Here’s the new year’s outfit!
{January 2, 2008}
Outfit for 2008
{January 2, 2008}
Made with Molecules
Back at the SF Craft Mafia Winter Trunk show, I met the talented and enthusiastic scientist Raven Hanna. She channels her creative spirit and scientific competencies into making jewelry replica of common biochemical molecules. Her excellent craftsmanship is evident amongst the clean lines and proportions in each silver piece.
Her first attempts at jewelry making were all done by hand. She eventually moved past laborious soldering and sanding. Now she designs her jewelry on Autocad and makes the molecule charms from molds. Her meticulous packaging comes with an easy to understand molecule story and a serotonin tattoo.
Read more about Raven’s Made with Molecules on Chemical & Engineering News. I can see many geeks go ga-ga over her line of silver jewelry and accessories!
{January 1, 2008}
SFiS January 2008
The January 2008 edition of SFiS available. Two juxtaposed articles stood out.
One article announces the marriage of San Francisco Fashion Week producer Erika Gessin. Her husband has this admiral quote about her self-made status and ambitions, “She’s beautiful and talented at what she does. But picking up and moving from New York to California, not knowing anyone, having no network or friends, and pioneering and creating San Francisco Fashion Week — it was great to meet someone with a great spirit about them, who just wanted to take on the world.” That quote gives relief to San Francisco fashionistas. To Erika’s credit and aggressive training of fashion designers from Academy of Art, San Francisco will become a fashion powerhouse in this decade.
Whereas, the article about the self-promoting Diana Lu highlights the opportunistic “must conquer all” attitude. It is disgusting. I can not believe Ms. Lu celebrated her 40th birthday by sending models down the runway with her dramatic and ugly formal wear to tout her fashion inexperience and early demise. Some rich people who extend themselves in unfamiliar territory with no humility and lost dignity, need a reality check. If she opens up a clothing store at the Embarcadero and if I have to walk near it, I will duck my head in shame.
When one person makes a huge difference for the San Francisco fashion scene, it takes another person to give a swift kick to damage the scene again.
Photo credits: Erika Gessin prepping for 2006 San Francisco Fashion Week from SFGate.com and Diana Lu’s catwalk from SFGate.com, taken by Byamy Sullivan and Heather Wiley for Drew Alitzer.
{January 1, 2008}
Happy New Year!
What were you wearing to ring in the new year? Despite the chilly weather, I finally wore my satin brown dress, which had been sitting in my closet for 5 months! Since I rarely find clothes that fit on my petite frame, I impulsively purchased this fit dress at a steep discount and hoped for a festive occasion to wear it. Voila!
BCBG Max Azria brown satin dress
Free People creme silk tank
Banana Republic white boucle coat
Nordstrom silk red fade away scarf
Kate Spade hot pink clutch
Liz Claiborne pale gold mod necklace
Vintage gold leaf earrings
Antik Denim wine mohair and brown leather trim pumps
I was very pleased to have matching accessories — purse, scarf, and shoes — in the same spectrum of red, burgundy, and hot pink. Those accessories help pull the outfit away from looking too much like chocolate. I threw in the stunning white coat, but in retrospect, I should have worn my cream long coat!
