Interview with Cate Adair, Costume Designer for Desperate Housewives

I recently had the wonderful opportunity of speaking with Cate Adair, the Emmy nominated costume designer for ABC's hit show Desperate Housewives. Cate is teaming up with Chamilia jewlery for their "Celebrate Personal Style" tour. The event will be highlighting Chamilia's Be The Match jewelry collection. Be The Match is a non-profit organization that helps save lives by matching individual patients that need a marrow transplant with unrelated donors through its marrow registry. The "Celebrate Personal Style" events will be featured in four cities across the country with one here in the Los Angeles area. Guests at the event will have a wonderful time expressing their personal style, while they create their own one of a kind Chamilia jewelry and support Be The Match. Ten-percent of all Chamilia sales at the "Celebrate Personal Style" events will be donated to the Be The Match. The Los Angeles event will be held November 6th at Bungalow Bay 6457 E. Pacific Highway in Long Beach. The event will be held between 11am and 4pm. Come meet Cate, create a special and unique Chamilia jewelry piece and support the individuals behind Be The Match.

Here is a little peek into my interview with Cate. I had a great time talking to Cate, hearing her advice and finding out what is the most rewarding part of her job.

I asked Cate if she had always known she wanted to become a costume designer and she told me she was always passionate about fashion and about different time periods and places. Growing up in London, she was always around fabrics and while shopping at fabric stores she felt she was in a magical world. Cate studied at an art school in Britan and got her Bachelor of Arts in Costume Design.

Cate is Emmy nominated for her astonishing work on Desperate Housewives, she never expected to be so highly acclaimed. Cate feels is is an amazing yet humbling experience and says that it is always a challenge to find how to adapt the latest fashion to the women on Wisteria Lane.

I asked Cate what her advice would be to those breaking into the industry. She responded by saying that you should never give up and not to expect that success will happen overnight. Cate also said that young people starting out in the industry should never be too proud to do a certain job. When Cate was just stepping into the industry she worked many jobs including those that were lower paying and that seemed they were menial jobs. Even though she didn't think these jobs were the most glamorous, they were definitely ones that she learned from and got the most experience out of.

Cate feels that the most suprising gift she has gotten out of her success is that she has a platform to reach out and give back. Teaming up with Chamilia and Be the Match was the right choice for Cate. What Cate loves most about Chamilia is that it is a line that you can play with and mix and match. Cate feels each bracelet tells a story and brings back memories for the woman who is wearing it.

Make sure to visit Chamilia's website for more details on their "Celebrate Personal Style" Tour. Also, visit Be the Match to learn more about registering to be a bone marrow donor.

Can't wait to show you guys my Chamilia bracelet and how I wear it!

Downtown, everything's waiting for you...

What I'm Wearing...

Heritage 1981 Medium Wash Denim Jacket, Short Sleeve Floral Romper, Thrifted belt, Forever 21 Accessories

Hey guys! Hope everyone checked out my last post where I featured one of my favorite online vintage stores, Supadupa Vintage. If you haven't make sure you do! I have been keeping busy and I just recently started working with a super awesome stylist based in Orange County. I have been assisting her on her blog, which I hope to share with you soon. Here is one of my older outfits that got lost in the chaos of my computer.

I got this floral romper at the fashion district in DT Los Angeles. If you have never been and you live in Southern California and love fashion, you HAVE to go! Even with the insane crowds as you make your way through Santee Alley, the loud blarring of cars honking as they drive past you crossing the street and the hunt for the most inexpensive yet, walking distance friendly parking, this is one of my favorite places to be in the heart of LA. Just a couple weeks ago, I visited the fashion district when I was searching for some fabrics at Ragfinders (the place has rooms upon rooms full of fabrics, love the lace section!). The fashion district is where you can find it all... Need fabric? Check. What about some trendy fashion boutiques nestled off Olympic Blvd? Check! I love going there for the adventure and the feeling of being in the middle of the greatest cities in Southern CA.

xo

Laura

Supadupa... You bet!

Supadupa Vintage

Take a journey to Supadupa Vintage's new online shop. STVTG has launched their long awaited website! Tatiana Bolanos is the founder of Supadupa Vintage and the designer for the Supadupa collection. Tatiana simply says about Supadupa, "Our Vintage clothing is hand selected to bring you the best styles and best quality clothing in which SDVTG gives it a personality beyond what modern clothing could dream of recreating."

