I am a shopaholic – really, I should be studied. I buy and buy and buy but sometimes I forget what I bought or “accidentally” buy doubles. Well I bought some doubles of some really cool products and am giving them to one super-fashionable ThisNext user.

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Be sure to follow me on Twitter because my big fashion week moment is happening today! I am still afraid that if I tell you what it is now I will jinx it. So just stayed tuned.

I am know that I am usually a mild mannered angel 99.9% of the time but sometimes I can be a bit trashy. Alright fine you got me, I am a mild mannered angel probably less than 20% of the time. Mild mannered or not there are some things that I rarely do, like eating pizza and drinking beer.

I have been dieting and exercising like a mad woman to drop 7lbs off my frame, which included going on a raw diet. Now don’t get me wrong I LOVE my raw diet and I intend on staying on it BUT there was no way I was leaving NYC without eating pizza.

So last night I decided if I was gonna do it, I was gonna do it. I grabbed all of the necessary supplies; a slice of pepperoni, a 6 pack of beer, and a peanut butter cookie the size of my head (cookies and peanut butter are 2 of my weaknesses) and headed back to my shitty hotel. Oh but I forgot one thing … a bottle opener. Due to the fact that my hotel sucks bong water and the front desk has nothing, I had to go ghetto.

What did I do? I used my leopard print Betsey Johnson hoop earrings to open the bottles. Yes, I did and that is why I am trashy. No hoop earrings were harmed in this act of trashiness and hopefully my waistline wasn’t damaged either.

1 part Fashion Kitty + 4 glasses of champagne + exhaustion from a long fashion-filled day =

Yeah that’s right! I got myself a little tipsy last night and went to the Empire State Building for the first time. I figured that the poor men that has to ride drunk people to the top of a building at 2am needed some fun too. Imagine how many times they hear “Can you take our picture?” I almost pulled that nonsense then decided a photo like this would be more fun.

Part of me can’t believe I am posting this. It looks like I have no neck and I am not sure what is possessing me to stick my ass out like that. Must have been the champagne talking.

I may have missed the Fashion Week kick off party at 10022-SHOE on Thursday night but that wasn’t going to stop me from going to the famed 8th shoe department at Saks 5th Avenue. I took the express elevator that goes right up the 8th floors where all of the glorious shoes live and the display the Wizard of Oz ruby red slippers.

I wish you all could have seen my face, you would have got to see what pure joy looked like. I saw Gucci, I saw Prada, and I saw some of the finest Louboutin’s money could buy. Of course not my money, LOL! I walked out with a limited edition Wizard of Oz bracelets, which was $20 and all proceeds go to support The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation. I also got a chocolate bar that has Dorothy and Toto on it. I will clearly never eat the candy but it sure is delicious to look at.

I have only seen PETA protesters on television ruining fashion people’s fun (storming the runways, throwing fake blood on people) but I have never seen them in person … until now.

Now don’t get me wrong animals are cool and all but seriously, leave people alone. Those nutty ass protesters got on the runway at DKNY and were shouting like maniacs outside of the tents.
But here is the best part …

Its SPRING you morons!!! No one is wearing fur in the spring. Maybe I missed the memo but I am pretty sure fur is worn in the fall/ winter. If you are going to protest at least have the facts. They ended up looking like total douche bags that just wanted media attention. Well PETA, you got it.

I am originally from the east coast (DC Metro area) and originally wanted to live in New York City but then I moved to L.A. I went to L.A. expecting to hate it but as it turns out … I freaking love it. Not only do I love it but now I kinda hate New York. I hated the shit out of New York yesterday because the rain and humidity RUINED my hair. Thank goodness I have friends like The Makeup Girl and 99 Products. Those girls hooked me up and made my hot mess head of hair look like a head of fabulous Edie-chic hair. Love them!!!

The process:
The end result:

My morning plans got squashed today and all of the runway shows that I am hitting are later this evening. So I had the whole afternoon open to explore New York and meet up with a few fellow fashion bloggers. Not to be controlled by New York’s awful humidity and 100% chance of rain I strapped on my Patricia Field bondage shoes and headed out.

I started walking towards the tents and was actually going to take a cab to FIT but I suddenly got very brave and decided to walk. All of you New Yorkers are probably laughing at me right now but I am coming from LA where walking is unheard of.

The walk wasn’t so bad, well aside from the cat calls and bad pick-up lines. “Hey girl you smell good! What kinda perfume you got on!” doesn’t turn me on. I had to look this one up but someone said to me “Tu es perfecto pero muy flaco.” Apparently in this greasy man’s eyes I am perfect but too thin. Little does he know my broken body image takes that as a compliment.

Anyways, I did make it to FIT in one piece and saw the new exhibit called Gothic “Dark Glamour.” I really enjoyed it as it goes right along with my new look for fall 2008. The exhibit featured pieces by Alexander McQueen, Rick Owens, Rodarte’s 2008/9 collection based on Japanese horror films, and more.

Not only were there some amazing garments, there were some really cool quotes written on the walls …

“Fashion must die and die quickly, in order that it can begin to live” — Coco Chanel

” One must forgive fashion everything, because it dies so young” — poet Jean Cocteau (friend of Coco)

“Fashion mocks death” — philosopher Walter Benjamin

The end of my afternoon was like death to my hair. It started raining as I was heading back to my hotel and apparently NYC cab drivers don’t let wet people. I suppose two years in Los Angeles has completely spoiled me because I can no longer handle moisture (unless it’s in a pool) and humidity. Hoping that tonight will be dry and tomorrow will be a sunnier day.