In a Barneys New York Dressing Room

In a Barneys New York Dressing Room


Rag and Bone,  3.1 Phillip Lim, J Brand

                            

(my own: Rick Owens leather jacket, red hat and LD Tuttle Shaper boots,

Habitual denim mini skirt)

Samantha V. ♥✌♡✌♥

Re-Invent Workout Wear, Please

My hat goes of to Lululemon for changing my viewpoint of work out clothes. Their clothing is very cute and stylish. I constantly see women in my gym donning the latest gear form the hip store, but their gear is too pricey for me to purchase. I can't justify spending that much money on gear that I will stink up with my sweat, but if it were workout clothes designed by Rick Owens, I would be willing to spend that much money. Other than thinking about fashion, writing, making art, and eating, my favorite active is working up a sweat.

Mondays are my favorite workout days. I feel like a total badass after my HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) and leg workout. I love working out and I feel blessed that I have the ability to do so. I feel that the mental challenge is often harder to handle than the physical one. To match the empowerment, it would be great to have a workout outfit designed by a cutting edge designer such as Rei Kawakubo or Junya Watanabe. 

I could see them taking old Gold's Gym and Everlast tank tops and cutting them up into new-fangled tops and clothes. Spandex would be reinvented into a way better creation than what is found in anAmerican Apparel store. Even Pendleton could get in on the action, after all it seems that they have collaborated with everyone lately, why not design some workout gear. I would go to the gym on leg day and feel like an awesome badass in my Junya Watanabe workout top paired with Comme des Garcons Pendleton shorts and Rick Owens sneakers. It would definitely make me forget about how much my quads hurt and I may just do some pullups because I am so happy with what I'm wearing. If any one of these designers decides to do this, please at least give me some of the workout clothes, since I came up with the idea. I do realize that Stella McCartney and Yojhi Yamamoto have done great things for Adidas, but I want more designers to embark on this.

(Images from top, Fila White Label sneakers, Converse sneakers, Nike AirForce,my usual, not-so interesting workout shorts, but I love them)

(Lululemon hoodie, pic from Fit Sugar.com

The only cool thing I wear for workouts are my sneakers. I have gotten more compliments on my White Label Fila sneakers than I ever could have imagined.

Samantha V♥✌♡✌♥

I Spilled Venison on My Rick Owens Sweater

Oh no I spilled venison spaghetti on my Rick Owens sweater. I eat pretty esoterically and I feel if everyone ate like me the world would be a better place. I'm a once raw vegan, turned onto meat again due to my need for the protein. I eat game meat, primarily bison, ostrich, elk, and venison. Although I will say I support people that are vegan, as long as they are vegan for ethical reasons, but I was not vegan for any ethical reasons. I was vegan because I thought I would be healthier and thinner. Not true if you eat copious amounts of cashew butter and melon. I should have been on an ice cream diet, it would have been more fun. I would consider myself a hunter gatherer type. If the food doesn't grow in the ground, fly, swim, or run, I won't eat it. I also believe in eating the rainbow, not the Skittles variety, but rather every color imaginable. I saute radicchio in lemon juice so it becomes a bright hot pink/deep purple. I eat every color of cauliflower and I eat a lot of avocado and colorful squashes. I need a full palette for my palate. 


Samantha V.♥✌♡✌♥