NEW york

I finally got home from New York last Sunday... It was such an amazing trip, full of shopping, designing and sewing at FIT, walking through almost every single neighborhood in Manhattan, seeing shows/ concerts, and hanging out in Central Park, all with my best friend.

I know this is a style blog, but this can't go unmentioned... My friend and I saw Black Eyed Peas perform on Good Morning America- and we were front row and center. It was AMAZING. They performed 3 songs and then the guys did some improv rapping, while Fergie just kind of went "shooby dooby doo" (not too impressive).

We also saw the cast of American Idiot perform some songs on GMA, which was also amazing. Then my friend and I actually went to the Broadway show. It was pretty mediocre, although there were a couple of cuties in it so I can't complain. And, strangely enough, we saw one of the actors (my favorite one) at a restaurant on the last day of our trip-and got a picture with him.

Besides all of that, my friend and I spent a lot of time shopping. Soho, the Upper West Side, Nolita, the Upper East Side, the East Village, Chelsea, you name it, we went there.

There were a few stores in particular that I fell in love with (and remembered what they are called): Trash and Vaudeville, Topshop, All Saints, Bergdorf Goodman, and the Young Designers' Market. Since there's waaaay too much to cover in one post, I'll just cover a couple things at a time.

Here I am in an Urban Outfitters blouse, white True Religion shorts, my new All Saints brown leather boots, and some new bracelets from markets in NYC:

These lace-up boots are from the store in SoHo called All Saints (which actually has a location on Robertson Blvd also). I love their worn-in look, and they are so versatile- they can be folded or laced all the way up, and can give any outfit a tougher look. All Saints had a huge selection of shoes, clothes, and accessories that are this style, which I love.

The bracelet on the left was about $2.50 from some street market in Chelsea. There were

very few of this exact style, so I felt lucky to find my intial. The leather bracelet on the right is a wrap

bracelet from the Young Designers Market in the Nolita area. The designer, Marc Bernstein,

actually there was selling them... Everything of his was so chic. He even has some stuff in Barneys.

Anyway, I can't believe how well these two bracelets go together- it was definitely meant to be.

Words cannot describe what a major score New York was. More fabulous purchase posts to

come...

xoxo stylista