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“don’t let you down”
-m.r.x
Happy Friday, it’s New York Fashion Week!! This week is all about fall/winter RTW ’19. So far I have only seen 3 shows: L’Agence, Tadashi, and Pamella Roland. Today I have the Nonie show, an event with Women’s Wear Daily x Klarna event with New Yorkster/ Bumble, event with DL1961/Drybar. This NYFW has been a little weird. It seems that way for a lot of my friends; getting last minute invites, not hearing back from brands/PR agencies they have a close relationship with, brands not having shows at all, etc. It’s been a bizarre start to fashion week for sure, but I have to thank my lucky stars that I am invited to something. I have to remind myself there was once a time I sat on my bed watching shows via streaming on Twitter and/or Facebook and dreaming of being in attendance.
My kick off to NYFW was the L’Agence presentation Wednesday afternoon. The presentation was nice with a little over 10 models showcasing their fall collection; lots of red, leopard, and blazers. What is nice about presentations is that you can come and go as you please. I was probably there for about half an hour mingling and snapping photos. It was a nice, calm way to start the week.
Yesterday and today are my busiest days. I started yesterday off with the Tadashi show. They had beautiful gowns with floral prints, hunter green/pink/red color palettes, velvet and metallic. It was a great show! I quickly left Tadashi and hopped into an Uber to head uptown to the Pamella Roland show. Pamella Roland is known for her fairytale dresses… and she didn’t disappoint. I was so in awe of the big ball gowns! They were gorgeous. It’s also a great show for celebrity sightings- Nicky Hilton, Victoria Justice, Vanessa Williams, and Patricia Clarkson were there. And of course I saw some of my blogging celebrity sightings like Louise Roe and Jenny Cipoletti. I basically died over seeing them as they are two of my favorite bloggers! Anyway, after Pamella Roland I went back downtown to the 11 Honoré event that was hosted by my blogging friend Michelle Blashka. The event was fun! It was nice to catch up with some people and take a break from the madness at Spring Studios.
I hadn’t eaten all day, except the yogurt I had for breakfast. By 6pm I was about to eat my arm. So after 11 Honoré I went to Westville with Emily for a quick dinner before heading to the Atelier Cologne event. They had a lot of photo booths which were fun to do (hopefully you saw on my Insta Stories)– confetti blasted at you, staging a flip book, and a classic Atelier Cologne backdrop. They had one of those claw machines but it got overheated and broke down so was not able to play with it. Very disappointed. The day was a lot of fun and I am excited for the rest of fashion week!
My week didn’t start off that great, however. I have been open about how I suffer depression and anxiety. Earlier in the week I was in a dark place where I wanted to be neither here nor there. I didn’t want to be around people nor did I want to be alone. And my self talk was awful.. brutal actually.. For the most part I can change stop negative talk and switch it around, but sometimes I just can’t do it. It could be SAD (seasonal affective disorder), being cooped up in my apartment for most of the day, not having any events or human contact really, not seeing the sun, etc. It could be that I ate gluten last Friday (wanted a cauliflower pizza and knew it was not GF, I have a bad break out to prove it). Gluten has been linked to depression and anxiety. I feel better but am still a little down. Once I talked to my mom about it, I felt better. Opening up and being honest about it feels like a weight has been lifted. It felt better by just telling her I was mentally not doing well. She basically said it’s ok to feel this way, not every day is going to be exciting and high, and you need to feel the lows sometimes. It made me feel better knowing this was ok to feel this way– because I was beating myself up for feeling down and I was not my usually happy self. This is the thing about depression, it comes in all different forms. I am sure anyone who was in contact with me this past week would have no idea. It wasn’t that I was fake or putting on an act, I would genuinely smiling and laughing. It’s just a feeling of emptiness inside. Life isn’t always rainbows, fun events, and couture dresses. Sometime you have to accept a little rain every once in a while. I am starting to accept my down days. They don’t happen often but when they do I have to let the emotion pass through and move on.
This weekend I have Cynthia Rowley event, getting my hair done with Redken, and hopefully some other things will pop up on my radar as they usually do during fashion week. I am hoping to see another movie on my list of Oscar nominations. Last weekend I saw Green Book and absolutely LOVED it! The storyline was not at all what I thought it was, which was a pleasant surprise. I really enjoyed it and now understand why it is winning all of the awards. I have two more on my list– Mary Poppins and A Star Is Born. Hopefully will see one or the other!
Hope you have a wonderful weekend! xo
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