Fashionably Austin & A Night of MajK with Mychael Knight

Cheryl of Fashionably Austin came to the Art Institute of Austin campus to speak to the Fashion & Retail Management students. If you are not familiar with Fashionably Austin, it's the fashion-forward brainchild of Cheryl and her business partner, . You can find about all the fashion events and happenings in Austin at the website, along with information about local designers, sales, and even watch Cheryl's recent experience at New York Fashion Week. It was wonderful to hear from a fashion insider who has made their dream into their career, all the while living in the beautiful city of Austin.

In other news...

Mychael Knight, who you may know from Project Runway: Season Three, is coming to Austin!

Mychael Knight is visiting the Art Institute of Austin campus on April 14th, and will be the school's first Artist in Residence.

Mychael Knight got his start in fashion as a stylist for the music industry, and was voted the Fan Favorite of the third season of Project Runway and placed fourth overall.

Since his stint on the show, Knight has been awfully busy: he has since designed a line of custom tees for Starbucks, introduced a lingerie line for men and women (Kitty & Dick), created a unisex fragrance (MajK), and on the 17th, he debuted his Fall/Winter 2010 line at the Charleston Fashion Week in South Carolina.

At The Art Institute of Austin's Night of MajK, attendees will enjoy:

• the Austin debut of Mychael Knight's Fall/Winter '10 line "Carte Blanche".


• a fashion presentation and Q&A with Mychael Knight.


• a gallery show inspired by Mr. Knight.


• hors d'oeuvres by the International Culinary School at The Art Institute of Austin.

To learn more information and RSVP to the event, go here.

SXSW 2010 Adventures

I've been putting off writing this post because I am in the midst of finals...but I have something else I want to post, and I don't want to get out-of-order on anything.

My South By Southwest experience this years was amazing, to say the least.

From volunteering (hospitality--feeding volunteers) to walking around town and actually going to shows...I had a blast.

After my first day of volunteering.

Last Wednesday I wrote about local band Brazos, and I was lucky enough to get in a few more events and shows.

On Thursday, I went to the American Apparel SXSW Flea Market with my friend Megan.
Megan, if you'll remember, might as well be my partner-in-crime: we've gotten lost together, have shopped vintage together, and have now skipped class together (we were caught up in the class, but still).

This time around, we also met boys from Jersey...

We talked about their hair.

At the Flea Market, I ended up buying a red swimsuit top and a blue "Legalize America Now." tee for 12 bucks. Megan found a dress, a duffel bag, and a shirt for less than $50.

The Flea Market was held in a tent outside the Mexican Cultural Center (600 River Street).

With Megan later that night.

On Friday, I heard a drive-by snippet of Cheap Trick(not pictured--we only saw them because we were stuck in traffic), locals Meggan Carney & the Flying Trapeze, saw a set at Valhalla with Japanese rockers Geeks, heard the only Miike Snow song I know and ran into the Mohawk just to catch the band do the song, and saw Ra Ra Riot for the second time (they opened for Death Cab For Cutie last May).


On Saturday night, I caught the end of Justin Townes Earl (not pictured; ridiculously dirty lyrics), learned She&Him didn't get a sound check, went back to Valhalla to see the London-based Stricken City, the Virginian band Gifts From Enola, and rounded the evening out with Boston's Caspian.

I can't even begin to express the craziness of SXSW2010, but if you ever get a chance to attend, you should. Next year, I'll have a Platinum Badge and I'll be 21 (less than a month--April 21st!), so I'm already planning my schedule accordingly.

Thanks to SXSW for the YouTube clip.

Austin Street Style : Amber & Brazos at the Mohawk

I took a photo of Amber last year,
right before she was leaving school for SXSW 2009.

At the Art Institute of Austin campus on Thursday.

This year I volunteered enough hours to get a SXSW music pass, so expect more photos from SXSW2010 throughout the week.

Until then, enjoy this 30-second clip of the band Brazos. They are a band from Austin, and I saw them at the Mohawk (912 Red River) last night. Really dug their sound and then today I found the band was featured in the March Music issue of Tribeza. I've been carrying around the issue in my bag all week after I picked it up at Urban Outfitters on the Drag. I spoke with the lead singer, Martin Crane, just as they were packing up after their set. Set list included the songs Kid, The Observer (poem by Adrienne Rich), Day Glo, We Understand Each Other, and Tell. The clip is of "Tell".

If you missed the show at the Mohawk, they're also playing around town through the 20th. Check out their myspace for more details.

I may have taken this photo during the Brazos sound check.
The show was outside and I was worried the rain would cancel it.
Here's what I wore:
Dress: 'Whipped Cream' from Cream Vintage West Campus
Bag: Betseyville by Betsey Johnson
Leggings: Wet Seal

Next week I'm going to be tackling finals at school, so things are fairly hectic as the moment. I'm really looking forward for all the events this week due to South By to be my escape for the week.
Cheers!