When I was living in NYC, I happened upon an exhibit featuring an eccentric fashion icon named Iris Apfel. The exhibit was called Rare Bird, a title that only begins to describe the collection of clothes that were on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 

I became enamored with Iris — along with half of New York City, I presume — and was recently thinking back on the experience with awe. Then the other day, I found this GREAT video of Iris being interviewed and filmed while shopping.

My favorite thing about Iris Apfel is that she views fashion with so much energy and shows no fear in doing what she wants with it! 

Lately I’ve been trying to keep posted on the people that I have done blogs on. One person that I have succeeded, at least a little, in keeping updated on is a graphic designer, artist, and photographer named Kelty, who has a website called Steep Street. I did the first blog in August on Kelty’s website and then did another follow up blog on a photo shoot that she styled in vintage clothes

This week, I remembered to remind myself to check up on Kelty and was really glad that I did. I found myself enamored with her most recent blog post. The newest photos that she has posted are such an awesome inspiration for fashion, styling, makeup, and photography that I had to do another post!

All of the makeup done in these shots was done by the makeup artist Nadia, who has just launched a website and a blog, which include drawings of her ideas for this photo shoot! 

Obviously, it’s fun to see the final product, but I also enjoy seeing the thought and process behind a project. This one turned out so well that I really enjoyed seeing the concept and drawings of the makeup (below).

This week I am introducing our model KYNDRAH!

I realized that I should start doing Lulus.com employee profiles since we are all so dang cool. I already did one on Serine when she moved to London, so I thought I’d keep going with the models first.

So here is Kyndrah. She’s one stylish chica and always wears LuLu*s clothes. Even in the cold, this girl has managed to look cute day in and out.

Check her out below, wearing her own jacket, cardigan, and knitted scarf (it had these really cool feathers knitted into it!), sunglasses, and Ugg boots paired with our newest Yoko Striped Tank by Alternative Apparel and the Beaten Path Skinny Machine Jean!

Below are a few fun pictures of Kyndrah in the studio, when I was shooting some of the clothes that I did this year with photographer Daniel De Porres. I love the one of her jumping. She literally walked into the studio and it took us 5 minutes to get these shots!

Here is Kyndrah modeling for me at a small fashion show I threw. She’s so much fun and brings a lot of life to the clothes!

There are many new and hot figures flirting with the cameras about town in NYC these days, but there is one in particular that has caught my attention again and again. I have to admit, he was the only Sikh man in all of the “who’s who” party pictures on Style.com, and he was in sooooo many of them that I couldn’t help wondering who he was.

His name is Waris Ahluwalia, of the House of Waris jewelry company. Waris jewelry could charm almost anyone, gleaming with precious gems and whimisical fantasy. In order to keep up such a business, Waris can be seen working around the clock to keep on the cutting edge of the world of the socialites.

Not only is Waris an amazing jewelry designer, he is also an actor. Waris premiers in the Darjeeling Limited as the train conductor but is also in The Life Aquatic. I LOVE Wes Anderson movies, so this was awesome to find out!

Here, below and to the left, are Waris’ earrings. On the right, here’s a LuLu*s necklace [sold out!] that is reminiscent of his style and use of gemstones (although our necklace does not actually have real gemstones in it).

Sooooo a few weeks back, DJ Mia Moretti picked out some shoes on Lulus.com, and they just so happened to be the Jeffrey Campbell Inches Black Ringed Unicorn Heel Bootie. (I know, it’s a tongue twister, but they’re cute all the same!) Mia wore these shoes out and about last week in New York City, and we found these pics.

Here, Mia is at the Paper’s Fifth Annual Nightlife Awards in LuLu*s shoes with the oh so fashionable Josh Madden!

And here is another adorable pic of her in the JC shoes at the annual holiday Toys For Tots fundraiser where she was DJing!!

Check out all of our unicorn heels from our favorite shoe designer, Jeffrey Campbell!

From left to right: JC Inches Black Ringed Unicorn Heels, the JC Quarry Black Ruffled Unicorn Heeled Boot, and the JC Michelle Ruffle Unicorn Heel in Gold, Pewter [sold out!], and Black Suede [sold out!]!