from the back

I just found this picture of myself on a random blog (taken during Fashion Week). In case you ever wondered what the back of my head looks like...

love affair with lace

I swoon over lace. Lace shirts, lace bras...I'm bidding on a long black lace skirt on eBay as I type - true story. Lace is sexy, pretty much no matter what. It's revealing but still a bit mysterious - it's badass and elegant all at once. Below are some of my favorite moments in lace:

In the time that I put that collage together a bidding war on the lace skirt has begun - 22 minutes left - wish me luck...

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NEXT DAY UPDATE:

It got really aggressive at the end there but...

Won it!

two greats & me: gordon voidwell x rog walker

I got down with a junkyard photoshoot the other day: Rog Walker shooting Gordon Voidwell (aka Will Johnson) for an upcoming project.

Pretty awesome. Get exciteeeed for what's to come!!!

Prezzie: New Balance 871

Very warm thank you to the folks at DKC and New Balance for hooking me up with these New Balance 871 Cross Training sneakers. 

Those who know me know I'm a huge gym rat - but that I've also suffered a few sports injuries in the last year (a pulled psoas muscle here, an ankle stress fracture there...). After lots and lots of physical therapy I'm finally getting my butt back in the gym, so I'm super excited that I've got some sparkly new shoes to take me there.

New York Fashion Week Video!!

I made a video of my time during NYFW F/W 2011...hope you enjoy :)

New York Fashion Week 2011 from Mihal Freinquel on Vimeo.

Emerald City

When it comes to noticing runway trends, I usually leave that to the fashion-speaking bigwigs - people who say things like "deco-beading" and "draped bodices" and "siren-silhouetted gowns". Me, I'm more of the mind that trends emerge from the young artistic class, not the major designers in their gigantic lofts with their gigantic bank accounts.

BUT! I will say this. There was one trend that certainly stood out to me at the shows this year:

(from left via style.com: Malandrino, Badgley Mischka, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Halston)

Green!! The only shade of green I own is olive/army green. Looks as though I might have to re-evaluate...I LOVE these shades. So maybe the Devil Wears Prada "cerulean speech" had some validity after all. 

Probably not.

NYFW F/W 2011...and the beat goes on...

There's still technically 1 day left of NYFW, but for me it ends today.

Here's an assortment of photos to help bring y'all down from the high-fashion high (photos Rog Walker):

ALICE + OLIVIA AT THE PLAZA:

More shows & pics and  after the jump!