Bill Cunningham on Fashion!
March 30, 2011
Need time on my post. So for now I leave you with his quote that summed up everything for me!
”Fashion is the armour to survive the reality of everyday life. I don’t think you could do away with it. It would be like doing away with civilization.” -Bill Cunningham
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| photographer Bill Cunningham at work. |
Boy Meets Day to Night Outfit Girl
March 29, 2011
Photo taken by Dj Blue Steel with my new DROID THUNDERBOLT (yes photo quality better then my blackberry indeed. And I was able to edit from my camera and make this fancy border ya!)
Top: Lush
Vest: Boy Meets Girl(R)
Shorts: Margaret Loves
Leggings/Tights: Bloomingdales Aqua
Shoes: Libertas
Background drawing: by DJ London(my amazing assistant who drew that picture of me)
Constant updates and more to come...
March 27, 2011
I have been working on many updates and it seems that I am continually updating something(my websites stacyigel.com and my new e-commerce website http://www.boymeetsgirlusa.com/ (coming soon), my twitter accounts @stacyigel & @boymeetsgirlusa, my facebook pages stacyigel & boymeetsgirl etc..) to keep you updated on what is happening around me and my brand Boy Meets Girl(R). Yes there is a lot to keep up with and sometimes it is overwhelming but I enjoy every moment and I love all of your feedback on each step of the way. I would love to know what you think of my new Stacy Igel website. I will be updating this site twice a month. Let me know how you like these two sections. xo Stacy
1. My Top 5 tips
http://stacyigel.com/tips.html
2. My Midnight Inspirations
http://stacyigel.com/midnight.html
Looking forward to hearing your feedback.
There might be Snow here in NYC but made sure to bring color to my wardrobe and the sun came out!
March 24, 2011
Photos taken by Dj Blue Steel with my Blackberry
Sweater: Banana Republic
Orange Shirt: Richard Nicoll
Denim: Genetic Jeans
Pin: Boy Meets Girl(R) coming soon on my new e-commerce website boymeetsgirlusa.com!
Bracelet: Vintage
Rings: From Venice
Watch: Hamilton Vintage (Dj Blue Steel's grandfather's ...it is broken but i like it that way)
Keep Calm and Keep Moving (picture taken on Europe inspiration trip 2011)
March 22, 2011
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Fabric Mill in Leicester UK with my good friend and celebrity hair stylist Miss Tara Smith   |
Boy Meets Museum Weekend Girl at FIT!
March 20, 2011
I would like to start this out by giving a standing ovation to the amazing curator of the Museum at FIT, Valerie Steele, and her amazing team. You can learn more about Valerie here.
Somehow, I neglected to visit the museum after speaking to the students at FIT about my brand, Boy Meets Girl®, a few months ago. In fact, I had NEVER been to the museum before! It is so important to make sure you take a moment out of your busy life to experience the culture of your surroundings, wherever and whatever that might be. There's a lot of talent out there to inspire you...
Anyway, when I heard that the Vivienne Westwood exhibit would be showing at the Museum at FIT, I knew I had to go see it before it closed on April 2nd. I studied in London for a year while also working for English designer, Zandra Rhodes. That's where I first learned of Vivienne Westwood and fell in love with her work. So I was eager to get myself over to FIT and dragged DJ Blue Steel with me. It was truly amazing. When I got to the Museum I saw the two other exhibits showing there first, saving Vivienne Westwood for my fashion dessert! Below, a recap in order of how I saw them.
Very close to my heart (I love mixing menswear accents into my daily styling and into Boy Meets Girl®). And DJ Blue Steel enjoyed this too because he got a chance to see men’s clothing lol!
My Cliff’s Note: His & Hers compares men’s and women’s clothing from the 19th century to the present, highlighting their differences-and their similarities.
Highlights for me:
1920's
1920's
-Flappers were not simply a reflection of women's liberation; rather, they actually contributed to a new perception of women and, eventually, a new reality.
-Coco Chanel was extremely influential during the 20's and 30's.
1950's
Sportsmaker (Tom Brigance)
Sportsmaker (Tom Brigance)
His amazing polka dot sateen jumper - you know I am the jumper girl - was a piece I was immediately drawn to. To my great surprise and dismay, I'd never heard of this designer. It was exciting to see his work and learn about someone new (at least to me). I couldn’t take a picture and cannot find so you will have to see in person. But, I did find a great piece of his here at yumyumvintage.
