Right now I am...

Is it just me or is anyone else experiencing a serious case of 'post fashion week exhaustion'? I tried to get a picture of me in my current state but I think I just look slightly crazy. Either way, I do not think all of the Balthazar or Nespresso soy lattes in the world could give me the chemical boost needed to get me back to normal (although I do appreciate them!). This exhaustion could also in part by the design process/publishing of our latest issue (which if you haven't read yet then you seriously should, there are so many lovely articles and photographs!). I guess I just need a couple of days to rest, but with all that is going on in the city and with all of the planning for the upcoming issues who has the time to get completely rested? I do not think anyone in this city ever actually is completely rested anyways, I mean after all, this isn't LA (although I would enjoy being their right now quite a bit). Time to get ready to head over to the east side, we've got some brain storming to do! I hope everyone is having a good weekend! Hugs!

Issue 7 Cover (ft. my new Jason Wu x Target dress, a total Wu boost!)

Here is the cover for our upcoming issue! It wasn't until last night that we finalized the image. Hopefully you like it! Either way, as you know, this past week has been terribly busy for not only us but for seemingly everyone else in this city. Fashion week really is as exhausting as everyone makes it out to be! It feels like there should be a world-wide fashion holiday for a week where we all just go shopping, make moodboards, get sleep and read about something other than Rodarte and Marc Jacobs on twitter. You know all of the boring things that would actually drive me crazy. Instead, fashion week just keeps traveling, from one city to the next, from collection to collection: pre-seasons/RTW/Haute Couture... A/W, S/S, menswear... resort, somehow it all works out and makes sense. I swear Marc Jacobs and Karl Lagerfeld do not sleep and are taking that faux research chemical in that movie Limitless. While we are not traveling from one fashion capitol to the next, we are constantly working, especially right now! Sorry if we are not the best at responding to emails and messages at the moment, we promise to respond as soon as we can! Hugs!

Dress: Jason Wu x Target; Belt: Think Closet;

Dress Me Magazine Issue 6

Read Issue 6 of Dress Me Magazine!

Thank you to Slow Magic & LFTF and to all of our editors (Fydez, Holly, Cindy, & Shaniqua)! We love you! Happy Holidays!

Cover of Dress Me Magazine: Winter in Americana

Jordan and I made four different cover options for our upcoming issue. We chose the one without text. We hope you like it!

Dress Me Magazine Issue 5

Read Issue 5 of Dress Me Magazine

Featuring:
Accessorize
Rachel Antonoff
Riller & Fount
Sockerbit
The Fashion Office

Music:
Teen Daze
Them Stars
Giraffage

The rest of the details about contributors, models, photographers, and everyone who helped will be posted by tomorrow!

Dress Me Magazine Issue 5 cover

The cover for the fifth issue of Dress Me! You will be able to see the rest on the 20th!

Joie ‘Jacaranda’ Peasant Top and Fluxus 'Lora' Dress

Some spreads I love from our newest issue!

Dress Me Magazine Issue 4

Dress Me Magazine Issue 4 is now online, read it here!

The DMM team would like to give a special thanks to Executive Assistant and Head of PR Tyler White!

Thank you to everyone who contributed and helped, we could not have done it without you!

Editors:
 Holly Alymore- Show Time
Fydez Tan- Style Fydez
Federica Manca- Style Parisien
Cindy Voong- London Fashion Week

Contributors:
Maya- Missoni Through the Ages
Priyanka Kochar- White Wash 
Remmy McCabe- InterviewShaniqua King- Location Based Fashion
Brittany Witkin- Fashion Diary
Vicky Vaughan- A Snapshot of Fashion Photography

Photographers:
Emma Burrington
Sarah Kjelleren- Shot the last look for 'In all the World Only Two: Part I of II'

Models:
Amy, Tyler, and David

Dress Me Magazine Issue N°4 Cover

Here is the cover for our fourth issue!

Almost there!

The DMM team would like to apologize for our temporary hiatus from email. We are in the final process of completing the next issue of the magazine. We will be documenting the final stage through blogger and twitter as way of keeping you updated and giving a behind-the-scenes look at our process!

If you are currently a contributor and have a 'must contact us' situation email us at: onawimstudios@gmail.com and someone will return your email! Thank you for your patience! Back to work! Later! 

