A Pictorial Recap

Hey! 

Here are a few of my favorite photos from the past few months. You can find most of them on my Instagram (@stephsimp819), with a little caption of whats what in the photo. 

So be sure to check that out! 

Boyfriend Jeans

So, I don't have a boyfriend and I haven't for some time now. Which it totally fine and great. I have 3,000,000 other things on my plate at the moment. There is no room for romance on that plate right now.

However, I do have some room for shopping on that plate. Who doesn't? 

On this past Saturday I popped into my local Forever 21 looking for jeans because I left one of my favorite pairs at home the weekend before and I didn't want to do laundry. 

Anyway, I found a pair of boyfriend jeans that I am in love with, probably more than I will ever love a man. They fit perfectly and are so comfortable and look sooo cute. They also saved me sooo much time, now I don't have to go on dates, trick a guy into liking me then borrow his jeans in order to wear "boyfriend jeans". Thank you my beautiful darling Forever 21 Jeans. We will be together forever or at least until you are thread bare.

At first, when I tired them on I wasn't sure how I felt about the wider cut of the jeans. I am a skinny jeans kinda gal. So, at first I was like "I look fat.", but then I tried them on with a few other things and I was like "Ok, they are cute even if I look a little heavier. At least I'll look a little trendy." Then I got home and put them on again because I am crazy and this is my shopping process and I was like "Ok, these are cute and so am I. I don't look heavier AT ALL. I'm crazy." Then, I wore them all day on Sunday and the Homeless Guy around the corner told me I was a "Cutie". So, needless to say I love them now. I even took a nap in them, because I just happened to fall asleep in them in the middle of the day, and I swear it was the best nap of my life.

So forget getting yourself a boyfriend and get your self a pair of Boyfriend Jeans.

Here's a super poor quality image of by beloved jeans.

This Week...

Tuesday was the day! The day that I started my internship for the Summer. Three days in almost four and I really like it a lot. All of the people I have met have been very kind and helpful. 

I work from 8:30am to 7:00pm, which is pretty long. I am very tired when I get back to the apartment that I am staying, which is why I haven't posted all week! Sorry! But at the same time I doubt you are really that interested in my life. LOL.

Although my hours are long I am loving it. So far I have been doing a lot of customer service and running errands. It is very fun, in my opinion. I really look forward to helping with other projects. There are three interns including me. One intern has been here for a few weeks now, and she has been helping with other projects along with customer service. She has been very helpful to me and the other intern who also started on Tuesday.

I have very few photos and no photos of my outfits. (Again not like you really care) The one photo I am going to post (above) is the make up that I set up for a photo shoot  that took place my second day. I took the photo so I could reference back to it in the future, when I will have to set makeup up again. 

This week was crazy but I loved it. I need to get used to it so I can post more on here! 

I hope you had a good week too!

Summer Lovin'

It is officially Summer!
I also officially have an associates degree in Fashion Merchandising and Management!

I finished my last final a few hours ago and I am finally on my way home. I am taking the late train from Penn Station and I should be home around 2 am. The train is eerily empty but I like it like that. I have two seats to myself and so does every other passenger. The extra space is a luxury that I welcome.  I can't wait to have a week off  before I start my internship. This week will certainly include sleeping in, eating balanced meals, and long wonderful days with my pups! 

I am also excited to spend some time with my sisters this week, especially since I will be in the city most of the summer. School for them is still in session, but I am still excited. It will be nice to have dinner with all the seats at the table filled.

Today I wore red lipstick and a bleached mens shirt because it was all I had left in my dorm. I think I kind of looked cool. However my self-esteem was devastatingly crushed when a homeless man made noises repulsion when I walked past him. Ugh, who is he to judge. Like, I could smell him from pretty far away and I was not making audible noises of disgust. BUT, later in the day a stranger told me I looked like Taylor Swift. I don't see it but i'll take it and self-esttem was restored! LOL

My One and Only

This post is not really related to fashion, but it is about this most beautiful city that I live in with beautiful people. 

This past week especially, this weekend I have felt just head over heels in love with this place. Maybe it is just the nice weather or I am spending more time in different parts of Manhattan or that I am wearing dresses and skirts more often, but I am just wildly in love. 

My love started to grow early in the week on a quick trip to the bank where I passed Madison Square Park. There is a new art installment there that I did not photograph, but rather the beautiful tulips that were in full bloom. The spring foliage in this city just warms my heart. Then later on in the week FIT students were out on the street filling the sidewalks with amazing chalk drawings. Things like that remind me how blessed I am to go to a school with so many talented people and hat I get to enjoy their creativity.

Now fast forward to Friday, I was supposed to see a live performance at a bar in Greenwich Village, but silly me I didn't look ahead of time to see if they had an age limit, which they did. It was a 21+  venue and being that I am 19, my plans were foiled but one of the things about this city that I really love is, when your plans fall through there is something to do just as interesting and fun right around the corner, literally. So my good friend and I went to KAT'Z Delicatessen, which is a New York land mark , for some late night pastrami. I believe I went home far more satisfied and happy than I would have been if the little concert around the corner worked out.

