Job?
Student.  Very exciting.

Best Sartorial advice from your parents?
Still waiting for it.  Parents and I don’t have much in common with regard to clothing.

Style icons?
In general, and it sounds trite, but I get inspiration from the street, from art, from history, from architecture, from friends, from strangers, from everything.  In other words, I don’t have any specific icons that I look to for specifically my style, but I do love The Glamourai, my cousins, and anything vintage.  As far as celebrities go, the ones that come to mind are Sienna Miller, Scarlett Johansson, and Anne Hathaway.

Describe your personal style.
Some days I will wake up and put on a little cable knit sweater and a skirt, channeling a sort of vintage elegance/prep look.  Other days I will wear a boyfriend cardigan, pashmina and black tshirt and look totally coffee house.  Yet other days I put together a mostly black and grey ensemble of slim fitting layers as inspired by what they are calling these days “off the runway model fashion.”  I suppose it’s a good thing that I can’t narrow myself down. I suppose I wouldn’t even want to if I could. I suppose I would be disappointed if I could, too.

I build my daily look around…
What I had for lunch a week ago, the movie I watched the night before, the weather, what instrument I have to play that day, and yes, who I am going to see/might run into by “mistake”.

Personal Style quirk?
Tights, high waist skirts, scarves/shawls

Favorite designers?
Chanel, Vera Wang (sometimes), Donna Karan, Christian Dior in general, but it really does vary by season.

Most cherished item?
I have sentimental connection to pretty much everything I own from the three identical black scoop neck tshirts I bought at Target to use as a base for just about anything to the French lace scarf I bought summer 09.

I feel best wearing?
Something I don’t have to tug at, something beautiful, something that has a story behind it.

The first thing I look at in another Sartorialist’s outfit is…
Contrast.  How certain things work with the others, meaning color, proportion, texture, weight. Bold patterns. Color combinations. Silhouettes vs Body shapes.

I always break this fashion rule:
After you are dressed and ready, always take one accessory off.  I never do this.  My subtlety or outrageousness varies.

I never break this fashion rule:
Love what you wear and how you wear it.

Never caught wearing…
Leggings as pants!  With a long tunic shirt or a mini dress, yes, but with a regular sized Tshirt?  Absolutely not.

Most underrated item in menswear/womenswear?
A simple black Tshirt that you can throw anything over/a simple button down shirt

Dress to impress who?
Myself.  I like getting compliments, but I don’t wake up in the morning thinking, what can possibly get me the most compliments from random people? That said, there are a few specific people who I really love to get compliments from, and yes, I do think about what I wear depending on who I need to impress that day (for an audition/interview/presentation).

Shine your own shoes?
I own no shoes that need shining.  But if I did, I would.

Favorite stores?
Target, Forever 21 (even though I hate the actual act of shopping there–to crowded and unorganized), TJ Maxx and Marshalls (again I hate the act of shopping but hell sometimes you find some great stuff), Faces (small store in my own town), Gap for basics.

Your next “must have” purchase?
At this point (and I can’t believe I am saying this but) I am feeling pretty much satisfied as far as clothing goes.  I have my bright accessories for spring, more skirts, a little black dress…but lately I have been finding that I sort of lack in the shoe area.  Maybe I can work on remedying that.  When I get a hold of some money, that is.

I only buy __________ in Europe.
The entire grocery store.  I love Tuc crackers.  They started carrying them here, but oddly enough, only the salt and pepper and the paprika flavors.  And for a while, France was the only place I could find chocolate special K.  That changed too.  Coke is better over there.  As far as stuff that actually relates to this blog, I do find so many accessories there that you would never see in America.

I skimp when buying …
Everything is relative…your skimp could be my splurge.

I splurge on…..
If I could, I would get fantastic dresses.  A good dress is hard to find but once you do, quality is important because I wear it over and over again.

Favorite item of clothing?
Please don’t make me answer this question.  Ever.

Guilty pleasure?
Get Rich Or Die Trying by 50 Cent.  And I am working on being less ashamed of my adoration of Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, and Eminem.

Perfume?
I have a fair amount, but my staples by season are as follows.  Fall: DKNY Red Delicious (nice apple smell but with warm cinnamon/spicy notes that reminded me of real fall when I lived in FL).  Winter: Badgley Mischka (a heavier classic smell that almost has tones of a more masculine cologne but in an unmistakably feminine way; obviously, you’ll have to go smell it to really understand).  Spring: Gap BodyScent in Dream (a sweet somewhat weighty scent which is ok in my opinion because it reminds me of rain resting on and weighing down new flowers).  Summer: Clinique Happy To Be (very fruity/floral, beautiful, light; what you would excpect to smell at a June garden party).  I also bought perfume in France at Prieure St. Come that was pure rose perfume.  It is amazing.

Skincare?
Aveeno’s Pure Radiance line, Clarins Clay Mask, Origins Spot Remover

Most stylish city (Milan, Paris, London, New York, other)?
I love New York City.  With a passion.  I think that the styles there are the most diverse.  Paris I love though.  Even if the street fashion isn’t as diverse as NYC, it is like a concentration of all the looks in NYC that I love spread across one architecturally beautiful city, creating an overwhelming effect.

When I was in high school I wore?
Let’s find out together, shall we?

Sports?
No, thank you.  I sometimes like to watch Basketball though.

Favorite fashion magazine?
Photo spreads from Europe…but Elle and Vogue are two go-tos for me, although InStyle is also fun sometimes. If not a little too safe.

Favorite vacation spot?
Cities!  I need to always be doing something, it’s just how I am.  Take me on a vacation to a resort and all day I will be either cooped up on my computer or asking every which way what I can do next or planning what I have to do to get ready for the next big event when I get back.