As I get ready to celebrate the New Year, I noticed that the censor was still on my jacket that I had planned on wearing tonight...there goes my outfit that I have been saving to wear. On to planning a new outfit, gotta make it a good one for the last saturday of 2011. But anyhow...My sister just finished a photo shoot which I hope ended up nicely, the photos will be up soon!
I wanted to wish you all a very happy new year! Health and happiness to all! Keep reading Moda Rojo because 2012 is going to be a very big year for the blog---actually. Just wait, just wait.
While my sister abandons me and goes to NYC for the rest of winter break, I will be blogging like a mad woman. 2012 should be a good one.
Feliz ano nuevo a todos!!!!!! *My tumblr is currently tumbling. xox, RoJo
and now to make this post worth you're reading, I leave you with the some songs. P.s--Top 10 collections, songs, and trends of 2011 will be out soon!!! [these lists will all be according to my likes of the year and may not necessarily be from 2011, in particular I am referring to the songs]
Happy Hannukah, Merry Christmas, and well, happy holidays to all!
Inspired by Tomas Tranströmer’s poem, “The Clearing”, the dress focuses on the idea of forgotten stories, histories, and memories. The dress is made using completely dried leaves and tempra paint representing green shrubberies. The bottom of the dress starts at a dark shade of green and slowly begins to fade into nothing and eventually reaches the brown leaves, suggesting the idea of “Writ[ing] down and forget[ing],” as Tranströmer says in his poem—the green representing oral traditions and stories that once seemed alive and always exchanged, and the brown illustrating the written and forgotten histories and stories that have been stored. While a green leaf on a tree is alive and colorful, once it falls off a tree, its color begins to fade and it begins to decompose and disintegrate into the earth, where it is forever forgotten. People step on dead leaves as they pass through streets, neglecting that they were once beautiful. Leaves were used to show this because of Tranströmer’s repeated use of tree imagery in his poems.
Original design by Ronit Joselevitz. Made without a sewing machine too..
These are crazy times in the Moda Rojo headquarters as I am prepping to take my final exams to end this semester of craziness. As the year comes to an end and I take a look back at this semester, I realize that I was not able to blog daily or even weekly on a frequent basis due to my busy schedule and classes. Next semester I will finally be in a design class and art history, so I will be in classes that will actually be of use to me! No more chemistry guys! Although I do have to take it in summer school as a result, but we won't think that far into the future.
Over winter break, expect a revamping of Moda a la Rojo, but seriously this time! Although I will be working and visiting with friends, this blog will not go unnoticed over the break, but will rather undergo drastic changes. Also next semester I will be interning with College Fashionista and have been chosen as a Fashion Guru for next semester, so there will be many links to that site next semester. Be sure to check them out.
I also made a dress out of leaves for an English final, so photos of that will be up soon! I felt like I pulled a project runway, rushing to make the dress with sparse materials that I bought at the art store. Not to mention I did not have my mannequin or my sewing machine. Make do and mend as I like to say.
As I study, I've been listening to non-stop music on Spotify. Here are a few artists from my playlists that you should check out....
-Frou Frou
-Julieta Venegas
-The Shins
-M83
-Mew
-Tokyo Police Club
-Oberhofer
-Yann Tierson
-Bon Iver
-Lykke Li
-Ellie Goulding
Until next time, as in next week once I am finished with my three finals!!!!!!!!
The videos are up and it's time to vote! Please vote for me to be Whitney Port's Protege! You can vote by clicking HERE--once a day for four days, so if you vote once, please do it again! Original mix by DJ Dan Rose. You can listen to some of his stuff on his sound cloud!
All outfits were styled by me, and one of my original skirts is featured as well, so please vote!
xox, RoJo
ps. I have a textiles final this friday so I will MOST DEF be MIA, but after I will blog about some awesome inspirational looks, clothes, and music. Be on the lookout! For now, keep the votes coming!
No big deal, I just spent an hour writing a blog post and it deleted my post. GREAT. Below is the recollection of my thoughts that I tried to remember again...
So I noticed that it is already mid-November and there have been no new posts on Moda RoJo. MAJOR PROBLEM. But do not fret, because alas! A new blog post by me! Instead of writing it verbatim on here, I have decided to share the link with you (ps that's probably illegal even though I wrote it myself, so make sure all you bloggers out there city correctly and give credit to everyone who deserves it). And while you are reading my post, take the time to look at the Spark Full Issues. Spark is UT's own fashion magazine. It kind of extremely rocks. I just wrote about the mysterious lives of models that no one knows about. Just kidding! It's more along of the lines of "the undercover model, who doesn't just model, but also DJs or sings."
And to keep Moda Rojo enticing I have decided to share with you one of the songs that I am currently obsessed with and cannot stop listening to: It's called Midnight City by M83. These guys were just at Fun Fun Fun Fest, which I sadly did not attend, but they are definitely a band to watch. Their old stuff is pretty wicked too, so listen to their fresh style. (Video from YouTube)
Oh and uhhhh. How could I forget to mention?! The new Florence + the Machine CD, Ceremonials is crazily amazing, so listen to the WHOLE thing. Do it, do it, do it! And on top of that, Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto is AWESOME TOO. Especially Princess of China. Love it.
*If you haven't noticed, my writing style has slightly changed for this post. I decided to do just an rather colloquial post today because...well just because.
Now on to some fashion news: Versace for H&M anyone? It's redicioulosly awesome. Too bad I don't live in a city that has an H&M. Thanks Austin. The videos of the runway show look super cool, and I really wish I could have gone...One day, one day.
The Whitney Port Protege in partnership with BlackBerry Challenges are coming along just great. Right now I am finishing up my second challenge and partaking in them has been super fun. Not to mention that I am OBSESSED with the BlackBerry Bold that they sent me! Plus it allows me to expose myself to even more elements of fashion, which we all know I love--le duh!
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