fancy

My summer kicked off by seeing my soulmate, best friend, and third sister; Brenna Rose Cashen. We became friends in 6th grade and best friends summer going into 8th grade when I used to live in the same small town of Leesburg, Virginia; a surburb outside Washington D.C. We try to visit each other at least once a year and we've managed to stay best friends ever since.

When Brenna and I were reunited it was like time and distance didn't even matter we were already acting like we hang out everyday, talking about updates in each others' lives, pop culture, news, and how much we basically hate the rest of the people of the world. 

On our first full day we went to the biggest mall in the area, Tyson's, and met Brenna's boyfriend and his friend up for lunch so I could finally meet the guy who was dating my best friend {he's basically Brenna in boy form without the loud mouth so he got my seal of approval}. We ate lunch and went to some of our favorite stores like Free People, Urban Outfitters, and H&M and then naturally got lost in rush hour traffic in the pouring rain. To end a day of shopping we drank margaritas and watched our favorite "best friend" movie, Bride Wars. No, we couldn't be more stereotypical girls.

           

                                                                    

We went to a Nationals Baseball game in downtown D.C. the next day, so since I'm a sports junkie I was excited to go to another baseball game, even if it wasn't my team the Rangers. The game was so much fun and the Nationals pulled out a win, and we got to sit fairly close left field. We went with two of Brenna's best friends from high school and we all had a great time eating Ballpark food and cheering on the Nationals. As we were leaving we got a glimpse of downtown D.C.
         

Since Texas and Oklahoma are completely flat states, there aren't many hiking opportunities so we went hiking on a beautiful Sunday afternoon to Great Falls. I forgot how green and hilly Virginia was and at Great Falls there was huge rocks to hike on, great trails, and the river was high and to my eyes looked like raging rapids. It was a perfect sunny and 75 degree day to see the beauty of the East Coast.                                      



In my last full day in Virginia, we went to the country's capital of D.C. I love downtown D.C. with all the historic buildings, amazing museums, memorials, and just the history of the country. We had tickets to go to Madame Trussauds Wax Museum, which is on my bucket list so I got to check an item off. In D.C. they had a whole section of the presidents looking almost real. We then walked around the city as we like to do because we love cities. Then we stopped at a bakery and got our favorite dessert, macaroons and made sure to get some pictures of tourist sites.


Over my week trip, I ate a lot of great food as well and since I'm a food lover I had to document all the great food I ate. At the baseball game I found one of my favorite places to eat from NYC, Shake Shack. I was so excited to have found it in D.C. at a baseball game. We also went to a new local Leesburg burger restaurant, Melt. I got the most delicious burger called the Paris burger. Meat, Brie cheese, spinach, balsamic carmelized onions, with a side of fries with the restaurant's special sauce. And of course always end on a dessert, huge macaroons {favorite dessert} from Paul's bakery in downtown D.C.



My trip back to Virginia to spend time with the best friend of a lifetime was exactly what I needed to start this summer. As I boarded the plane back home to Texas I started the book that swept the teenage nation, The Fault in Our Stars {bad mistake, I cried on the plane}. And the whole plane ride back I had Iggy Azalea's song "Fancy" stuck in my head. Probably because Brenna and I listened to it everyday, multiple times a day. Bon Voyage Virginia, until next time!

My top 5 things to see in D.C.

1. The White House

2. National Archives Building

3. Washington Memorial

4. Museum of Natural History

5. Japanese Cherry Blossum Festival

Met Gala 2014

While I waited for my personal last minute invitation to the Met Gala, fashion's biggest night, I concluded I would be invited next year for sure. The Met Gala is an annual fundraising night to benefit the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute, including the fashion exhibit. Vogue editor-in-chief, Anna Wintour, has been chair for this event since 1995 and oversees pretty much everything, claiming her title as "Queen of fashion". This year's theme was honoring Charles James, "America's First Couturier", with the title Beyond Fashion. 

