Poster Presentation

I had a poster presentation this past Friday and chose to do the presentation on something called Bodymetrics.
Human Solutions and Bodymetrics joined together to create a 3D body scanner that allows customers to totally skip the process of trying on jeans. It takes women anywhere from 9 to 12 pairs of jeans to find the right one. Personally, I hate trying on jeans. It's the worst. Most stores create jeans with mass production and its hard to find a pair that fits a woman's body shape perfectly. This technology was actually released at a department store called Selfridges, in England in 2004. Two years later, another boutique was opened at Harrods in England. The United States still hasn't seen anything of its kind, so its still an emerging technology here. I am really excited about the technology and hope it gets brought to the U.S. It would be so easy to just order a pair of jeans, as long as your body shape doesn't change.
The presentation went really well and I had fun talking to people about their posters. I saw some really interesting things such as twoddler (Twitter for toddlers). I also really liked Google Wave. It would make it a lot easier to do class projects. The presentation itself was a lot like an elevator pitch. I really enjoyed presenting my poster.

VS Fashion Show

For all of you who are even remotely fashion oriented, or for you guys who love to watch pretty women strut their stuff if their lacy unmentionables, you would know that the Victoria's Secret fashion show was this last Tuesday night. I live for this night every year.



Guys in fraternities even know that no girl will be at their house unless they invite us over to watch this amazing annual event.
Last year, the show was filled with the beautiful angels being just that, angels. They strutted around with amazing diamond studded wings on their backs while showing off the latest fashion forward bras and panties.

This year wasn't much different. The neat thing about the show is that they not only show what the audience would be seeing, but they show what the girls are actually doing to get ready backstage. This year's show showed all of the beautiful girls running around frantic, shaking with nerves, and even dancing to the wonderful jams of the Black Eyed Peas. The downfall of the show is that no one fell over their 8-mile long legs. I know that may be a bit mean, but you have to admit that when these women are as perfect as they are, you try to find a flaw, if any. The show ended with the million dollar bra worn by Marissa Miller. I always wonder how heavy those things are and if anyone in their right mind would actually buy that thing...

New Moon: Team Jacob

So, my sister and I have this pact for the Twilight series. We had to finish all of the series before the original Twilight came out last year. Then, we promised to see every sequel together.
Because we had read the book first last year, we were very disappointed. The movie didn't do a great job of following the plot of the book. It was not made very well at the time because the lack of funds the movie brought in.
Over break, my sister and I saw the sequel, New Moon, and it was AMAZING. The characters were more seasoned actors and the movie was made very well. I am obsessed with both leading men, Edward and Jacob. Jacob is a hunk and kudos to him for working his butt off to keep his spot in the leading werewolf role.

Fashion Icons

Everyone has a fashion icon they look to for their fashion do's and don'ts. Where would we be without the style police in magazines after huge celebrity red carpet events? We wouldn't know what to think about that weird skunk hat on that famous actress or that mop hairdo on that hollywood hunk.
Someone I personally look to for my fashion trend advice is Blake Lively. She is one of the stars of the teen drama airing on Monday nights. Gossip Girl is a wonderful series that will get you hooked after the first episode. So many of the characters on the show have great fashion sense. Blake Lively carries herself in a way in which she could even wear a ratty cloth and parachute pants and be confident in her looks.

If everyone carried themselves in a confident manner no matter what they are wearing, this could go a long way. Things could be more accepted in the fashion world, unless you're mixing brown with black of course.

Lady Ga "GAG"

So, Purdue University has kindly offered an invitation to the wonderful Lady Ga Ga for January 14, 2010. I'm not going to sit here and pretend I didn't think about hashing out forty buckaroo-skis to see what Lady Ga Ga's Poker Face actually looks like. I mean, the music videos never really do give them justice.
Another reason I was mildly interested was honestly because of her outfit choices at this year's Video Music Awards.
I'm not quite sure what she was wearing, or if it was something her doctor made her wear so she wouldn't scratch her neck, but it was definitely not ok in my book.
When people start to call her the Madonna of today, I think its getting a little crazy. No one can beat Madonna any day!

I want that Jacket!

Why do all the cutest clothes have to be so expensive?! It is very insane how this economy works. This jacket probably only cost 1/3 of that price to make, but retailers mark-up the jacket price to make it into a select target market's wardrobe. I believe the pricing in the retail industry is ridiculous. Sure the economy sucks, but shouldn't that mean we should drop the prices to give the people of the world a chance to make their wardrobes fashion forward? Think about us poor college students who can't even afford dinner, but want to look good for that next interview. C'mon retailers! Do we have to all shop vintage now in order to look good? Of course, I love bargain shopping, but settling for less than the jacket I want is not okay.

Beauty of Fashion

Fashion is everywhere. The fashionista of your school has it. The famous designer has it. Even the girl who dressed so crazy, you figured she didn't look in the mirror before she left the house, yea, she even has it.
Beauty is in the eye of its beholder, and to me, fashion is beautiful. Every person on this Earth has their own sense of fashion. Whether you are the person that reads all the fashion magazines, or the person who couldn't care less, each person has their own style. I think this concept is beautiful. God made each and everyone of us UNIQUE, and this reminds me of how each person is unique in their ways of expressing themselves.