Another designer that I fell in love with but had never heard of! You know I love wearing and designing jumpers and shorts so when I walked into the room and saw these shorts (hot pants actually) they were calling my name. Again no picture available but definitely worth it to head down and see these hot pants!
1975
Calvin Klein
Women’s velvet jumpsuit
Women’s velvet jumpsuit
Interesting fact talking about the unisex of jumpsuits!
Picture not available
My Cliff’s Note: This is the first exhibition to explore contemporary Japanese fashion in all its radical creativity, from high fashion to street style.
Highlights for me:
2005
Comme Des Garcons (Rei Kawakubo)
Highlight: Black leather jacket/ballerina ensemble
Picture from FIT website
2005-06
Undercover (Jun Takashi)
Highlight: OBSESSED! with this laser skull black wool felt cut out dress
No picture available so make sure to check out!
No picture available so make sure to check out!
2008-09
Han Ahn Soon
Mondrian Hello Kitty Dress in sequins
Han Ahn Soon
Mondrian Hello Kitty Dress in sequins
I heart Hello Kitty big time, and this dress is just cool and playful. I would rock it.
No picture available so make sure to check out!
2008-09
No picture available so make sure to check out!
2008-09
h.NAOTO (Hirooka Naoto)
Vintage lace dress with toy necklaces and stuffed animals. Gothic Lolita dress ensemble.
Vintage lace dress with toy necklaces and stuffed animals. Gothic Lolita dress ensemble.
Picture from FIT website
3)DRUMROLL... I finally made it to the Vivienne Westwood Exhibit!!
My Cliff’s Note: Vivienne Westwood is known for her untraditional approach to fashion and taking tradition into the future.
Highlights for me:
1988
The "Statue of Liberty" dress from her Autumn Time Machine collection
Leather, synthetic lame, silk tulle
I would like to rock this in several different colorways! Can you hear me Vivienne ;)
Picture from FIT website
1980_89
Vivienne Westwood collaborated with the band Bow Wow Wow and dressed the artists from the band for their famously kitchy video, “I Want Candy”. This was first introduced on MTV in 1982.
*As you know, I love collaborating with musicians and I was intrigued to see how Vivienne Westwood did the same*
Picture from FIT website
The Museum at FIT info below:
Hours: Tues-Fri: 12pm-8pm & Sat: 10am-5pm
Boy Meets Friday Girl...check out below ;) To a creative Weekend!
March 18, 2011
contacted me regarding this amazing magazine and if I would be interested in featuring some of their exclusive photos on my blog. I got a chance to check out Glass Magazine's website and mantra and I was SOLD.
Glass magazine aims to bring integrity
and guardianship to creative culture, by providing access to the genuinely
inspiring adventures in fashion, art, music and design that allow us
to further imagine and create.
To find out where to purchase the magazine check it out here
Sadie May(one of my models on my recent shoot) just made my Day...
March 17, 2011
I hope everyone is having a great day. I received this package today from Sadie May one of the amazing models on my recent 2 day photo shoot for the launch of my e-commerce website for my brand Boy Meets Girl(R). Sadie was supposed to shoot 2 days with me but on the 2nd day we never saw Sadie. We were very concerned and reached out to Sadie this week to make sure she was ok. Luckily she was but last Friday she left her purse in a cab and lost her phone/wallet etc etc etc. Below is the letter from Sadie to me and my team here at Boy Meets Girl(R). This is why I love what I do even if I work a million hours a day. I know I am doing something right when I get an amazing letter like below. Enjoy. And thank you so much Sadie May for being an incredible person and amazing model to work with. Look out for Sadie soon on www.boymeetsgirlusa.com.
xo,
Stacy
here are tidbits from her letter
"I want to thank you Stacy, Michelle( my assistant) , everyone at BMG, thank y'all so much for such an awesome opportunity and experience. I had so much fun at this shoot, working with this team, and it truely was that, a TEAM. Everyone was just so cool and so great and talented and so warm and welcoming. It was a family-like atmosphere and the whole day just kicked ass! It was a REFRESHING feeling in the midst of my city transition. Last, I had planned to give y'all these(bracelets) the last day of shooting but since I was unable to, it is still important to me that you get them. When I first emailed Michelle about the casting I briefly explained my story and my "brazelets". They are the reason I made it to NYC and I will continue to make and pass them along to remind everyone to always "blaze your OWN path". I admire Stacy, and this line so much because of the MESSAGE it sends and everything it is, in and outside of fashion. Since, I lost Michelle's number, I felt like good o'l fashion mail would be more personal than an email. I hope it was. Sadie May"
And yes miss Sadie May your o'l fashion mail meant the world to us all.
