In case you haven't heard, it's Fashion Week in NYC and that means tons of fashion shows, conferences, pre-parties and after-parties.
I some how got invited to attend The Independent Fashion Bloggers Conference pre-party at the Mandarian Oriental Bar. (ahem, thank you
Grit & Glamour for the invite!) Although I couldn't make it to the actual conference - gotta pay the bills - I did have a fabulous time networking and learning from some seasoned bloggers.
I got some great advice from Ari about approaching random strangers to shoot street style. What's the worst they can say? "No thanks" Not so bad afterall. I definitely have more courage to venture into Corporate Street Style!
We chatted a while about business, consulting, fashion, school, nerdism... Great guy!
I didn't get to snap a shot of the beautiful Anika of
By Anika but she was just as amazingly positive and supportive as she comes off on her blog. You inspire me!
Overall I was surprised by how "cool" everyone was. I mean really. Kristina of
Pretty Shiny Sparkly was absolutely down-to-earth and sweet. She even gave me advice on blogging time management: You make time for the things you're passionate about. And both Bella of
The Citizen Rosebud and Monroe of
Fashion Steele NYC had me giggly all night. Ok, it might have also been all the bubbly that the servers were passing around too. Don't judge.
Embarrassing Blogger Story Alert:
So here I am soaked from the deluge on Tuesday night, trying to
balance myself from sliding down the Mandarin Oriental's lobby, when I see a woman in an
awfully beautiful floral dress. I say nothing as we both enter the
elevator but I do notice that she's also going to the 35th floor. Hmm... an
hour later I find out that it was no other than Jennine Jacob aka
The Coveted aka IFB's founder! Oops. I later went and said hello after I laughed at myself.
