Florence: The start

[AIRPLANE-THURSDAY-MAY 28.2015] 

Ciao (pretty much the only word I know in Italian, I'm clearly going to do great there).

So, this again. It all started when I went to China 5 years ago around this time of year with my father, uncle, and cousin. I wrote a journal everyday while I was there, telling my family and friends all about my great adventures. Looking back at those journal entry's, I haven't changed a bit. I thought this would be a great way to document my trip while filling everyone in at the same time. 

The preparation for this trip was honestly overwhelming and stressful. I mean how exactly am I supposed to know how to shop and pack for a month. The clothing shopping happened to be fun, buying a minimal amount of clothing while making sure you can form enough outfits for about 30 days, challenge accepted. I'm not saying you're going to love the outfits I decided to put together (I'm going for a man repeller meets Italy meets breaking all the rules type of look) it'll be fun. The toiletry shopping on the other hand was my kind of hell, all stressful. Obviously I had to pack about 10 times, including the all nighter before my flight, until it was perfection. 

My mom dropped me off to the airport and I checked in myself, I was impressed with myself. Once I made it through security I was walking towards the gate and my face broke out in a smile from ear to ear realizing that I am finally going to be able to do what I've been begging my parents for since freshman year of highschool. Honestly it was embarrassing, walking by myself with a huge smile...awkward. Once we got on the plane and said our goodbyes, we got excited it's happening. I took 2 NyQuil's so I'll be asleep in no time. In the mean time I'm enjoying the classic movie, "Manhattan". Goodnight all, I'll write tomorrow about my first day in Rome. 

[FRIDAY-MAY 29.2015]

So, our first day in Rome was exhausting. When you get off the plane it's probably not a great idea to walk the entire city. We checked into our hotel (Hotel Savoy) and bought SIM cards. Then we went out to explore the town. It's always difficult to navigate around a new city but now we officially know Rome. We unknowingly explored the entire town and figured out how to get around. We had Lunch at the top of the Spanish Steps at Vovecento. I got pasta but it definitely didn't live up to my expectations of pasta on Italy, but it didn't look like such a great place either. Then we hung at the top of the Spanish Steps for while, amazing view. Then we walked around and hung at the steps near the Capitoline Hill. Once we were done with our adventures we went back to our hotel and ended up conking out before Shabbat even started. We decided to stay in that night and skip dinner so we would be refreshed for the next day. (Shabbat Shalom 8:18pm-9:27pm Rome,Italy)

 

 

Sketchbook

MY SKETCHBOOK VIDEO

Product Design

PROJECT 3

PRODUCT DESIGN

OVERNIGHT CARRY - ON

My team: Alexia Guzman

When I am packing for an overnight I can never find the perfect bag. So, my team and I, created the perfect overnight carry on. The carry on, perfectly organizes the items you need to pack. There is a space for the clothes on the top left and a space for your toiletry bag on the top right. The top of the bag lifts up to open the bottom of the bag. The bottom of the bag is the shoes section. While packing there is never enough room for the shoes and it gets very messy. So, to stay organized there is a space for the shoes on the bottom of the bag. We also wanted the overnight bag to be stylish. We don't want anyone to be embarrassed of their bag. So, we made the perfect bag. A stylish, usable, and convenient  overnight carry on. The pictures are only prototypes of what the bag would look like. The bag would be a little bit bigger and of course made with fabric.

About Me

   In the classic 80's movie, The Breakfast Club, there was a very powerful ending scene. In that scene, they narrate the essay they had to write during detention. The essay was supposed to be about who they think they are. After all those hours, they wrote one essay. They said, " ...we think you're crazy to make us write an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us: in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions... " 

It's true, people see us how they want to see us. All we can do in life is try to alter their vision. We can try to convince them to see us the way we want them to. I'm only a teenager, I don't have my whole life figured out but what I do know, is the kind of person I want to be.


My name is Ellen Kim Haddad and I am 17 years old. I live in Brooklyn, NY. I'm jewish and proud to be it. My life is pretty great right now. It gets kind of boring sometimes, but I got some great friends to make up for it. I'm very sarcastic! I make corny jokes, but sometimes I have some good ones! And the best part is, I have friends that like me the way I am.

