Pink Rock Candy-Fashion

The interweb is chock full of pictures featuring, the perfectly coiffed uber-stylish guys fashion fairy tales are made of. Some of them may be businessmen in the perfectly tailored Tom Ford suit, and others are those ultra-hip indie hotties who can make the neon, acid washed skinny jeans look good (*cough* Gabe Saporta *cough*). Unfortunately, its a rarity to actually meet one of these amazingly dressed men, but as a big sister I know its my job to help my younger brother find his inner fashion whore.

My little brother’s been my little pet project for the last few months. I like to take him shopping, and then make him wear things he would never think of wearing. Sometimes he puts on the clothes I picked, and he looks at me like I’m crazy— but, most of the time he’s surprised by the things that actually look awesome on him. He isn’t quite Kanye or Pharrell, but maybe one day he’ll be that oddly cool guy found in NYC by The Sartorialist.

Yesterday, we went to the mall, and while in Charlotte Russe (why aren’t there any good clothes at that store), he saw some fakey shutter shades. We both thought they were beyond hilarious and since they were only $5 with the purchase of another pair, I decided to buy them for him and some over-sized wayfarers for me. Jokingly, he decided to wear his new shades as we walked around the mall, and almost everyone looked at him like he was crazy. As the older sister, I diligently informed him that the whole point of crazy trends is to make people notice you, so just have fun with it!

When we got home, he wanted facebook pictures so we had a sibling photoshoot in our backyard. It was really hot, and I almost stepped in poison ivy, but overall, it was so much fun!

What are your favorite styles for guys, and do you help guide your younger siblings on the path of stylishness?

I’ve been MIA for a while, but for a good reason. My parents renewed their vows for their 20th anniversary this weekend, and not only did I have to play bridesmaid, but I had to play partial wedding planner, hostess, photographer, and drag racer— now I know how tired Barbie must feel! Even though there was a bit of navigation calamity, everything ended up wonderful, further proving that no matter what happens family and good friends will always be there to support you when you need it and celebrate your accomplishments.

Being the daughter who has claimed she never wants to get married because its too much work, as soon as I had to go dress shopping for mine and my sister’s bridesmaid dresses, I was all over it. We ended up picking two dresses by the same person in the same color, but in different cuts. When I saw this 50s style dress, I knew I had to wear it. Not only did it match my mom’s “colors”, but I knew I could wear it casually after their vow renewal.

After a few alterations to both of our dresses, a struggle with my mom over wearing creme shoes (I won!), and finding the perfect hair adornment, we were ready to start the real wedding drama. First, I almost snipped my finger off cutting flowers— now, my mom won’t let me touch sharp objects even though I’m 19 and my finger is almost healed. Then, I was instructed to drive as fast as possible to our location, so we weren’t late dropping the cake off at the restaurant— I got us there with time to spare. After that, we were driving around, lost, for an hour and a half on our way to the chapel making everything 30 minutes late. On the other hand, the ceremony was wonderful, a bit hot due to no A.C., but wonderful none the less. Finally, came the “reception” which included a fantastic dinner at this amazing restaurant, lots of laughs, a few tears, good music (thanks to me and my dad!), and these super yummy cocktails called ‘Tickled Pink’.

Overall, everything was a lot of fun, and I want to wish my parents the best— but, if they want to do this in another 20 years, they’re hiring a wedding planner!

p.s. I would put pictures up from the wedding, but my mom took my memory card to go get them printed, and I think I should ask who minds being on my blog and who doesn’t. Desicions, desicions…

There are days when all I do is thin about blogging, and then there are days when if I even look at my computer I feel sick to my stomach. Luckily, I think every blogger has those days so I don’t feel so bad. Speaking of bloggers, my favorite thing about us is that we truly try to be a community. Sure, there are those who do bad things like steal other peoples content, but they can’t really be qualified as bloggers, right? In the spirit of community, I have to announce that the pretty, smart, funny, cool, Miss Elle from Broke & Beautiful gave PRC the Premio Award!

With this award come some rules— well, one rule. I must pass this on to 7 of my favorite bloggers, no less no more. Considering I read so many blogs, this comes as a bit of a challenge, but here I go:

• Secretista- She’s my homegirl! Plus, I love reading her stories about life, and her outfits are always so cute!
• Fashion Trend Guide- I’ve been reading this blog since the beginning and its only gotten better!
• Vain & Vapid- I always feel like I’m fawning over the indie designers featured on this blog
• Some Notes on Napkins- Jackie is so sweet and awesome, and to prove it, SNON was just featured on ELLE.com. Rad!
• Trend de la Creme- Never in a thousand years would I think to compare some of the things Jill does.
• Chic and Untroubled- Smart, stylish, funny, with a bit of gossip thrown in. How perfect…

That’s all for today, I’ve got to run last minute errands for my parent’s 20th Anniversary/vow renewal that’s tomorrow. I’ll tell you all about it tomorrow or Friday, promise!

