LA Campus and The Mart
Ok so it is time for my entry on my trip to LA... btw I didn't have my camera so the pictures of the campus and the Mart or taken from different image searches and aren't that great
It was great and crappy at the same time...
First I was too tired to actually plan the timing of when I should leave so I ended up at the school 45 minutes early... only on other person was there! So we leave a little after 8... there were 3 charter buses total... on the way we ate granola bars and watched Mean Girls... We finally got in LA around 11
Our first Stop was the Mart (know called the California Market Center)
Shitty picture of the inside (not taken by me)
We get there and head up to the top floor to hear a speech from the manager I think it was... she tells up what the Mart and about everything blah blah blah... this lady talked forever! Ok so she did give us some awesome tips and ideas about being a designer... also how Fred Siegel is the place to go to see the new trends... all good stuff... but she shortened our shopping time! Also the food they gave us was disgusting!!!!!! Some weird burrito with beans and corn and red onions... I ate a small back of chips and a mint...
After she stopped going on and on we got only 30 minutes to shop!!!! You can imagine the uproar when you tell 100 and some odd girls that they have 30 minutes to shop in a 13 story building with awesome deals... Kathy and I literally sprinted to the elevator and to the 10th floor (the accessory floor) it was complete impulse shopping! Then we headed down to the 5th floor (contemporary) I looked at my watch and it was time to go back... we decided that shopping was MUCH better than a tour of the LA campus so we ditched out on the bus ride... a teacher saw us and motioned for us to come over to her and me Kathy and two other girls took off running in the opposite direction... we only spent another hour frantically shopping and kept running into other girls who had the same idea as us...
The sample sale was the MOST awesome thing ever... It is only once a month... I want to go again but next month I have class that day and it is the day of the Debut which I am hoping to go to... so March 25th is the next one! Anyone who wants to go up there with me should :-D serious deals
I ended up only spending just over $100... if I had more time I would have spent it all!
Now for what I bought!
Luckily I saw the BCBG sign...
This is my favorite purchase... a little to formal for everyday though
BCBG *paid $30* (originally $260 in stores)
Hanging up
Bad picture of me wearing it
Close-up of the print
In the same sample store I bought this dress from To The Max
*paid $30* I am sure the retail value would be similar to other To the Max dresses
Dress hanging
Me wearing it
Then we saw this store selling all kids of jean outfits so I got:
Skirt from Colins *paid $15*
another skirt from Colins *paid $15*
While I was on the accessory floor I got these:
black and white belt *paid $2*
Pink belt *paid $4*
Green earrings *paid $2*
Pink necklace and erring set *paid $2*
Green Necklace, earring, and ring set *paid $4*
So that is all of the fun stuff that I bought!
Grand total $104
Not bad if I say so my self since it is still only half the retail value of the BCBG dress
Ok so moving on...
After me and Kathy decided it was time to go head over to the school we ran into two of the other girls from school... So the four of us decided to walk to the school... it was raining... and the school was two or three blocks away... We were in ghetto LA walking in the rain... then what do you know we get lost!!! eventually we found the school though and managed to avoid getting into trouble... we just said we missed the buses and then got lost trying to find the school... it was technically true...
We gave ourselves a tour of the school:
some pictures I got from the FIDM site mainly of the awesome new Design Lab
Outside view of the construction
Another outside view
Design lab... laptops with lounge chairs what a fuckin awesome idea!
computers in Design Lab
Another view of the Lab
Another of the Lab
we also got a chance to check out the Bookstore and the scholarship store which is like an on campus thrift store to raise money for scholarships...
So around 2:30 we met at the buses and headed home... we watched 13 Going on 30... by the time the movie was over I felt really sick... I had a migraine, was nauseous, and had to pee... apparently everyone else felt the same way... the bus driver was the worst driver ever.. he almost hit two cars... and hit the brakes nonstop... even the teachers were bitching about him... the traffic was terrible! finally we got back to the school around 6:30... I missed the trolley by 1 second... so had to wait in the freezing cold with creepy people looking at me... finally I made it home!
