted was a doodle bear, some of you may remember this little thing, but if you don't, it was basically a bear that you can draw on and wash it and start over with the drawings. My mother was determined, and not giving in to the department store and paying the "expensive" price tag and therefor, made it her self. She sewed a little bear made of cotton and got me fabric pens from the craft store. Now I don't know how much in the end it saved her, but she was quite proud of herself and I guess also knowing her daughter very well, I only doodle for a about a week, so in the end I guess it was worth it. The DIY gene for sure creeped my way (even though I am adopted). So on the bottom half of my body we have a pair of jeans that I did the DIY deed with and re-created a pair of Current Elliot star jeans, these freaking jeans are a whopping $220 in stores. Now, you'll have to know that I will splurge on some items, but these I thought were absolutely absurd, you'll also know that I do love to find/get a great bargain. So in the back of my creative mind I thought to my self, "I can totally make these". I knew in my closet I already had a pair of nice grey jeans that I could sacrifice for the project. I went to Michaels, bought white craft paint and a blank stencil maker, because for some odd reason they did not have any sort of already made star stencils. I went home created my own star to the size that I liked and got to work. Let me tell you, this was very time consuming to sit there and paint each star on both legs, but now I was the determined one. The end result is exactly what I hoped for and costing a fraction of the price. Now I made these jeans mid summer, but felt the need to bring them into fall for a color blocking/monochromatic outfit.

The rest of the outfit consists of grey tshirt from blookingdales, a varsity jackets from Forever21, Zara necklace and boots, and Aldo sunnies.

Do any of you have DIY projects that your very proud of? Tell me about it in the comments and you could win my very first give away. Please leave an email address. Good luck!!

Giveaway ends December 30th

xoxo,

Fashion Head

Alexa

You can get with this..or you can get with that!

My fashion heads, I've been very busy this past week and unfortunately didn't pay the right attention to my blog. I was preparing for the change of job location for my husband and found myself only wanting to spend every last minute with him before he left, so my fashion-ness kinda too a back seat, but right now we are back in full gear!

In the look I have here for your viewing pleasure, I was going for a grunge, sexy and comfortable/casual  look while adding some height to my short stature with some lady gaga-esque wedges. Soft and fuzzy material are keeping me warm for the breezy day, while my legs are still exposed (and shaved) for the sex-y. This look can so easily be worn from day to night with the change of the shoes to some strappy heels and the plaid shirt to a leather jacket. I like to wear outfits that can be transformed because when your already out and don't know where the night is heading, if you just bring a change of shoes you can be ready for whatever the night has to offer. In the first two pictures, I'm wearing my creation of a veiled beanie, that I just can't part ways with and has become a staple in my fall attire, (told ya sooo). Have fun layering ladies, add that flannel shirt to a dress or sequin shorts and just punch fashion statics in the face!

Enjoy and get the look after the JUMP!

The look ladies:

1. Flannel Shirt: here

2. Dress: cute one here

3. Shoes: crazy good ones here

As always

xoxo,

Fashion Head

Alexa

New Month, new ambitions...

My fashion heads, Happy October, you know what that means!? Colder weather is around the corner. As much as I love the fashion side of cold weather I forget how much this girls hates to be cold, but bundleing and the laying is the funnest and creative part. With a new month I wanted to think of new ideas for my blog. I'm really going to play this fall with my clothes and have the most fun with layers, patterns and texture. What's hot this fall? How to stay warm and fashionable? Warmer clothes are always more money, how to get the BANG for your buck? And lets us not forget about Halloween!

All my fashion heads stay tuned for what great things are to come this month! Maybe we'll even take a trip to my closet! 

This weekend my husband and I went on a drive through town and because of the change of season that is among us the trees and mother nature is looking quit fashionable. We passed by this vineyard, (who the hell knew there was a vineyard right in our backyeard practically) and it was so beautifully mainstained and colorful that we had to pull over and snap some pics, good thing I adored my outfit that day! The man that owned the vineyard was nice enough to tell us a little bit about it and let us take a couple pictures and even took one of us. This is a great transitioning outfit from warm to cooler weather, this weekend we were still in the mid 60's to 70's so exposed sleeves was a must. I paired a cut off denim studded vest and a flowy black white top with my favortie and comfy black jeans, rocker miltitary studded boots, red grafic bag, shark tooth necklace and snake printed sunglasses. Get the look below.



me and my honey



Get the look:

1. Zara Denim Vest:here

2. Shark tooth necklace: here

3. Blouse (similar): here

4. Jeans: here

5. Bag (similar): here

6. Boots: here

xoxo,

Fashion Head

Alexa

This girl is on Fire!

My fashion heads, if you don't know from the title of this post, its my new favorite song my Alicia Keys featuring Nicki Minaj. She performed it at the VMA's and it just gave me a chills, especially seeing Swiss beats and their song just swaying to her singing. Alicia Keys have a special place in my heart for her, one being a former piano player myself and because my husband and I used one of her songs for our wedding song. I find this song very inspirational, I take it as no matter what is going on in the world around you, you gotta stay strong and never back down and follow your heart. So I find this very inspirational for my blog purpose, I have had my blog for a little over a month now and  I some day hope that this blog can take me places I never thought could happen. I know it sounds strange to some, mostly the "older" generation of folks, but this is the new times and blogging is the new form of public speaking and can touch such a high level of readers. I recently saw an interview of one of my blog idles Leandra Medine of The Man Repeller, and she only started her blog 2 years ago and where did I see this interview you ask?!? Well it was on The Fashion Police on E! I could only dream of one day making it to that point and being invited to runway shows and styling celebrities like Rachel Zoe, and just having a say in the fashion industry, a girl can dream right?! My husband always has the utmost confidence in me and support, and I hope to one day reach the place where he believes I can be. I would like to thank him especially for always believing in me and supporting me through my blog process, he is a big part of it being my fantastic photographer, and I would like to thank EVERYONE who has taken a look at my blog this past month and gave me such great compliments and support as well. Cheers my fashion heads!

Here's hoping to that 

ONE DAY because the sky is the limit

In the mean time, lets now talk about what us fashion heads love most...the clothes. This photo shoot took place while driving through the burbs of Long Island and came across this little park with a beautiful willow tree and a bridge. This outfit was taking me into the night with a casual outting with some girl friends. If you follow me on Instagram  you would know that I'm a repeat offender of these leopard Zara pants, but once you have a piece in your wardrobe that you love and are able to wear it different ways every time, then REPEAT ON. I found these ahhhmazing silver chrome heeled shoes at Zara on FNO (fashion night out) in NYC and knew right away I wanted to pair them with these pants. On the top half I have on a Beastie Boys shirt and a leather jacket my hubby got me last year for Christmas, which I lived in because last winter was so warm and we had no snow. Of course I like the mixing-ness of this outfit and this its also a good transitional outfit to fall from summer.  I also mixed some metals, my sunglasses are rose gold, my necklace is silver and my bracelets are gold, Have fun with it! Get the look below.

How to achieve the look:

1. Similar pants: here

2. Heels: here

3. Rocker Tee: here

4. Cool faux leather: here

5. Bracelet: here

xoxo,

Fashion Head

Alexa