Thanks or being such amazing readers and bloggers!

My weekend was a bit hectic. All weekend my internet was down, and the stupid phone company wouldn’t come out to fix it until today— thanks guys! On Friday, I had to work, but the restaurant wasn’t busy, so I ended up getting off earlier and eating dinner with my family when they came in to visit. Then I worked again on Saturday, and the restaurant was packed, except I had to work the patio in the back all night, meaning I was beyond bored. I think I dried over 200 pieces of cutlery. Finally, yesterday, my family decided have a bit of fun. My mom decided we should go to Playland in New York, and off we went.

I hadn’t gone to an amusement park in 4 years, which thinking back is quite depressing. I love roller coasters and anything that will give me just a bit of an adrenaline rush. Playland, however, for those who haven’t heard of it, is the kind of amusement park you take you little kids to so they can experience their first thrill ride, without any real thrill. I’m not bashing it, really, because I did have fun, but after living a few hours from Cedar Point and the world’s tallest roller coaster, not much can compare.

My siblings and I went on the few thrill rides they had, my sister and my littlest brother freaked out, the older of my two younger brothers channeled his fear/anxiety/thrill into challenging the roller coasters, “Is that all you got? Come on!”, and my commentary went something like, “Oh, god, I think my skirt’s flying up. All those guys down there are getting a free show.”

Our trip to Playland wasn’t quite planned, and I was definitely not dressed appropriately. I had on a little gray and black babydoll dress, pink skirt under it, a black belt to give me a figure, and flip flops. I’m not sure my skirt ever truly flew up, but I don’t really care either way. I wasn’t going to let a little thing like a wardrobe malfunction stop me from getting on any of the rides.

On the other hand, I for one am not the type of person who wears flip flops on a regular basis— I think the last time I wore them was 2 summers ago on the beach. So, as we walked around the park and later on, in downtown White Plains, I complained to no extent about those hell shoes. I can take blisters and awkwardly tall shoes, but having a pieces of plastic rubbing between my toes was wretched. It felt like getting a paper cut over and over between my toes. Never again!

How was your 4th of July weekend? Have any crazy stories? Are any of you going to try to make it to Nigel Barker’s photography exhibit ‘A Sealed Fate’?

p.s. Sorry, I know the pictures are a bit blurry, and you can’t see my full outfit— my parents were taking the pictures!

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about how I can reach as many people as possible. I’m a giant advocate of not excluding anyone in my attempt to take over the world…just kidding, but it truly is easy to forget that the words online are written by real people, and I really want to get to know all those people who read the words I write and that are taking the time to write their own thoughts down whether it’s in their own blog or in a sweet comment, or both. So, here are some Chelsea Rae to Lovely Readers connection projects I’ve been thinking of:

First, I want to know what websites do you guys use (i.e. Myspace, Facebook, Buzznet, Twitter, etc.)? It’s summer and I have a lot more time on my hands so I want to get to know you guys better. You can see what profiles I personally have on the About Chelsea Rae page and here is the link to the Pink Rock Candy Myspace.

I’m also going to be using my twitter (twitter.com/chelsearae) to update you guys on all the cool news that gets sent to my inbox, but I never really have the time to write a complete post about. I have a little twitter box in the far right sidebar on the main page, and on the PRC myspace page, they’ll start popping up all over the PRC pages soon enough, and if you have something you want to broadcast to the world, don’t be afraid to shoot me an email at pinkrockfashion@gmail.com, and I’ll Twitter it ASAP! I also think I’ll start putting them in the PRC myspace blog, but I’m not sure how long that’ll last.

My last announcement is about all the great comments I’ve been getting. Miss Elle from Broke and Beautiful recently added this thing called CommentLuv to all her comments, and I think its fantastic. It’s a great way for me to help you get the word out about your fabulous blogs while you are giving me you’re two cents. So make sure if you have a blog to put the correct web address in the box so I can spread the love!

Just to make this sort of fashion-y, peep this awesome skirt I bought at H&M. It’s super cute, but I wore it on one of the last days of school without realizing how shear it became in the sun and my bright underwear must have been a big hit with the guys on campus. I should have charged for that little peep show, but unfortunately, I was too mortified to be that clever at the time. Luckily my shirt was long enough to pull down over my backside so not much was showing, but I’m sure people still saw more than I intended. Note to self, buy a knee-length petticoat!

If all goes well, today will be a fabulous spring day. Though I had to wake up super super early to meet with a professor to ask her to be the adviser of the fashion magazine Secretista and I are planning on starting on campus, that was our secret (if it’s online would you read it?), I didn’t run into much traffic getting to campus, and I only have one class today and we’re watching a movie. That won’t be the only movie I watch today, though, I’m going to see Iron Man— but, none of that really matters because I still have no idea where I’m going to wear this really cute, spring dress I bought from Forever 21.

