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Posted on April 25, 2011
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On Saturday night, the Corcoran had an opening for its major spring exhibition, NEXT at the Corcoran: BFA Class of 2011. I may be biased, but the work is really, really good. The opening Saturday night found the Gallery FULL of pretty young things — and pretty not young things, and cool children, and cool grandparents, and a performance artist or two….

Artist Sara Winston with her work.

Hamiltonian’s Jackie Ionita looking Easter-cute….

Tell your subjects to look like they are in a band, and you get some good results.

Looking at work by Pauletta Palacios

An assemblage of ceramic objects by Victoria Shaheen, for the taking….

Work by Sila Dizdar

Artist Casey Goldman in her grandmother’s very special dress…

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Top Artista!

Posted on April 22, 2011
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Last night was the ArtJamz “Top Artista Challenge” at Bloomingdale’s I mentioned the other week and despite being a little intimidated at first – that first stroke of paint is the scariest, I discovered – I won! The event paired each of us with a mannequin dressed in (very covetable) spring dresses and accessories and asked that we paint a complementary canvas while attendees shopped and voted for their favorite work of art.

I used a scalpel-like tool instead of a paintbrush to really layer the paint on and create texture.

A portion of the proceeds of clothing purchased during the event went to Becky’s Fund (if you go today or tomorrow to shop, bring your receipt to customer service and ask that they give it to Heather Guay, and it’ll count); and then two generous supporters/art enthusiasts offered to purchase my painting and the painting Holly Thomas – a close second – did. Growing up and reading Babysitter’s Club books, I always wanted to be like Claudia Kishi, (the “artistic” one) or Stacey (the “fashionable” one) – how fun to have had the opportunity to make that happen!

I spoke to one attendee who, having watched me work, said he thought that he could do it, too. It was really inspiring to watch someone get so excited about letting loose, getting creative and trying something new. Remember when we were little and we painted with abandon? Hey ArtJamz…how about finger painting next time?

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Scooting in Style

Posted on April 14, 2011
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I saw this amazing scooter over the weekend parked along U Street near my house. It was amazing–appeared handpainted–a riot of birds and patterns and zigzags right down to the adorable spare tire on the back. My longing for a little motorbike to scoot around town in has been pushed officially over the edge, as has my love for exotic prints this time of year, like these pants (I’d rock them on weekends…..aaand probably to work, let’s be honest), this dress from UK site Skirt, and Madeline Weinrib’s chiffon curtains.

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Shorts!

Posted on March 31, 2011
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{photo via Bisnow}

Remember a few weeks ago, when I mentioned that I was determined to round out my below-the-belt options with a pair of shorts? Mission complete, thanks to the District Sample Sale on Tuesday! Bisnow happened to snap me just as I stumbled upon my new Loeffler Randall silk-wool-blend lovelies at the Hysteria booth. Minutes later, I scored a skirt for $25 from Sherman Pickey (they always have insane deals at the DSS, I’ve discovered). These shorts have that offhand-dressed-up-thing down, and I can already tell they’re going to change my life, sartorially speaking….

Here are some pix I snapped at the event:

When doubtful of exact location of DSS, look for the line.

Pretty drinks from Ping Pong Dim Sum.

Some accessories on stylish attendees that caught my eye:

And finally, if you know Barbara Martin, one of the organizers behind the event, this photo pretty much says it all:

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Bill Cunningham Comes to Washington

Posted on March 21, 2011
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….the movie. It starts Friday at E Street. More into at Zeitgeist Films.

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simple fix

Posted on January 27, 2011
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If you were too vain to wear practical, water-resistant shoes to work yesterday, or too lazy to do so and bring more attractive office-appropriate shoes (I was both), you may have ruined your shoes with ugly salt-water marks, as I did. Or thought you had ruined them. Fear not: the fix is simple. Cup water + tablespoon white vinegar = happy boots, good as new.

Before:

After:

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And We’re Back.

Posted on December 9, 2010
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Thought I’d post the photos from the Fashion District show before we move on to other things. Here’s me hiding for no random reason underneath the giant, amazing fox fur capelet I wore the night of the show. Did I mention that it was AMAZING? Also check out the video ReadySet produced for the show that makes the whole thing look even more glam than it was (it was very cool and glam….that said, I changed in a supply closet). So you can get an idea of the styling of my outfit, I’m including some shots of me from the day I styled it up at Mercedes Bien (no makeup…oh well). More event pics after the jump!

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