Chic Interview: A la Femme

September 15, 2008 | Tags: Chic Interview 

A little bit savvy, a little bit boho, and a little big gorgeous is how we’d describe our latest interviewee.  Meet 22 year old Kelly who hails from the Windy City.  Her love for fashion and design has evolved into a blog that spills her hopes and fashion dreams.  Keep your eye out for this hot designer, we sure are.

Chic Intuition: We love hearing from fashionistas on how they started their blogs. Do
spill please!

Kelly: Well, anyone who knows me, knows I talk A LOT. My family and friends can all attest
to having to listen to hours and hours of me talking about fashion, shopping, designers, etc. So I just decided to give them a break, but still have a release to talk about these things.  I originally started chatting on fashion forums which is where I was introduced to the idea of starting a blog.

Chic Intuition: Now, we noticed that you sew a lot of your own clothing, and they are just fab. Do you see fashion anywhere in your future? And in what amount?

Kelly: Yes, of course, I love fashion and everything about it. I actually majored in fashion design in college. I would love to design for a fashion house, that would be simply amazing to me or even to create my own clothing line. I have even taken up wardrobe styling and am currently toying with the idea of adding Journalism to my major so I can possibly write articles for magazines. The jury’s still out though.

Chic Intuition: We sensed that you are quite the family girl. Do your mother or sisters have any influence on your style sense?

Kelly: When I was younger my sisters influenced my style, but as I’ve gotten older we have all just gravitated toward completely different styles of dressing. I still value their opinions but other than accessories our taste differs.

Chic Intuition: Anything you regret donning?

Kelly: Oh don’t make me say it. I cringe at the idea of me wearing those off brand “Manolo Blahnik/Jenny From The Block” boots. Yes I admit it, I was one of those girls to wear those boots and I loved them. But now as I look back I can’t help but say, “what was I thinking.”

Chic Intuition: Online shopping: addictive or annoying?

Kelly: Are you kidding….addictive. Oh I am a slave to 3:00 a.m. online shopping. Shopbop.com, tobi.com, and eBay.com have all fallen prey to my late night shopping addictions. I think I need help.

Chic Intuition: In your Gucci Fall 08 post, you managed to single-handedly transcend the runway looks into real life snapshots. How easy/hard for you is it to mirror fashion house trends?

Kelly: I guess its relatively easy. As I view a runway I mentally go through which items I have in my closet that flows with that collection. But then again, I am like a packrat. I still have clothes from when I was 12, I know scary. But that makes it so much easier to find pieces that fit into a collection when I have a large variety to choose from.

Chic Intuition: Scenario: your fave fashion house is closing down. What item of theirs would you scurry to save and why?

Kelly: Hands down Balenciaga’s harness boots from fall 06 and of course Chanel’s original quilted clutch. Both had big impacts on the fashion world. Chanel’s quilted handbag is always timeless. And of course Balenciaga’s sculpted harness boots (both ankle and knee high version) are simply amazing to me.

Chic Intuition: Finally, philosophical question time. How tight is too tight?

Kelly: I always do a pinch test, if there isn’t enough give in the fabric for a pinch then its too tight.

*Images courtesy of alafemme.blogspot.com.  Graphics courtesy of Chic Intuition Inc.

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