Author: classandthecitygirl

College Fashion Week: NYC Fashion Show

College Fashion Week: NYC Fashion Show

One of my biggest inspirations has always been the wisdom of Eleanor Roosevelt. So much of the adversity that she faced in her life is something that most women will face during theirs as well. Like all great and powerful women, Roosevelt perceived the challenges in her life as learning experiences. 

College Fashion Week NYC: Primping Party

College Fashion Week NYC: Primping Party

Landmark Renaissance buildings, cocktails and couture, makeovers and Baked by Melissa- College Fashion Week has officially kicked off in NYC — and guess who was selected to be one of the 16 college women to model in the NYC CFW show! I spent Friday night 

Muggles Must Solve Gender Inequality

Muggles Must Solve Gender Inequality

     If you’ve never gone to a Harry Potter midnight movie premiere, or even better, the midnight book release party at your local Barnes & Noble, you’ve never encountered the die-hard, and entirely enamored fan base that J.K. Rowling’s British brilliance created. I attended 

New York, I'm Honored

New York, I'm Honored

Musings from the top of the Empire State Building, Floor 102 A lot of times in life things seem to move so fast that we can barely catch our breath and find the energy to keep up. The incessant vibrancy and energy that the city 

My Body, My Choice

My Body, My Choice

On Sept. 1, 2014, a vicious wave of attacks on privacy raced through the Internet at a speed known only to those fluent in hacker jargon and computer programming. Hundreds of nude and suggestive photos of high-profile female celebrities, which had been allegedly acquired through 

The Silhouette

The Silhouette

I rideSmooth sailing engine down the Big Apple streetsPartition drawn up catching whispers and breathsThough I may lead the way I still sit in the backgroundSpotlights reflecting, bending from me to them.I am invisibleThe vehicle, the messenger, the speakerCollect all their secrets and empty glassesThey 

Vintage Valentino and Oscar de la Renta.. It's That Time of Year Again!

Vintage Valentino and Oscar de la Renta.. It's That Time of Year Again!

     Let me tell you something. Victoria’s Secret Angel black leather T-strap wedges, white crochet form-fitting mid-calf dress, red leather vintage Valentino cross body bag and Oscar de la Renta tortoise and gold sunglasses makes one hell of an outfit to kick of New York 

The Seekers

The Seekers

The stars play hide and seekWith the skylines in your eyesDouble vision horizonsDeepening blue ocean tonesLightweight tinseled breath,Inhaling constellations — connections.Under the surface, we exist.We are the seekers.But what are “we”?Each twinkling shoots,Knocking their neighbors like bocce in summerBringing them closer, more intimate,Yet further by 

My Childhood Metronome

My Childhood Metronome

Childhood echoes bounce through my windowA nostalgic drumming that still peeks through my blindsA beat with no answerA tune without timeThe metronome pauses for years without warningIs it battery-run, did the battery die?Can you replace something that was never alive?Or just spark with what fuels 

A Conversation With Cancer

A Conversation With Cancer

Cancer:“ A half empty cup can never be fullTo hear a pessimist is quite optimisticFor many feel insane that they are loosing controlOf the feelings caught in the seams of their smilesOthers can feel a similar shudder,Knowing that pain can never go awayFor its memory