Gaga Relief

Lady Gaga's "Pray for Japan" bracelet
(image via MTV.com)

The recent natural disaster that caused devastation to Japan is getting superstar attention. Lady Gaga has ceated a special bracelet, in support of relief efforts. She urges her "little monsters" to "Pray for Japan" and donate to other charitable causes with the purchase of the bracelet. Visit Lady Gaga's official site here to support the efforts and purchase your bracelet.
Look, Feel, and Do good.

-fggofstyle

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FeelGoodGiveaway--The S/S 2011 YSL Manifesto Enter to Win!!

As mentioned, I am giving away a copy of the YSL Manifesto to one (1) lucky winner!! It is easy and simple to enter, just by doing the following steps: 

1. Add/follow @fggofstyle on Twitter and RT this post to your followers, or follow this blog on bloglovin, or you may also add/follow me on IFB (Independent Fashion Bloggers) if you are a member there. 

2. Submit your contest answers via email to: feelgoodgurustyle@gmail.com with "YSL Manifesto Giveaway" in subject line. Please include your name and mailing address (where you would like to receive your prize) and Twitter/IFB name in your response.

model Arizona Muse for YSL (photo via YSL.com)

3. Visit the official YSL website to view the complete collection and learn more about the brand.

4. Correctly answer ALL of these questions:

A. What actress is wearing YSL on the cover of Vanity Fair's 2011 Hollywood issue (March 2011)?

B. What is the name of Mr. Laurent's famous long time design muse (there are actually two, just name one, bonus for naming both)?

C. What year did the "Le Smoking" Collection debut?

D. Who is the current CEO and Creative Director of YSL (two names)?

E. Who is the current face of Opium, YSL's distinct exotic scent?

Good luck and thanks for entering!!

-fggofstyle

**Contest/giveaway ends 6:00PM PDT on March 31, 2011. Winner will be selected at random and notified via email. 

The YSL Manifesto comes courtesy of YSL, and is for promotional use only. Not for resale. Tote bag not included in giveaway.**

Manifesto Destiny

On Saturday, YSL distributed their limited edition Spring 2011 "Manifesto", a comprehensive look at the Spring Collection, photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinood Matadin, throughout various "secret" locations around Los Angeles. This is the first time the venerable design house has presented the manifesto in LA. I had been on the search for the locations for weeks (as soon as I heard the news that LA would be getting the Manifesto) with no prevailing information given to me (go figure), so I simply made a kind request to the PR powers-that-be to be a dear and deliver it to me, "I'll be at a particular place at a particular time", in a half-mocking tone but with wholehearted aplomb. To my great and sheer surprise, a young woman from YSL came to me with the Manifesto and tote in hand to hand deliver one to me, at the particular place I was at at the particular time I suggested, with kind regards, and said a special gift will be delivered to me in the following week, part of the Manifesto package. Then I saw them descend upon the location like YSL clad angels: the Manifesto street team. I watched in awe as they handed out the coveted tote and Manifestos to very unsuspecting and overly jubilant passerby. It was great to not only be gifted with this but to be a witness to a fashion moment, a first of many for LA (I hope). Receiving a copy of this season's Manifesto is such a great surprise. Surprise is actually putting it mildly. I'm beyond the beyond overjoyed. I'm in complete awe in how asking for something kindly and sincerely actually works when you least expect it. Believe me when I say that someone at YSL is getting a lovely floral arrangement and a Dayna Decker candle gift set this week, hand delivered by me. In fair kind, right?
And in the spirit of the good and fair kind, I am giving away a copy of the YSL Manifesto to one lucky winner in a contest to begin on Wednesday, March 9, 2011. Please visit then for more information and to enter. Good luck!!


-fggofstyle

On The Retail Road

The William B + Friends Mobile Shop in Los Angeles

I have just discovered a very unique and smart new way to shop here in the wide world of Los Angeles retail, and it couldn't be more ingenious: the William B + Friends Mobile Truck. With the recent proliferation of gourmet food trucks all over town, it was just a matter of time that someone would apply the same concept to another commercial venue. And fashion retail is the obvious choice. The William B + Friends Mobile Shop brings all the things you'd love about a brick and mortar retail store (visual merchandising, clothing, accessories, home goods, great service) right to you (or at a rotating pop-up location). And, whats even better, you get great prices on a variety of brands all the time (up to 75% off: true sample sale prices!)!! Make sure you click the link above and follow them to find out when the sale is going to be near you!

-fggofstyle

Video: Willow Smith Performs “21st Century Girl” And “Whip My Hair” On ‘Oprah’

This little sensation is definitely bringing it in a whole new, big way. I'm gagging for her microphone ring--Best accessory of 2011!!!

