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Thursday, November 19, 2009

fabric, new fabric omg!!!!!!!!


Did you know that my fabric and I whisper to eachother??????????
This old fabric (they are called remnants) was kinda dusty and at the bottom of a box but wow!
OMG !!!!!!!!!
vintage . gold. Georgio Armani fabric.
can you believe it? I am feeling his creations.
I am getting inspired.
wait ! : metalic . silk. metalic silk. how is that possible? is there anything better? LOVE IT !
I am soooooooooo excited to get working with this vintage fabric and piecing it with something fabulous to make …. wait. lemme hear you say it: ….
that’s right: “A ONE-OF-A-KIND MASTERPIECE!”
oh! say it again, it sounds so good! A ONE-OF-A-KIND MASTERPIECE!”
well, i gotta go chat with my fabric…
ciao for now, xoxoxoxoxo Cecilia
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009

mommyhype is calling me "eco fashionista extraordinaire"

November 16, 2009
Eco Fashionista Extraordinaire


This is an article Teri Levy, my tennis friend Jamie’s mom, wrote. It was great to see that even my friends who I only see on the tennis court (in tennis clothes) like my stuff too! I mean we have a lot of fun playing tennis together but we don’t get much time to talk fashion – if you know what I mean!

For the past year my eldest daughter Jamie has been playing tennis along side a girl who comes to the court with some serious fashion flair. Whether it is a big bright flower in the hair or some elaborate outfit, she gracefully dances across the court. Every week my daughter anticipates the outfit of the day. A week ago this ten year girl invited Jamie to her trunk show. So, last Saturday I piled my four daughters and a friend into the car and off we went. Meet Cecilia Cassini, a 10 year old Eco Fashion designer who aspires to be Coco Chanel. I was astonished by her creations and so where all the kids. At ten, she has the eye to selected interesting fabric combinations to create fashion forward pieces with some serious flair. With confidence she explained how she go started and with poise showed me her masterpieces. Yes, she calls them masterpieces because each piece is unique and one of a kind. All her creations are made from old clothes from hers, her grandmothers and moms closets. As I picked up a piece, Cecilia confidently told me a story relating to the garment, “ah, that was a Juicy Couture sweater that had a hole, so I decided to cut it up and create something”. My daughters were in awe and inspired by Cecelia’s ambition and courage to do what she loves: sew, save the planet by recycling old clothes and create. So, now we wait until our next meeting on the tennis courts to see her latest creation.

Just to give you a hint of what I happened to be wearing on the court on Tuesday (before I even saw this ) was a fabulous thick elastic, high wasted black full skirt with a simple black tank but of course… some fabulous magenta/sparkled leggings (from Tough Cookies, fyi) and my boring white addidas tennis shoes that I painted last year with scribbles and flowers to cheer them up! And as we all know, I never ever forget the head piece! This time a medium sized pink and black and gold ribbon bow headband… turned to the side of course!


make sure to check out http://mommyhype.com/tag/fashion because there are lots of great things to read about and to bake for the holidays ( i wanna make those pumpkin pie tarts) and of course to buy!!!!!!!
well ciao for now, xoxoxoox

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Sunday, November 15, 2009

TRUNK SHOW ends with an empty trunk

TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH,….
I REALLY HAD NO IDEA EXACTLY WHAT A TRUNK SHOW MEANT…..
I KNOW I WAS GOING TO BE SHOWING MY COLLECTION AT TOUGH COOKIES BUT I STILL WAS WONDERING IF I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO SHOW THEM OUTTA MY MOM’S TRUNK – I MEAN HER TRUNK IS WAY TO SMALL FOR ALL OF MY MASTERPIECES!

I WAS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED WHEN I GOT TO TOUGH COOKIES AT ABOUT 11 AM (SHOW WAS STARTING AT NOON) AND SAW MY FAVORITE “THE YELLOW BOW” DRESS HANGNING IN THE WINDOW , ALONG WITH THAT SUPER CUTE GOLD HOLIDAY SKIRT!

