Ataui Deng @cmbenz Fall 2010

Morning!
So after 3 days of cleaning and building shelves and sorting and organizing,
i'm happy to say i'm just about finished and i'm dying to start making things again.
I just had to get organized, it was driving me crazy.
There is something so refreshing about having a clean organized room...
even though it only last a day or so haha.
This picture is one i took of the lovely Ataui Deng backstage at Chris Benz Fall 2010 presentation.
She is so strikingly beautiful, she caught my eye right away.
I really love how the picture turned out, there is a sense of movement, but her eyes steady the image.
I have to say this was one of my favorites a few seasons ago.
I think i have a few more of her that really turned out amazing.
I'll have to post soon :)

Siki Im Fall 2010 Painting

Hey hey hey friends!
How's your weekend going?
Mine has been amazing!
First weekend off in 6 or 7 weeks...
oh my... i've been tired....
The painting today is the one i did for the W Hotel Bags.
The Painting is from a picture i took at the Siki Im Fall 2010 Collection last NYFW.
i love the paper hats, so so so amazing :)
Well sure hope you like it.
Hope you're having a great weekend.

The Memory Of Last Season....

Hey hey hey My Friends!
Well How was your weekend?
Mine was Really really long.... (not in a good way... ha)
For some reason this video took me way way way too long to edit.
but at last it's finally done!
I know it's a little late considering it's from Fall 2010 Fashion Week, and a new season is about to begin.
But anyways i really hope you like it.
My goal was to make it feel like memories of the trip,
and i have to say it does to me.
This was a pretty accurate view of my trip.
aw it was so much fun!


p.s. As requested, the song is Bewildered in the City by Kashmir ; )

Chris Benz Fall 2010 for Full Frontal Fashion

Why, hello, friends!
How was your weekend?
My weekend was wonderful!
Went to the beach a few times,
Which was amazing! It's been way too long since i've been at the beach.
And spent the better part of today writing music with my friend Sean Cimino.
Can't wait for you to hear the song! :)

Well, the painting today is the last picture i did for Sundance Channel's Full Frontal Fashion.
The clothes are from the Chris Benz Fall 2010 collection.
As i have already talked at length of how much i loved Chris Benz's Collection,
this is the first of many paintings to come from the collection,
I really hope you like it :)

Marchesa - Fall 2010

Hey Friends,
Wow, this week is going by so fast.
I'm currently watching "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town"!
It's a movie from the 30's with one of my favorite old actresses, Jean Arthur.
I love Jean Arthur! She makes me want to invent a time machine. ;)
The Painting today is the 4th picture i did for for Sundance Channel's Full Frontial Fashion.
The Dress is from Marchesa Fall 2010 collection.
This Collection was amazing!
If you haven't seen it yet, go check it out! It's so good.
Well, i hope you all are doing great.
Thanks again for all your kind words on the last post, it really means alot! :)

P.S. i randomly just started a formspring site...
ok i know, i will probably only last a day on there...
So feel free to ask away.
But the only thing is, i kind of just want to have fun with it so the most goofy random questions the better!
haah http://www.formspring.me/DannyJRoberts

Proenza Schouler Fall 2010 Collection

Hey Friends,
i have to make this post quick cause I'm suppose leave right now to see one of my favorite bands, Kashmir!
I saw them last night but i'm off to see them again tonight! :)
They play at the Silver Lake Lounge, so come if you want! It's going to be great! They're brilliant.
The Painting today is my third picture i did for Sundance Channel's Full Frontial Fashion,
and it's of Proenza Schouler Fall 2010 collection.
I really liked it alot.
It reminded me a little bit of a few different Alexander Mcqueen Collections.
But i hope you like it! :)

Reem Acra Fall 2010

Well, hello, how was your day?
Mondays sometimes are just rough.
Today was that way for me...
Oh well. Today painting is of Reem Acra Fall 2010 collection I did for Sundance Channels, Full Frontial Fashion.
I have to say this was one of my favorite collections of the year.
It was super fun, young, and had a really nice style to it.
I love the color, fabric, and cuts.
I hope you like the painting :)

Jason Wu Fall 2010 - Sundance Channel

Hey Friends i thought i would post this painting before i went to bed.
It is the first out of Five painting i did for Sundance Channels, Full Frontial Fashion.
I really hope you like it! :)
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New York Fashion Week Fall 2010 - Part 1

