Dries Van Noten

I recently had to buy a black suit for a school event, which is kind of ridiculous since I'm seventeen years old. Someone told me I looked professional. I didn't, I looked like I was going to a funeral.

The point I'm trying to make is that business women no longer wear black suits and sensible heels. They rock the world in Chanel and Christian Louboutin. Power is sexy and Dries Van Noten is designing for the power women of today. Absolutely gorgeous.

This is such a great color. Still neutral, but not-your average neutral so it looks fantastic. I think it's perfect for this fall.

Love this bag. Due to my obsession with big bags, I think this is fantastic. This jacket has a little bit of a masculine feel to it. I love men's clothing on women, it's one of the sexiest things out there. This is beautiful. I love turning trench coats into dresses, because I think they have such a flattering cut, it's a waste not to use them as dresses. This is so gorgeous I can't stop looking at it. Love how effortlessly chic this looks.

This jacket is magical and matched with the leopard it's perfection.
Oh my goodness. This silhouette is gorgeous. This dress is gorgeous. This jacket is gorgeous. These shoes are gorgeous. Gorgeous Gorgeous Gorgeous.

Simple. Classic. Timeless.

Love the Leopard and the cinched waist with the bulky vest underneath. Utterly Genius

Love the Lace. It's beautiful. I love the green sleeves in the dress and those shoes with that skirt.

Love these dresses. The colors are rich and the shapes are beautiful

I don't usually like gold that much but Dries Van Noten did a great job with it in this collection. I love how the jacket is paired with black pants and shoes but the dress, which is simple, has bright green shoes. Fabulous.

Tootles,
Mamie

P.S. All the pictures are from New York Magazine

Style File…Sunday Brunch

Here is our first look with our camera t-shirt! What we love about this look is that it's something you can just throw on when you have nothing else to wear, but still look stylish. And do we need to mention how exciting it is that Emma Watson started her own line? Love, love, LOVE her style! These shoes are great too, a little golfer-esque but not so uptight. We thought the snake pin added a little extra-shine (Mamie needs her sparkle) that is always nice. The scarf added a little needed color, but it's light enough so it won't get you all hot and sweaty in the summer. When we saw this purse, we all fell in love with it. It's fun and edgy—and its big so you can literally stuff your life in there (which, let's face it, that's what purses are for).

Tootles,
Alex, Mamie & Ale

Model off the Runway...Karlie Kloss

"Be patient. Be confident in yourself. Anything can happen if you really work at it. Never give up. It's corny, but never give up."

-Karlie Kloss

Why do we love this quote? Because so far it's been a challenge with A(Squared) + M but we never give up, no matter how frustrated we get. And Karlie Kloss is pretty amazing.

Karlie Kloss is one of the most coveted models at the moment. She is best known for her great walk and has opened and closed countless shows, including Marc by Marc Jacobs and Carolina Herrera. We love her street style because it is simple but still looks put together. Karlie is able to look stylish, while not looking like she tried too hard. She prefers jeans or a pencil skirt, and tops it off with a simple tee and cute jacket. These are perfect style staples everyone should have in their closet because they can be dressed up to attend a party or event, or dressed down for a more casual, relaxed look. Although she does not take many risks, or go for a more avant-garde look, Karlie is only seventeen and we applaud her for dressing sophisticated but appropiate for her age. She always looks polished and ready to conquer the fashion world.

Tootles,

Alex, Mamie & Ale

Because We're Obsessed...Scarves

What can we say we just love light and airy scarves. Hermes’ new ad with Karlie Kloss is so beautiful and summery, it makes us wish we were at the beach lying on a pile of Hermes scarves, but then again, who doesn’t always want to do that? We also love Phillipe Roucou’s new objets trouves line: scarves that have different Polaroid pictures of “found objects” printed on them. Although the whole Polaroid fad seems to be overdone, Roucou has made them exciting and relevant again. We also love how great they look on. Usually with a big print that is hard to do, but Roucou manages to make them look awesome.

Tootles,

Alex, Mamie & Ale

Don’t Stop Believing

17 t-shirts made and sold? Check.

It's happening. Right now, our first orders of t-shirts are DONE and once we put the tags on them, they will be given to the people who bought them.

It's exciting really.

So after setting up the sweatshop (Mamie's garage) we got to work. We jammed to Jay-Z, Shakira and Phoenix, excited and happy that we were finally making the t-shirts. Now they're all hanging to dry and we are still jamming…

Now that we've got our first order done, we feel like we can conquer the world. Soon we'll be setting up a Pay Pal account to make the t-shirts available online.

1. Our supplies.
2. Centering print.
3. Applying ink.
4. Printing design.
5. Finished product!
6. Close-up.
7. Waiting for them to dry.

Check back with us soon to see new designs and how you can order online.

Tootles,
Alex, Mamie & Ale

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Tootles,
Alex, Mamie & Ale

Success!

After realizing we weren't the silk-screening pros we thought we were, we decided to consult a professional (our art teacher Ms. Synder). We came to her in a panic and she calmed us down and said "don't worry, bring everything tomorrow and we'll make it work."

And just like Tim Gunn, she made it work. She taught us how to put the emulsion on correctly (we had put too much), use a light table (we were using a light bulb), and how to wash the emulsion out (we used laundry detergent).

So finally, we got the print on! It looked great and we were really happy with it. Since then, we've designed a logo and gotten six orders! Our goal for this week is to actually print it on the shirts and give them to the people who ordered. We are also going to talk about new designs and advertising strategies.

1. Ms. Snyder teaching us how to properly apply the emulsion.

2. Burning the design onto the screen using a light table.

3. Washing away the emulsion.

4. Printing the design onto t-shirt material.

5. Success!

Tootles,
Alex, Mamie, & Ale