 Compared to many 17 year olds, you would think I have my whole life figured out. Truth is, I'm just a regular teenage girl who likes to dream big. I love clothes, like any girl... but what I really love is to create outfits. Well yeah, I'm lazy and I wear sweatpants a lot. But when I'm not, I could come up with 10 combinations of possible outfits for one item. 

I want to go to art school for college. Parsons is my #1, what I want to study in parsons is still being debated. I love the business of fashion. As of now, I would love to be a buyer when I leave college. But who knows what Ill want in 5 years. 

So there it is, a very vague description of myself. I guess you'll have to keep up with the blog to make the rest of it. 

Have fun and stay updated on whats next! 

Bruno Mars Concert Poster (travel poster project)

PROJECT 1

Bruno Mars Moonshine Jungle Tour goes to Vegas!

The goal of this project was to create a travel poster. We had to choose a place and make a poster for it. We had to choose something from that place that we think would sell. We were also allowed to change it up a bit and choose a concert. The catch was, you had to choose a place where the concert would be and sell to the kind of people in that place. So, I happen to be going to a Bruno Mars concert that night and was really inspired from his music. Therefor, I decided to do Bruno Mars' concert. The tricky part was finding a place that he would be in that I would want to make my poster for. I looked at all the places his concert would be and decided to go with Las Vegas. It seems like a really cool place. So originally I had a whole different idea. The poster was the concert information in bright colors on scaffolding in the desert. It was a really great idea but when I actually did it, it was much harder than I thought. After trying it out a few times I realized that it wasnt going to turn out nice. So I scratched that whole idea. For try #2 I made a black and white single version of the official picture. 

Then when we went through critique there was a suggestion I put color into my poster, and so I did. Because Las Vegas is colorful and you want to catch their attention and make them look at the poster. So this was my final poster in the end.

For my morning class I had to do a painting. The painting was not allowed to have words. So I really had to come up with a whole new idea but for the same concept. In the end, I chose a famous spot in Las Vegas to put in my painting- thanks to the help of my teacher. I chose Ceasars Palace in Vegas. Instead of Ceasar standing there I put Bruno and made him much larger so that he is the center of attention.

 

This was the final painting.

 

Some blogs I like...

http://toomuchisnothing.blogspot.com 

weworewhat.com

www.theblondesalad.com

www.whatdidshewear.tumblr.com

www.rebeccajuddloves.com

glorianastephany.blogspot.com

www.edgifyme.com

www.sydneyfrancisco.com

Tree sculpture

Grey Scale

Grey Scale - in class

Grey Scale - homework 

Color wheel

color wheel - homework

Garment photoshoot

PROJECT 2


The garment project ...

This project was inspired by an exhibition in the Metropolitan Museum. In the MET, there were exhibitions of the rooms during the times of King Louis the 13th,14th, and 15th. My garment was specifically inspired by the Lauzun Room. The Lauzun room was the bedroom. It was beautiful! The colors of the room were light blue and gold. The room was elegant and inspirational. I was specifically drawn to the drapery on the bedding and the gold leaves on the headboard. So, I decided to make the top of the dress look like the gold leaves on the headboard and the bottom draped like the bedding drapery. The garment was to be made of paper and plastic, this is where we get creative... I decided to drape the bottom with black garbage bags and make the top of gold paper. That same day I went to see the Punk Exhibit in the MET, definitely altered my design process. Once I saw the exhibit I was so inspired! So, I took the 2 inspirations and put them together. My dress relates to the "chaos to couture" aspect of the exhibit. Instead of making a classic dress inspired by the room, I decided to spice it up a bit. I draped the bottom but it was held together with safety pins and had a slit down the front. This made the dress look destroyed like the Punk exhibit. Once I added the gold structured top in the shape of leaves, it gave the dress a more couture and chic look. So in the end, the look I was going for was "chic to destroyed".  

The story behind the photoshoot ...

First off, no alcohol was consumed during this process (purely a prop).


Since the inspiration was "chic to destroyed", I pictured this scene in my head. A 22 year old model went to a red carpet event at night and found herself hungover in a ditch the next morning. She is very confused and looks like a mess. Her hair is all messy and she seems to not be wearing her shoes. Luckily she found her shoes and now has to figure out how to get home.

Just a few of the pictures...