Annual 2012
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05/18/12Spree Style with Erin Habes: Fashion Dolls come to lifeCanadian shoppers, come one, come all! Posted at 07:56 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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05/02/12Spree style with Erin Habes: Refresh, Revive, Rejuvenate
April showers might bring May flowers to your garden, but this season the floral trend is popping up everywhere. Not only will your wardrobe be blooming, but this Thursday night grab your girls and peep Buffalo’s creative beauty and fashion scene. Buffalo Spree magazine presents “Refresh, Revive, Rejuvenate”, a truly radiant approach to bringing the Beauty Book to life. The lush environment of Buffalo’s Botanical Gardens offers the perfect backdrop for a fresh new philosophy on beauty, fashion, and creative ideas. This viewpoint will reveal itself throughout the garden space with avant-garde fashion creations while the environment is taken into ultimate consideration. As local designers take... Posted at 07:23 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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04/20/12Spree Style with Erin Habes: Runway 5.0 sneak peeks
Runway 5.0 takes place tomorrow night. Below are sneak peaks from some of the senior designers. “Synthesis: the combining of separate elements to form a coherent whole, offering new, unexpected combinations that can confront opposites. A transformational balance is created that ignites cooperation within two or more substances.” After working on Runway for five years, the theme of Synthesis epitomizes what the event has become. The culmination of a year-long collaboration between Buffalo State College students, faculty, industry, and community, Runway involves hundreds of volunteers working towards one common goal. Students hustle all semester, perfecting and learning their craft, whether it be... Posted at 08:52 AM | Permalink | Comments: 1 |
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03/13/12Spree Style with Erin Habes: Fashion Star
Fashion. Turn to the left. Fashion. Turn to the right.
It's alive and for the world to see on NBC this week, with the debut of Fashion Star, a reality TV show that mashes the likes of Project Runway and Design Star, with huge money and reputations at stake. The competition goes “real world”, as three major retailers battle it out to win the select garments, which quickly lead to production and instant availability. Filmed six months ago and stamped top secret, the winning pieces, soon to be viewed by millions, will be available to the masses in stores the next day! With a wide range of high profile retailers bidding (Macy’s, H&M and Saks Fifth Avenue) the limited edition product... Posted at 04:00 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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03/02/12Spree Style with Erin Habes: Work it
“Style is a way to say who you are without having to speak.” -Rachel Zoe
The buzz of fashion is in the air, with New York and Milan Fashion Weeks fresh on our minds. It’s hard not to think about how it effects our own hometown mix of creative individuals. Over the past few years, I can comfortably say there has been a growing fashion scene in Buffalo, one that is fueled by the daily online fashion feeds. How could we not be taking notes, with every blog flooding us with imagery and exposing us to everything from runway glam shots and crazy backstage pics to magazine editors sharing what nail color they chose to wear that day. The urge to follow designers on Instagram and Twitter has opened a world... Posted at 08:27 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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02/23/12Spree Style with Erin Habes: Balancing your digital connection
Share it, pin it, like it, Tweet it. I’m pretty social media savvy, but I have been holding out on the indulgence of Pinterest, until now. Why might you ask? Well how many social media outlets can one truly have? If you really think about it, it is overwhelming. Though everything serves a purpose and living a “digital life” is the wave of today and the future, embedded in our culture in every way. My thought process on social media and “sharing” is simple, and boils down to a few factors I am going to share with you to help you maintain your sanity. First off, you must give up one social media obsession for another. Balancing your life and how much time you spend on Facebook and other avenues needs to... Posted at 05:00 AM | Permalink | Comments: 1 |
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02/09/12Spree Style with Erin Habes: Just screen print it
A new year brings a fresh outlook, and with it the urge to learn new things, try different foods, and travel to faraway places. As my thirties begin to take hold, I’ve decided to start a bucket list of fun, attainable, and affordable gems that will surely bring joy to my everyday life. I like to think of all these new and exciting adventures as a way to add to my personal repertoire of “super powers”. A trip to the Western New York Book Arts Center provided me with the perfect x-ray vision view into the art world I’ve been craving. How do you screen print? The secrets were revealed in a beginner level “Screen Printing 101” class, which was split up over... Posted at 04:00 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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02/03/12Spree Style with Erin Habes: Syllabus 101
Class is in session and students have returned to their respective cathedrals of learning in our Queen City. The winter break was smooth and easy, with mild weather and sun-filled days. Sure enough, leave it to Mother Nature to envelope the new semester with an Arctic tundra affect. It's hard enough managing a new schedule and waking up early for those 8:00 a.m. classes. The students must bus it or park miles away from campus. They schlep between dorms and classroom buildings, constantly exposed to the elements. Many are clueless as to how to stay warm while remaning stylish (and on budget). Ramen noodles or... Posted at 03:00 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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01/26/12Spree Style with Erin Habes: Style profile on Molly Hoeltke
Once upon a time there was a fashion stylist who traveled the world and acquired all the right amount of style while living in New York, Atlanta and Italy. Working in the production world, she loved styling. She eventually earned a marketing degree. Just as her appreciation and passion for vintage grew through the years, so did her fascination with fashion and she soon landed back in Buffalo where her own creative hustle continued to blossom. A sustainable fashion collection was born. Called Once Vintage, it is a “carefully currated selection of one-of-a-kind vintage pieces as well as hand-made updated vintage re-constructions”. Vintage clothing is a part of our past and Once Vintage says it best. “Vintage buys are meant to carefully context our... Posted at 05:00 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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01/20/12Spree Style with Erin Habes: From red carpet to real life
The Golden Globe Awards are always my favorite when it comes to the red carpet. It’s really the first time we get to see the noteworthy trends the stars are wearing from the spring/summer New York and Milan shows. Emerging colors, silhouettes, hair, makeup, and accessories are on display—and who could forget about the gossip! The best and worst dressed list is always a fun convo at the water cooler (or on Facebook), but how do we translate what we see on the stars into our own real fashion lives? Indulge a little and use the Golden Globe as inspiration for your winter wardrobe. I’ve made it easy by breaking down the major trends: nudes, headbands, black & white and neon brights. Each can add a breath of fresh air to your winter darks, so take... Posted at 05:05 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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01/13/12Spree Style with Erin Habes: Tangerine TangoA fiery dream Posted at 05:00 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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01/09/12Spree Style with Erin Habes: Surface Enhancement
Breaking free of that stereotypical granny look, there is a new appreciation for embroidery gaining momentum in fashion this year. A crafty, colorful, homemade sense is driving this continuing trend of unique surfaces with a creatively crafted appeal.
Rich botanical embellishments are elevating a simple lampshade. Pillows and throws are blooming with fancy florals. An important trend that is spilling into the... Posted at 05:00 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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01/05/12Spree Style with Erin Habes: A bejeweled New Year
This season it’s all about size and quantity in the jewelry department. Style-cognoscenti will rock it with polished metal adornments, opulent gemstones, and standout-in-a-crowd statement pieces. If you possess ornamental souvenirs from far-flung destinations, toss them on your neck, fingers, and shoulders with abandonment. 2012 brings out the jewelry junky in all of us, with an A-list lineup of trends. Looking to the streets of Spring '12 fashion week and the rest of the world we see a treasure-trove of some of the best dressed wrists, necks and fingers we've observed in a longtime. Pack on the personality pendants, over-sized neckwear, shoulder dusters, and piles and piles of bracelets and rings. Prepare for a... Posted at 05:00 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
