Song of the Day: Free Lemonade for Everyone

Besides it being a beautiful, 63 degree, autumn feeling Tuesday in the city, turns out an unreleased song called "Lemonade" by Blu has pretty much made my morning nothing short of awesome. It seems as though no one really knows whether or not this song that was uploaded to YouTube this morning was uploaded by Blu and his people, but no one really cares. Lyrically, Blu does what Blu does best and kills the track, and with classic scratches and some dope drum breaks, well this is an instant put-on-repeat-all-day kind of jam. Plus, I love lemonade. So I was already biased towards this song from the jump. 

NYFW: Public School SS '13 Presentation

Backstage! 

The Set-Up 

The Presentation!

Nick Wooster

Dao-Yi Chow and Nick Wooster

Success!

Remember that time I worked a presentation at New York Fashion Week? And that time I met fashion icon Nick Wooster and Public School designer Dao-Yi Chow? Yea, that was yesterday. I'm actually still shocked that I got to experience all of it -- the absolute madness going on backstage, the stress of the 5 minutes before the doors open to the public (well the public allowed into the building), and the tons of bloggers, stylists, and big-time fashion icons walking around admiring the very same presentation I was working. One of the girls I was working with told me Victoria Beckham was in the building. I still can't believe it. I'm thankful my job was to walk around and take pictures with my iPhone for the hour long presentation, or else I would just be blogging about how much I loved being there. And that's just boring.

But more importantly, Public School. The collection was inspired by the concept of "structure", while the garments featured clean lines, strong form, and what seemed to be some asymmetry in some of the pieces. From their creation of worn-in looks to double breasted suits, Public School design duo Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell perfectly combined hard edged fashion with a softer side. The sounds of popped corks from champagne bottles marked the end of a very successful presentation and I got to personally thank Dao-Yi for a great show. All in all, my first experience of Fashion Week could not have gone any better, and I have Williamson PR and Showroom to thank for that. 

Song of the Day: Joey and the DOOM

In my opinion, anyone who has the courage to take on a DOOM beat deserves to be heard, at the least. Now anyone who takes on a DOOM beat and kills it? They deserve respect. I think I've listened to this song at least 12 times in the past 2 days and it definitely got me through some rough patches during the move in to my new dorm room (pictures to come, once everything is in order). I realized that the name of the song has something to do with the intro...Pinky and the Brain? Take over the world? It took me a little longer than it really should have, I'll admit. But seriously, take my advice: give it a listen, give it a play, and realize that good music is still out there somewhere not too far away (I didn't mean for it to rhyme or sound cheesy when I first typed this. I actually thought think it was clever, so I'm sticking with it). 

Note: I saw this comment on youtube: 

Joey Bada$$ + MF DOOM = 

JOEY BADOOM. 

I love it.