NYFW Experience Days 1& 2

Wishing Fabulous Friday to you all!
At last!!!! I can share my experience of New York Fashion week with you guys! I have been super busy since I returned from NYC and am glad I can finally share with you guys! Sorry to have kept you waiting!

So lets dig in! This was my first NYFW, so I was a tad nervous and wasn't sure what to expect. I did go with a fabulous group of bloggers from Houston, so they were a huge help all around. Over all I REALLY enjoyed myself! I didn't network as much as I wanted to, but I did ok for my first go round. Definitely didn't shop as much as I wanted, but I do enough of that at home! Had to stay focused! I DO plan to go next September, yes ma'am! I'll skip February all together for Fall Fashion because I can certainly pass on a the NY cold!!! I doubt if I can bare it! As much walking as I did, I cant even imagine doing that in the dead of Winter! Tuh!

Day 1: 9/8/2016

After I landed in NYC, I was ready to roll! I went and picked up my media credentials for the shows for Style fashion week, window shopped a bit and grabbed a bite to eat.
I started my evening off with drinks at the Monarch rooftop bar of our hotel with some of the ladies. Super cute and New York-ish! No...Sex in The City-ish! Beautiful view and fabulous people! After wards, I attended a show sponsored by Fashion Gallery (#FGNYFW) for Antinoo menswear. A new emerging line, created by a beautiful female designer, Lily Montes from Colombia! Although her offerings were super simple, I loved the colors! Great for Spring/Summer and just enough to make a statement! The line featured button down tops, blazers as well as slacks and board shorts. I liked the collection overall. It wasn't over the top or "too much"...It was just right! I absolutely loved that ombre like blazer! The show venue was small but cute; The Prince George Gallery. Not room for a huge runway and rows of seat like I imagined but it was still a nice setting and actually made way for more meeting other show goers and networking. My girls and I SLAYED(per the other show attendees, lol)! Everyone wanted our pics! Yass for the first night!!!

Waiting on the show with my girls

Antinoo menswear line

Antinoo models on the runway

Day 2: 9/9/2016

More shows! Started off at The Prince George Gallery with another Fashion Gallery show, this time designer Vivienne Pash. Pash is Jamaican born, now based in NYC. Her designs are modern,  ready to wear designs. I absolutely loved that beautiful red dress! What I didn't like about the FGNYFW shows was that there would be a show at 6pm.... For less than 10 minutes and that was it!! Next show like 2 hours later. I want to say that towards the end of NYFW, the location changed and they had more designers with longer shows. 

This dress is perfect for a Spring wedding or formal function

Met this fab div-o hosting the FG shows

Couture Fashion Week was fab! A real show setup! Yay! Held at the Crown Plaza Times Square, they had shows each night at 4/6/8 with about 3 designers in each show. There was a designated "press pit" with all media, which was great as far as getting a good view of everything. Great for pics and footage. It was a tad crowded though, which made it a bit difficult. My favorite designer this night was Sushma Patel. She had 2 lines! A more modern Americanized line, as well as a traditional East Indian themed line. Loved all the beautiful designs and vibrant colors of the Indian line! The modern line was beautiful as well but y'all know I love color! They also featured 2 other designers, Play Buffalo By Becki Bitternose and Tishynah Buffalo. They are both Native American designers with lines that are more tribal/native themed. Beautiful designs!

In the press pit

Modern Designs by Sushma Patel

Sushma Patel's East Indian inspired design

Becki Biternose and her designs/models

One of Tishynah Buffalo's designs and models

Style Fashion Week was my favorite! Hammerstein Ballroom in Manhattan is where Style FW was located. Same as Couture FW, Style has multiple designer shows, 3-4 times each day. I loved Style FW because of the energy there! Everything was so ...about FASHION! The set up was awesome, and even though everything was SO busy...everything ran smoothly. Beautiful designs and people....just like the fabulous fashions shows and events you see on t.v! Showing this night were Mario De La Torre, David Tupaz and BBTC Nation(which I missed). Mario had simple but very detailed designs. He used great colors for Spring/Summer. Not your normal orange or hot pink, ya know? The beautiful dresses and pantsuits were my fav!
Ok and besides prints and bold colors, I LOVE black and white stripes! So you KNOW Davis Tupaz's collection was EVERYTHING to me! What I loved is that he created a variety of styles. From cute day time event wear to Kentucky Derby like. Loved, loved, loved OK?

Designer Mario De La Torre and models after his show

These Stripes though!!

Overall, I had an AWESOME experience. I am so thankful and blessed that I was able to go. I stepped out of my comfort zone and I'm so glad that I did. Met some awesome new people and experienced some great new things! Just one move in the right direction! Everything after that fell into place! I didn't think that I would be able to do the majority of the things I did while there. What I did was stopped my "stinking thinking" and just MADE A MOVE! And Crysy went to NYFW! Thank God for that!

 I think next year I will recap while I'm actually in NYC. I didn't anticipate taking THIS long to post! Def learned a few things on this first go round! I hope you guys enjoyed reading! Let me get to working on this 3rd and 4th day post!

XoXo

-Crysy

Looking Yummy With A Tummy

Ladies!

Let's be real. We all have an area(s) of our body that we'd like to work on or wish there was something we could do to change it permanently.
For ME, it's my tummy! This "problem area" as some call it, and myself definitely have a love/hate relationship.
Fashionably, it makes wearing some items almost impossible (In MY Opinion). Shape wear or foundation is always an option.....BUT those are tricky as well and most times uncomfortable!
As style guru Sarah Shah, wrote about in her book(with the same title), you gotta "Dress Yourself Skinny"!
Often times, when I post pictures on social media, there is at least one person that comments about weight loss. I take it as a compliment, but No, I haven't lost weight... I just know how to "minimize" the appearance of my tummy!
"How do you do that?", you ask.
It's simple! I promise!
-Your bra! Wearing the improper bra size can definitely make you appear larger and more shapeless than you actually are. Dillard's, Victoria Secret, JC Penny and many more retailers offer bra fittings at no cost!
- Wear a (dark) top or an accessory that will take the focus off of your tummy. It also makes your waist appear smaller. I like wearing off the shoulder tops as well as big chunky necklaces. You can also add a belt!
-Wear a bottom that will SMOOTH
the tummy, not SQUEEZE it! We all love a cute form fitting dress/skirt, but honey if that tummy is showing and pooched out because of it being too tight, LIG(Let It Go)!  I love skater and a-line dresses and skirts for THIS very reason! Those styles don't hug at your tummy area and place more focus on your waist! And make your body appear smaller!
-Patterns widen the appearance of your hips!
-A bottom with a gathered waist and/or wide waistband works great as well!
-Jumpsuits and rompers are great, as well as long as they aren't too form fitting in the stomach area. They seem to smooth the tummy area and accentuate your behind! 😉
Get in your closet! See what you can find! Drop a few pounds without the gym.
Thank me later!
XoXo
Crysy

Prints are our friends, ladies!!! When worn properly, might I add. On this model, the black off the shoulder top, gatheted waist and all over pattern make her waist appear smaller, as well as places focus on her shoulders and not her tummy area.

An A-line dress!! Dress has a gathered waist and doesn't hug her tummy! Add a belt and, voila! 😊

A romper! Added a big chunky neclace! It gathers at the waist with the help of a cute belt and smoothed out her tummy area!