Chez Moochy

Sometimes A Girl Just Needs One..

2011-05-19T16:27:00.000-04:00

Britney couldn't have said it better. I've been a little masculine obsessed lately but I partially blame my haircut and new outlook on daily clothing choices. I have really been taking advantage of wearing more masculine-inpsired clothing since I got my hair cut a few months ago and though I don't really have proof to show you guys (5439473th time venting on not having a camera) I figured I would dedicate a post to males and masculine clothing!

Just about the only up to date photo that shows how I've been dressing. Button ups and slacks all day everyday. Buttoned up to the top!

Le sigh.

This was my favorite photo shoot from all the seasons of America's Next Top Model I've seen! I haven't watched the last 5 or so (I got a little tired of it honestly) but this photo in particular ALWAYS stuck out to me! She was beautifully androgynous!

Another model with a beautifully androgynous face! I won't say much about Omahyra because I frequently use her for inspiration and I don't want to overkill her.

I had to include Hermes' Fall 2011 line. Best believe I'd walk down the streets of Atlanta look like this. Bowler hat and all.

One of my favorite men from the fashion world. I'm currently waiting for a dress with his face and his famous icon the skull printed on front, to come in the mail that I found on Etsy. RIP Mr. Queen.

Just another inspiration photo of how I have been feeling lately!

Another one of my favorite men in the game! Oh how I love your clothing and ads Monsieur Ford. I've been OD'ing on his ads lately. See above lol.

I love love love the angle effect on this photo! But aside from that my masculine hype has made me want to go out and but another pantsuit. I already have two (one from BCBG and one from H&M) but it's not enough!

This is my friend Mike! I've known him since my first year at SCAD and I have always admired his style! Believe me when I say he dresses like this literally everyday. It's so nice to know guys that have classic personal style!

Alright I had to throw Robin in there. His style is all cool, classy and effortless. I think that's what has been getting me the most. I'm so tired of fussy clothing! Guys have it good. Oh! And I've been getting more hair tips from other guys than I have ladies. I was watching Alfie the other day and literally taking notes!

Clean and Crisp.

2011-05-04T22:59:00.000-04:00

Jane Aldridge's Chanel pumps! Check out her blog if you don't already know it! seaofshoes.typepad.com

I want all of the men in my life to dress somewhat like this. I'm so glad that a good handful of them already do!

Armani has done it again. Clean. Sexy. Mysterious.

Gah I love Tom Ford.

Valentino Man. A good type of man.

I know her eyes aren't anything special but I can't stop staring at them! Maybe its because I want smoky eye to look like this on me :( Don't get me wrong, I know how to do smoky eye. I just don't have light eyes or the same eyelids so it doesn't look like this on me. Oh how I wish it did.

The colors are gorgeous. Yes Zara!

Foto Shoooooooooot.

2011-04-11T22:47:00.000-04:00

So I had an awesome fantabulous photo shoot yesterday night for my portfolio! I haven't seen many of the finished photos yet but here are some that I've seen so far!!

One of my best friends TemiTayo! (Yeah she's as lovely as her name, if you were wondering). She agreed to help me by modeling for the shoot!

This beauty is Nea! She wants to start modeling more and technically this was her first successful photo shoot! I'm SO excited to use her again!

This pretty lady is my friend Carley-Beth! I've been wanting to use her for forever and I finally got my chance! I love how I had models of all colors, shades, and hair colors! I want my portfolio to be diverse, you know?

This. Pose. Is. AWESOME. I want to put this pose in my mental roledex for Carley-Beth. If only she was wearing all black and the background was more simple! But oh well, it was unexpected. I know for next time ^_^

I was going for Cirque du Soleil inspired makeup with Katrina!

Katrina being silly.

I'm so doing a part II of this shoot! Everyone had so much fun and everyone met someone new!

I'm An Awful Blogger. Good Lord.

2011-04-08T16:55:00.000-04:00

Yeah, what the title says. There's been SO many days in past couple of weeks where I wish I had a camera so I could take photos of my outfits and outfits I've seen in public (I just saw an awesome one here at Starbucks about 20 minutes ago- the girl had on these GORGEOUS Miu Miu platforms; I had to give her praise!) but alas, I don't have a camera and having friends take photos just never happened :( But! I have been doing a lot of MUA work and modeling work so I figure I will post some photos from what has been happening.

