Last Thursday, I had the incredible privilege of attending StyleCaster's State of Style Summit at 92YTribeca. Let's pretend that didn't sound really sponsored-post-y and generic. Because this is not a sponsored post or anything, I write my own shiz guys, 5ever and always.
The Style Summit was like the IFB Cons of da past, only smaller, cozier, and more intimate. And funnier. The CEO/founder of StyleCaster, Ari Goldberg, is quite hilarious and unafraid of profanity.
Much conversation was had, epiphanies occurred (somewhat), Tweeting happened (I know), bagels and delicious salad were et (et = the superior past participle of "eat"), and wonderful people spoke and existed in front of me. Among those people were Derek Blasberg, Joe Zee, Swin Cash (Olympic WNBA player and gold medalist, oh yes), the ladies of Style Like U (they are awesome. Like, really freaking awesome. More on them in the future, wink, wink), and a rabbi.
Here you may find some photographic and cinematographic documentation of my day at the Summit.
[Photos by me.]
Joe Zee, Mary Alice Stephenson, and Julia Samersova all discussed the importance and advantages of social media and its various platforms and incarnations. According to the panel, fashion used to be a "members only" sort of thing; thanks to social media, it's not like that anymore. Anyone and everyone can get involved. Even though social media pushes everything forward and is very future-looking, it simultaneously sends us back and makes fashion real again. It's no longer this concept that stays on a pedestal behind a glass case: it's at everyone's fingertips. The real question for me is whether that's a good thing or a bad thing. It's hypocritical for me to advocate a "soshul meediuh sux!" doctrine, because, HELLO! I'm a fifteen-year-old girl blogging from her apartment. But at the same time, Twitter, why are you a thing??? I may need to elaborate on this one a bit more in a full-fledged HuffPoPo article. This conflict was actually bothering me so much that I raised my hand and asked whether it's necessary to participate in that world if I don't want to. Their response was, "Why wouldn't you want to participate?" Welp, there's my thesis. Right there. So many reasons why not. Must. Restrain. From. Launching. Into. Tirade.
Words o' Wisdom: "It's not a popularity contest in high school." --Julia Samersova. Word way up to that, man.
Swin Cash! Displayin' some sass! She only spoke for about ten minutes, talking about her life story, so there isn't much to report that you couldn't find on Wikipedia. But I spoke to her afterward, and she was mega ultra nice and completely a human.
Nate Berkus and Derek Blasberg, who were so, so cute. It was amazing to watch them interact. So amazing, in fact, that I filmed a bit of their banter and you can see it yourself at the end of this post. Therefore, I shall spare you from hearing twice about how Derek's mom likes Nate more than her own son.
ISpyDIY's Jenni Radosevich talked to us about her new book launch and being temporarily homeless.
You can see the list of people on the panel on that projector behind everyone's head, but pay special attention to the two women on the right (yes, your right), Elisa Goodkind and Lily Mandelbaum of Style Like U. You need to go look at their site and start watching their videos right this instant, because you will feel awesome. I am not an instigator of peer pressure, nor do I condone it, but this is the only time you will benefit from doing exactly as I say.
They are actually the kyootest kids on the block.
'Twas great fun, I'll tell ya. Gr8 phun.
It's Monday...so...hmmm...
Why don't I leave you with some nice inspiring quotes from the Summit instead of being all bummed that the weekend could not be further away?
“The way to
cut through the clutter is to have an opinion.” --Brandon Holley of Lucky Mag
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“I think
we're all balancing between chaos and order, intimacy and
randomness.” --Brandon Holley
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“Scale
doesn't matter, engagement matters.” --Brandon Holley
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“Follow
your heart. You've got one shot and that's it. If you don't take it,
you'll never know.” --Frederik Willems of Thomas Pink
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“Don't ever
stop studying or learning, because if you stop doing those, you stop
evolving. This whole business is about evolution.” --Uri Minkoff of Rebecca Minkoff
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“I used to
think a runway was where an airplane landed. Now I know that it's a
place where dreams take off.” --Rabbi Mendel Jacobson
Better, isn't it?
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