I’ve had it for almost a month, and haven’t had the opportunity to wear it, excepted when modeling it for my family. The dress has been worn though, I made my sister wear it to her boyfriends graduation, but I haven’t had the opportunity to gallivant around in my new-ish coral number. I might just give in and wear it tonight in a vain attempt to impress Robert Downey Jr. and show up Gwenyth Paltrow through the screen, or maybe I’ll save it for something special.

In other superhero news, I just found out Diane von Furstenberg is going to create a Wonder Woman themed holiday collection, and I’m going to start saving up to buy a starred DVF cape, so maybe I’ll look half as cute as I’m sure the Olsens will in DVF at the Met Ball.

Just for your listening pleasure, Black Sabbath “Iron Man”:

Dearest NY Mag,

I read you religiously for your fantastic fashion news and thorough coverage of all of the fashion week happenings. I even put you in my feed reader (a word I just taught my mass media teacher), but do you actually read what lil ol’ me has to say about stuff? Apparently, because you guys quoted PRC in your story about Chloe Sevigny’s line for Opening Ceremony.

“Pink Rock Candy says: ‘The clothes are obviously ultra fresh in an ‘I love Clueless’ sort of way. I love the way she mixed pieces I never would have thought to mix (leopard leggings and below the knee pencil skirt?)’
We say: Clueless is not fresh, and there’s a reason you never would have thought to mix leopard leggings with a checked powder-blue-and-white pencil skirt. Wasn’t it Cher who used the term ‘hagsville’?”

Unfortunately, I think I may need a Chelsea Rae to English dictionary for those not in my head inner circle. When I say “fresh,” I usually don’t mean “new, modern, or ripe to eat.” I have however always wanted to tell someone not to “get fresh” with me, but that’s beside the point. Fresh, for me, is more like cool or interesting, therefore, when I said the clothes are “ultra fresh in an ‘I love Clueless‘ sort of way, ” I meant they’re cool in an “I love Clueless” way because, let’s face it, Clueless is really cool, especially for my generation.

Concerning your uncertainty about my affection for the leopard legging/pencil skirt combo, I still stand by that, because I think it takes cajones to pull off such an outfit and would totally respect anyone I saw sporting that look.

Other words I may use instead of cool (because cool is so passé): crisp, rad, dandy, and maybe even kosher on the rare occasion.

So, lesson learned. If you’re confused, just ask!

Stay fresh!
Chelsea Rae

Yesterday I was featured on a great blog called The Vom Squad. The Vom Squad is a group of really smart, fun, snarky blogs that choose to march to their own beat and love it.

Read the post here…

New York fashion week is starting in a couple of weeks, February 1, to be exact— I’m not really sure how much it helped anyone else in September, but I created another fashion week calender. So far I have a consisting of calendar with all of the Fall/Winter 2008-2009 New York Fashion Week shows I have heard of with dates, times, and locations, and all of the Fall/Winter 2008-2009 London Fashion Week shows. When I get a chance I think I’m going to add the Milan, Paris, and probably Los Angeles shows to the calendar.

I hope this helps you, whether you just plan on being a Style.com spectator or are actually heading to the tents. I know it helps me as a blogger to know when certain shows are happening so I know how much I’ll be writing each day. If you know of any other fashion shows or any changed dates, leave me a comment or send me an email at pinkrockfashion@gmail.com.

You can view the schedule in CALENDAR FORM HERE or in LIST FORM HERE!

Its Winter, the time of the year when snow hinders driving, the chilly temperatures cause sandals to go into hiding, and a million girls start scrabbling to fill the few summer intern positions in the fashion industry. As in every industry looking professional is important. If you are interviewing for a position in a scientific field a nice suit would be the best option, but wearing a boring suit to an interview for Betsey Johnson is not an option. So, what do you wear to an interview in the fashion world?

No, really, what do you wear?

I’m still trying to figure it out. I’m currently applying for tons and tons of fashion pr internships hoping to get my foot in the door, but as much as I go over my resume, I know the clothes I wear will make just as much of an impact. I’ve devised three different plans.

The first is my least favorite because it doesn’t involve spending money, and unfortunately for my credit card, that is one of my favorite past times. This option includes wearing clothes I already have or shopping at Blythe’s Closet and wearing something of hers.

The second option is heading to Style.com, and go through the fall line of every designer I’m applying for an internship with. I may not be able to buy the exact outfit, but I can do a damn good job replicating it within my budget. Even though I’d be doing faux designer, buying a different outfit for each interview will start to add up. That brings me to my last option.

One great outfit that will fit my budget and will work for every interview. To find this, I headed to my favorite place to find cheap, possibly knocked-off clothing, Forever21, and found this terrif knit tunic and rad blouse to go under it. The Evaan Gathered Knit Tunic is casual, but is dressed up with the Aubrey Swing Shirt. I would take off the flower on the tunic and tie the bow in its place. The outfit is almost a blank slate so you can make it your own by the accessories you wear with it.

What would you wear to an interview for a fashion internship?