In Retrospect

Looking back... Three years ago, I moved to New York City with the mindset of pursuing fashion. Fashion anything—styling, editing, design, blogging, whatever. I was hungry for fashion (and still am to a different degree). I took on a small freelance project as a contributor for the then BoomFoundry (which no longer exists), lifestyle site about music, culture, media, and of course, fashion. I wrote an article on why it's a great idea to "go [vintage]," and mainly discussing the green initiatives behind the whole vintage clothing craze. For this specific article, I thought it'd be cool to actually style a model in all vintage clothing, but with a modern eye. Malin of Malin Landaeus Vintage boutique in Williamsburg, Brooklyn actually allowed me to sort through her archives room filled with the most God-sent vintage ranging from the Victorian era all the way to the '80s. Anyway, the photos above were the outcome.

Photographer: Anthony Michael Rom

Model: Patricia (Glow Model Management)

MUA/Hair: KUMA

Clothing: Malin Landaeus Vintage

Location: Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Loungin'

Robe (actually a scarf) by Chico's x Stand Up to Cancer x Harper's Bazaar, t-shirt by American Apparel, glasses are vintage from the BK Flea

October, breast cancer awareness month, is almost over, but that doesn't mean our efforts to support it have to end. Recently, Chico's & Harper's Bazaar teamed up with StandUp2Cancer.org (SU2C) to support innovative cancer research and by doing so, they designed this beautiful limited-edition "Unleash Your Leopard" scarf. It's only $25, but $10 from each sale goes to the organization to fund cancer research—pretty awesome, right?! You can look fab & save lives at the same time! The scarf is 100% polyester, very big, and it has this very chic/sexy sheerness to it, so I LOVE wearing mine as a robe around the house... Saving lives = Chic.

#IStandUpFor

Meatpacking

First of all, I really really really miss my old hair...ugh, okay. Moving on... Last Spring, I had the opportunity to work with landscape turned beauty/lifestyle photographer Lester Lau. He is literally one of the nicest people I've met in this city--so quiet and thoughtful, and obviously talented, and just a genuinely nice person. It was the perfect spring morning in the meatpacking district—cool, breezy, sunny, and barely any people around . With the wild fur coat, I think now is the time to finally post (although I'm not against the idea of wearing fur all year round--it shows character). In the first couple of photos, I'm wearing an early 90's maxi dress, then a sweater from Forever 21, and of course a massive faux fur coat from Zara—all paired with vintage jewelry. Ladies... and gents, time to bring your furs out! Fall has begun.

Check out more of Lester's work here: www.sflphotography.net 

Goodbye Summer...

That's right...summer is over and we're having a SALE! Visit www.etsy.com/shop/bumcake today & get 35% off + FREE shipping as usual (for domestic orders). 

Make sure to use code: HELLOFALL 

Enjoy!

Photo by: Jamil Smith Photography

Model: Yaa Opare