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Watch 'SWAGGER' A day in the life of @Guerre during Paris Fashion Week.

Swagger 360 interview with Karl Edwin Guerre during fashion week in Paris from olivierlalin on Vimeo.

To me, this is what fashion week is all about. Whatever city, it's the coming together of influencers and the fans.  Guerreisms is one of my go-to blogs for captivating close-up's on street style, fashion & culture. Watch this inspiring video following Guerre during Paris Fashion Week.  Filmed and Directed by Olivier Lalin view his work atwww.OlivierLalin.com

Blogger Profile: @ANDYHEARTBLOG

Ann Kim of ANDYHEART

by Anisa Young

We love a busy career girl who juggles it all including a popular fashion/style blog.  That's why we chose to spotlight the talented and chic Ann Kim of ANDYHEART.  With a BFA in graphic design from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, she is an Art Director at an L.A. design firm who has designed branding identities and creatives for the TBS Network, Desperate Housewives, and everyone's favorite, Pinkberry. Whether she's at her day job or photographing her daily looks, Ann is a non-stop creative think tank.

Favorite go-to item of clothing? 

My loose fitting grey tee from Vince. I like wearing simple pieces with a chunky piece of jewelry.

What is one accessory you absolutely can't live without? 

My iPhone

What is your favorite dish to make and eat? 

I love cooking with quinoa. One of my favorite dishes is a grilled salmon with basil aioli on a bed of black quinoa.

What is one place you want to see before you die? 

Last year I traveled to Koh Phi Phi Don in Thailand, it was amazing. I think I can die happy now. 

What are you currently lusting after? 

Acne's black suede Alice heel. 

GET TO KNOW ANDYHEART, FOLLOW HER ON TWITTER & TUMBLR. 

Favorite Street Style Picks from Paris Men's Fashion Week #menswearmonday

The man, Nick Wooster.

Start 'em young. Bonjour little dapper one.

Lacoste varsity jacket = winner.

Androgynous Geek Chic.

Working Girl.

Poetic Pendleton. :) 

The Layer King.

Uh, Jared Leto. Hi. xx

Sophistique. 

Je T'aime.

CHECK OUT MORE FAVORITE LOOKS ON MENSWEAR MONDAY 

photo credit: Kuba Dabrowski

A Californian Winter + California Dreaming.

A Californian Winter by dnatheshop featuring crochet tights

Rachel Comey long sleeve turtleneck shirt, $314
Wool coat, €126
Oasis knee length pencil skirt, $27
Fogal crochet tight, $60
KG Kurt Geiger wedge bootie, $226
Clutch bag, $320
Alexander McQueen animal print scarve, €460
TopShop knit beanie hat, $32
Luv Aj — Multi-Pyramid Stud Choker, $165


Here is a song to go with the look. Pretty fitting, sometimes gloomy, but never too chilly, so Californian.

Mamas and the Papas - California Dreaming

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My brother asked me an important question in regards to my loyalty.  New York Giants or SF 49ers.  Just because I am bicoastal, does not mean I forget my roots.  Born and raised in San Francisco, I got detention for a week in 7th grade AND grounded at home, for cutting class to go see the Niners  Superbowl victory parade in the 90's. So worth it.  A photo of me and Steve Young was a fixture on the family fridge for years.
GO NINERS!
xo
MJ


Polyvore set by Anisa Young

Creative Spotlight: LAEKEN

Mallyce Miller  of

If you're an L.A. girl, you've seen and met Mallyce Miller at our pop-up's at Space 15 Twenty.  She's very outgoing, knows how to hustle her brand Laeken, a great collaborator and like us is obsessed with the "NEW, THE NEXT, and THE INNOVATIVE."  Designer and Trend Forecaster, Mallyce has been a part of the fashion industry for 11 years and now consults with contemporary brands like Kill City, Guy Baxter and Wasteland.  What is Trend Forecasting? "It’s about paying attention to the different & the diverse, the patterns that we recognize & the anomalies that disrupt & confound them." 

This month we feature the brand LAEKEN and its designer Mallyce Miller in our Creative Spotlight. 

Since street style plays an influence in the Laeken collection, whose personal style do you most admire?

