Thursday, May 21, 2009

True Birds-a real chic(k) blog

Hello Bird readers! We've officially begun. We are thrilled to introduce to you our fab contributing bloggers that are going to keep you current, stylish and full of fun beauty and fashion ideas. We will be posting on the True Birds blog at least 5 x a week so we truly hope you fly on by as often as you can! xoxoxo

Occupation: Fashion and Beauty editor at Dance Spirit, a national monthly teen magazine. I also freelance for publications, like Time Out New York.
Location: NYC! I'm a native New Yorker and totally obsessed with Manhattan.
Fashion Icon: Rachel Bilson. She's a petite brunette (like me!) and always looks super chic.
Stylish somebody I've met: Nina Garcia—well, not officially, I used to open her mail when I interned at Elle back in 2003 (I was 18, and it was my first internship ever!). I recently saw her out in NYC. She's so stylish.
Most interesting fashion gig: The first fashion show I ever attended, it was Bryan Reyes Spring 2007 RTW collection, and I got to go because I was freelancing in the online fashion department at New York's website nymag.com. As the Dance Spirit fashion editor, I now get invited to some of the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week shows. It's inspiring to be in the middle of all of that buzz. Another exciting part of my career has been styling DS fashion shoots, especially when we use glamorous dancers as models, like the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes or a bunch of Broadway stars.
Fav True Birds accessory: Right now I'm really into my pink leaf beaded headband. Fall is my favorite season so I think I'm drawn to leaf accessories, like I have this gorgeous pair of gold leaf earrings from London.
Beauty Must: My Chi hair iron. I have naturally curly hair and use it to smooth out my side-bangs.

Favorite Bird: Peacock. A flamboyant bird like that belongs in the fashion world.
*Lauren will be posting today, May 21st, on Summer Hairstyles for you to try with the launch of Summer this Memorial Day Weekend!
Name: Summer
Occupation: Editor of ELIZA Magazine, www.elizamagazine.com
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Fashion Icon: Audrey Hepburn
Stylish somebody I've met: Love Brooke White's style
Most interesting fashion gig: Modeled with Ford Models, clients included A&F, Clairol, Sears, WWD, Glamour, Seventeen, Macy's, etc.
Fav True Birds Accessory: Lavish
Beauty Must: Dr. Pepper Bonne Bell Lipgloss
Favorite Bird: Swans, because the usually mate for life and can be seen kissing.


Name: Cassandre, C.G
Occupation: Personal shopper/stylist
Location: L.A
Fashion Icon: None in particular but i love the 20's. Art Deco, boy Cut, Flapper dress etc.
Stylish somebody I've met: My high school principal Clara Lisa Kabbaz. When she decided to finally cut off her long locks to a shorter wavy 20's inspired flapper hair, her total appearance changed as well as her taste. Since then, i am always so eager to visit my old High school because i love to see what new handbag and jewelry she's wearing.
Most interesting Fashion gig: As a Fashion student I was a dresser for a Fashion show at Barneys. The models weren't anybody of high standard, but just being surrounded by their beautiful tall bodies and clothing, such as Alexander Wang, Marc Jacobs, Lanvin, Miu miu and many other was ecstasy and visually compensating. It was such an honor for me to be a part of the show and most importantly having full responsibility of (touching) the clothing.
Fav True Bird: Flirtatious Feathering in plush plume and Lavish Lavender (those pieces coming soon to truebirds.com!)
Beauty Must: I got to have my blush. I am never creative with my makeup, because i like subtlety on my face but blush is my key to beauty. Being brunette and having blue eyes, blush brings my eyes and freckles out!
Favorite Bird: The Crow, I'm always curious to what they are saying.
**Cassandre's first post, Summer Sandals, is Wednesday, May 27th.
Name: Brittany Gharring
Occupation: Super fabulous hairstylist/ makeup artist 
Location: S
unny San Diego
Most interesting fashion gig: P
ersonal hair/makeup artist for CBS reporter amber valdez{VH1 save the music foundation red carpet/MTV music awards red carpet/daily delivery CBS mobile/ KODAK theatre, Project Runways’s Jerrel and Karto’s fahion show and red carpet event{yes..that is all one event.}.
Fav True Birds Accessory: The embellished floral, wear it every day!
Beauty Must: dry shampoo bumbles surf spray
Favorite Bird: The Love bird of course

Names: Heidi and Heather
Occupation: Accessory Designers
Location: L.A. (Heather) and San Diego (Heidi)
Fashion Icon: Sienna Miller
Stylish somebody we've met: Our Great Aunt Verlene, she always had the most jazzed up hats with matching suits. She gave us custom paper dolls of herself that someone had made which included paper accessories for every occasion. We credit those custom paper dolls to teaching us how to accessorize!
Most interesting fashion gig: Sharing beauty products one-on-one with editors from Vogue, Glamour, Allure, Lucky, Harper's Bazaar, Teen Vogue, Marie Claire, Elle, InStyle and others in NYC.
Fav True Birds Accessory: Budding Chiffon (one of the items Nordstrom will be carrying!)
Beauty Must: Biosilk, we both use it to tame down our semi-curly hair! Ooooh...we also both love Bare Minerals.
Favorite breed of bird: Robin, the Robin brings joy wherever it goes, thats what we would like to do in our own lives too!

1 comments:

The George's said...

Excited to check out your new blog!