What I Like Wednesday

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What I Like Wednesday

What I like Wednesday

Shark teeth earrings from JewelMint

Pretending I'm Beyonce

Deer 

Black on black on black

Doodles and coffee

Loeffler Randall booties

No photos are mine. All from Pinterest 

Fall Favorites

These are a few of my favorite things about fall:

Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Lattes

soup, apple cider + pumpkin bread

big sweaters + leggings

boots, booties + suede

scarves, jackets, fur + layering

the leaves changing colors

the crisp air in the morning while walking to class

sleeping in oversized sweaters + coffee

little cuties in halloween costumes

leaf pile jumping

pumpkin carving

Fall also brings me New York City this year which is enough of a reason 

in itself to be excited 

Weekend Escape: New Orleans

My Photo Diary of New Orleans

The pictures say it all: 

Juan's Flying Burrito for dinner followed by Brocato's gelato 

Breakfast at La Boulangerie -- mocha + almond and chocolate scone

Perfect details scattered all over New Orleans

The French Quarter

Bourbon Street, Royal Street and the Cathedral 

Lunch at Mahoney's Po-Boy shop

shrimp po-boy + onion rings + barq's root bear

Lili's Vintage Boutique 

Obviously we found Free People

Sucre for an afternoon snack of macarons 

Dinner at Dat Dog

Kendall: crawfish hotdog

Frances: original hot dog

Ann Marie: italian sausage

Me: sea dog (fish)

Breakfast before hitting the road at Morning Call

coffee + beignets + gumbo

Pit stop in Jackson, MS to eat at Brent's (where a part of The Help was filmed)

grilled pimento cheese sandwich + fries + vanilla milkshake

Catching Dreams

I know all of you know that song by Hall & Oates "You Make My Dreams Come True." If not:

Well you see, Wednesday morning (yesterday),  around 5:39 a.m. to be exact, I received an email from Teen Vogue informing me that I've been accepted into their program Teen Vogue Fashion University, which is a weekend in New York full of seminars and special events. Teen Vogue and my parents made my dreams come true!

I applied for this weekend randomly a few weeks ago before school started. I found it online and thought this would be an incredible experience, and my new life motto these days is about applying to anything and you will get whatever you are meant to get. I sent in my sketches, answered some questions about who my fashion icons are, and sent in photos of myself in my favorite outfits so they could see what my sense of style was like.

On September 5th I remember looking on Twitter and searching keywords about TVFU because it had been a few weeks since I had applied. I saw that so many girls got their acceptance letters that day and the day before so I assumed I didn't get in. I told my friends I didn't get accepted, but this morning everything changed! This Hall & Oates song has been on my mind all day. I cannot contain my excitement and I am feeling so blessed to be able to have this opportunity.

Thankfully I have the most incredible parents who support me in what I want to do, and I have the most incredible friends who are going to join me in the Big Apple! All I did was tell them and invite them, next thing I know me and six of my best friends are planning our trip on October 17th to NYC!

I will get to attend seminars by the owner of Warby Parker, the DANNIJO sisters, listen in on panels held by Teen Vogue, attend a private event hosted by Shopbop and more! Also, I will be live tweeting for Hello Perfect the whole weekend. I'll give more details on that later and what hashtag you can keep up with.

New York City, I am coming for you!

NYFW faves

My Instagram feed is outrageous these days and I am seething with envy. The geotags of Lincoln Center, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week and rooftop bars/ restaurants overlooking Manhattan are a lot for this girl to handle. By following all the top designers and the main Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Instagram account, I have been able to successfully stalk every show and all times of the day. Especially during my Philosophy class where I am dazed and confused.

My favorite photos of New York Fashion Week so far are:

Janelle Monae performing at Rebecca Minkoff's Spring 2014 presentation + everything on the runway

Watch here

Tory Burch Spring 2014

I love the floor, it looked like everyone was walking on water

Everything from J. Crew + when can I become best friends with Jenna Lyons?

View all of J.Crew here.

Nanette Lepore's neo-romantic inspiration // I like her clothes because I would actually wear them

Anna Sui's florals

Rachel Zoe because she is fabulous + so is her Spring 2014 line

I would like all four please *swoons*

If anyone would like to take me to New York Fashion Week next year, I would gladly accept.

I'll buy my plane ticket tomorrow.

all photos not mine

from official mercedes benz fashion week website

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