The loss of McQueen

Today in London Alexander McQueen's funeral took place. An absolute tragedy that one of the most unique designers in the world is no longer with us. His incredible designs will live on forever! Below are a few snap shots from the private funeral.

Out of Africa

I was absolutely blown away when I saw this spread in German Vogue this past December. It was such a beautiful combination of a classic Disney character paired with the landscape of Africa. Since I love Africa as well as elephants I thought this shoot was rather amazing and just had to share it with you all.






German Vogue, December 2009 issue
Model: Chanel Iman

Favorite Fall 2010 Trends

It seems like all the trends for 2010 are full of color, texture, yummy fabrics, and lots of layers. Being that I am a devotee of layers, I couldn't be happier. I am noticing that all of my favorite trends from fashion week are reminiscent of the 60's and 70's. Guess it might be time to break into my moms treasure chest of clothes from way back.

Here are three trends that I couldn't be more in love with!

Graffiti Pants

Above, from left: Diesel Black Gold; Proenza Schouler;

Tory Burch; Proenza Schouler.

Burgundy with a hint of rust

Above, from left: DKNY; Rodarte; Diesel Black Gold; DKNY.

Patchwork

Above, from left: Rag & Bone; DKNY; Rodarte; Yigal Azrouel.

All photos courtesy of Refinery29

Ray Caesar is truly amazing

I love the colors he uses. They are so dreamy and whimscal.

He has to be one of my favorite artists. I discovered him

about two years ago and have been obsessed ever since.

Rad fur from Fashion Week

Loving the fur on these three ladies from

Fashion Week.

Photos curtosy of Refinery29

Official blog is here

I have finally decided to create an official blog for Briana Rene. I thought it would be a nice way for me to update everyone on upcoming events, trunk shows, and all the little things that rock my world on a daily basis.

I am so excited about what 2010 will bring to Briana Rene. We have so many things going on right now that are very exciting. We have recently paired up with Haute House Pr to participate in a huge PR event in New York at the end of March. So I am super busy getting all of my collections together for that, along with editing a new look book.

Sunday I drove down to San Diego to do a photo shoot with my beautiful model and sister Dannie. She has been my model for the past year and she always makes it a painless process. Her natural ability to make anything fun, makes shooting her one of my favorite parts of my business. I think we do more laughing than anything else during these photos shoots.

I wanted the shoot to have a grungy motel 6 vibe, so we took most of the pictures outside of a an old apartment complex. I brought my favorite purple velvet chair from my living room down for the shoot. I had my heart set on taking photos of her sitting on the chair in front of a brick wall.

Here is a little mini preview of some of the shots we took for the new 2010 lookbook!



Dannie wearing the new Giselle
necklace from the Je Taime collection.


Loving the mixture of fur, leather,
and chains!


Motel 6 meets sulty brunette.