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User generated street style sites helped spawn the era of the personal style blog. Lookbook.nu and Chictopia collectively created enough social media attention to pave the way for the individual personal style blog phenomena. In an unprecedented move, L'Oreal Paris has created a new niche for user generated content: yourstyleyourstudio.

And it's all about Haute Hair.

Fashion Night Out in New York City inspirations:

Your Style Your Studio, blog landing page

WIN THIS MARC BY MARC JACOBS cross body strap bag

Win the above Marc by Marc Jacobs Cross Body strap bag filled with the above L'Oreal products

L'Oreal Paris recently approached me to help them launch this new hairstyle lookbook--Your Style Your Studio. To my knowledge, there exists no user generated hair style site like this--YET.
Lindbergh may have been first to cross the Atlantic,Earhart the first woman to do so, and now Your Style Your Studio is first in the niche of user generated hair style inspirations.

The site is all about YOUR inspired hair and YOUR individual style from bold colors to daring cuts to fashion forward looks. The look book, inspired by the brand's studio line of hair products as seen in the photo above, is meant for both men AND women. So if you are a guy, go forth and upload your own pictures.

I believe in this site so much, that for the first time in the 4 year history of altamira, I'm doing an exclusive giveaway sponsored by L'Oreal Paris. Not only can you win 1 of 2 Marc by Marc Jacob's leather cross body totes, but you can win it stuffed full of the exact L'Oreal hair styling products seen in the photo above. I will personally select 2 winners.

To be eligible to win 1 of 2 Marc by Marc Jacobs cross body totes stuffed full of L'Oreal products as seen in the picture above, you must:

UPLOAD A PHOTO TO YOUR STYLE YOUR STUDIO--upload your own Haute Hair style inspiration photo to the Your Style Your Studio look book. The picture should be horizontal in format and a minimum resolution of 560 x 370 pixels.

LEAVE A COMMENT by Friday, September 16th 2011 8 am Eastern Standard Time
With a URL link to your hair style photo. Make sure the URL works correctly and that it goes to the Your Style Your Studio site like this link HERE

CONTEST CLOSES on Friday, September 16th 2011 at 8 am Eastern Standard Time. The contest is open to anyone anywhere in the world. Winner to be announced on Saturday September 17th, 2011. I will personally select 2 winners based on the editorial QUALITY of the picture you upload. It's all about Haute Hair. Artsy, Avant Garde, Creative. Have fun with it. Be creative. Make your photo's better than mine as seen in the links below--as if you were submitting to Numero or Vogue.

You won't be alone in uploading images to the lookbook. I'll be uploading additional images too! Here are some of my examples but remember, you want to do better than me:
A Clean Sweep
Mod Squad
Perfectly Undone Pony
The Modern Bouffant
New Wave
Braids Envy

L-Dorothea Barth Jorgensen (Women NY) and R-Anna de Rijk (DNA)

Dorothea was recently shot by Steven Meisel (again) for the Alberta Ferretti S/S 2010 campaign. She was also shot by Craig McDean for a Feb. 2010 W Magazine editorial.

Anna just shot a 10 Magazine editorial for the F/W 2009 issue and completed the Vera Wang S/S 2010 campaign.

L-Vanessa Hegelmaier and R-Amanda Norgaard

Vanessa Hegelmaier just shot an editorial for Vogue Greece and was shot by Nathaniel Goldberg for the DKNY S/S 2010 campaign

Amanda Norgaard walked Prada and Miu Miu last season and since has done editorial work with Interview Magazine and a 15 page editorial with the Feb. 2010 U.S. edition of Harpers Bazaar.

Amanda has a brilliant and fun personality....
Vanessa and I appeared together on German National TV last season on a special RTL segment on me.

Amanda's spunk and style popping for the camera

L-Alla Kostromichova (Women Direct) and R-Irina Vodolazova (Women Direct)

Alla was just appeared in the Jan. issue of Italian Vogue, and finished editorials with British Vogue, ID and 10 magazine.

Irina recently completed an editorial with L'Officiel Russia

Lindsey Wixson (Marilyn NY)

Shot by Mert Alus and Marcus Piggott for the Miu Miu S/S 2010 campaign, shot by Craig McDean for W, shot by Daniel Jackson for ID, featured in POP, and featured in LOVE magazine...I can't wait to see how she fares this runway season.

Lindsey Wixson Street Style: FW10 Paris

Lindsey Wixson Street Style: at the SS17 Milan shows

Lindsey Wixson Street Style: exclusive pre-fashion month photo

Models Off The Runway

So Paris Fashion Week just came to a close today and whether I was crossing the River Seine, snacking on a baguette, or just slowing down to enjoy the scene of The Louvre, I was always on the lookout for some cool hair styles for my collaboration with L'Oreal. YourStyleYourStudio.com by L'Oreal Paris (in case you don't know), is a user generated street style site for hair. Instead of focusing on the entire outfit, the focus is hair specifically. So you can upload your own hair style images and even give them creative titles like: A Clean Sweep, Mod Squad, Perfectly Undone Pony, New Wave, or even Braids Envy. The end result is a site you can go back to again and again and again for hair inspiration. Enjoy :)

I threw my red purse over my shoulder (love that red purse), found my car keys and headed out the front door.