Take peek at my new ring here:

Video: Willow Smith Performs “21st Century Girl” And “Whip My Hair” On ‘Oprah’

Variations on a Theme: Galliano

The distressing and sad news of John Galliano's outre from Dior comes out of a strange and tragic turn of events. We cannot, as style mavens and self-proclaimed fashionistas, ignore the fact that Mr. Galliano is a telent and a fashion tour de force to be reckoned with. No matter what, he turned out a stunning ouvre for Dior and has kept the venerable French house relevant, fresh, and alive with creativity and artistry. His shows for the house were always at the highest level, and he brought "show" to the presentations (whether it was RTW, Resort, or Couture) with full theatricality and highly creative execution. And NO ONE exited their own show in his way: John Galliano's greatest catwalk costumes

Wishes of wellness and health to him. I await his triumphant return...

-fggofstyle

Hello, Nice to Meet You Generation Y

The question of Generation Y, or, better known as the "Hipster Generation", has been turning around in my mind over and over again and I've come to realize that I know very little intimately about this generation that follows mine. I see these hipsters everywhere. Standing alone, gathered in groups, in their Minis and Priuses, riding their one speed bikes, drinking skinny lattes, wearing skinny jeans and vintage clothing...Hipsters, please stand up and introduce yourselves to me!

My generation, Gen X, brought to the cultural forefront many different things: rave culture, minimalism, RuPaul, MTV, the early beginnings of video games and home computers, Prepsters, the pop supremacy of U2, Madonna, and Michael Jackson, leggings, Neo Soul music, and double denim dressing.

What's going on with Generation Y? Ok, I must thank you for the skinny jeans movement (I'm a BIG fan) and the return of vintage clothing popularity (especially designer vintage), high/low dressing, and eco-conscious products and practices. But tell me what is up with the unkempt hair and grooming (beards, moustaches, and goatees, oh my!!!), sub-par social etiquette, vapid demeanor and disdain for society and the global culture? Why has your infinite style potential become so homogenized and common (plaid shirts, for example)?  What about the push for the contemporary and edgy and original?

Perhaps my own (limited) personal experience with hipsters has left me a bit sour on you, or I feel like you co-opted things that were original or new to my generation (prepsters, for instance), or I have just grossly generalized you to such an extent that I can't see the forest for the trees but what I do see is so much potential that its unfathomable. I don't want to see it get lost in the mire. I want it to come bursting forth and shower over the world. I sense the change in you, Generation Y, the change that a future brings. Please step up and bring it: the newness, the difference, the individuality. I'm doing my part. Other members of my generation are do their part as well.I know some of you are doing your share as well. I guess this is my summit, my "Geneva Convention" in my mind here, and its just time to meet and shake hands and know each other and welcome each party to the Dawn.

-fggofstyle

Video: The Boys of Milan and Paris

This is a joyous and fun video from Jak & Jil's Tommy Ton and director Justin Wu of the male models from the Milan and Paris FW 2011 shows, having fun and offering backstages glimpses of the shows. Can you say, "Boys, Boys, Boys"!?! So much FUN!! Enjoy...
-fggofstyle


Boys of Milan & Paris FW2011 from Justin Wu on Vimeo.

New Year, New Decade 2.0

During this time of year, fresh off the heels of New Year celebrations and revelry, everybody starts talking about the changes the intend to bring in with them and implement. These changes, or resolutions, most of the time get lost and forgotten within months. We get bombarded by the media by "resolution stories" to the point of annoyance (to me).

I don't make resolutions, I make choices of evolution.
I intend to continue to change the way I conduct my life on many levels. I intend to make change in how I serve the world and my community. I intend to further embrace my creativity and my commitment to it and its expansion. I intend to strengthen my business so that it evolves and grows exponentially. I intend to grow my personal relationships and always express my love and adoration to those who are dear to me. I intend to continue to explore the scenes around me and share my point of view of it with you. I intend to always have an open heart, an open mind, and open eyes so that I will always see the good surrounding me, feel the infinite good around me, and to do it with my own style.

-fggofstyle

New Year, New Decade

Here is a great verse from George Michael's song "Waiting For That Day" that sums up this time for me:


"now everybody's talking about this new decade
like you say the magic number
then just say goodbye to
the stupid mistakes you made
oh my memory serves me far too well


don't you know that
the years will come and go
some of us will change our lives
some of us still have nothing to show
nothing baby
but memories"

It's strange to think of the past year, let alone the past decade. Time seems to keep trudging along, bringing with it much much change. In its wake, it leaves memories. It is these memories that I will think fondly of, no matter if the memory is of something difficult or painful or something happy and joyous. It is these things, these changes, this growth that helps me (and you) to do what we are really here on this planet to do: Evolve.

So to the New Year and New Decade I welcome its Evolution and wish for a Joyous, Prosperous and Happy New Year for everyone!

-fggofstyle
"look good, feel good, in style"