The last few weeks of 2011 have been nothing short of amazing and I have been very fortunate enough to watch them dwindle down to only two until we welcome a new year. I’m an avid “instagrammer”, so check out some images I’ve snapped over the past couple of weeks.
For those that know me personally, I think you can vouch for me when I say that I don’t like to share much information on what I wear or where I may shop. I’d like to change that by sharing my latest find. IMKING is an LA based clothing brand that works by the motto, “See beyond the struggle, achieve the impossible.” Those words are placed into every stitch and piece of clothing they offer and it shows, especially with their Holiday ’11 preview. I was given the chance to preview their entire holiday collection and I was beyond impressed. Shown below are three pieces from their new collection, two of which I’ll be receiving. Ryan, head of IMKING marketing, says:
We put our blood sweat and tears in everything we do, but that doesn’t mean you should be afraid to give me your honest opinion either.
I love the collection and can’t wait to receive my pieces. Wait until I get permission to post the Spring collection. Bringing LA style to the East.
A couple of weeks ago, GIVEN Liqueur and VIBE Vixen asked Karen Civil to take part in “Never Given Up“, a campaign put together to promote GIVEN Liqueur and inspire people with the stories of Karen and others on how they’ve never given up. I was on set with Karen to capture an exclusive and intimate glimpse of the busy 7 hour shoot. Check out the video above and as always, a special thanks to everyone who was on set.
On November 18th, I held a private dinner in celebration of my 20th birthday, which was on November 22nd. The gathering was held at Delicatessen in New York City with some of my closest friends and family. A very memorable night, if I can even recall most of it, full of amazing food and champagne. Come November 22nd, I received an immense amounts of messages, wishes, and love from a lot of people and I can never say this enough, but thank you all. This was my second birthday away from home and, once again, it was one of the best. Check out a few photos from the dinner below.
Today is December 1st, which is World AIDS Day. It is a day that is used to help increase awareness, discuss, and fight this global disease that has stricken millions of lives. With over 60 million people affected by this problematic infection, it continually spreads rapidly minute by minute. Thousands die per day and it is up to the current generation to help stop AIDS all together.
Since the 9th grade, I have been an avid supporter of World AIDS Day and more specifically Join(RED). I started by purchasing various apparel from GAP through the Product(RED) initiative. Product(RED) is a brand that partners with many globally recognized companies to sell popular products that help fun the fight to end AIDS. Most of the products I began buying were shirts with brilliant world play like “Bo(RED)” or “Admi(RED)”. It has been almost 5 years since those shirts were launched, and the success of both Product (RED) and Join(RED) has grown substantially.
Join(RED) has now launched (2015)Quilt, to promote the Getting To Zero theme for today. A simple, fun, and easy way to show your support, you can create a panel and add it to the rapidly growing quilt. The panel I designed is above.
I encourage everyone to not only make a panel for the (2015)Quilt, but to also take care of yourselves. Wrap it up, practice safe sex, and most importantly get tested. We are all apart of a generation that is full of many talented, smart, and wonderful people. Everyone is affected when we loose just one, so lets make it to none.
