Saturday, September 26, 2009

FNO x Isabel and Ruben Toledo Part 1.


Hello lovelies I'm back to share my two weeks of adventure.
First up was my Fashion Night Out experience at
Barneys New York with fashions first couple,
(Fashion Designer) Isabel and Ruben Toledo (Artist/Illustrator).
The Toledo's have pioneered the fashion business for over 25 years.
Isabel's claim to main stream fame came when Michelle Obama
wore the Toledo's lemon grass silk ensemble to
President Barack Obama's Inauguration day.
You may have seen Ruben's whimsical artwork in the pages of
Vogue Magazine and Nina Garcia's; The Black Book of Style,
The One hundred and Style Strategy.
Check out my portrait below by Ruben Toledo that
he sketched in my copy of Fashion From the Inside Out.
Once in a lifetime!!!

The finished gift a personalized portrait of me
and autograph from Ruben and Isabel Toledo.

Isabel Toledo's book Fashion from the Inside Out.
A testament to her design genius featuring the
exquisite Illustrations by her husband Ruben Toledo.

Ruben Toledo signed and did portraits of each individual that
purchased Isabel's new book. Isabel followed with her
autograph in each book with a smile!

A fun black number by Isabel Toledo sold at
Barneys New York.
Click the title of the post above to discover
more of Isabel Toledo's fashion designs.

Ashaka and I strike a pose while Rebecca's behind the lens.
Its almost our time to meet the legends!

Ruben begins his Illustration of me!
So exciting to watch the master at work.

Almost done!

Ruben said, "I wish I had more time, I love all this hair!"

We chatted up about Art, Design, Life and Love!

One of the best moments ever...The crew poses with the
Toledo's they had just as much fun with us as we did with them.
Left to Right; Me, Isabel, Ruben, Rebecca, and Ashaka.

A quick stop at Bendel's. I loved the banners
hung high from the ceilings...very inspiring words.

Me wearing the TW Asea Brass Bib Necklace
it topped off my outfit!

Last stop of the evening was at Apt to say farewell for a year
to our sister friend Jessica Castro, dancer extraordinaire,
she's on the worldwide tour with the Black Eyed Peas.
Can you believe we all met at F.I.T. back in 94-95
and still going strong.

DJ Cato taking a break from spinning his eclectic mix of beats.
BTW he's a client to...
DJ Cato wears his custom 14k LWest classic 45 pendant.
He never leaves home without it!






1 comment:

Renae B. said...

I hate I missed this event...looks like it was an experience you'll never forget. Loving the evolution of your fabulous blog,miss. Keep living, loving & creating, LW...the WORLD is watching! :)

xo,

*r