Fashion Feature Friday

Hi everyone! Been very busy packing lately...we leave for the cruise early tomorrow. But I still had time today to head to the mall for some last minute sale shopping! I got the most gorgeous Marc Jacobs sweater that's a mix of like metallic, ribbon, and lilac-gray knit, a blue almost-denim-y button down from J. Crew, and a green, gray, purple, and black tweed skirt with emerald trim (also from J. Crew). But enough about my shopping scores...

Do you know what day it is? It's Friday (even though it doesn't feel like it because I didn't go to school)! And you know what's on Fridays? Fashion Features! Today's Fashion Feature is Eric Daman. Since we've already done a model and a designer, I figured it would be perfect time for a stylist. Not only a stylist, in fact, but also a costume designer.

Eric Daman was born in Monroe, Michigan, and went to college at Sorbonne in Paris. He got a job at a chic boutique which got him passes to Paris Fashion Week, and then he was hooked. He moved to New York and experimented with modeling and styling for editorial shoots when he ran into one of his old friends from Paris, who happened to be the costume designer for Sex and the City. He became her assistant and stayed on for 3 seasons. He also won an Emmy. Now, Daman is the chief costume designer for Gossip Girl. About creating some of fashion's newest icons, he said "When I first met Blake Lively, she wasn't having lunch with Karl Lagerfeld... I'm like a fashion professor, and I've taught them all about these labels and how to wear clothes and they really appreciate it. To see them go out on their own and become these fashion icons is really great. I'm proud of them. To see Leighton [Meester] in Lanvin going down the red carpet and Blake on the cover of Vogue is really thrilling." (quote courtesy of mediabistro.com) Daman has also written a book, You Know You Want It, and also debuted a line for Charlotte Russe.

I really recommend buying his book. It's my favorite fashion book I've ever gotten, and it has a lot of necessary information (like different hem lengths and what colors look best with your coloring) and great tips and tricks for dressing like a million bucks. It was actually one of the things that inspired me to do this blog. So, seriously. It's awesome. Go get it if you're sick of hearing me talk about personal style. And have any sense left in you. :)

Eric Daman and his book