Piecing my life back into a whole.

"Doing a jigsaw was not an intelligence test, or a personality assesment programme; it was a pursuit that lay somewhere between creation and imitation and discovery and reverie."

- Margaret Drabble

photo by: Craig McDean

NEW FAVE

LEE HYUN JI

fresh face and her eyes are sooo together that is wrong and makes it extremely chic.

Honestly. I'm excited.

NEW PROJECT: few inspiration images.

thinking about this heritage project.... uhmmm.

Jean Paul Gaultier Spring Couture 2007

X mas and the definition of friendship

I came home to Mexico for the holidays and now more than ever I am questioning the worth of friendship and where I stand in the mist of a new year. I do not know how to approach friendship anymore or how to heal, balance and trust anyone. There is no one to blame. It's just a matter or hardening and becoming a little more self-absorbed like everyone else.

SO FRIGGIN COOL.

ALAS! "The Invisible Shoe" by Andreia Chaves. Walking in the air. From Brazil to the World.

Progress Shot Number 1.

This is the look of the new Puritan.

In progress.

please. i need.

one of my favorites. Complex Geometries. Enjoy

orange is the color of my blood.

Final Project

This is what my new collection inspired in Hester Prynne is getting shape from.

A bold, controversial and sinful Hester, not afraid to let the world see that she sinned, and that she looks darn good doing it.

Pictures by Baldovino Barani

Seriously its not about time.

Hey loyal readers, 

Perhaps I have been a little bit too harsh by keeping you waiting this long for a new post. Sorry. Truly. 

As the title states,  the excuse of my abscence is not about time. Is about really not having the energy to emotionally deal with writing a post. I have been going through this total emotional draining situation that is buried way down. So I, waiting room boy commit myself to begin posting more! Beginning this holiday break I will make it a priority to write something. 

I have this personal ongoing project to document and archive my memories in a notebook. I am convinced that when I grow old I will lose all my memory, as amnesia, alzheimers and demensia ran in my family. (I know that I am jinxing myself, but better safe than sorry). I will, when have nothing to post, post a memory that I am willing to share with you. Hopefully you will enjoy it as much as I do. 

I am also involved in this local fashion show called Fusion Fashion Show. It is a selective competition between the two best schools for Fashion Design in the US: Parsons and FIT. I will keep you posted of this amazing event. 

I wanted to post a picture of one of my favorite models: Daul Kim. May her soul be in peace. 

waiting room boy. 

Look at this cutesy red-head!

Gulp.

I just realized how non-confrontational I really am, and when it comes the time to talk, uttering those very first words is tough for me, nonetheless, I do it. 

Cookie Dough Truffles

My best friend and I attempted to follow the wonderful Paula Deen's steps and make a delightful buttery dessert: Cookie Dough Truffles. It was havoc. The taste was superb but craft was not. Tom Colicchio would not have approved. The other fat judge, might, but who cares. The point of this post is that I am slowly realizing that my body is becoming allergic to foods. My mom has the same thing where she can eat some items and not eat a whole wide range of others. It makes me wonder whether my mind is creating these allergies just because I am aware that my mom goes through this, or if I honestly have something wrong. 

Anyways. I am begging to be allergic to chocolate in bar form. I am also allergic to onion in large quantities and cashews.  

Sad. 

WHIP IT!

I went to see this movie two days ago and I have to say that I was very very impressed. Im a huge Drew Barrymore fan and I did my best to remain level-minded when analyzing the film, but truthfully it was impossible to ignore its greatness. Marcia Gay Harden rocked the film as well as the sublte ( yet different acting from Juno) talent that Ellen Page owns. I loved the soundtrack and camera work profusely. The only thing that upset me is that there were parts that I saw scenes that I have seen before. Perhaps Drew Barrymore literally took the movies he was most inspired in and added them to the film. One of my favorite scenes was the sex scene underwater. The colors and light from before they jumped in to after were beautiful. The new Wilson brother was a nice surprise considering his nose aint that crooked and his acting is not forced at all. Juliette Lewis was an amazing villain, but I can't help associate her character in "The Other Sister", Carla Tate, with her face ALL THE TIME. Whip it!

Love Love.

I saw this model in the Matthew Williamson show....(style.com actually) but I absolutely love her look and her doll face. Everyone in the waiting room, put your hands together for Imogen Morris Clarke. 

Fashion Week Faves.

I AM JUST CHOOSING ONE AND ONE THAT I RECENTLY DISCOVERED I LOVED SOOO MANY MORE**

New York: RODARTE

London: NATHAN JENDEN

Milan: TRUSSARDI 1911

Paris: RICK OWENS

Pictured: 

Eniko Mihalik in Rodarte, Fei Fei in Nathan Jenden, (model) in Trussardi 1911, Karlie Kloss in Rick Owens. 