EVEN BETTER: A GIRL, SHALL WE CALL HER MY VERY BRAND NEW FASHION COMPANION…… NAMED “BRAEDYN” WAS THERE WAITING TO MEET ME . SHE DROVE ALLLLLLLLL THE WAY FROM HUNTINGTON BEACH WITH HER MOM AND BROTHERS TO MEET ME AND BUY SOME OF THE FABULOUS STUFF SHE SAW ON THE NEWS! EVERYONE MUST THINK SHE AND HER MOM ARE CRAZY. I GET IT. THAT IS SO SOMETHING I WOULD DO! WE WERE LIKE TWO PEAS IN A POD! OR MAYBE IT WAS LIKE COCO MEETING MARK! CAN YOU IMAGINE … HOW FAB…. WE HAD NEVER MET BEFORE BUT IT WAS LIKE WE HAD BEEN FRIENDS FOREVER! BUT,………. NO MATTER HOW MUCH SHE WANTED THAT “YELLOW BOW” DRESS, I WAS NOT GOING TO LET IT GO! NO WAY! IT IS MY FAVORITE! I PROMISED MY NEW FASHIONISTA BFF THAT I WILL MAKE HER ONE – JUST FOR HER!

AS AMAZING AS THE DAY BEGAN, IT JUST GOT BETTER AND BETTER……… SO MANY PEOPLE WERE AT TOUGH COOKIES ALL DAY , BUYING MY PIECES! YES. SOOOOOOO MANY PIECES OF MY ONE OF A KIND MASTERPIECES SOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IT WAS AMAZING AND SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH FUN TO SEE KIDS TRYING ON MY STUFF – DESIGNED BY MOI! – AND THEN BUYING IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO TIRED! I WILL POST PHOTOS LATER!!!!!!!!!!!!
THANKS TO SHANNON FOR HAVING ME AT HER AWESOME STORE – CUTTEST CLOTHES !!!!!!!!!! (MY GRANDMA SPOILED ME AND BOUGHT ME LOTS OF WHAT SHE CALLS “i AM PROUD OF YOU” CLOTHES!) JUST WAIT, SOON ENOUGH!!!!! THEY WILL BE CUT UP AND REPURPOSED INTO NEW, ONE OF A KIND MASTERPIECES BY ME, CECILIA CASSINI !!!!!!!!
CIAO FOR NOW, XOXOOXOXOX

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Saturday, November 14, 2009

daily news episode three

I woke up Saturday morning just like any other Saturday morning… well. kinda!

I was excited about my Trunk Show at Tough Cookies and I was already wondering what fabulous dress I was going to wear. I was also wondering how I could convince my mom to let me wear my hair down ( she always wants to to put it up…)………

So……….. as I walked into the kitchen to say hello to everyone – since they were already up…

I noticed the Daily News on the kitchen table!!!!!!!!!!!! When I took a second glance at it, …

OMG ! I was on the front page. OOOOOOOOO MYYYYYYYYY GOOOOOOOOOOddddd!!

I didn’t really know what to think. I was kind of shocked. I mean I knew Tony Castro interviewed me and I knew that Andy, the photographer from the Daily News, had come to photograph me but………………. WOW !

I love the story! I hope you do too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you can find the story by clicking on “youngest fashion designer” heading
more later, gotta go get dressed for my Trunk Show at Tough Cookies!!!!!!
xoxoxoxoxo ciao for now

Thank you Tony and Andy and Shannon (owner of the ever fab Tough Cookies!)
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Thursday, November 12, 2009

LAST NIGHT ON THE NEWS

On the news ?
Well, just as I was cheering for my cousins James and Henry in their CIF Championship Waterpolo game, my mom tapped me on my shoulder and said in my ear, “We need to rush home as soon as the game is over.”
I could tell there was a good enough reason by the tone of her voice that I did not even bother to beg her to stay for the pizza they usually serve after these games. Not that I like pizza – cuz I don’t – but any chance to hang out with my cousins!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As we were rushing to the car, my mom said “Sharon Tay from CBS 2 / KCAL 9 news will be at our house in an hour to do a live report on you.”
You can imagine my surprise. What????????????????? OMG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So we rushed home – good thing I was already dressed cute – so I could help my mom straighten up the house and get herself together!
I do not really know what I was feeling. It happened so fast.
Ding Dong! As I looked out the wondow there was the huge news truck in front of our house. WOW. Was this really happening? Yep. Sharon Tay said, “Hi Cecilia!” As if we had known eachother forever! She made me feel comfortable right away. She was so nice. Right away we started talking about fashion and Gossip Girl !!!!!!!!! Believe it or not, we had the best time. I showed her my sewing room, all of my current pieces, my portfolio and even the letter I wrote to Chanel when I was just 7 years old. Finally it was time to go on air! I was not nervous at all when the lights and cameras and microphones (I had to wear one) went on! I just couldn’t believe it when Sharon Tay announced me as “arguably the youngest fashion designer in the country!” The whole night was like a dream! I should have been sleeping but the news truck, camera lady and Sharon Tay did not leave my house until about 11:30 pm………. With all that excitement, how in the world could I go to sleep! Wow. What a day! I was on zzzzzzzzzz news

