SMU Style

SMU alumna Ashley Gilroy’s jewelry company Vipul Arts can been seen in the May 2010 issue of Glamour on stands now. The “Glee” girls sport Vipul Arts bracelets in the glamed out photo shoot featuring the stars of the hit high school musical sensation. Checkout Vipul Arts and the 2008 grad’s kaftan collection, By Bindi, at ByBindi.com

Nicole Richie swept into Dallas March 4th for the launch of her first clothing collection, Winter Kate. Hundreds of Dallasites swarmed Neiman Marcus NorthPark to catch a glimpse of the celebrity turned fashion designer and get an autographed Fashion Rules puzzle featuring Richie. SMU fans of Richie and her famous boho style turned out to checkout Winter Kate and the new House of Harlow shoes and accessories available at CUSP at Neiman’s NP.

Dallas blogger Jane Aldridge, of Sea of Shoes, and her mom Judy Aldridge, of Atlantis Home, brought their carefully curated collection of vintage gems and jewels to V.O.D. for an evening of shopping and sipping champagne. I snapped some pics of SMU students in the crowd, some must-see V.O.D merch and of course the crazy cool works of art the chic mother daughter duo had on display.
Pic of Jane the evening’s hostess from SeaofShoes.com
SMU grad and local jewelry designer Amber Venz made the harnass she is wearing as a gift for Jane. The piece is appropriately named “Jane” after the fashion blogger. To shop Amber’s collections visit AmberVenz.com Pic Cred: SeaofShoes.com

I had the pleasure of attending the Dallas Art Fair this weekend and snapped some pics of my favorite artwork. I’m not an art expert by any means, but can appreciate beauty and creativity.
The Andy Warhol had a piece at the fair in the PanAmerican Gallery. You could purchase “Perrier Bottles” for a cool $250,000 (aka 6 years at SMU).
This image “Empire” shot by Matthew Porter in 2010 caught by eye in Dallas’ Marty Walker Gallery. The photographer teaches at the American Center for Photography in NYC and that image was shot in Brooklyn.

William Campbell Contemporary Art out of Fort Worth had this fascinating piece by John Holt Smith called “Sequence #3.” The artist retrieved this image first by taking a picture of a field of poppies. Then he stretched and zoomed the image time after time until he was enraptured with this particular color sequence, which he then replicated with acrylic enamel on an aluminum canvas.
This acrylic on canvas painting from Dallas gallery Dunn & Brown Contemporary was a mesmerizing optical illusion with a 3-D effect on the eyes. “Spectrum #12″ by Susie Rosmarin.
Former Texan, now New Yorker Rachel Hovnanian captured the stereotypes and conceptions of beauty with a sense of humor and seriousness. Her exhibit “The Power and Burden of Beauty” made the trip down to Texas to be viewed by her toughest critics.
This foam pink thing as I referred to it all weekend is a sculpture by Tony Feher from the D’Amelio Terras Gallery. Its proper name is “Blossom” and it is made out of extruded polyestyrene you can find at a hardware store like Home Depot for building materials. Its simple, unexpected and just makes you smile. Can you imagine having it just chilling in your living room?

SMU senior Sarah Pottharst reports on a trend spotted on campus that might not exactly be runway worthy. “Waltzing across SMU’s campus everyday are a number of women with caked-on makeup, shiny jewelry and a designer purse to boot. When completing their outfits, some of these women decide to sport gym shorts and a baggy t-shirt, leaving the rest of the campus to wonder: Did they get dressed in the dark?”

But, hey it is what it is… and as I’m quoted in the article: “When you go to class in college, you want to be comfortable.” READ MORE

P.S. Thanks for the SMUstyle.com plug at the end! You didn’t have to do that!

Dallas blogger turned virtual celebrity was featured in February’s Teen Vogue. Click here to read the article.
I looked into the growing trend of fashion blogs in my story “Fashion magazines seem doomed as blogs boom” in last week’s Daily Campus.