Does she look like a Barbie? That's because she is! A disposed Barbie in the mud, that is ;) (PROPS TO AMIE BRINK A FANTABULOUS PHOTOGRAPHER! She's quite gifted with concepts for photo shoots!!!)

My sexy friend Brittney! I had SO much fun doing her makeup! I have the honor of being the only other lady to do her face besides her- she doesn't trust anyone doing her makeup haha!)

You guys remember her? This is Katrina from posts forever ago (remember the mirror shades and the blue monster? Yeah that's her).

This is just the beginning of my portfolio! I have three more shoots coming up in the next two days! SO excited ^_^

Heehee c:

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Helping some friends out with their projects :) I will try and post some better photos soon!

By the way...

2011-03-29T13:49:00.000-04:00

From December to now (JUST 4 MONTHS) I've had over 3500 collective views and 63 different countries around the world look at the blog.

^_^

^_^

^_^

You guys are awesome.

Friggin'

you guys.

I haven't posted in FOREVER I know.

2011-03-29T13:43:00.000-04:00

Yeah, um. A lot has gone on between the 7th and now but it's WAY too long for one post. I'll break it down later. The main reason why I haven't posted in forever is because I haven't had photos taken of my outfits and I've been dying to do a post like that. Oh well. I'll settle for these.

You can see my back tattoo :) It says "Dress shabbily, and you'll notice the dress. Dress impeccably and you'll notice the woman." My favorite quote by Coco Chanel ^_^

You can't see me! Jk, dress is from Forever 21 and necklace is from Pinkheart.

ON MY GRIND..

2011-03-07T05:53:00.001-05:00

Sooo I just counted...I've done 16 photo shoots in the past three weeks and 11 of them I did makeup, hair and/or styling. Now I need to start matching some dollar signs to some of those jobs... >:)

I'm feelin' it, I'm tastin' it...

2011-03-06T14:53:00.000-05:00

Sooo there's been some changes in my appearance in the past two weeks. Of course I'm nowhere near done (self-proclaimed tattoo and piercing addict) but its got me thinking about appearance in general. I'm ALWAYS thinking about clothes, trends, looks, etc. but I'm just starting to randomly think of appearance (by which I mean, hair, makeup, clothes, shoes = overall look) instead of the individual pieces. Definitely helps with what I want to do for a living :)

Of course Alexander McQueen had to make it in here somewhere...

I really wish I could wear pieces like this.

Hair = awesome. Have I mentioned mine is purple now? c:

I want to recreate this on my nails!

I've been experimenting with dark eyes and red lips like this, and I want to master an everyday form of it for myself. Since my hair is short and my bangs come to the middle of my forehead, all of the emphasis is on my face which means I have an excuse to go berserk with makeup! But I want a good classic look that I can always fall back on :)

I'll probably be blogging throughout the day folks, right now I'm finishing up the photo shoot :) I'm so excited for my portfolios! I've added three looks in the past week to my makeup one and I'm doing two model shoots this week :D Have a good Sunday!

MAKEUP PORT PREVIEW!

2011-03-06T12:50:00.000-05:00

This is just a preview of my makeup portfolio :) I don't just model! I do makeup hair and styling too!

I'm actually at a photo shoot right now and I did makeup once again! More of my work will go up soon ;)

I got a new haircut!

2011-03-05T00:27:00.001-05:00

and a monroe piercing lol.

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2011-02-21T01:27:00.000-05:00

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MS. WEK

2011-02-15T16:26:00.000-05:00

Okay, so I have been an absolutely terrible blogger, I apologize immensely!! The internet in my apartment just decided to stop working (that's still no excuse though, there's plenty of Borders and Starbucks around for me to work at, not to mention school -___-). I am supposed to be doing posts on influential black individuals in the fashion industry. Today, my lady of choice is African model Alek Wek!

The Sudanese-British model was born April 16, 1977 as the seventh of nine children in Wau, Sudan. She is of the Dinka ethnic group in southern Sudan, and she says her name means "the black spotted cow". In 1991, her and a few family members escaped the Civil War in Sudan to Britain where she was discovered by a Models 1 scout at Crystal Palace in London.

