Sponsor Highlight - Max California

Did you notice the cute new picture in the right sidebar of our blog?
Max California is a blogger who I feel like I've known for most of my blogging life! Back when we blogged on livejournal & each had a personal blog, Max became our lj buddy. We were both actively t-shirt reconstructing and dyeing our hair every colour of the rainbow.

Even though Max lives all the way in Australia & we've never met, we think of her as a close friend. She's a fellow DIYer and a punk rock mama with the cutest baby in the world (and another on the way). On her blog, you'll find DIY tutorials on clothes & geekery about star wars & comic books. PLUS she has an adorable family. I obviously HAD TO introduce her to you all today because it's May 4th. May the Fourth be with you ;)

We follow Max through basically every social media network & "like" and "heart" pictures of her DIYs and her son everyday & you should join us. It's fun ;) you know where to find her now!



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Vivienne Tam Fall/Winter 2012 at MBFW

***FYI, If you'd like to catch up on ALL our updates on Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week chronologically start by CLICKING HERE and when you get to the bottom, click on Newer Post!***

Our Chictopia Editors meetup was a bit smaller than it was originally supposed to be. While there were 4 of us there, we were missing Amethyst, our Editor in Chief & Heather aka headbandit.


Samantha & Monique aka PetiteAvenue. They're both equally petite, if you ask me ;)


Samantha & Odelia aka Looney Lovegood


Sam & Syl, Monique & Odelia.
We went over to the Starbucks nearest the Lincoln Center to grab a couple of drinks & to get acquainted with each other. It was really interesting talking to these girls cause we were all in NYC for the same reasons-- we have the common ground of being fashion/style bloggers but we all come from different places in North America. We were all such chatterboxes too, so we hit it off great :)


we had a good laugh at this spelling, tbh.


petite princesses~


you're a doll monique! go check out her blog!


We were supposed to go see the NOMIA presentation at 6:30 (just before the Vivienne Tam show) but the presentation started late & we couldn't miss the next show, so we had to dash :(

[ VIVIENNE TAM, WEDNESDAY @ 7PM ]


Not to overshadow the brilliance of this dress but in the background of this picture are: Bebe Neuwirth, Russell Simmons and someone's pet pomeranian in front row! ahaha








A beautiful collection of understated Asian influences! Looking to Mongolia and Nepal for inspiration, the fall/winter layers and warm furs were nothing short of luxurious.

For more photos of the collection and a review of the show, check out Vivienne Tam Fall/Winter 2012 at Chictopia.com
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Photos by Sylvia and Samantha courtesy of Chictopia

251: c'est l'halloween

Hello ladies,

Welcome to all our new readers! Our apologies for being MIA on the blog for a few days now! We've been crazy busy finishing up Halloween costumes for our wonderful customers & then working on our own last minute ones. We had a craaaaazy fun Halloween weekend filled with tons of creepy little details (like dry ice!) and fun with our close friends.

Here's just a quick picture post:






it was our 8th anniversary :)






























Our past two days have been filled with cubing and grating 6 large pumpkins and trying to find different recipes to use them on. ahaha, crazy. So far the faves are the deep fried pumpkin pakoras and the spicy pumpkin corn chowder! :) We'll continue with regular posting soon! I'm working on a reader-requested manicure for Monday :)

xoxo
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218: birthday party

I turned 20-something a couple days ago & celebrated all weekend long. My parents took us out for dinner on friday & a bunch of my friends came over to celebrate on saturday! I had an amazing time with them all & even got a bunch of unexpected gifts! Feeling super lucky to have such great friends & family :)

quick photo summary:





























xoxo