LONG TIME NO POST

Here's the thing guys. A little "thing" called Sophomore Year at Parsons The New School For Design happened so I have been unable to post anything ever since I started school. I have been so good with time management (yes...I even scheduled this post) but I felt silly not posting anything in this crazy semester. I have been learning so much, so fast and  love it. I might have great news in the future, but I dont want to say anything to not spoil it, but stick around. Here's a picture of my new recent obsession. The beautiful Jamie Bochert. 

PS. I joined GOODREADS and will be rating many more books through that website. I LOVE IT. 

My new fave! <3

Im still making progress with my book, The Secret of Scent,  (so nerdy and cool!!) but as I sit in the waiting room, I have listened to one of my new faves. You have sure heard her song "Bulletproof" in any reputable club/party/family gathering. La Roux, a brit red-head (score!) has smashing songs, superb style and a rockstar attitude. I recently read a small interview (pardon the redundance) in Interview Magazine and knew that I HAD to check her out. Go ahead and check her music!!! 

New Book.

I actually finished my book two days ago, but felt a disconnection with the web. The book was a little dull, but in a sense it was because of the attitude I had towards it at the end. I recognize the feat that Friedman is attempting to do (predict for a whole century). Friedman's predictions seem feasible to me for sure, yet I feel a little silly reading of what will(?) happen in 100 years because I truly doubt I will be alive. (Who knows, maybe mortality rate drops dramatically.)

Nonetheless, I started reading a new book called "The Secret of Scent" by Luca Turin pictured above. This guy goes bananas for perfume. And I am glad he does. I want a truly perfume junkie to teach me the wonders of scent and perfume. I have always been passionately attached to scent. All of my memories are accompanied by a scent. This will be an interesting read. Wait around to see what will happen. 

WHATEVER.

I have really been struggling to finish my book. But I don't care. I'm posting because I want to. When I avoid reading my book I read my magazines and I was reading Vogue Paris, The collections. I read 4 collection per day and truly digest them. One of my favorites so far has been Stefano Pilati's YSL. I loved the tulip skirts and bold blouses. Pilati's empowers the female figure with striking clothing and using leather to express sexuality without being literal. I love it and I am already waiting to read more of my magazine.

I promise myself...

I just realized something about waiting. I never EVER threw a tantrum as a child, teen, or mid-adult. I should totally expect one soon. I guess I have to wait for one. 

ps. 

I WILL NOT POST UNTIL I FINISH MY BOOK.

Ooo La La! Les Français nettoient!

No longer does Paris have that reputation of being a stinky city. Well it is true that most french people enjoy perfume (my french tutor sure loved his cologne!!), but when I said stinky I meant because of the putrid Seine. As this article notes, the salmon are returning to a cleaner Parisienne river! 

Well I love me some salmon and perhaps this is an evidence that my little effort to revert global warming is actually paying off. YAY! 

Photo by: Craig McDean

Heading to the gym and this is what I will listen to.

Diane Birch! 

I love her! Her sweet power voice, mellow sounds and cute face are sure rocking the music scene. I have no doubt that she will very soon shake things up with her stupendous lyrics and her tremendous music. I even love the fact that she has this "Penelope Tree" look to her. STOP WAITING and run to buy her album "Bible Belt." I am sure you will enjoy it. 

I LOEWE HYE PARK

My utter most favorite model is Hye Park. I absolutely love her. Her mole, her bitch face, her eyes. Ugh! Everything. She looks hot as ever in Loewe Fall 2009. Take a look! 

Midnight Lullaby

Time for bed. Sia is rocking me to bed. Love her. LOVE HER! 

I NEED TO FINISH THIS BOOK.

i have always been a lazy reader. Truthfully, I hardly ever read a book all the way. So it's true. I never read "The Great Gatsby", yet I deftly passed the quiz. 

Well things changed this summer and I became a total bookworm. It might be because I was so focused with art school for a year, that when summer came, all I needed was  some kind of intellectual stimuli. Don't get me wrong. I find art moving, intellectual and wholesome overall, but I would be lying if I say that art and books stimulate me the same way. Books are more one sided to me. Purely mental. Art is more of a global way of trigger my mind. 

Anyways, this summer I have been reading a lot. I read "How We Decide" by Jonah Lehrer, "The Roots of Desire" by Marion Roach, "In Pursuit of Elegance" by Matthew E. May, and "The Beautiful People" by Simon Doonan. Almost all of them were great reads (sorry Mr. May). I will comment on some of them, probably later on. I am currently reading "The Next 100 Years" by George Friedman. This book looked so promising and enticing among the Non-Fiction pile, yet I am struggling so badly to get through this book. I was enjoying it, but it is becoming a little annoying. I am determined to finish it within the next two days. Ugh. You guys will have to wait. 

First Post

This is my first post. Ever. 

I am thrilled to begin this new hobby. No. Not hobby. I hate the word hobby. I will call it an archive. An archive of my thoughts. All the stuff that goes through my mind. Quite possibly, there will be some occasional time that waiting was worthwhile. I will sure document it. 

jm