Since I was unable to attend, I had to sit in my sweats and refresh my phone every 5 seconds to see every celebrity, model, and designer's costumes of the night. And every time I refreshed the phone screams of "Oh my god" and "Wow" and "AMAZING" would come out. Every dress and ensemble that came out this year received attention and stuck out, but I am going to share my personal favorite dresses, beauty moments, and couples of the night. {all pictures courtesy of E! News Online}

First thing's first is to just give a round of applause to the Queen of the night, Anna Wintour. The editor looked timeless in Chanel. The dress was full of springtime and Wintour looked radiant.                

Next is fashion, icon, Sarah Jessica Parker, who is one of my fashion idols. SJP was the crowd "wow" in an Oscar de la Renta, that channeled Charles James' work. The dress was a black and white stunner that was even more drama in the back. SJP made history and actually blew my mind out of the park.

                                                     

Pink was a popular trend seen throughout the night and my favorites in the color were Reese Witherspoon wearing Stella McCartney, Emma Stone in a Thakoon ensemble {seen later for best beauty}, Blake Lively in Gucci {seen later in best couples}, Kendall Jenner in TopShop, Claire Danes in Oscar de la Renta {seen later in best couples}, and finally the best pink dress of them all, Suki Waterhouse, in Burberry. Turned heads left and right with angel like frills.
                          
Up next is a true piece of artwork. Karolina Kurkova in a one of a kind Marchesa dress sculpted with angular cuts like no other. The model proved her fashion sense with this single dress of modern perfection.

Final best dresses of the night {besides some seen in best beauty moments and best couples} is the 2 best black gowns. Black is always classic and the 2 ladies who wore black surely fit the title of class. Gisele Bundchen wore a lace Balenciaga that lengthened her even more if possible. And E!'s own Giuliana Rancic perfected class in a Zac Posen dress with gorgeous fur vest. 

                                                

Next up is the best beauty moments! For me it was Emma Stone in Thakoon with a Frozen inspired braid {fan girling!}, Nicole Richie in Donna Karan with her lavender hair and golden eyes, Taylor Swift in Oscar de la Renta with her old Hollywood lips and eyes, and Jessica Alba in Diane Von Furstenberg with glowing skin and sultry eyes. 

         

And now the best looking couples of the night! We all know celebrities are all so good looking it's sickening but when you get 2 unbelievably good looking people together, it either makes you insanely jealous and pisses you off or your heart melts with happiness. First up Victoria Beckham and David Beckham; Victoria wearing her own brand and David in Ralph Lauren. Next is Queen Beyonce and Jay-Z, Beyonce in Givenchy. Sweetest moment when Jay performed mock proposal when Bey dropped her ring. Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy looked like prince and princess; Danes in Oscar de la Renta and Dancy in Prada. The always adorable Chrissy Teigen and John Legend matched with same designer, Ralph Lauren. Finally my favorite couple of the night {and my absolute favorite dress} goes to Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds! If you haven't already known how obsessed I am with Blake Lively you will now. She looked like an old Hollywood glam vision from her perfect curls to toe. The usual private couple made news looking gorgeous together {both in Gucci} and affectionate.

                                                                                                                                                                            

Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds stole the whole show by the Hollywood glam attire and adorable, attractive affection. Other dresses not pictured that were gorgeous as well included Lily Aldridge in a silver Michael Kors, Hailee Steinfeld in Prada, Dita Von Teese showing off her curves in Zac Posen, Selena Gomez with dark romantic makeup in Diane Von Furstenberg, and Cara Delevingne in a Stella McCartney ensemble.

However, my favorite picture of the whole night {even better than Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds} goes to the reunion that made me squeal with happiness. Yes, Upper East Siders, B&S reunited on the red carpet! Blake Lively and Leighton Meester posed for pictures together looking like besties once again. The Gossip Girl fan in me couldn't take the excitement or the beauty. We already know how jaw dropping Lively looked in Gucci, but Meester looked beautiful as ever in a gold dress with a plunging neckline by Emilio Pucci. She went sans her husband, Adam Brody. Seeing the duo back in action exceeded expectations. This picture is EVERYTHING. 

Top 5 designers I would want to make my Met Gala dress:

1. Zuhair Murad

2. Oscar de la Renta

3. Zac Posen

4. Diane Von Furstenberg

5. Gucci