I've always been a big fan of Nikki Moose's street style from the blog Dirty Flaws.  I would die to have her closet, but I would have to keep some of my own color in there. I can't wear black all the time.

(For the novices) What are Do's and Don't for designing in tie-dye? 

Do be creative and invent your own.   Do try one crazy dye on top of another.  Right now I am doing a collaboration with JOLYN a swimwear line (http://jolynclothing.com) and I'm putting one crazy snake print dye over a marbled dye. I'm excited, the designs will be out in a couple of months.

Don't have expectations.. Dyes are really hard, dyes change depending on the amount you dye, the fabric, the weight, the color, the treatment. You can tell them "make it look like this" and you will get a completely different outcome. I'm used to it by now, but you have to sample A LOT, because you never know what it's going to look like.  Sometimes the samples come out horribly, and other times they come out completely different than wanted but turn out more amazing than I could have imagined. 

DAYTONA SLASHED TEE w/side pocket 

Three places abroad that you would consider living?

Tokyo

Melbourne

Barcelona (but I've already lived there) 

Best advice you've been given in regards to starting your own line?

Learn under someone else's money+time first.

Never go into business with a good friend unless you have completely different jobs..but even then..beware.

Research research research....have a plan...but even then, you won't really ever be prepared for what you learn in the first year. 

Have a money plan!

Five favorite things about living & working in L.A.? 

*  It's always 78 degrees outside, so you are always able to drive/move fabric/carry patterns down the street without  having weather issues.  This also means you can have BBQs in tank tops at 5pm in January, like I did last week.

*  We have crazy fun dance classes like that at thesweatspotla.com

*  There are a ton of bars and restaurants to go to, and when you are just about bored of them, a new one comes in and takes over the space.  It's a good thing because it changes the city up...it's a bad thing because that means the places stop making money...but in many cases (or the ones that I am talking about), it's the actual owners that made a ton in the couple years it was open and they go back in and revamp it... And yes, I still love little dive bars and nook in the wall restaurants that have been there forever.

*  Coffee shops.. I live a lot of my life at coffee shops these days.  If I'm not downtown with patternmakers or contractors etc or at someone's office, I am visiting a different coffee shop to work on my laptop.  I have my studio to work at, but I like the variety and changing it up.

*  There are a ton of places to escape to for the weekend nearby: Joshua Tree, Palm Springs, Santa Barbara, Santa Ynez Wine Country and many spots to snowboard and camp. 

Follow Mallyce on Tumblr, Facebook, and Twitter. 

SHOP LAEKEN! 

Alexa Chung and the Pilgrim Collars

photo courtesy of Vero Moda SS12

Alexa Chung has been on a"pilgrimage" to bring back that schoolgirl collar.
Not a lot of girls can pull this off, you certainly have to be a lover of a
feminine style dress.  Luckily, we carry some charming assortments of
Alexa-like dresses a la pilgrim collar designed by Geronimo.  


Helena 2-Piece Dress 




Francis Dress 

There's even a little 1/2 of a pilgrim collar itching to come out.
Girls Night Out w/Zooey D.


Pilgrim is chic for day and night.

Titania Dress 

She dresses with a Jean Seberg influence. 

Alexa rocks that pilgrim collar like it's her signature. 

-mj

Best Dressed Bloggers: @5inchandup @agogofashion @chicmuse @ivaniacarpio @teekuh @theglamourai @leblogdebetty

5 inch and up - These pants.  These pants.  All I can think about. 

a go-go  -  Jennifer said it best, "Sometimes less is more." 

CHICMUSE - It's hard to wear all that white and not spill.  

So, I say a prayer Denni,  'cuz damn it's a good look. 

ellevictoire - Collegiate + Chic. 

KissMeQuick - Elegant and so charming. 

LOVE AESTHETICS - Ivania is my hair crush du jour.  Cool girls can rock an oversized 

wooly sweater and gold collar necklace.

Selective Potential - Prairie mini-dress with a Zooey Deschanel on the side.  

the glamourai - As always, Kelly is the sophisticated city slicker. 

Le Blog de Betty - Sheer soft sweater and floral pants are a winner. 

The Northern Light - Classic overcoat, that Celine bag and I love the fit of the beltless jeans.