April 27, 2009

Designers Using Social Media - Diane von Furstenberg

in: Diane von Furstenberg, DVF, fan of the week, inside DVF, NYFW, summer dress

Being a fan of Diane von Furstenberg I really love the fact that she uses social media. The designer started a blog - Inside DVF where she lets us look behind the scenes - from show preparations to interviews and stories from her life as a designer. During the New York Fashion Week, Inside DVF features "Show DIary" showing us the backstage and the work of the models, crew involved in the production of the show.

Diane von Furstenberg has also a Facebook fan page where fans find out about new pieces, specials and promotions. The designer also features a Fan of the Week. This week I was the lucky one to be chosen! The photo is from the Designers for Cancer event, which I attended last week. More info on this summer dress.

April 22, 2009

Bird Necklace Featured on NBC 10 Philadelphia

in: bird necklace, charm jewelry, charm necklaces, handmade jewelry, Lori Bergamotto, NBC10 Philadelphia, People Stylewatch

Lori Bergamotto, contributing style editor of People Stylewatch talked on NBC10 Philadelphia about charm necklaces and how you can choose a necklace according to your personality. She featured a Lucid New York Bird Necklace mentioning that it is a personal expression of nature lovers. The necklace was also featured in the April issue of People Stylewatch.

Check out the full coverage of jewelry that fits your personality.

April 20, 2009

Lucid Look Book

in: achelle dunaway, beauty blogs, circle necklace, elf, elf cosmetics, handmade jewelry, infinity necklace, silver jewelry

I’ve heard remarks from girls, who told me that sometimes in the morning they’re just too much in a rush to think about accessories. What accessories go with the outfit was a dilemma I used to have before I started designing jewelry. I kept that in mind designing. I made sure most pieces I was making were versatile - the ones you don’t have to think if they go with the outfit, the ones you can just put on because you like them and wear to work as well as to a date at night. One of these pieces is the tiny circle infinity necklace. Achelle was wearing it to work a couple of days ago.

Achelle Dunaway, Marketing Director at e.l.f. cosmetics is wearing the sterling silver Tiny CIrcle Infinity Necklace.

Check out her fun beauty blog here!

April 17, 2009

Ashton Kutcher vs CNN Twitter Battle @aplusk vs @cnnbrk

in: 1mln followers, @aplusk, @cnnbrk, ashton kutcher, twitter

Ashton Kutcher (@aplusk on twitter) challenged CNN (@cnnbrk on twitter) to a contest over who is going to reach 1 mln followers on Twitter first.

Yes, it came down to this - a man is competing the whole network.

In a close battle, Ashton reached 1 mln followers before CNN becoming the most popular person on Twitter. He was streaming live on the internet while CNN was reporting live.

"We changed the way we broadcast and edit. We can all do it, do it together" - Ashton Kutcher.

Congrats Ashton Kutcher!

PS I don’t follow @cnnbrk. I don’t follow networks, I follow people. That’s, in my opinion, the idea behind Twitter.

April 16, 2009

The 99 Percent Conference

in: behance, cool hunting, josh rubin, scott belsky, seth godin, the 99 percent, the 99 percent conference, threadless

After a full day at The 99 Percent conference today, an event attended by creative people from industries ranging from product designers to graphic designers, developers and think tank creators I can easily tell I am overwhelmed. Overwhelmed in a great way - by information, ideas and creativity. The conference was organized by Behance and www.Coolhunting.com. I could write so much about what the speakers ranging from a controversial photographer Jill Greenberg to Threadless founder Jake Nickell, and a marketing, guru, author Seth Godin, etc had to say during their presentations.

However summing up my experience and what things I got out of the conference are:

- the leaders are about finishing, not starting. There are a lot of ideas, it’s not about being creative and having ideas, it’s about execution. Josh Rubin, the founder and editor in chief of Cool Hunting started the conference with his saying: " I believe there are no new ideas, just great executions."

- there’s a range of opinions, the challenge is to find the extremes and accept the middle.

- reduce everything you want to do to an action you can start right now.

Scott Belsky, founder of Behance talked about the art of being organized when creative. One of the points he made was about devoting a part of your day on not working on things, which are due immediately. Try to spend a part of your day on looking into future projects and doing research to discover new opportunities.

April 12, 2009

Lucid Look Book

in: chair necklace, charm necklace, charm necklaces, hand made jewelry, handmade jewelry, mara marini

Mara Marini - actress, Hollywood, California wearing Chair Necklace

April 10, 2009

Paper Magazine Beautiful People Party

in: dj cassidy, hiro, katy perry, paper magazine, paper magazine beautiful people party

Tonight’s party was so much fun! It was my first time attending the annual Paper Magazine Beautiful People Party. Hiro, the place where the party was at, was filled with positive vibes, smiles, happiness. After the party I started thinking why that event was so much fun and so special. Dj Cassidy playing? Oh yes, definitely, I love his style. Katy Perry’s live performance was of course a huge highlight but then I realized that it’s the people who made it.

Everyone in the room received an invite to the Beautiful People Party, everyone got a teeshirt "I’m a beautiful person." So everyone showed up full of confidence. And that’s what made the party so much fun and beautiful.

Katy Perry at Hiro

Katy Perry at Hiro

stage after the Katy Perry performance

me getting a kick out of my beautiful person tee

April 6, 2009

Funky Shoes

in: funky shoes

Stumbled upon those…

Odd shoes? Weird shoes? Unneccessary shoes? Sexy Shoes? Horseshoes? Funky shoes? Kinky shoes? Silly shoes? Your shoes? Summer Shoes? No comment shoes?

April 4, 2009

2 am NYC

in: Spotted Pig, toddler, West Village

My friend was visiting from LA a couple of days ago. We had drinks at the Spotted Pig in the West Village. Coming back home at 2 am and saw this toddler just hanging out outside a pizza place.