It was a gorgeous Sunday afternoon but I had to go out to the stores, fight the crowds to buy a few items for art projects at Michaels.

Alexis heard the news: Mom's Going To The Store!

She ran out the front door waving her arms and screaming, "Can I go? Can I go? MOM - CAN I GO?"

I let her go.
She was excited.
She was in a good mood.
She sang in the van all the way to Michaels.

We entered the store - passing the plastic pumpkins in the large wire bins by the front door.

We passed the candle aisle, the aisle with tons of different beads, the t-shirts and frames and artificial flowers.

I located the oil paints and picked out the colors; burnt amber, white, blue and sienna, and threw the tubes to the bottom of my basket.

I found the paint brushes - spending way too much time admiring the huge selection and deciding on the size and brand the girls would prefer.

I threw the brushes into my basket.

I found the poster board.

I looked at the Halloween and Christmas decorations.

I wandered over to the basket aisle - all the while Alexis following behind me.

Her excited face was becoming less and less enthusiastic.

Her energy level was deteriorating.

Her smile had turned downward.

"What's the matter?" I finally asked her.

"This is not a good way to spend my day," she complained.

"I didn't make you come. Why did you want to come?" I asked.

Her eyes brightened.

She came over and stood next to me.

She said ...

"I's hopin' I'd be able to buy one of those Halloween things that Victoria got," she smiled real big. "Where's the fl-oam ... anyways? It's probably on the fl-oam aisle. It's a haunted house made of fl-oam."

Okay ...

I guess f-o-a-m isn't one of those words you necessarily hear everyday.

I guess this is why she hasn't yet realized that the word f-o-a-m ... has no l in it.

I guess if you are 7 years old ... putting an l in the word f-o-a-m ... isn't that big a deal.

I just looked at her and tried not to laugh.

"Where is it?" she asked louder. "Where's the F-L-O-A-M aisle?"

Then ...

I laughed.

Then ...

We found the F-L-O-A-M aisle.

We didn't find the fl-oam haunted house set, but we did find this darling fl-oam haunted cemetary. Alexis went straight home and put it together all by herself.

On the upside ... For the record ... F-O-A-M is not a word that should have an l in it. Say it a couple of times. The innocent word that previously describes a product used to make Halloween crafts or chair cushions ... suddenly becomes a word that possibly now describes ... stinky fluids that secrete from the orifices of slimy creatures that might live under rocks or fallen trees in the forest. Or worse ... the description of the oozing of fluids secreting from various orifices of ... ugly people in ... poorly scripted pornographic movies.

London: Tao Okamoto (R) cares for her friend Sara Blomqvist (L)

London: Abbey Lee (L) and Freja (R) hug

Bryant Park: Alana Zimmer (R) enjoys connecting with Hye Park (L)

Discovered outside of the Apple store on 9th and 14th, I took about 20 pictures of Heesung (L) and Anne (R) and I'm pleased that some of them turned out well enough to post, considering how cold it was at the moment. It's great that despite my shivering cold fingers and hands and their shivering cold bodies, we still were able to work together in a short moments notice to create a somewhat decent night shot. Remember to click the photo to enlarge the details.

Heesung (L)
scarf -- Rag and Bone
2 toned coat -- Balenciaga
skirt -- Opening Ceremony, check out the button down details
boots -- Lanvin

Anne (R)
cardigan -- Comme des Garçons
jeans -- 7's
boots -- Fendi

NYC--L: Dorothea Barth Jorgensen (WOMEN NY) with R: Sara Blomqvist (DNA)

PARIS--L: Frida Gustavsson (IMG Paris) with R: Dorothea Barth Jorgensen (ELITE Paris)

Model/Fashion Editor Cosmo Sweden, Emma Veronica Johansson

Filippa Berg, model/blogger for ELLE Sweden (there's no Vogue or Bazaar in Sweden)

LONDON--Model/blogger Filippa Smeds

Caroline Brasch Nielsen (Denmark/Marilyn NY) exits the Prabal Gurung show with good friend Frida Gustavsson (Sweden/IMG NY). Caroline (L) opened Prabal Gurung while Frida (R) closed the show.

Also, make sure to visit the new L'Oreal Paris Your Style Your Studio site. It's similar to lookbook.nu, but specifically for hair instead.

