Welcome to Drinks and Dresses...fashion under the influence

For this, my first blog I have decided to make this a introduction to myself, what my background is and what my passions are.

Let's start at the beginning, my first fashion memory, playing in my big back yard with my siblings amongst Tonka trucks and mudslinging, my father pointed out what I was wearing. A champagne colored knit blouse, and burgundy sweats was my very glamorous outfit for romping around at 6 years old. He said he like the way I combined these colors and then told me to consider being a fashion designer. And that sent me on my way to where I am now. That was it. His love for art, design and color have since been infused in me and genuinely become a passions of my own.

Now I am twenty-four, in my senior year at Cal State Long Beach and consider myself one of the lucky people in this world who know what they want out of life and am trying to make my dreams come true. Although I have several fashion design courses under my belt, I have chosen to pursue my bachelor's in fashion merchandising in order to get into the industry sooner. Then I can take my time in finishing my design degree. In order to survive through what seems like forever in college, I bartend on the side( a job I am sure I will write more about later). I love bartending, it's fun, fast money and glamorous, but years of "Hey you have a great butt, hook me up with a drink!" start to take its toll, not to mention my battle to keep alcoholism at bay, is yet another reason to rush up my graduation.

Drinks and Dresses will be my way to connect the nightlife I live and love, and the canvas that is my life, with the artists know as Vivienne Westwood, John Galliano, and Karl Lagerfeld.