Barneys Warehouse Sale

I (unexpectedly) went to the warehouse sale this past Tuesday with my Production bosses. This was my first time going to the sale with other people, so it was really fun trying on designer clothes and shoes that we couldn't afford, but saw on the runway. I didn't have any success with the clothing. There were a few Phillip Lim sweaters that were nice, but still out of my price range.
However, I did find some shoes! I ended up getting a pair of jelly See by Chloe sandals and Maloles Paris wedges. I've already worn both pairs twice! and I think I'm going to get a lot of usage out from the wedges.

the Nicholas Kirkwood x Rodarte shoes!!!

a sea of Wangs

(final) Intern diaries: week nine

This was my last week interning full time! I'm quite sad that it's going to be much busier now that I'm only interning on Fridays. This week was generally quite exhausting. My main task this week was devoted to training our new interns—all four of them! I didn't realize that there's actually a lot to learn, but it comes so second nature to me I think nothing of it. I think they'll be fine though.
My favorite outfit this week was Wednesday's. Not only did I wear heels but I also mixed three prints! three! I think my yellow gingham, blue shibori print and metallic snake skin went well together! This was my first time wearing heels to work. Let's just say I regretted not bringing flats to wear home.

I finally met my roommate and suitemates earlier this week. After three years in housing, I think I finally lucked out in the roommate department! I have a really good feeling about this year!
Yesterday, I visited my friend Johnny at his new apartment near South Street Seaport. It's a little far for me, but he does have plenty of space, an elevator and a doorman! We decided to go plant shopping near FIT and got two plants. One of them, we discovered, had a little snail in the pot. We named him Emperor Mortimer, natch.

Last night, I went to the Big Gay Ice Cream Shop with Ray and Eunice! I got the choinkwich—chocolate cookies, chocolate ice cream and candied bacon. Pretty yummy, but I think vanilla ice cream might have been better. Next time, I think I want the cococone: vanilla cone rolled in toasted, curried coconut.

Snap shots from the week:

Gigi and his pet balloon, also named Gigi

setting up my room

Intern diaries: week eight

This was a pretty exciting week, both at work and at home! Fashion week invites! An earthquake! Moving! Model fittings! Hurricane Irene!!

The week started off with addressing fashion week invited. A lot of them. My list included all the buyers from big department stores like Barneys, Bergdorfs, Saks and Bloomingdales to smaller boutiques like Opening Ceremony and boutiques in other states. The instructions were simple: channel my inner 5 year old's handwriting. Neat. Simple. Clean. Let me tell you, it's a lot harder than you'd think! Especially if you mostly use cursive, like me.

I also had to run a few errands this week. My most exciting one was to deliver a dress to Hudson Studios (all the way at 26th and 12th avenue), where they were going to photograph the dress that day. In fact, they had already started shooting by the time I got there! The model was so tall. it was quite exciting.

an empty studio I snapped a pic of

Tuesday night, I moved from TriBeCa/Chinatown to my dorm for the school year, conveniently located in Union Sq! My friend Johnny helped me, and everything went really, really well. It only took two hours! And two car trips! Moving in the nyc gives me terrible anxiety (my mum can attest to this), so it was such a relief that everything went well.

My favorite outfit this week was Friday's. I wore a thrifted H&M dress, but I only like the skirt portion, so I threw on a crisp white, sleeveless button up over it. And I added my favorite nude/glittery flats. Eunice said I looked ready for a summer picnic. This was only the second time I've worn that dress, because it is so girly, I'm never quite sure how to wear it. But I really liked the way I styled it. so summery!

My mum's favorite outfit was Wednesday's. I love the skirt (navy! polka dots! pleats!) but I don't wear it too often because it's a few sizes too small. I got it at a Uniqlo sample sale last year and it, uh, takes some effort to put on. to say the least.

On Tuesday, I wore my new pearl collar I got at the HK flea market. I have never received so many complements! A lady even stopped me on the street! I'm so glad I decided to buy it, after fending off another woman who was thinking about buying it.

Friday, the city was in a tizzy about Hurricane Irene. I wasn't too worried, until my boss from Louisiana got me worried. I bought water, granola bars, soup, nuts, dried fruit, beans—you name it, I probably bough it. It was pretty incredible to see entire shelves, and sometimes aisles, completely empty. And the lines! There was a block long line to get in to the Chelsea location of Trader Joe's!

Anyway, I've pretty much been holed up since Friday night (except for a quick-ish trip to Duane Reade yesterday morning to buy tape). The subways shut down at noon yesterday, and most stores are closed this weekend. Not much to do.