She was signed to Ford Models in 1996 and has done ads for Victoria's Secret, Issey Miyake, Moschino and Clinique (which is pretty awesome for Clinique because her skin is quite dark and for those of you who don't have dark skin, finding makeup to match it is quite a feat!) She has walked the runway for LaCroix (acting as the center bride on a few occasions), John Galliano, Donna Karan, Chanel, Shiatzy Chen, Calvin Klein, and more.

In addition to modeling, this talented woman also designs a line of handbags called "Wek 1933" which can be available through Selfridges stores. The inspiration for the bags came from the brass-clasp briefcase her father would always carry for work, and naturally the date 1933 corresponds to the year her father was born.

IMAN

2011-02-02T21:04:00.000-05:00

Here is another influential black icon in the fashion industry! This legendary goddess of a supermodel, actress and entrepreneur was born Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid in Somalia. Her father was formerly the Somali ambassador to Saudi Arabia, and she lived in Somalia, Egypt and Kenya before she began her modeling career.

Iman was a political science major at Nairobi University in Kenya before she was discovered by American photographer Peter Beard. The rest is history!

The Muslim legend is fluent in five different languages: English, French, Italian, Arabic and of course her native language, Somali.

With her striking facial features, long neck and smooth copper-toned skin, it's not difficult to understand that she was a muse for over 10 different prominent designers include Halston, Issey Miyake, Gianni Versace, Calvin Klein, and most notably, Yves Saint Laurent.

In addition to being a world-reknown supermodel for over 2 decades (a true feat for any above average model since you're considered old at 26), she started her own line of cosmetics for the ethnic woman who spent forever and a day looking for the right shade for her skin (I am definitely one of those ladies sadly). I am lucky because makeup has come very far since she was at the height of her modeling career, for when she would be made up for photo shoots and such, she would often have to mix her own powders and colors to fit her skin tone.

To top off her awesomeness, she went and married an equally legendary rockstar, David Bowie! They have three children, two from a separate previous marriage and one of their own!

Black History Month!

2011-02-01T12:24:00.000-05:00

And the first post will go to...

ANDRE LEON TALLEY!!

If you call yourself a fashion enthusiast and you don't know who this man is, be very ashamed of yourself. The former editor-at-large for Vogue magazine was born October 16, 1949 in Durham, NC to Alma Ruth Davis and William Talley, though he was essentially raised by his grandmother. He attended North Carolina Central University for undergrad and Brown University for a master's degree in French. He started out working for Andy Warhol for $50 a week and the rest is history! He is notably linked to former editor-in-chief of Vogue, Diana Vreeland, as well as Marian Carey, Venus Williams, Kimora Lee, and recently Jennifer Hudson and Michelle Obama (He was the sneaky devil who introduced Michelle to Jason Wu which resulted in her purchasing several of his gowns, including her inaugural one).

He also received an honorary Doctorate of Humanities from Savannah College of Art Design and serves on the Board of Trustees! For those of you who didn't know, I am a SCAD student lol.

So I think you can see why I love this man so much.

1) His name is Andre. Win.

2) He studied French. Win.

3) He's a libra. Win.

But besides those fabulous reasons, he is a legendary face in fashion, and to make it even better, he is African-American. Happy Black History Month!!

Let me ramble for a second...

2011-02-01T12:01:00.000-05:00

So for those of you who don't live in the United States and are unfamiliar with American holidays and such, February is known as Black History Month. I am very proud to be African-American, to be Haitian-American and to be Trinidadian-American! As a tribute to this very special and history-driven month, I will post tributes to my favorite black icons in the fashion industry! I promise I will actually post about great icons and not new ones that can't even really be called fashion icons (cough cough Kanye- I can't tell you how many people think he's an actual innovative and legendary fashion icon). I also apologize for not posting in FOREVER and a day! I've been trying to get photos of my outfits and its hard without a camera. I've been asking friends and they're always busy with work :/ But anyway! Let's get this month's posts started!

Gold and Orange

2011-01-20T23:40:00.000-05:00

Soooooo does anyone else love Hermes ads as much as I do?

The horse motif is pretty obvious lol. They're in their insignia as well as all over their scarves.

