September 20, 2011

My New York Fashion Week Street Style Looks

I was so excited to find out the other day that I was photographed by Tommy Ton for Style.com on my first day at fashion week in New York! It was even for a special project where you can shop the looks of various street style photos.

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Click through American Express Presents NY Street Seen Spotted by Tommy Ton and shop my look on Net-a-Porter here.

And a special thank you to Refinery29 for featuring my Tommy Ton street style snap!

I also ran into my friend Amy Creyer of Chicago Street Style who took my photo with the lovely Karen from Where Did U Get That (who is just as nice as she is stunning).

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I’m wearing a Dolce & Gabbana Fall 2011 dress, Balenciaga bag, Chanel shoes, Linda Farrow sunglasses and some temporary Chanel tattoos (yes, they are not real!) Click here for the full post.

I was browsing The Cut, as I do multiple times a day, and I watched the Detail Cam: Jewelry, Sunglasses, and More Spotted at Fashion Week…and what did I see? My Prada Baroque sunglasses! Click below to watch the video (there are some amazing accessories featured!)

My Dolce & Gabbana star dress outfit also made an appearance (even on the home page) of Elle.com!

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Click here for the full story on Elle.com

**UPDATE 9/25

My street style photos and interview are now up on StyleSpotting.com along with Boston-based stylist Christen Mitchell (who was love at first site…in her neon Marc Jacobs skirt & mustard PS1)

See all the photos & interview NYFW: Jena Gambaccini and Christen Mitchell

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Overall, I was beyond honored to have these amazing photographers like my outfits enough to photograph me for their blog/website. I dress for me, but it’s always appreciated when others like my outfits too 🙂

August 9, 2011

Prabal Gurung’s First Ever Online Only Ads

One of my favorite designers, Prabal Gurung, released his first ever online only ads yesterday. I thought this was such a great concept to only release certain photos for online advertising and I’m really looking forward to seeing more innovative ideas like this with Prabal and in the fashion industry as a whole.

Check out the images from Prabal Gurung’s first ever Fall 2011 digital ad campaign.

I’m going to be honest, it takes a lot for me to really love an ad campaign. We see so many online, in magazines, etc and it can be very redundant. However, this literally gave me chills when I looked through these images. It really brings a whole new level of power to these clothes and this truly blew me away.

What do you think of Prabal’s first ever online ads?

Photos courtesy of Elle.com

August 1, 2011

Weekend in NYC: Meeting Proenza & The McQueen Exhibit

I just spent the most amazing weekend in New York and I’m so excited to share my experience with you. I originally booked the trip because I had a meeting with Proenza Schouler to design a custom PS1 I won from CharityBuzz in May. This was part of the Fashion & Friends For Japan auction where numerous designers and other influential fashion insiders donated fabulous experiences all for Japan relief.

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This was by far the best experience I’ve ever had and I’m still speechless from the meeting. I had the help of Jack & Lazaro themselves who gave final approval for my one-of-a-kind design. Unfortunately, I wasn’t allowed to take photos inside the studio but I did get to sneak one in with Jack and Lazaro.

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Of course it was only appropriate to be decked out in Proenza Schouler head-to-toe for my meeting. Proenza SS ’11 dress with SS ’10 shoes and the classic PS1 in hand.

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As far as the final outcome though…I will be receiving the bag in late October/early November so that will be a HUGE Chi City Closet post that we’ll all just have to wait for!

So what else did I do in NYC this weekend?

Went to the McQueen exhibit at the Met (full details tomorrow)

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Spent quite a few hours in Opening Ceremony and Opening Ceremony Part Deux

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Ate at the new Co Op Food & Drink in Hotel on Rivington with my friend Jonathan Valdez

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Got to try Imperial No. 9 (executive chef Sam Talbot from Top Chef season 2), which was in my hotel, The Mondrian.

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And of course, added a few new additions to my closet 🙂

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Suitcase: Tumi (Opening Ceremony), Bag: Proenza Schouler (from their NYC sample sale), Shoes: Christian Louboutin (Barneys)…and a mini McQueen armadillo shoe from the exhibit.

July 29, 2011

Best of the Fall 2011 Ad Campaigns

The Fall 2011 ad campaigns are out and overall I’m less than impressed. However, there are a few that really stuck out to me and I’m really looking forward to seeing these in all the major fashion magazines this season.

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It looks like they’re playing Wii fit or something…in fabulous Lanvin outfits of course.

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This is already the most talked about Fall 2011 ad, and I can see why. It’s strangely fabulous.

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A little dark for my taste, but I’m obsessed with the glitter pants for Fall…which is why I may or may not have ordered 2 pairs from Moda Operandi 🙂

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The opposite sort of visual from the previous ad, I love the colors shown for M Missoni. I also need to have that handbag…immediately.

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Fierce as it’s finest…need I say more?

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Which Fall ’11 ads are your favorites? Let me know in the comments section below!

Images via The Cut

July 21, 2011

Oliver Peoples ♥ Chicago on Chicago Street Style

Chicago Street Style has been capturing the most fashionable people on the streets of Chicago wearing the new Oliver Peoples ♥ Chicago limited edition sunglasses. I LOVE the photos she’s taken of the sunglasses all over the city! Especially this one…

And guess who’s made it onto the blog?

How amazing are these sunglasses? So awesome that Oliver Peoples made a special pair just for this awesome city 🙂

Be sure to keep up with www.chicagostreestyle.com for more Oliver Peoples ♥ Chicago spottings and check out the full post here.