Snapshots from the week:

I really want this Muppets nail polish. so fun!

my necklace tree

I'm on the cover of the NYU in Shanghai handbook!!

this baby kept touching my nails and bracelets on th 

my week in eats.

On Saturday, I went to the Parked! event at South St Seaport. It was a food truck extravaganza with over 30 food trucks in one location! It was really overwhelming to have so much yummy food right there. I walked around two times, and I still couldn't decide what I wanted to eat.

the (crowded) scene on one of the side streets

I decided I should get food from trucks that I don't normally see. So I skipped Korilla, Waffle & Dinges and CoolHaus, just because they're always in Union Sq. I still couldn't really decide, so I just got in the Kelvin Slush line, which was one of the longer lines. I had to wait 20 minutes, and I got a citrus and white peach slush. Really yummy and refreshing!

I really wanted to go to the Gorilla cheese truck, but the line was WAY too long. So I went to Sigmund Pretzel and got a pretzel dog instead.

Finally, before I left, I got shrimp takoyaki and butter corn and edamame from this really cute truck, Mimi and Coco.

Intern diaries: week seven

This week, I started in a new department: Showroom! It was a somewhat uneventful week because all the clothes are in pattern making and sample room for the finishing touches for next month's fashion show. My tasks included tracking samples and running lots of errands to publications, our PR firm KCD and the Anna Sui downtown store. And in my down time, I'm in the process of assembling line charts (a big flip book of every garment in the collection) complete with fabric swatches for the buyers who are unable to attend the show/market week. I never realized before that there are more clothes than what is seen on the runway. Only 1/5 (approximately) of the clothes make it on the runway. Anyway, I've been cutting lots and lots of swatches for the Spring line charts. From what I've seen, I really like the fabrics! There are lots of hearts and polka dots! so cute!

I didn't really have a favorite outfit from this week. But on Monday, I did wear my favorite skirt from the Thakoon for Target. I love the colors and the shibori print, which is something you don't see that often. And I really like the shape of the skirt—it's so flattering!

I had a surprisingly social and food-filled week. I had lunch with the other interns and dinner. And I had dinner with Jeff twice this week!
On Tuesday I had a banh mi from my favorite banh mi store, Banh Mi Saigon, for lunch (have you ever seen bahi mi used in one sentence so many times?).

That night I had dinner with Jeff at The Smith. It was my first time and it was so good! I had Tuesday's special: pork cooked for 15 hours over some kind of polenta. I forgot.

It was still early after we finished dinner, so we walked around St Mark's, and then over to the Hudson River Park.

Friday night, I went to Saint's Alp with the other interns! This time I got Taiwanese style pork chop and a Lychee nectar drink. I didn't like this as much as the curry udon, but it was still good. For dessert, I went to Spot Dessert Bar with my friends Ben and Nick! I got a chocolate chip coconut cookie with condensed milk ice cream sandwich. I thought the cookies were really good—really crispy and crunchy. But I didn't think there was enough ice cream, and it didn't really taste like much. I forgot to take a picture, but the cookie was pretty big!

The week went by pretty fast. But I still haven't moved! not good! I'm really excited to move back to Union Sq because it is so convenient! Although, I do really enjoy living this close to Chinatown. I just hate the constant pedestrian traffic on Canal st from the hordes of tourists.
Snapshots from the week:

fun sign in TriBeCa

saw this GIANT line (it wrapped around the block) in Soho. I think it was for a casting

and how chic is this little girl?? two tone sunnies, knit dress and neon sandals.

Hester st Market, round two

This weekend I had absolutely nothing to do because the Hell's Kitchen food truck bazaar was postponed due to the rain. Good thing, because it rained all Saturday night and all day Sunday! My mum suggested I get something to eat at the Hester st Market since I'm moving soon, and I won't be that close to it anymore.
The market was a lot busier since the weather was great! There were so many people and so much yummy food! I decided to get a guaco taco from Brooklyn taco and a pomegranate lemonade from somewhere else. I really wanted to get either the avocado fries or chivacado hot dog from the Chicago hot dog place, but they sold out pretty soon after I got there. And I still want to get a giant shaved ice! Afterward, I wasn't quite ready to go home, so I walked around the LES for an hour or two. I like exploring new areas—and finding new restaurants!

I was so amazed to see the drip coffee!

really cute mini pancakes

I went grocery shopping on Friday, and I noticed this powder coconut cream. I wanted to try and make coconut milk tea, but it wasn't as successful as I had hoped. Even though I use boiling water, the tea was still grainy from the coconut powder. However, I'm thinking maybe it'll work better for the intended purpose, which is food. I'm going to add a bit to my curry later this week. fingers crossed.