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/dressmemag

Inspiration from our tumblr

I had planned on going to Flying Lotus with Jordan tonight but I have a test tomorrow so we figured I should stay in and study. And I should be studying, but as usual when it comes to these sorts of situations I find myself taking blogging breaks. Either way, here are some images from our Tumblr (which acts as our online mood board), these images are also from some of my favorite blogs. If you have not already been to these blogs then you are seriously missing out, they are all extremely lovely (this does not include our tumblr url, I just do not know where the last photo is from. Source?), I linked them below! Okay, back to studying, later!

Park and Cube

Fashion Gone Rogue

Souvenirs

Because I'm Addicted

Kelly Wearstler

Dress Me Mag Tumblr

Estate Side Photo Diary

Over the weekend Jordan and I headed up north to estate side. Before we left we decided we would do a shoot so we brought a suitcase with all of the looks, shoes, accessories, cameras, etc. The first night was spent wandering around outside as the sun went down looking for places to shoot. Like most of the time spent outside, this adventure resulted in an outfit shoot. My outfit consisted of a top from Free People, grey shorts, and a pair of a size too big Doc Martins that my Father had put in my room for me. He had texted me to tell me earlier in the week to tell me that he had found them so I was excited to try them on. They are just as big and clunky as I imagined. They are perfect for wandering around outside. The next day we did the shoot. We were lucky enough to be able to shoot with the same model that we shot with last time I went estate side, and the photographer from the previous shoot even shot our last look (you will read about them in the next issue)! Jordan shot the other outfits (and David Biral even took a few shots. We are so lucky!) and everything looks amazing! I am excited to see both shoots in the upcoming issues. A big thanks to everyone who was involved!

East Side Studio

The rest of today is being spent editing photos and working on the next issue of the magazine. Here is a picture of the east side DMM studio where we are working. There is a lot more space to style and hang garments so we tend to do a lot of our shooting here, if you live in this area you may have even see us on the street! Okay back to work! 

N Y C you there

These photos were taken using a Canon point and shoot that has been modified to shoot infrared. But what we are really trying to say is that the DMM Team will be venturing out of the NYC offices for a little over a week. Jordan is heading west to L.A. and I am heading up north to Vermont. Jordan will be doing field research in addition to meet with some of contributors while I will be styling, shooting, and blogging. In fact I will be keeping a photo diary and will be doing a lot of blogging. 

See you soon Manhattan! We will miss you!

xx
Jordan & Mariel 

DIY Friday post for Monday

I know I am not as stylish as Alexander Wang's niece:

but that takes a well thought out wardrobe and a selection of child sized fur jackets/a selection of Chanel bags. But it is not like I am not trying, in fact I am taking things into my own hands: For DIY Friday (do not hurt me for making a habit out of this) I decided to do my variation on the modernist/minimialst all white maxi dress. Pejoratively speaking, I think the terms modernist and minimalist kind of get thrown around a lot in fashion when something is either all black/white and does not fit into any another place, but I must say I do like a lot of the looks. My inspiration was taken from the Calvin Klein, Alexander Wang, and The Row's S/S 2011 shows. 

I did a little research, and by a little I mean I went to American Apparels website and found that they had an all white tank-top maxi dress (I do not know how I got the idea of tank top, but somehow it got stuck in my head). So on Friday evening Jordan and I walked over to the American Apparel on 6th and Bleecker and I picked one up.

When we got back to my apartment I put the dress on and with a pencil I marked where I wanted to cut the dress (which was a little shorter than midway down my thigh). I took the dress off and marked how I wanted the cut to fall down the middle of the dress. With a pair of scissors I followed the pencil market line to cut a panel of the white fabric out. Viola! Complete!

I made this ridiculous image in photoshop for you.

Open Cardigan: LF

Dress Me Magazine Issue N°3

Featuring:

Contributors
audreyhepburncomplex
cocochic
everythingfab
iwoulddieforfashion
jadore-
lavelaundry
shakeyourhair
storkous
zanopticon

Editors
ballet-flats
myflightoffancy
sistermorphines


Dress Me Magazine : Issue N°3

Saturday and Elin Kling

On Saturday morning Jordan and I went to get a latte and a soy latte at Balthazars. On the way there I ran into/met Elin Kling who is quite nice and beyond pretty. It was the first time I have ever been star struck I think. I was in so much shock I probably seemed completely weird... très ew. But it did not last long, soon Jordan and I were back to drifting our way into Soho in need of lattes. 

I wore my american flag tank, jeans from J Brand, and Marc by Marc Jacobs leopard print flats.