Jessica Stam (Canada/IMG) relaxing before having to spend 30 minutes dealing with the Craigster (my nickname) looking for New York's next "Gazelle, legs on the loose"

It took some smooth talking and about 30 minutes to find someone whose legs qualified for what we were looking for. Here, Piper McEndarffer (L), Elaine Welteroth (middle), Jessica Stam (R) talk out the details

Stam's country girl from Canada charm "sealed the deal" and Elaine Welteroth (L) agreed to be photographed for our project

Good Times: Laughing alongside Jessica with the Mercedes Benz 2012 SUV in background

shoes -- Proenza Schouler
dress -- Versace
sunglasses -- shop in New Hampshire


At 4 o'clock today I met up with Jessica Stam and rode at light speed around the Lincoln Center area looking for New York's newest Gazelle "legs on the loose". We were commissioned by Mercedes to find someone with legs literally like a Gazelle. It all kind of fit with the nature of my blog and Jessica Stam. After some small talk and about 30 minutes of driving around, we spotted our first "victim" walking into the back stage area at Lincoln Center.

Without hesitation, Jessica jumped out of the car faster than any Mercedes can go 0-60mph and told Elaine Welteroth (current Beauty Editor at Ebony) to "stop!". Mind you, at that point Elaine was still a complete stranger to either me or Jessica. Bold move Jessica.

After a couple of minutes Elaine agreed to let us take her picture with Jessica. Good times were had as you can see by the laughs above. I learned a couple of things about Jessica: most notably she doesn't take herself too seriously and she likes to cook. I love the genuineness of people when they can laugh at themself. Especially someone who by our cultures standard, has justifiable reason to take themselves super seriously.

Thanks to Mercedes-Benz Fashion Ranger program for sponsoring our ride together! High five to everyone involved for a successful mission accomplished.

I was never good in school.

I went - because my parents made me - those were the rules!

I sometimes can not believe that I actually made it through some of the classes I was expected to take, like geometry, government, chemistry, algebra - I can't even easily spell a few of these words, let alone remember a doggone thing I supposedly ever learned.

Sometimes, when my kids get to arguing with me about not wanting to work hard enough at something, I will say, "What do you want to be - a loser - like I was?"

They often come to my defense and get sympathetic looks on their faces and say, "You aren't a loser."

To which I reply, "Well ... I'm not a loser now - but I was when I was in school..."

And ... I was - with a BIG OL' - L.

I must have had the favor of a few teachers - looking back on it now - otherwise I'm sure I would not have made it through.

So .....

Little Billy, is writing a time-line on a large piece of white paper on the floor of his room. He has his History book flipped open to the pages that he is working from. He stops, runs down the hallway, runs up to me at my desk and he says, "Mom - When was the start of the Civil War?"

Uh Oh!

"I don't know the exact date, Hon," I say.

"Well ... what year was it?"

*I DON'T KNOW THIS ANSWER!*

I say, "I don't really remember, Hon. Go ask Daddy, maybe he remembers," and off her runs.

Shew ...

A little later on, he runs back into my room, "What was the end of the Civil War, Mom?"

*CRAP!*

"I don't remember that either, Son."

"Just tell me when it was over," he begs - like rewording the sentence will help.

*I DON'T KNOW THIS ANSWER!*

I say, "I don't really remember, Hon. Go ask one of the girls - surly they remember," and off he runs.

Again ... he comes back, "Why was it so important that Lincoln was elected President?" he asks.

*FOR THE LOVE OF HEAVEN! *

*I DON'T KNOW THIS ANSWER!

I mumble, "I don't remember."

He, again, attempts a new tactic - certain that this will help jar my pathetic memory and he says, really loudly, like he is talking to someone from FOREIGN country, "YOU. DON'T. UNDERSTAND. THE. QUESTION. WHY. WAS. IT. SO. IMPORTANT. THAT. LINCOLN. WAS. ELECTED. PRESIDENT?" He says all of these words very slowly, so NOW, I will understand this question.

I understood the question - the first time.

*I DO NOT KNOW THIS ANSWER!*

I say, "I do not know this answer! I can't remember this crap! I don't think I ever learned it when I was supposed to learn it when I went to school. I DO NOT KNOW THESE ANSWERS! If you go get your book, I can help you find the answers - how about that?"

Off he runs, "I'll go ask Dad - or the girls," he yells, as he is half way down the hallway. "That's okay, Mom ... I forgot ... you were a LOSER when you went to school."

On the upside ... Yes. I. Was!

You would think that I could listen up now - learn a bit of U.S. History from my kids - learn some of that stuff I never quite got when I went to school - but, Nooooooo! I didn't want to learn it then, and ... I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO LEARN IT NOW! I don't have enough room in my brain to store Civil War details - NOPE! I've barely got enough room for months, days and seasons. Well ... seasons, I meant. Alexis is keeping track of the months and days for me now (*sigh like a big ol' LOSER).

sunglasses were super popular among the attendees

Juicy Couture's VP of Global Communication's Lauren Kucerak (L) hands Tracy Anderson (R), a custom made Juicy top. According to the June issue of American Vogue, "Lara Stone recently began Tracy Anderson's exercise program..."