Hey Friends,
How was your weekend?
Mine was great! I went out of town to watch kids I used to coach compete in the state championships!
It was so good seeing them do so well. :)
Well, I got home yesterday and my best friend since i was in 4th grade
sent me this Ben Harper song called "Power of the Gospel".
This song was one of our favorite songs ever since we heard it on an old skate video.
But this time around listening to it, all of a sudden something clicked,
and i just thought "WoW! This song would be perfect for some of my NY Fashion Week footage."
So I popped this Video out last night... Late last night.... haha
There is something about this video that just feels like a perfect representation of our trip.
I know it's super short, just a minute video,
but I'm sure there are more videos coming as soon as i have time...
that's why I put "Part 1" on there ;)
I really hope you like it, and hope you're having a wonderful day.

P.s. The Fashion Show clips were ones I shot at Chris Benz & Tony Cohen Shows. :)

Chris Benz Fall 2010 Was Amazing!

Well my Friends,
Sorry for the post delay.
It's been crazy! Been trying to finish up deadlines, and been sorting through images, video, etc.
and been feeling a little run down, and kind of sick today...
On top of that, I shot camera raw for the first time ever for my trip,
and there has been a weird computer compatibility!
But i finally got finished sorting through the hundreds and hundreds of images from the Chris Benz Show!

Ok, so first off, the Chris Benz Show was the first real show that i've got to go backstage!
I have to say, I hope next season I get to do that alot more,
cause I got so many great images back there that I'm just dying to Paint Now!
I think it would have been pretty funny if you could have seen my face back there!
I think i had a ear to ear grin. I was like a kid in a candy shop! haha
It was magical to see everything getting setup, the models getting prepared, the makeup artist hard at work.
Oh! Which speaking of makeup artists, i got to meet the great YouTube makeup artist Michelle Phan!
It's awesome that Lancome just signed her as a makeup artist for them.
It was great talking with her, and it was really interesting to hear her studies and background in school was in Fine Art. :)

Well, i think you can probably tell just by the pictures above how fun Chris Benz collection was.
I think it was maybe the brightest, fun collection of New York Fashion Week,
and definitely a top 5 Favorite of the Week, (which i will be outlining my top 5 collections of NYFW really soon!)
There was something about it that reminded me of Dr. Seuss's "Whoville"!

Maybe it was the Bright Who Colors
Or the beautiful girls who stood out among the others,
I'm really not sure why it happened to be,
That the Girls of Whoville were staring back at me!

Hahaha Sorry for my pathetic Dr. Seuss rhyme!
But I seriously loved every element of the collection,
The Fur hats and the Long Dr. Seuss Fur Gloves.
The Beautiful Sequins & the Bright Candy Colors.
It was such a warm and playful collection.
I'm always a fan of Big Bright Fall Collections.
The winter is so dark and semi-monotone,
so i love how bright garments look with the grey sky as the backdrop.

Since i took more pictures than i could probably put on line,
I ended up splitting the post into two posts on my Image Diary.
Click Here if you want to see it! :)
And i hope you are having an incredible day!

Oh! Thank you Kerry, Lancome, & Chris Benz! I had the best time at the Presentation! :)

Valentines Day + Tony Cohen

Hey friends!
So, things have been incredibly busy!
But So Far NY Fashion Week Has Been amazing! :)
I just went to Tony Cohen with my brother David and our New Zealand/America friend Jenna Sauers from the site Jezebel
who we just met a few days ago through Miss Sophie Ward!
As you can hopefully see from the photos, the collection was incredible!
I couldn't believe we got to sit front row at Tony Cohen & Charlotte Ronson's shows.
It's like nothing i've ever experienced.
Seeing the collections that close is so inspiring.
The collection was very fitting for Valentine's Day with an array of red and black.
It was full of beautiful textures and a simple color pallet.

Well, much more is coming... still sorting through images.
But right now, we are off to Sophie Ward's Valentine's Day party, then going to a few after parties...
I have it from a good source that Nina Persson, from the Cardigans, will be DJing at one...
If that is true, i might die of happiness! ;)
Hope you all are doing great.


P.S. the Girls In Glasses Shirt is now on ASOS.com! Go Check it out, if you want to! :)