But I also noticed they like to use animals in their advertisements a lot. Not cats and dogs; more like wildebeests, yaks and elephants. ^

Their ads ALWAYS have an epic feel to them! It could be the simplest concept to a girl in an igloo in the middle of the Arctic!

Um, can I do more photo shoots like these? Pahlease?!

Tat it up!

2011-01-18T17:18:00.000-05:00

I love how Evan's tattoo looks like a necklace draping along her back!

Pink is awesome. End of story.

yes!

YES!

No. Never. What was he thinking.

Random Loves!

2011-01-18T17:00:00.000-05:00

I want my hair cut like this and this color too. Well, a red tint to my already dark brown :)

Taken by one of my favorite photographers, Patrick Demarchelier!

Her eyes are gorgeously bewitching

I used to dance for 13 years and every time I look at this photo, I wish I still danced :(

Facebook Finds!

2011-01-12T02:40:00.000-05:00

I checked my Facebook earlier and I saw I had six photos tagged of me and they totally work for the blog!! Thank god for photographer friends who snap pictures of you at random moments haha!

This is what I look like when I'm slightly tired with nothing on but lipstick. Its not even that bad , I must say. I usually hate candids of me.

Lipstick is by Makeup For Ever (its a dark purple c:), blazer is a thrift find, shirt dress is from Zara, stockings are from Tokyo, belt is from...a few years ago lol. I don't remember where I got it. And the bracelet is from a vacation to Panama City this summer with my friend Tyler :)

I was hanging at SCAD dorms that night with some friends and decided to go down to the lobby with one of them, Anna. Had to poke around and say hi to some folks haha. Please excuse my hair, it won the fight.

Bright Lights Bigger City

2011-01-11T14:22:00.000-05:00

Cee Lo Green's newest album The Lady Killer is quite a good one! Very seldom do I like sitting down and listening to an entire album from start to finish. His album is easily one of those albums I can listen to in its entirety at least twice! But there's just one song that always gets me hype every time I hear it and that's Bright Lights Bigger City. Has anyone seen the music video? If not, and you're a nightlife kind of person, do go and check it out :) He goes cruising through New York City and every time I watch it, my love for city heightens!

I'm a city girl all day everyday, and I was born in Manhattan (Beth Israel Hospital whoop!). So I decided to post some old pics I took of my two favorite cities: New York and Tokyo :]

This NY photo is two years old!! Wow New Years 2008

The red M&M is on top of NY :)

Shinjuku! The Tokyo photos are three years old; I went my junior year in high school :)

Nivea was the sponsor for the New Years festivities that year! I got to meet Ludacris, Bill and Hilary Clinton, Taylor Swift and the Jonas Brothers the night the ball dropped :) (Luda and the Jonas Bros are sweethearts)

I can't remember what area of Tokyo this is :( I''m also bummed I had such a crappy camera and that I didn't take any night photos.

Alot of people isn't it? There's one intersection in Tokyo where over 10,000 people cross it every single day.

I LOL'ed.

I was wondering why the only extensive collection of New York photos I have are from years ago and then I realized: I go often enough where I feel like I don't need to take pics every time I go. Plus, I hate looking too much like a tourist anywhere and it's especially embarrassing when you look like a tourist in your hometown :/ But I don't like my blurry, old photos anymore so I'm definitely taking more next time I go to NY lol.

Welp I'm off to attempt laundry for the umpteenth day and rearrange my overflowing closet. Have a great day everyone! :)

Snow Dayyyyyy

2011-01-10T14:10:00.000-05:00

So for all of you who don't live in the South or even the United States, a lot of snow has hit Atlanta. I'm starting to wonder if the nickname "Hotlanta" applies anymore. It snowed 6 inches last night and this morning, and every single person who has never seen real snow is losing their minds today. I can only imagine how happy those folks are, but for me, I see it as a hassle. I'm from New York and I've lived in Ohio and Maryland so I've seen snow, played in it, walked through it, shoveled it, and after a while didn't like it as much haha. But honestly its so great seeing my friends from the Caribbean or usually warm states so happy because of the snow! Now let's hope Atlanta doesn't shut down for the rest week (there's no plowers, salt trucks, etc. like there are up north because Atlanta never used to see snow, let alone to this degree).
But enough of my ranting about the snow! I just thought about all the people reading this who are not in the United States and I just have to say I'm so happy you guys are reading this! So far I've had viewers in 27 different countries spanning across 4 continents!!! That's insane for a little over a month of blogging! I thank you guys so much for reading my stuff and sharing my love for the industry! Thank you to all of these countries!:
Canada Italy Hungary
Mexico United Arab Emirates Bulgaria
Cayman Islands South Korea Turkey
Barbados Japan
Panama Dominican Republic
Malaysia Belgium
Poland Portugal
France Netherlands
Croatia Australia
Macedonia New Zealand
UK Philippines
Denmark Saudi Arabia

Love you guys!!

