(Vintage Coat, Ainsley velvet  blazer, American Rag striped blouse, Current + Elliot “Panhand” boyfriend jeans, Vintage Chanel, “Natalie + Dylana Suarez x Modern Vice VINTAGE JETT boot, Karen London rings)

Patched up knees, coats the size of a wooly-mammoth, and beanies. Yes, it’s winter and almost so unbearably cold that all I feel like doing is bumming it. Everything is suddenly oversize and it’s completely acceptable to swim in your jeans (well, when they’re Current Elliot). Every single day I have to throw that one extra piece over me just to get to the subway. And with fashion week, all I really want to be do is run from show to show in little frocks and cute leather jackets! Believe me, I’ve already stepped out in little things that are so NOT winter appropriate. It’s nearly been day 1 to fashion week and already there’s event after event, drink after drink, and all I want to do is curl up in a ball and take a cat nap. For now, I’ll be around Lincoln Center. First stop? BCBG, and ending tonight at Kenneth Cole. See you there!

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pureDKNY, shot by Carmen Chan

I’m secretly in love with perfume. I used to always steal my mom’s bottles back home, try mixing them, and making them my own. Now, I keep only a few of my signature scents with me wherever I travel. At the moment, all I’ve been spritzing on each morning is pureDKNY’s Drop of Rose perfume. It’s currently sitting in my new apartment, right next to my green DKNY “Be Delicious” scent…both almost down to their last spritz’s! I use them so much, it’s nuts! But this past month, the clean and simple scent of A Drop of Rose has been lurring me into it’s world. I’ve always been a roses girl…and it’s almost a must to have some pretty fresh flowers in the house. It’s basically my apartment in a bottle…I am addicted to the scent of fresh flowers. I just spray a teeny tiny bit on my wrist and dab a little behind my ears (sometimes I spray my sheets) and I’m good to go. I love all things subtle and beautiful when I’m in my own little world.

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(Vintage coat, Motel Rocks dress, Thrifted backpack, Belle by Sigerson Morisson “Charis” boots, Black Water Moon rings)

Extreme windy days for us NYC girls, call for tiny little dresses, not-thick-enough tights, and hair…long enough to create a rat’s nest in the wind. Of course I thought it was totally ok to go out in a frock that just barely covered my bum. As did Kelsea…the girl refuses to wear jeans! But still, this colorful mess of a look is still one of my favorite little ensembles. Stripes and plaid. Who knew it’d be like bread and butter! Black, white, burgundy, mustard, navy blue…the old school colors of the rainbow have me smitten. Paired with a tiny little pointed toe bootie, I don’t think the east village had seen anything so colorful on a winter’s day. Even with the cold, everyday is still so go, go, go. With the beautiful light snow just outside my window, I’m ready for one Sunday for hibernation and breakfast in bed.