Other People: Styling Series

An initial thought on fashion leads directly to womenswear, from Spring and Fall fashion weeks all over Europe and New York, to Couture fashion week in Paris. Not to mention the ratio of women's fashion magazines compared to men's. Alot of the times, I feel like menswear is kind of just ignored (thank you to those men with style, shout out to Ricardo from styleinquisitor who is always in style...check out his style portfolio that he is working on for Nokia and ELLE!) I think it is important to maintain a keen eye for both men's and women's fashion, because both of them are correlated and in fact, rely on each other. 

This series of upcoming posts is going to focus mainly on men's fashions, inspired by the recent Spring 2012 Menswear Collections as well as my upcoming quests to help unfashionable men dress themselves, and to do it well. For the next few weeks I will be going with different boys to help them find new wardrobes and help them erase their current notions of fashion. I'm going to create new outfits for these boys, but as they try on the clothes, I will teach them the ways...that is, I want them to feel comfortable wearing fashionable clothes at all times and teach them how to distinguish when one is not dressed well. 

My first two clients for this project will be this Tuesday! For each client I write a profile for them in my journal and I write what type of environment they will be in, MUST-HAVE items, possible looks (combinations of must-have items), colors, and stores we will go to. When I meet with the client on the shopping day, I will have a better idea for what to look for so we can maximize our time. 

Here are some looks that have inspired me for my upcoming styling: 

All photos from Spring 2012 Menswear collection from Style.com

Band of Outsiders

Band of Outsiders

Band of Outsiders

Diesel Black Gold

Marc Jacobs

Marc Jacobs

Marc Jacobs

Miharayasuhiru

Piombo

Things to look for this upcoming season:
DENIM
Colored pants
Cords
Buttoned shirts
Cuffed jeans
Oversized shirts with cool jacket combos


More to come, stay tuned for pictures of my styling work!


xox,
RoJo

Mac Book!

The wait is finally over and I finally have a Mac!! I will be purchasing InDesign soon and therefore I will be working on a type face for my blog and a new banner, somewhat inspired by Andy T from the Style Scrapbook, who recently posted that she has been working a new banner for her blog! I made the current one that I have in graphic design this past year and I've had the same photo ever since I started the blog. Before I just had the picture and used the standard title and subtitle of blog spot, and now I actually incorporated text in the actual photo. I have been thinking about either changing the photo, or just changing my type face and possibly making my own for the blog's title!!!

I also might be changing the blog's name from Moda a la Rojo to "Moda RoJo," but that is still up in the air! Nothing has been finalized of course!

What do you think I should do?

xox,
RoJo

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Let's CUT and COPY

I don't know how I forgot to write a post about one of the most epic events in my music history! Before I went to to Mexico City for the Summer, I endured the horrible heat of Houston to see Cut Copy live at Summerfest! I had seen them perform Hearts on Fire at Coachella, but I wasn't able to see their full show since I was jumping from stage to stage to see Brandon Flowers, The Black Keys, and Marina and the Diamonds. At Free Press Summerfest, the members of Cut Copy were dressed very well (I approved of their button-down and dress pant style), however I do not think they got the memo that it was over 100 degrees in Houston. I felt quite bad for them, but nonetheless they were amazing live and they did not let the scorching heat get in their way! This Australian electro-indie band played songs such as Need You Know, Hearts on Fire, and Take Me Over. Later the night of the show, I went to Fitzgerald's where Dan Whitford and Tim Hoey DJed the Summerfest after-party. I was literally 3 feet away from them. Hearing them live was a great way to begin this summer! Over the next four years that I will be in Austin, I want to see Cut Copy again, so let's hope they make it there!!


All photos taken by my friend Laura who accompanied me to the show and after party.

xox,
RoJo

European Indie Rockers: The Raveonettes and Arctic Monkeys

I'm constantly listening to new music and I feel like almost everyday I am downloading new songs from indie bands worldwide. There is not a time when I am not listening to music, including when I go to sleep and from my "Countdown to Coachella" posts, it is evident that indie music is what I love, among a few other guilty pleasures! 

When I was in middle school, I began to listen to Hot Hot Heat, and my obsession with indie music sprouted from that band. Soon after I was obsessing over the Arctic Monkeys, and began to buy each CD they released, including their singles. I remember being in New York City and going to the Virgin Mobile Records Store and looking under Arctic Monkeys to see what CDs I could find! I bought the Brianstorm EP on that trip. Lucky for me, the Arctic Monkeys tour quite frequently and I have been able to see them twice already, and hopefully I will be seeing them again at the end of the summer. Watching them live for the third time would be the best way to culminate my summer vacation. I have previewed their new album Suck it and See and I am so excited to buy the actual CD on August 15th! I thought that they strayed away from their usual sounds in their last album Humbug, but their lastest tunes such as Hellcat Spangled Shalalala and Reckless Serenade are progressive forms of their older songs. Hopefully I will hear these songs live in August when I see them! I will never get tired of these British indie rockers;they are the band I grew up obsessing over!

Two years ago when I saw the Arctic Monkeys last, I waited outside by their buses and got Jamie Cook's autograph! Hopefully next time I will be able to chat with Alex Turner. Also the movie Somewhere has come out and Alex Turner composed all the music for the film! That movie is on my list!

Alex Turner. Photo taken by my friend Danielle the second time I saw them live.

Photo taken by me the first time I saw them live.

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Danish indie band, the Raveonettes, has currently got me addicted to my iPod. I had listened to them in the past, but I didn't appreciate their sounds as I do now. A lot of bands do not have many variations of group photos, but Sharin Foo and Sune Rose Wagner do, and I have to admit that I love them all! I have been listening to The Last Dance among others! Check out the Raveonettes if you want to chill out to some awesome indie tunes. They released a new album in April. Now that I will be in Austin, the supposed capital of live music shows, I hope I will get to see the Raveonettes soon!

xox,

RoJo

NYLON MEXICO: Matilda's

While I have been here in Mexico City, I have been interning with my favorite magazine of all times besides Vogue, that is NYLON Mexico! It's been a great experience thus far and I have already learned a lot in a short span of time! As you all know fashion is something I know and love and have pursued this passion in every possible way available to me! I don't want to limit myself to just one thing in the fashion industry, therefore I have tried myriad jobs from retail and design to writing. I've only been interning for about two weeks and I have been lucky enough to have gotten a mini article published on NYLON Mexico's website!! Although it is not necessarily about fashion per say, writing about a cupcake boutique for NYLON Mexico is a great start!

I went to investigate the location of MATILDA'S and took hundreds of photos! My sister (@bphoto_graphie) is the photographer of the family, however I had to adapt and think like a photographer which was something I enjoyed a lot!! It was a change from the norm! I also tried something even newer: that is, writing in Spanish! Spanish is my first language, but I always post in English so it was cool to do it! I think I might even start translating some of my posts into Spanish para ustedes que leen mi blog y hablan Español!

Here's the article!

Xoxo,

RoJo

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