Its Nine in the Afternoon! And Your Eyes Are the Size of the Moon!

2011-01-10T03:52:00.000-05:00

Okay so I know I haven't done a song and collection duo in a WHILE; I apologize. I have been slacking with this blog and that's just not cool. Therefore, I'll do two posts today! :) Pictures of outfits will be coming soon I promise! Until then...

I saw this Viktor and Rolf collection and immediately thought of its Alice in Wonderland, whimsical vibe! Now whenever I think of those feelings summed up in a song, the first one that comes to mind is Nine in the Afternoon by Panic at the Disco. Have you seen the music video?? Viktor and Rolf's dresses would have fit into the music video seamlessly!

This is when you can literally say fashion can definitely be a walking work of art <3

A glimpse from the music video!

Check out those shoes on the model walking away!

Masterpiece.

Ring in the New Year!

2011-01-03T05:32:00.000-05:00

Okay so I know I have not posted in FOREVER, but its partially not my fault. I visited my grandmother for Christmas in New Jersey and she doesn't have internet connection where she lives. So I was computer-less for a week. It. Was. Horrible. But I'm so giddy because even in my absence I gained more followers in two more countries! Yay! Haha anyway I figured I may as well skim the surface with the 2010 trends, the good and the not so good. I don't think there were any bad trends, just trends that have had their run and should be put away in the 2010 drawer. Here's some that I loved and want to stay :) :

Red lipstick! Every lady has the right red lipstick out there for her!

Mixed prints! If you know how to pair them right, you seriously look like a fashion genius since its quite tricky to do without looking tacky or busy. But then again, busy is kind of part of it. Sort of, but not really. Haha.

High heels! I currently am pushing 40 pairs of just heels in my collection and of course its not enough! I just bought a pair of flat shoes and they're seriously the first pair I've bought in a few months! Heels are getting taller and taller every single day! Us lady folks have to be careful before we get sent to the hospital just because of our shoes.

And now for the trends that should be left alone with 2010...

Shaving the side of your head. Now, I have absolutely nothing against being bold with your hair but there were SO many ladies who took advantage of this hairstyle. I'm all for short hair and doing crazy stuff with your hair! So instead of doing it halfway, why not shave more than just half? Cut it all off! Yeah, I know half of you probably will never cut your hair all off but seriously, it will grow back. And much quicker than before too :)

Tie dyed harem pants. Ahem. Yeah enough said. Lets just leave these babies alone.

Bright colored liquid leggings. Unless you're doing an exercise video to "Let's Get Physical", let's leave these at the back of the closet or in the attic.

Welp, that's all for tonight! I have some exciting posts coming tomorrow! Two of my friends will be on the blog! Night peeps! :)

H is for Halston!

2010-12-21T23:37:00.000-05:00

I just got a pair of magnificent heels from H by Halston at Bakers. I permanently have a grin plastered for the rest of the night, I assure you. Because of the black beauties (pictures of them will have to go up at another time, I don't have a good enough camera to take pictures right now :c), I decided to post a few photos from Halston's spring/summer 2011 collection. The pieces are breathtaking of course, and I just had to share ;)

Did anyone notice the extra use of dark skinned models? I did ^_^

This bright orange color is so gorgeous it reminds me of a valencia orange. Like, my mouth is watering.

Chic and gorgeous LBD. Add gold. I'm sold.

The draping on this dress is fabulous! It reminds me of a modern Greek toga that was shortened! The shoes are equally as fabulous too!

White with chic accents of black and gold. It's like they were thinking of me with this color palette. The way the fabric falls reminds me of nature and flowers.

Welp, I'm off to do my hair and re-order Netflix! Good night everyone!! :D