As you stated "blaze your OWN path"
Thank you!
Stacy
p.s. thank you also for the amazing music mix. We have been listening to it all day here in the office.
Happy St. Patty's Day! Wanted to share one of my favorite new bands with you :)
Thanks Jared for the amazing recommendation
PicNik, Polyvore...I am addicted. What's next?
March 14, 2011
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| My New Year's Eve Whistle :) Love playing with PicNik...you know I have loved Polyvore before anyone knew about it. Now what to do..just discovered PicNik and it is like an easy Photoshop. It is AMAZING. So great for young designers to have fun with. Love playing with my Boy Meets Girl(R) logo and being creative with ideas to go inside the logo. will keep you posted on an idea I am thinking about for you all to play with. So many ideas..so excited.. xx Stacy
Below are sets I found of amazing girls using my Boy Meets Girl(R) totebags in their sets. Amazing! love!
I love seeing the different perspectives of where you all would use my totebags :) Keep them coming!!!
 Back to School by MĪ±ŃŃŃ JoŠøĪ±s.} ♥ featuring a knit tote bag Below is my springtime piece:) Shirt is sold out but more amazing shirts to come very soon on www.boymeetsgirlusa.com :) |
Day 2- Boy Meets Girl® product shoot!
March 12, 2011
Now that I've had some time to relax after 2 days of creative directing/styling the Boy Meets Girl® product shoot, I can update you on day 2 of the shoot! As mentioned before, day 1 was amazing;
the team was a huge help and everything went extremely smooth.
Day 2 was a little more difficult, since we were all exhausted from the prior day, but what was Amazing about Day 2 was when I walked in to the studio at 8:30am everyone was already there and call time was 9am! So I knew it was going to a successful productive day. And it was! Everyone's hard work and long hours pulled it off. On Day 2, the amazing Ali Lang co-styled with me. I love working with Ali. Thank you Ali.
We couldn't have asked for a better photographer, Javier Oddo was fantastic. His "eye" for a shot and how he captures a look is remarkable! Obviouslyyyy I wanted to share some photos with you also, before they are on the website :) Again, had some time to play around on Picnik to edge them up even more!
I snapped these pics on my Blackberry between shots, absolutely love them :-) This Spring/Summer 2011 collection has been one of favorites thus far, from having it walk down the NYFW runway last September to shooting an amazing campaign video, it has all been a dream!
Not only does my new website launch, but we hope to also have a surprise for you on March 31st! :-)
Have a great weekend
xo Stacy
p.s. Thank you again to the whole crew from Day 1 & Day 2 for helping me make this an incredible shoot.
Day 1: Boy Meets Girl® Spring/Summer 2011 Photo Shoot captured on Video :)
March 11, 2011
Thank you team Day 1 and Team Day 2 (we didn't have time to video day 2 ..so thank you the rest of the crew for being amazing). I will recap more later. As you can see from Day 1...I am very tired. So more to come next week. Boy Meets Weekend Girl. Until then.
xx
Day 1- Boy Meets Girl® product shoot!
March 10, 2011
Today was day 1 of a 2 day shoot we have for the Boy Meets Girl(R) e-commerce website! I can't even describe how excited I am for the new & improved www.boymeetsgirlusa.com to launch March 31st! Not only is the design & layout completely revamped, but you'll finally be able to shop the Spring/Summer 2011 collection online!!!
We started our day at 8:45am, which was a little rough, but exciting. Again, I was amazed at the ARMY that showed up to help. From hairstylists, to assistants we had so much help to make this shoot amazing. You guys are the absolute best, this would not be possible without you all! (Don't worry, tomorrow we will be posting a behind-the-scenes video we shot all day)
Around lunchtime my good friend Kat De Luna stopped by, which really made my day! She is heading out on a new tour in France, and has asked me to style her with some Boy Meets Girl(R). It was great to hang out and chat for a little amidst the shoot.
8pm and I'm exhausted, yet I still had time to play around with a few photos from today ;) Is anyone else as obsessed with Picnik as me? Here are some photos I snapped behind-the-scenes today.
Kat De Luna & I
Hope you guys like them! All these pieces will be available on our website March 31st! :)
Special thanks to our amazing Photographer Javier Oddo!