I was so excited to get to see all their vintage pieces along with STVTG's own collection that includes vintage shredded tees, sweatshirts and scarves! Supadupa also carries your favorite brands... Hardcouture, OOAK, Rap! and LAMIXX. Supadupa had their start selling at flea markets and as an Ebay shop, (where I first fell in love) and look at them now! Celebs like Khloe Kardashian and Kat Von D also love Supadupa, check these gals out here in STVG's collection of Shreddies. The STVTG collection features "One of a kind items with shredding made by hand with recycled tees" says Tatiana.

Make sure to stop by SDVTG's online shop, everything is sure to go out fast. Want more of Supadupa? Check out their blog!

Fast Forward... Marc by Marc Jacobs

Style.com

From one of my all time favorite designers, the Marc by Marc Jacob's Spring 2011 runway show was nothing short of amazing. As always, Marc Jacobs put on a wonderful show. Combining 50's glamour with the sophistication of the 70's, it was expected that Marc put his own spin into the designs. The silhouettes are vintage inspired, with a youthful and fresh take on the print and and colors. The Spring collection also featured the return of the "hot pant." A daring trend seen this past Spring, Marc Jacobs kept the look sophisticated by paring the short shorts with a crisp, military inspired short sleeved button down shirt. My favorite look was of course a vintage inspired floral dress. The look is has a sweet and effortless feel to it. Take a look at more looks from the show which included several vintage inspired swim suits... Marc by Marc Jacobs

Like No One's Watching You

What I'm Wearing...

Forever 21 lace tank, H&M striped scarf, H&M coin purse necklace, Target pearl and chain strand necklace

Here are some photos of me that were taken by the talented Kerry Nguyen Dang. These were taken in different locations in Orange County, CA by the Lola Paige office. I just remembered I haven't had the chance to upload them and wanted you all to see! Kerry did the photography work for both Mobius Lounge and the Lola Paige photoshoots. Gotta love his style of photography, it's something straight out of an Urban Outfitters catalog. Here is a link to more of his work...Take a look!

Working Girl

What I'm Wearing...
Forever 21 olive twill pants, H&M floral linen scarf, Old Navy snakeskin peep toe flats, Dooney and Bourke vintage purse

Lola Paige

Hiiii everyone!

So this month has felt like it's literally on fast forward. We (me and Thien, my business partner) finally launched our line, Lola Paige. Lola Paige is a line of vintage inspired swimsuit cover ups but can be worn as an everyday piece. Some of the styles we have in our line include rompers, an asymmetrical dress and a lace pocket tank. I missed blogging, but now I am back and I graduate from FIDM next month so I will surely be blogging more often! Thank you to all who have commented on my blog posts and everyone who has become a fan of my blog on Facebook. Everyone is so supportive and inspiring. I am trying to get back to everyone who has commented, both on Facebook and here (I have too many social networking accounts...I lose track!), but if I don't get back to you just know that you are awesomeee and I will visit your blog:)

Here are a couple of photos from the fashion show that featured Lola Paige and my recent outfit post. I got this scarf at H&M and it is my absolute FAVORITE. After I bought these olive green pants I found the most perfect pair of cargos at Forever 21. But, what I love about these is that they can work for the Military trend we are seeing. They are such a basic and versatile piece that they can translate into many seasons and trends.

To see more of what I am doing with our line, Lola Paige become a fan on Facebook...www.facebook.com/lolapaigeclothing and visit our blog...http://www.blogger.com/www.lolapaige.blogspot.comThanks to everyone again, you guys rock:)

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Mobius Moments

Hey all! I'm so excited to show you some of the behind the scenes pictures I took from the photo shoot I did with Mobius Lounge. I did the styling along with Mobius Lounge designer Helen Kang. We are still choosing our favorites to use for the Mobius Lounge look book. It's a tough job but someone's got to do it! I have been working with Mobius Lounge Clothing and manage all of the Marketing/ PR and Social Media. It is so wonderful to be doing something that is my passion. Make sure to visit the Mobius Lounge blog and become our facebook fan:)