So Saturday rolls around and I went to a lovely brunch, at the lovely apartment, of my lovely friends, in lovely Harlem. The food was amazing, the company was great, and view from the rooftop terrace on her building, where we enjoyed our meal, was the cherry on top. 

Then later that evening I went to the Path Cafe in the West Village for dinner and some live music. It was great and in that moment as the live act was just starting up I realized "I am in love!". I never felt like such a New Yorker like I have in the past 48 hours and I am thrilled by it.

Below are photos from this week/weekend in order of events. Enjoy.

~Life is good~

You've Got Mail

Surprisingly, I have been having a hard time falling in love with the art that has been in my Bergdorf Goodman emails lately. However, the information that they contained like designers, trends, fabrics and silhouettes have been have been so helpful in the six terms project I have swirling around me right now.  So if you are a fashion student or just interested in what kind of information they are sharing you should absolutely sign up for their emails!! They can help anyone, I am sure.

Here are my favorite pieces of art from weeks past!

Big News!! (For me Anyway)

Guess who has an internship for the summer?? This girl!! 

I am not interning at DVF, like I was hoping at first. Instead, I am interning at Trish McEvoy Cosmetics over the Summer and I think it will be a far better fit. It is what I would call a luxury cosmetics and skin care company. I am getting paid and I am also will receive a stipend for product! I am so excited! I had the interview this past Tuesday and I am so thrilled and grateful that they think I will be an asset to the company. I owe my cousin indefinitely, who has worked there for years already, because she got the interview for me and put a really good word in for me.

I am also excited that I will likely have, in my opinion, interesting content for the Summer since I will be in the city all the whole time. At home it is a slower pace and I feel like I would take much longer to come across interesting content to post about.

Below is the outfit I wore to the interview:

OK! So the last little thing I want to tell you is kind of ironic because of where I will interning over the Summer, but still exciting and it is that E.L.F opened up a flagship store Greenwich Village. Those of you who are not familiar with E.L.F, it is a SUPER AFFORDABLE makeup line and has every thing you would ever need. Most of its products are below $5.00, some palettes and sets are more expensive than that but you are getting a deal with those too. I went to the store today to check it out and it is lovely. It looks way more expensive than it really is. They just need to work on their placement of prices, but their employees were so nice and super helpful! I bought about 7 or 8 things and it was under $20.00. I will be going back for sure and soon!

Here is a photo I snuck, since most stores don't allow photography and I didn't ask if I could take it! (I know I am such a wild child ; ] ) Sorry that it a little fuzzy.

Sunday is my Fun Day

Today my lovely mother came in to the city so we could spend the day together. She arrived just before nine and just hopped on the train headed home at 5:15. We went to church ( C3 Manhattan, check it out if you are in to that sort of thing.) , walked the Brooklyn Bridge, I accidentally stole a news paper (Sorry Starbucks), we waited on line for a hour at Shake Shack (always worth the wait), and then rushed back to the train station. At the train station though, I met a really lovely women from upstate New York, dropping her mom off to head back up state as well, who went to FIT like I do and is now working at Diane VonFurstenberg. 

She gave me her card and told me to contact her about anything "personal or professionally or whatever". I plan on taking her up on that and hopefully it will turn in to something. It is always a pleasure to meet kind, friendly people who are making it in the fashion industry. 

Walking the Brooklyn Bridge.

The fancy-schmancy business card of my new acquaintance. 

The Weekend

This weekend I went to  a book store in Brooklyn that was so indie that I was mildly discriminated and passively refused service, being the mainstream person I am. I am being 100% serious. 

I thought I was dressed the part but the patrons of said bookstore saw right through my hipster exterior to my mainstream soul. 

Aside from their poor service, the book store was lovely. It was a bright and airy store filled with the smell of old used books which they were selling. Someday I will go back when I perfect my hipster disguise.

Anyhow, once my friend and I realized that we were not their target customer, to say the least, we went back to the borough we knew would accept us. We strolled around the farmers market in Union Square  Park where we were welcomed with open arms. Not really, but we felt like we were as we sipped on iced mint tea sweetened with maple syrup.

Emails from Bergdorf Goodman.

I have recently just subscribed to Bergdorf Goodman's email list in hopes of winning a $5,000.00 gift certificate which I did not win =(. However, I chose to stay on the mailing list because these emails are filled great art work and the latest trends. Secondly, I find interesting to watch and see what high end fashion retailing is doing in terms of promotion and reaching out to their customers. I just like to keep mental notes of inspiration and since they know what they are doing, to say the least. I might as well take a page from their book.

So, below I have some of my favorite art work form the emails so far. 

Spring is Here!

Spring has sprung today in The Big Apple and I dressed for the occasion! Today I wore my new Forever 21 coral sweater over a Nasty Gal polka-dotted sheer button up, with my new statement necklace and earrings ,that I have had for a while, from Forever 21. My pants are black Bull Head Jeans from Pacsun.

I have the best view!