When Vogue Italia/ Harper's Bazaar stylist Berthold Jean-Charles invited me to the, "On The Rise Curated Pop-Up Shop", event this past Saturday, of course I had to invite my peoples. (If you know me well... you know I have very few peoples)

My home skillet and I made our way to the Lower East Side to get our mingle on, to take a peek at what these emerging brands had to offer, and to drink a little bubbly.

Now earlier in the day I was feeling like ultra crap due to back pains and general discomforts all over my body, so I'll be honest, my ass was fittna go absolutely nowhere...but I pulled it together last minute, got dressed and lugged myself there.

When it came to attire I decided to wear the most comfortable, yet somewhat amped, outfit possible.

Not to mention it was a little bit brick outside, which I wasn't feeling.

So I wore my sequin sleeved anorak, a basic 3/4 sleeve top, a statement necklace, a cream colored rosette skirt, leggings, my trusty taupe boots, and my black and cream little bag to tie it all in.

I also brought my chevron printed shimmery scarf for the late hour chilly-weather.

What I'm Wearing:

Statement necklace from H&M. $12
Top from Oldnavy.com. $10
Rosette Skirt from Forever21.com. $19.80
Anorak from Wetseal.com. $15 (on sale from $44)
Leggings from Rainbow. $7
Boots from Dots.com. $32 (Currently closed down)
Bracelet from Burlington Coat Factory. $7
Bag from Rainbow. $27
Scarf from Burlington Coat Factory. $10

My homie kept it simple but cute in her burgundy skinnies, black peplum top, and her distressed shearling jacket.

What She's Wearing:

Scarf. (Gifted)
Jacket from Asos.com. $30 (on sale from one million dollars)
Jeans from H&M. $24.95
Boots from Macy's. $???
Bag from Rainbow. $24
Top from JCP.com. $20

Ran into Berthold Jean-Charles at the event, of course...

Angelica and I took the opportunity to act foolish with some of the pieces.

( I look far more deranged than she.)

And of course, Berthold wanted me to take a few images of him on his night.

Overall, I had a good time, drank the bubblies, at some treats that they provided, made some new connections, and was happy I dragged my butt out of my house to attend this event.

My creative counterpart, Angelica Vanessa, asked me to be the stylist for her photo shoot a few weeks ago. Of course I said yes, and of course I asked if I could photograph this amazing model and document the end product of our outstanding work together.

It took a few days to gather all the pieces, as we were both busy with other projects as well, but after taking a few trips to some of our favorite places to shop we were able to pull some beautiful pieces. And with the addition of the accessories, predominately from my own collection, we had ourselves a lookbook ready to shoot.

The day of the shoot I put on my stylist/make-up artist/photographer/photographers assistant hat, and we set out to have a killer session.

Now I wasn't the main photographer for this shoot, but I did manage to capture a few shots in the process...cause come on...