Thursday, August 18, 2011
Catherine Dean Collection Presents : The Evolution Event!
CATHERINE DEAN COLLECTION PRESENT THE EVOLUTION EVENT
LAUNCH EVENT *Cocktails * Entertainment * Collection Preview
September 8, 2011 Black Cloud Gallery 1909 S Halsted Chicago. IL 7:00PM TO 9:00PM
RUNWAY SHOW
September 9, 2011 Du Sable Museum of African American History 740 E 56th Chicago. IL 7:00PM (Doors Open) 8:00PM (Runway Show)
TICKETS:
$15- GENERAL ATTENDANCE *Gift Bag *Reserved Seating
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Monday, August 15, 2011
MODELING 101
MODEL 101:
Hello Everyone!,
I wanted to answer a few questions that I seem to get often from those who are beginning their journeys in the modeling world. Those questions mainly surround casting calls do’s and don’t’s. For example, What do I wear when I go to a casting call? What am I suppose to bring? What should my hair look like etc...
So I wanted to give a basic lesson that I’ve learned along the way. Keep in mind it is very important to also cater to the producer/designer’s wishes as well. Below are going to be the basic tips on how to attend your most common casting calls.
Clothing:
Your clothing should be basic: · Nice Fitted Jeans or slacks · Fitted T-shirt or V-Neck · Button ups and blazers are okay but make sure they are not too overwhelming in size. · Colors shouldn’t be to shocking or bright.
Appearance: · You should be nicely groomed · If hair is long, it should be off the face or it shouldn’t distract from your features · Nails clean · Over all hygiene should be up to par
What you should bring to the casting call:
Of course this depends on what the casting call director requires but the basic items should be
1.) Model Resume and or Business cards if applicable 2.) Head shot and Body shot
I hope this helps! Keep in mind each casting is or could be different so make sure to pay attention to the details that you are provided. Most of the time READING CAREFULLY is your most useful tip. Designers usually tell you exactly what they want, how they want it, and who they are looking for. At the end of the day, as a model, it is your job to assimilate and be that chameleon they are looking for.
Thanks for Reading!,
Vjay
Hello Everyone!,
I wanted to answer a few questions that I seem to get often from those who are beginning their journeys in the modeling world. Those questions mainly surround casting calls do’s and don’t’s. For example, What do I wear when I go to a casting call? What am I suppose to bring? What should my hair look like etc...
So I wanted to give a basic lesson that I’ve learned along the way. Keep in mind it is very important to also cater to the producer/designer’s wishes as well. Below are going to be the basic tips on how to attend your most common casting calls.
Clothing:
Your clothing should be basic: · Nice Fitted Jeans or slacks · Fitted T-shirt or V-Neck · Button ups and blazers are okay but make sure they are not too overwhelming in size. · Colors shouldn’t be to shocking or bright.
Appearance: · You should be nicely groomed · If hair is long, it should be off the face or it shouldn’t distract from your features · Nails clean · Over all hygiene should be up to par
What you should bring to the casting call:
Of course this depends on what the casting call director requires but the basic items should be
1.) Model Resume and or Business cards if applicable 2.) Head shot and Body shot
I hope this helps! Keep in mind each casting is or could be different so make sure to pay attention to the details that you are provided. Most of the time READING CAREFULLY is your most useful tip. Designers usually tell you exactly what they want, how they want it, and who they are looking for. At the end of the day, as a model, it is your job to assimilate and be that chameleon they are looking for.
Thanks for Reading!,
Vjay
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Pow Wow Poetry Debut
Hi there Everyone!!