Xo Stacy
ps- Check back tomorrow for an amazinggg behind-the-scenes video!
Boy Meets Preppy With A Twist Girl :)
March 9, 2011
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| From Top: Sweater: Vintage Old Navy Tank Top: UO Dress: Acne Tights: Boy meets Girl(R) Socks: Steve Madden Shoes: Seychelles for Boy Meets Girl(R) Jewelry: Vintage Rings: curtious of Jimmy Crystals Camera Man on Blackberry: Dj Blue Steel |
Boy Meets Beta Testing Girl...
March 8, 2011
So yes my microsite is in beta testing mode. In life, you must practice before you make perfect. I think you all know this by now from my past blog posts. To reach success you must fail. I like to call it Beta Testing vs. Failure.
If we were all Mark Zuckerberg we would all have built Facebook. Welcome to my world of building the best social network Boy Meets Girl® site. And yes, sometimes it is is not easy. But what I can promise is my team and I are working very hard to bring you one an amazing digital experience!
Unfortunately you will have to wait a little longer for the official launch of Boy Meets Girl® in 10. Thank you all for testing the site and in turn gifts will be rewarded :-) . Beta testing will end in the next few weeks, just in time for the launch of our new e-commerce website (which we will be updating you about very shortly)! www.boymeetsgirlusa.com Until then... I cannot thank you enough.
xo Stacy
p.s. Thank you DJ Sly for making this for me...inspiration from DJ London's gift to me :)
Thank you Old Journals and Best Friends
March 7, 2011
I am in the midst of Spring cleaning. Today I got to my jewelry and attempted my closet but failed miserably.
So I moved on to my journals. I will take a big picture of them all soon. But, I came across an Old Journal that my BFF Deb R. Ross (first time officially calling you Deb Ruffalo Ross lol!) gave me about 12 years ago.
The front page said this
"Stacy...
May You Never Stop Dreaming---
May Your Drive Always
Keep Your Motion Going
Directly Where You Want
To Go In Life---
Never Stop Inspriing
Yourself And Others
To Reach Their Desires
Let Your Creativity
Continue To Flow And
Energize, And May
You Reach Every Peak
You Wanted To Climb
I love you
D"
Thank you D for being an amazing BFF. I needed this tonight...12 years later.
xo,
Stacy
Shout out! So funny check it out...
March 5, 2011
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| http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/jersey-floor/ |
Love seeing my good friend Josh rock out in this. To always having a great laugh. Spread the word :)
You will get to see Josh in my Boy Meets Girl(R) campaign photos soon :)
xo,
Stacy
Announcement: Boy Meets Girl® in 10 Campaign
March 4, 2011
Good Morning ;) Today I am kicking off a new campaign!
The first contest in our monthly series is “Boy Meets Girl® in 10 Outfits. I am so excited to share my very first campaign with you all.
Visit www.boymeetsgirlin10.com to share with us your FAVORITE outfit. You can either upload: up to 10 pictures, 10 seconds of video OR a 10 item descriptive list sharing with us your all-time favorite outfit (of course would love to see pictures of you rocking my collection Boy Meets Girl®!). Don’t forget to include your shoes and accessories!
You can vote on every entry you like; however, you can only vote once PER entry EACH day. Enter as many times as you want! The contest ends on March 31st 2011, and the 4 entries, which have the most popular votes will win some sweet prizes!
The Grand-Prize Winner will receive round-trip airfare for her/him and a friend to New York City, a 2-night stay in a Manhattan hotel, manicures, pedicures and facials at one of my favorite spas, then dinner with me!
Don't worry, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place prizes are amazinggg also ;)
All the details on how to enter and the prizes are on www.boymeetsgirlin10.com!
Good Luck and I look forward to seeing all your entries.
Xo
Stacy
Boy Meets its ALMOST Springtime Girl
March 2, 2011
On me:
Vintage floral dress layered with a vintage slip
Zipper detailed belt from Taroo
Vintage Theory suede boots.
Thanks DJ Blue Steel for shooting this look on my blackberry this early AM ;)
Happy ALMOST Springtime!!!
xo
Stacy
Boy Meets Working Girl....
March 1, 2011
So please do leave me comments) :).
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| I will leave you with a special photo I shot in London this past Sept. I love this photo. 2 boys on a bike chatting to 2 girls on the street. It just cracks me up. ...more updates to come xo Stacy |