HERE IS A LINK FROM THE INTERVIEW FROM LAST NIGHT IN CASE YOU MISSED IT…
http://cbs2.com/tv/Cecilia.Cassini.Tough.2.1307281.html

so ciao for now, xoxoxooxox Cecilia

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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Trunk Show

The address of the Trunk show is:

Tough Cookies
13638 Ventura Blvd
Sherman Oaks, 91423

Tel:818 990 0972

Please come see it on Saturday…

xoxo

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

daily news episode two…..

They decided to send one of their photographer’s to take pictures of me sewing and making a dress for the Trunk Show. It was fun. I am used to having my dad take my pictures since he is a photographer but it was cool to have someone else. I hope the story and my picture ends up in the Daily News on Friday or Saturday!

xoxoxo ciao for now, Cecilia

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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

dresses are selling

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!!!!!!!!!!??????????
MY ONE-OF-A-KIND MASTERPIECES ARE SELLING!!!!!!!!!
IT IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO COOL.

I HAVE SOME PIECES AT SOTO IN WOODLAND HILLS AND TARYN’S JOYNT AND TOUGH COOKIES IN SHERMAN OAKS……………….
PEOPLE ACTUALLY ARE BUYING THEM!

SO FAR, ABOUT FIVE OF MY PIECES HAVE SOLD!

I AM SO EXCITED!

SOON I WILL BE MAKING ENOUGH MONEY TO FINALLY BUY A NEW SEWING MACHINE!

I NEED A BETTER MACHINE! THE MACHINE I HAVE IS MORE OF A BASIC ONE. BUT NOW THAT I AM SEWING A LOT AND SO MANY DIFFERENT FABRICS, IT BREAKS DOWN A LOT. AND WHEN A SEWING MACHINE BREAKS DOWN, IT SLOWS ME DOWN!
GO SEE MY PIECES AT:
SOTO
TARYN’S JOYNT
TOUGH COOKIES
TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK!
XOXOXOXO CIAO FOR NOW,
CECILIA
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Friday, November 6, 2009

daily news episode one

A nice man named Tony from the Daily News called me!
Can you believe it?
Well, to be exact, he called my mom and asked if he could speak to me about my designing and sewing……..
It was so cool. This man, he said he was old enough to be my grandfather, was asking me questions like:
“Where do I get my inspirations from”
“What do I plan to be when I grow up”
“How long have I been sewing”
“What do my friends think of my clothes”
“Am I related to Oleg Cassini, a famous fashion designer”
Tony said the story will be in the Daily News on Friday or Saturday!
So don’t forget to look for me in the Daily News and read my answers to his questions!
xoxoxo ciao for now,
Cecilia

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Thursday, November 5, 2009

trunk show????????

DO YOU KNOW WHAT A TRUNK SHOW IS?
WELL, I HAVE TO ADMIT…. I NEVER REALLY DID.
THAT IS, UNTIL NOW THAT I AM ACTUALLY HAVING ONE!
YEP. A TRUNK SHOW.
A TRUNK SHOW AT TOUGH COOKIES IN SHERMAN OAKS ON NOVEMBER 14TH
I KNOW! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?
ME, MOI ! CECILIA !
THAT’S RIGHT!
SHANNNON, THE NICEST OWNER OF ANY CHILDREN’S STORE EVER, ASKED ME TO DO A “TRUNK SHOW”
I GET TO BE THERE ALL DAY TO SHOW EVERYONE MY DESIGNS AND “ONE-OF-A-KIND MASTERPIECES” AND SELL THEM!
YES, FINALLY…. YOU CAN COME AND BUY THESE SPECIAL PIECES! FOR YOUR FABULOUS AND ADORABLE GIRLS!
WHAT LITTLE GIRL CAN GO WITHOUT A CECILIA CASSINI DESIGN!
JUST KIDDING. NO, BUT REALLY!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU NEVER KNOW.
WELL, I HAVE BEEN MAKING SOME SUPER FAB PIECES FOR THIS TRUNK SHOW!
VOILA!
SEE YOU ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14
TOUGH COOKIES
SHERMAN OAKS

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