For The Kids: Daniel Palillo's Fall 2011 Children's Line!

I'm a fan of Mexico designer Daniel Palillo. I'm also a lover of little persons, especially those with great style. I REALLY enjoy styling kids fashion editorials so this first kids collection from Daniel hits a soft spot for me. When I received this lookbook it immediately changed my mood.

How much do you love these little looks???!

-CAMILLE

LOVING: KNITS at Mark Fast Spring 2011

All images from dazeddigital.com. Be sure to check out their extensive coverage of the Fall 2011 collections.

-CAMILLE

READ IT: My interview with designer Karishma Shahani for The Corporate Goddess

I am pleased to announce that I have joined new magazine, The Corporate Goddess, as Fashion editor. TCG, founded by life coach and visionaire Tiffany Crawford, is a hub for women of all backgrounds to relate to one another on various levels. It is a digital lifestyle magazine focusing on the issue, interests, and inspirations that relate to all of us coporate goddesses.

This month, women's history month, I had the honor of featuring London designer Karishma Shahani.

View our interview at http://www.thecorporategoddess.com/ and see a sneak peek below.....


CY: I'm so happy to feature you in our History Forward issue here at The Corporate Goddess. Who better to chat with than a visionary designer like yourself who stepped far beyond the boundaries of design, color, and shape to create a breath-taking graduate collection? For those not familiar with your work can you break down your inspiration(s) for us?

KS: My recent graduate collection transcends the seasonal divide associated with Fashion. Currently retailed for the Spring Summer ‘11 season, its inspiration is India: The land of dreams and romance, of fabulous wealth and stark scarcity, of splendour and rags, of palaces and hovels, of famine and pestilence, of genie and giants, tigers and elephants, the city, the jungle, of a thousand religions and two million Gods, the birthplace of human speech, the epitome of legends and traditions and most importantly my home.........

Karishma and I connected last year and I continue to be inspired by her work. I'll be sure to share her new collection once it's revealed :)

-CAMILLE

LIFE: Styling the softer sides of Lindsay Pulsipher and Nathalia Ramos

Check out these beautiful promo images of actresses Lindsay Pulsipher and Nathalia Ramos. Photographer Kate Szatmari captured both ladies in a beautiful, feminine, genuine light. It's like you're hanging with the two of them at their home on a lazy Sunday. I styled them both in comfy knits and simply feminine dresses. Linday and Nathalia were extremely pleasant to work with and, as you can see, the camera loves them.

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-CAMILLE

LIFE + EDITORIAL: B.Scott for Obvious Magazine

I had the pleasure of styling media maven B.Scott, of lovebscott.com, for Obvious Magazine's Empowerment Issue in high-fashion menswear featuring some of the European and Japanese designers that I love. B. Scott will be is featured on one of 4 covers in addition to a 5 page editorial spread, all shot by amazing photographer Jerris Madison. The full issue will be out VERY soon so stay tuned to http://www.obviousmag.com/.

Here are the issue's other 3 covers. I LOVE this pic of artist Hazel Dooney!

-CAMILLE

LIFE: Friends and Food... That's what it's all about right?... And 2 of my favorite veggie dishes

The other night I did one of my favorite things. I enjoyed a healthy, flavorful meal and drinks with my husband and friends. I've been a vegetarian for over 5 years and eating and creating delicious vegetarian dishes has turned into a hobby. The creating part has turned into an enjoyable competition with carnivorous eating to prove that meat-free (and dairy-free if possible) dishes are even more enjoyable than all the steaks, hamburgers, and fried chicken I've ever eaten.

The night was potluck style so I brought this AMAZING collared green salad:

- chopped collared greens
- chopped Red or Yellow bell peppers
- chopped green onions
- Olive oil
- tamari
- lemon juice
- cayenne pepper
- optional teaspoon of Agave sweetener

This was what was left at the end of the night...

My plate was full with collared green salad, home made corn bread,

brown and wild rice, and the best green beans I've ever had (flavored

with onions, ginger, soy sauce, agave, and love)

After a long night... We started with 5 bottles....

I also wanted to share another one of my favorite dishes that I JUST created 2 days ago!

Have you ever dreamt up a dish (flavor, color, smell and all) and then created it perfectly? I envisioned a spicy, rustic, deep Red, tomato-y, did I mention spicy? dish with chunky veggies. I created it like I had been making it for years :)

Spicy rustic tomato-y veggie stew. I'm not a chef so I honestly can't tell you how much of each ingredient to use:

- 1 regular size can of tomato sauce

- lots of paprika and ground sage

- olive oil

- finely chopped or food processed onions, garlic, and cilantro

- 1 large jalapeno pepper cut in half

- 2 small habanero peppers cut in half

- 2 large Anaheim chilies

- 2 large pasilla peppers

- vegetables of your choice (I chose zucchini and cauliflower)

- served with optional rice

~ heat about 4 table spoons of olive oil in a pan and pour in the paprika and sage. Mix. This will create a thick paste

~ pour in the tomato sauce and stir

~ add all of the peppers and let simmer for 10 minutes

~ add all veggies and cook for another 10-15 minutes

~ serve over rice

Perfection... Enjoy!

*** All images taken with my Canon 60D camera.

-CAMILLE