Colorado Springs, Colorado: Part I

Readers!

I know I know. I've been a bad friend by not posting as much as I should. I am still trying to figure out the whole working full time and running a fashion blog thing part time. I wanted to update my readers on selling my stuff on E-bay and so far it has been going well! My seller name is jadato14 so if you want to find something to wear that I'm selling shop away! I will be listing more stuff soon for sale and want to start featuring more men's clothing too. 

This trip to Colorado was quite a while ago but it was still so beautiful not to share. Some pictures of myself are obviously shot by my husband so I can't take photo credit. This trip was something I wanted to do for some time so I could visit my friend from The Art Institutes and visit Garden of the Gods. Once again I didn't pack correctly for the weather but I'm weird and get hot really easily so I guess I was made for Colorado weather. I have a TON of other events I have gone to lately and have been busy organizing my crazy amounts of photos to share with you soon. I'm going to split this Colorado post into two parts because I took too many photos to fit it into one. Lucky you, right? Alright, I gotta hit the hay. Stay beautiful kids.

XOXO

JADATO

Lawrence 2013 Trip

Hi readers,

Well sorry for the long hiatus but the holidays took it out of me. I went to Lawrence, KS recently to spend some time with my friends and pretend I was 21 again. We had fun bbq'ing at my friend's house in Lawrence, walked to a park, and then headed to their local watering hole. It was fun being with everyone and just being able to walk back home after having a few pints. (That and a purple drink that tasted like Dimetapp). I plan on doing my first thrift store run soon this weekend and should have some posts about my finds soon. My new years resolution for 2014 is to post more stories soon. I hope my readers had a nice holiday and were able to relax. 

 

XOXO

JADATO

Robin Givhan/Fashion Pulitzer Prize Winner-Kansas City Central Public Library

Hi readers!

I was excited a few photos with you after attending the event for Robin Givhan. Here is a little description about the event from (Source: KC Library Robin Givhan). I was really nervous to meet her and I was even more nervous on how to dress for her. I have determined after meeting Ms. Givhan that she prefers to wear: a little black dress, her intellectual pair of glasses, and a pair of signature/designer shoes.

Givhan discusses the nexus of fashion and politics with Time magazine editor-at-large David Von Drehle in When Fashion Meets Power, the sixth and final 2013 presentation in the Library’s series Dateline: Washington with David Von Drehle, which provides an insider’s look at key issues in Washington, D.C., through the eyes of America’s top journalists.

Robin Givhan never planned to write fashion criticism.

“I don’t know of any fashion writer — working for a newspaper, anyway — for whom becoming a fashion writer was their ultimate goal,” she says.

“People who are passionately interested in fashion go directly to fashion magazines.

“My first love was writing and journalism. I wanted to be a newspaper writer. I fell into fashion almost by happenstance.”

Obviously it was more than mere happenstance that led to Givhan winning the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for criticism for her fashion coverage inThe Washington Post. The award committee cited her “witty, closely observed essays that transform fashion criticism into cultural criticism.”

Dateline Washington: When Fashion Meets Power

Thursday, December 5, 2013, at 6:30 p.m. at theCentral Library, 14 W. 10th St.

A 6 p.m. reception precedes the event. Free parking is available at the Library District Parking Garage at 10th & Baltimore.

RSVP online or call 816.701.3407

Told by an interviewer that he was in awe of her Pulitzer Prize, Givhan laughs and replies, “I know. I’m in awe of it, too!”

I was determined to ask a question so I was one of the lucky six people that were able to ask her a question at the end of the evening. I asked "With disposable fashion these days do you have a signature piece of clothing/fashion that you wouldn't give up and love?" She didn't really answer it directly but let me know that she doesn't prefer the term disposable fashion and does like to invest in higher quality pieces.

These public events are funny because people either want to talk about their "fashion or business" instead of sticking to just a question; people are also quick to flatter a speaker. I don't know how many times that night people spoke about her winning the only Pulitzer Prize ever for a fashion writer. Please, don't get me wrong, that is an amazing accomplishment but after hearing it ten times I got the point.

Enjoy the few photos I was able to sneak during the night and I am excited to attend more fashionable events in Kansas City. (Even if the weather was less than perfect)

XOXO

JADATO