I am so glad we got to go on the trip... and to think I would have been in English Composition and Art History... got to love Fashion school! They cancel your classes to go shopping :-D
It was great and crappy at the same time...
First I was too tired to actually plan the timing of when I should leave so I ended up at the school 45 minutes early... only on other person was there! So we leave a little after 8... there were 3 charter buses total... on the way we ate granola bars and watched Mean Girls... We finally got in LA around 11
Our first Stop was the Mart (know called the California Market Center)
Shitty picture of the inside (not taken by me)
We get there and head up to the top floor to hear a speech from the manager I think it was... she tells up what the Mart and about everything blah blah blah... this lady talked forever! Ok so she did give us some awesome tips and ideas about being a designer... also how Fred Siegel is the place to go to see the new trends... all good stuff... but she shortened our shopping time! Also the food they gave us was disgusting!!!!!! Some weird burrito with beans and corn and red onions... I ate a small back of chips and a mint...
After she stopped going on and on we got only 30 minutes to shop!!!! You can imagine the uproar when you tell 100 and some odd girls that they have 30 minutes to shop in a 13 story building with awesome deals... Kathy and I literally sprinted to the elevator and to the 10th floor (the accessory floor) it was complete impulse shopping! Then we headed down to the 5th floor (contemporary) I looked at my watch and it was time to go back... we decided that shopping was MUCH better than a tour of the LA campus so we ditched out on the bus ride... a teacher saw us and motioned for us to come over to her and me Kathy and two other girls took off running in the opposite direction... we only spent another hour frantically shopping and kept running into other girls who had the same idea as us...
The sample sale was the MOST awesome thing ever... It is only once a month... I want to go again but next month I have class that day and it is the day of the Debut which I am hoping to go to... so March 25th is the next one! Anyone who wants to go up there with me should :-D serious deals
I ended up only spending just over $100... if I had more time I would have spent it all!
Now for what I bought!
Luckily I saw the BCBG sign...
This is my favorite purchase... a little to formal for everyday though
BCBG *paid $30* (originally $260 in stores)
Hanging up
Bad picture of me wearing it
Close-up of the print
In the same sample store I bought this dress from To The Max
*paid $30* I am sure the retail value would be similar to other To the Max dresses
Dress hanging
Me wearing it
Then we saw this store selling all kids of jean outfits so I got:
Skirt from Colins *paid $15*
another skirt from Colins *paid $15*
While I was on the accessory floor I got these:
black and white belt *paid $2*
Pink belt *paid $4*
Green earrings *paid $2*
Pink necklace and erring set *paid $2*
Green Necklace, earring, and ring set *paid $4*
So that is all of the fun stuff that I bought!
Grand total $104
Not bad if I say so my self since it is still only half the retail value of the BCBG dress
Ok so moving on...
After me and Kathy decided it was time to go head over to the school we ran into two of the other girls from school... So the four of us decided to walk to the school... it was raining... and the school was two or three blocks away... We were in ghetto LA walking in the rain... then what do you know we get lost!!! eventually we found the school though and managed to avoid getting into trouble... we just said we missed the buses and then got lost trying to find the school... it was technically true...
We gave ourselves a tour of the school:
some pictures I got from the FIDM site mainly of the awesome new Design Lab
Outside view of the construction
Another outside view
Design lab... laptops with lounge chairs what a fuckin awesome idea!
computers in Design Lab
Another view of the Lab
Another of the Lab
we also got a chance to check out the Bookstore and the scholarship store which is like an on campus thrift store to raise money for scholarships...
So around 2:30 we met at the buses and headed home... we watched 13 Going on 30... by the time the movie was over I felt really sick... I had a migraine, was nauseous, and had to pee... apparently everyone else felt the same way... the bus driver was the worst driver ever.. he almost hit two cars... and hit the brakes nonstop... even the teachers were bitching about him... the traffic was terrible! finally we got back to the school around 6:30... I missed the trolley by 1 second... so had to wait in the freezing cold with creepy people looking at me... finally I made it home!
I am so glad we got to go on the trip... and to think I would have been in English Composition and Art History... got to love Fashion school! They cancel your classes to go shopping :-D