Meeting The Sartorialist

On Saturday I went to {The Barnes Foundation} to check out the art exhibit unknowingly that Scott Shuman, photographer behind {The Sartorialist}, would be there for a meet and greet / book signing! It was my lucky day to meet the man who first connected fashion and everyday street life. Not only is he an inspiration to me as a photographer and a blogger... but he also went to Indiana University and graduated with a degree in Apparel Merchandising - just like me! :)

I decided to buy one of his famous prints from the streets of NYC - a classic shot of Harper's Bazaar editor {Joanna Hillman}. His posters have only been available since last Thursday and he told me that my print was the first one he has signed! So cool. I absolutely love how it looks framed in a {black gallery frame}. Here are some of the other {prints} he has available to purchase:

Get your own book or print {here}! xxoo.

Friday's Fancies: {The Big Dance}

I am so excited that {av} chose a March Madness theme for {Friday's Fancies}... and I am even more excited that it fell on THIS Friday.  Tonight is the big rematch of IU vs. UK in the sweet 16.  This is a HUGE game to me for 3 reasons: 1. IU has not been in the sweet 16 since 2002 (when I was a Freshman in college).  2. IU beat UK (the number one ranked team) already this year, so UK is kind of looking for revenge.  AND 3. my entire mom's side of the family are huge UK fans... and I went to IU, so it's a fun, little family rivalry (especially with my cousin Terra)! So... in honor of tonight's game - a little collegiate inspiration paired with two of my most favorite trends, colored and floral shorts!  Too much?? I don't think so! :) Enjoy the games this weekend!  xxoo.

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Hoosiers!

My blog is not a sports blog... nor do I plan to blog about sports much going forward - but I am just STILL so excited about the big win my alma mater pulled this past Saturday!  Not only is it a huge deal that IU just beat the #1 ranked team in college basketball, but they also beat Kentucky - a school rival as well as a personal rival since all of my family members bleed blue!  ESPN wrote about how the students reacted after the last 3 seconds of the game perfectly... and the videos are a must watch, they will make you wish you were back in college instantly!  Personally, I love the videos so much because in 2001 I was in the middle of the madness just like the many students in these videos... and the excitement and loyalty at IU during basketball season (especially a good season) is something you can never describe to anyone!

ESPN Article -

How excited were Indiana fans? This excited...

When your once-elite program is down as long as Indiana has been down -- unranked for 1,372 days, the longest stretch in school history, with win totals of six, 10 and 12 games per season in each of the past three years -- and you upset the No. 1 team in the country in your own building, naturally, you, the fan, is going to be excited. Describing just how excited Indiana fans were after Saturday's win is, well, difficult. "Ecstatic" gets close. "Exuberant" is right there. But neither word, and none of their synonyms, can capture quite what the win touched off in Bloomington, Ind. Saturday night. For that, we go to the wonder of social media and homemade video. The first comes from inside Nick's, a classic college bar in Bloomington, where one Vimeo user had the foresight to get his camera-phone rolling just before Indiana forward Christian Watford hit the game-winning three. 

The next comes from just outside Nick's -- you'll see the marquee in the video -- on Kirkwood Street in Bloomington, a batch of downtown bars and restaurants located just off Indiana's campus. Forget partying in the bars. Indiana students were on some next-level outdoor love-in swagger Saturday night: 

Indiana students have been waiting a long time for something to celebrate (besides, you know, a home win over Illinois). On Saturday night, finally, they got it. And they certainly held up their end of the bargain. 

....and so did the many Alumni across the country! We love our Hoosiers!!