I wanted to share with you the first poem I was brave enough to read from my book in front of a live audience. Monumental seems to be too small of a word to even describe the feeling I had as I began to read. For those of you who know me, you probably understand the intense amount of fear that radiated throughout my veins as I read. Before I get to the poem, I wanted to first send a warm shout out to the folks of P.O.W W.O.W. If you are unfamiliar with these ladies, they are a poetry group that meets every Tuesday! … I repeat every Tuesday! Pow wow is comprised of amazingly talent women, artists, mothers, sisters, daughters, activists, survivors, poets, lesbians, dreamers, teachers, and most importantly family.. I whole heartedly thank C. C. Carter , Jackie Anderson, and the many others who help to provide this safe heaven for many women through out Chicago. I’m not sure what made me read this poem, but here it goes:
POETIC MEMOIRS: A Poets Journey of Discovery © By: Victoria J
Optical Illusions 2011©
Fade in: Mirages and false like personalities surround us daily. Our judgment clouded by the many hallucinations and optical illusions we call alleys. Unreal persons and synthetic connections produce pretend stories collaborated to mock the truth. Because truth is, the delusion of being false can tarnish anyone’s reputation of being real.
Stay true to reality.. Because in fantasy we can all parish to the enormity of imperfection… For these imperfections become magnified and then they outshine the beauty of being humanly flawed. And if we are indeed created in the image of the most high, shouldn’t we all be considered equally lacking or insufficient.
So instead of truth searching, you decide to neglect the presence of fact and you continue to rely on other people’s interpretations of what is. Therefore creating figments to everyone’s imagination. Now leaving everything to be decoded…
Let’s be real.. We have all had dreams. We have all saw what we wanted to see instead of what was there..
But at some point.. Its time to stop imaging. Its time to stop dreaming. Its time to be real.
Your continued vow to un-loyalty makes you an image of unwanted deception.
You too shall now fade along with the images off in the distance.
Because the thing about optical illusion and mirages that make them less threatening is…. UP CLOSE..they prove to be fake.
Their whole existence become absent at the sight of..
TRUTH … :Fading out
Well that was it!.. I hope you enjoyed!
~Vjay
I wanted to share with you the first poem I was brave enough to read from my book in front of a live audience. Monumental seems to be too small of a word to even describe the feeling I had as I began to read. For those of you who know me, you probably understand the intense amount of fear that radiated throughout my veins as I read. Before I get to the poem, I wanted to first send a warm shout out to the folks of P.O.W W.O.W. If you are unfamiliar with these ladies, they are a poetry group that meets every Tuesday! … I repeat every Tuesday! Pow wow is comprised of amazingly talent women, artists, mothers, sisters, daughters, activists, survivors, poets, lesbians, dreamers, teachers, and most importantly family.. I whole heartedly thank C. C. Carter , Jackie Anderson, and the many others who help to provide this safe heaven for many women through out Chicago. I’m not sure what made me read this poem, but here it goes:
POETIC MEMOIRS: A Poets Journey of Discovery © By: Victoria J
Optical Illusions 2011©
Fade in: Mirages and false like personalities surround us daily. Our judgment clouded by the many hallucinations and optical illusions we call alleys. Unreal persons and synthetic connections produce pretend stories collaborated to mock the truth. Because truth is, the delusion of being false can tarnish anyone’s reputation of being real.
Stay true to reality.. Because in fantasy we can all parish to the enormity of imperfection… For these imperfections become magnified and then they outshine the beauty of being humanly flawed. And if we are indeed created in the image of the most high, shouldn’t we all be considered equally lacking or insufficient.
So instead of truth searching, you decide to neglect the presence of fact and you continue to rely on other people’s interpretations of what is. Therefore creating figments to everyone’s imagination. Now leaving everything to be decoded…
Let’s be real.. We have all had dreams. We have all saw what we wanted to see instead of what was there..
But at some point.. Its time to stop imaging. Its time to stop dreaming. Its time to be real.
Your continued vow to un-loyalty makes you an image of unwanted deception.
You too shall now fade along with the images off in the distance.
Because the thing about optical illusion and mirages that make them less threatening is…. UP CLOSE..they prove to be fake.
Their whole existence become absent at the sight of..
TRUTH … :Fading out
Well that was it!.. I hope you enjoyed!
~Vjay
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