THE Stephen Sprouse

For Christmas I received "The Stephen Sprouse Book", now I'm not going to lie I am not too familiar with him, maybe heard of him once or twice, but I'm always up to learning new things about fashion designers of course. My mom had found out about this book when she was reading my Teen Vogue Handbook, "I always have reference books around. This book on Stephen Sprouse is a must read for anyone aspiring to work in fashion." -Amy Astley, so my mom decided I should have it, good choice mom!

As soon as I looked at the book I knew I was going to enjoy it, how can you not - it comes in four different colors all of which are neon, with a metallic silver cover and pages sprayed neon it definitely catches your attention.

Most of the book is pictures either Sprouse himself took - mostly polaroids (which is another big plus for me), pictures of his collections, sketches or pictures of him with Debbie Harry, model Teri Toye, ANDY WARHOL, and more! I was completely inspired by reading his story and how he was basically the Andy Warhol of the 80s, taking Andy's prints and paintings and being the only one allowed to make fabrics off of them. Creating the "head-to-toe" look of one pattern down the whole body, or one color (which is very 60s mod in my opinion). There is a certain edge to Stephen that is completely different then everything I have exposed myself too before - I loved learning about him and where his inspiration came from - mainly Debbie Harry, Edie Sedgwick, Jim Morrison, and Andy Warhol. The book is filled with quotes from close friends and family as well as others in the business like Marc Jacobs (ah). Marc loved Stephen's work and eventually got stephen to collaborate with him for Louis Vuitton's 2000 collection. I know this is mostly ramble but there is too much in the book to talk about! Definatley go check it out if you can, it's amazing!

pictures from the book

Teri Toye and Debbie Harry at the book launch, in Sprouse designed clothes

Polaroids taken by Sprouse of Debbie Harry in his designs

collaborations with Marc and Louis Vuitton

lovelove, M.

Holidays Recap

Hello all, I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. I always get so depressed when Christmas is over, especially when my family takes down all the Christmas decorations in my house! I thought I'd share some pictures from my holiday, and some gifts I got!

my christmas tree, and my favorite ornament, Big Ben of course!

more decorations around the house


The most decent picture of my outfit for Christmas I have,

sparkly tights are my new favorite - even though you can't tell in this picture

My sister and I with my dog <3

Now for the gifts -

Gloves like these, although mine are velvet! & Chance by Chanel

Audrey Hepburn International, and The Stephen Sprouse book (more on him VERY soon)

Andy Warhol Shoes Calendar, Kimchi Blue Dress

Deena & Ozzy Loafers in black, Diana Dreamer (!!!!)

and last but not least

this wonderful Hello Kitty Alarm Clock!

ALSO;

The lovley Shannon from Dirty Hair Halo awarded me this blog award! It is my first, and I'm not going to lie I was a little excited (I know it's silly) & and also to all of you followers thank you so much for following! I hope you like what you're seeing!

Now to pass on the award

Kennedy Holmes, Mismatchérie, and Flashes of Style

Thank you all for your inspiration, I love your blogs!

lovelove, M.

look into my life

Friday I took a trip to New York City with my boyfriend to see my two favorite things - The Met and the Christmas tree! Heres a couple pictures from my trip

gustav klimt, my favorite

Jackie O. I love you

Right now my head is wrapped around art, christmas decorations, and outfits for holiday parties - instead it should be wrapped around homework, finals, and my school's fashion show.

speaking of here are a few outfits I love right now:

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I'm really loving the pale blues, greys, and pinks right now. Especially for the holidays.

lovelove, M.

Introduction: M.

I'd like to properly introduce myself, I'm Marissa. I'm nineteen years old and my mind is always running. I learn things, believe in things, hate things, love things.

One of my favorite loves in my life is fashion. Which is why, I have come here to tell you about my inspiration, ideas, likes and dislikes about fashion. I want fashion to be my life, I want to live and breathe it everyday. I'm a sophomore at Montclair State University studying Fashion and hopefully pursuing a job with-in fashion merchandising.

There's a million things I could tell you about myself, I should probably start off by telling you about my growing

love for vintage clothing, actually vintage everything. I am especially interested in vintage things from the 50s and 60s. Full skirts and dresses from the 50s, and the "Mod" look of the 60s with short mini skirts and dresses are what I live for. The hair, the make up, the photography, the "retro" look of everything is what I have fallen in love with. If I could, my whole wardrobe would be from vintage and thrift stores, and as a broke college student, I wish I had access to them more often.

Another love of mine is Polaroid pictures, and other types of photography. I myself own a polaroid camera, fisheye camera, film camera and digital SLR camera. I love black and white prints, developing them, printing them. Everything about photography draws me in. Polaroids however have my heart. I love the old colors of the photograph after developing it, the tinniness of them, and the fact that you can have the picture available to you right after takin

g it makes it even better. As of now I am trying to cover a whole wall in my room of my polaroid pictures, its progressing pretty well. Unfortunately they started discontinuing polaroid cameras, and film in January of 2009. It's getting harder and more expensive to find and buy film for the cameras. Which is killing me.

A few other things you should probably know about me are, I'm completely obsessed and in love with England, everything about the country, and the people. Including the accents. Although I have never visited, I plan on studying abroad there in the future. I also love music, all types but as of this week my favorites have to She & Him, M. Ward and The Gaslight Anthem. Also art is growing on me everyday, my favorite artists at the moment are Gustav Klimt, Andy Warhol, Monet and the photographer Richard Avedon. Last but certainly not least is I have an a little girl obsession with the Jonas Brothers, love it or hate it, I don't care.

Because of my love for vintage fashion I have been comparing today's fashion to fashion from different decades. As of now Marc Jacobs, Oscar De La Renta, and Milly are my favorites, but that will be changing by next week.

And, I would love to be Twiggy in the 60s, please.

lovelove, M.