Kelly Framel, The Glamourai

Keiko Lynn

Fiona Byrne (R), journalist who launched a site with Agyness Deyn

Sonia Evers (L)/Runway Hippe with Elana Fishman (R) Marie Claire

One cool thing about the local New York City fashion circuit is how it's kind of like a mini-family get together during the week. Last night at the Juicy Couture Showroom, Juicy brought together some of New York City's funnest and cutest bloggers to get up close and personal with the new Juicy collection for summer. The highlight of the evening was when celebrity fitness instructor Tracy Anderson (fitness instructor to Madonna and Gwyneth Paltrow) lead a mini exercise routine right inside the showroom. And just for an FYI, Lara Stone recently began using the Tracy Anderson routine well.

While campaign models like Hanne Gaby as seen in the post below and Daria Strokous weren't there, the festivity was a total blast. Juicy had nutritionists come consult with the drinks menu for the evening resulting in healthy and refreshing drinks ranging in title from The Hottie to Revitalize. I opted for the Hottie which was mixed with Herradura Silver Tequila, maple syrup, lemon juice, and a pinch of cayenne pepper. I swear I was transported to the beaches of Barcelona when I drank this.

I think it's safe to say that the clothing on display in the showroom had a similarly inspirational effect on the others present. Hats were tried on, sunglasses were playfully put on, and an overall good time was had by all.

Yesterday, my mom calls me in a state of panic and says, "Kellan, Kellan ... it's me, Mom (*panting*) (and ... I know it's her) ... how do you ... how do you, oh this darn thing ... how do you turn off the printer? It's just printing and spitting out papers (*more panting and grunting*). I've pushed all the buttons - how do you turn it off?"

And ... not long ago she says to me, after missing a call on her cell phone, "Someone just called and it went to my voicemail - I don't know how to get it outta' there."

I was at the nail salon on Monday and there was this woman my mother's age, getting a pedicure (I don't have the time for pedicures - only nails). She was on her cell phone and the call dropped and she said, "Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello," six times. When she reconnected with her party, she then got another call on call-waiting (I say to myself, "uh-oh.") and so she switched over and she said, "Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello," six times. I swear (it was funny)! I tried not to stare at her from across the room, but I couldn't help it. Her daughter needs to tell her to, "Stop doing that - you look ridiculous - it doesn't do any good saying it over and over again." I don't think she ever connected back to any of her calls (poor thing).

We all have dropped calls - we do - but my generation has definitely learned and embraced the concepts of the mobile phone and computer. We've diligently dedicated ourselves to learning all of their features - have pretty successfully moved from land-line phones to mobile phones - can load and unload our printer paper - rather easily. Not my mother and her friends.

Note to Mother: The voicemail is a pretty important feature on the mobile phone and ... it doesn't reconnect the call if you say, "Hello," six times - it doesn't work.

And, while I am capable of flashing over to a call-waiting call without losing both callers, able to retrieve my voice mail messages daily, able to set my alarm, use my phone calculator and take pictures ... I have to admit that I have yet to master texting (*sigh*).

One day recently, I was making the attempt to text a message to one of my daughters and there I was: (e,e,e,)=C, (e)=A, (eee)=L, (eee)=L, (e)=M, (ee)=E (CALL ME) - it took me 20 minutes to enter this one message (after all the mistakes, starting over erroneously, having difficulty with the sending of it ...). This is where I will be technologically left behind by my children's generation. It starts with the texting and will just go on from there (not that I have ever grasped the concepts of the telegraph, radio waves, microwaves, electricity, airplanes ...).

My brother lives in an older house and on the wall in his kitchen is a wall mounted, rotary dial phone. One of those we used to actually have to lease to have in our houses. Every so often, I intentionally use this phone to make outgoing calls - just so I can use that rotary dial. Those were the good ole' days - when the phone was always in the same place you left it, the mechanics of the thing were self explanatory and they came in colors to match your kitchen appliances.

My kids - they all ignore the rotary phone at my brother's house. I think they are confused by it. Scared of it. Can't quite figure out how to use it. I'm not sure what they think of this relic - but, I love it. It represents a simpler time (not that I want to go back).

On the upside ... my mother has me to help her with the gadgets she doesn't understand and my girls are thrilled that their daddy is fixing up his old 1969 Mustang for them. It won't have airbags, power steering, power breaks or power windows - but I'm sure he could paint it to match their cell phones or IPODS ... if they just want to text him and ask (cuz that's all they do ya know - text all day long - you can't a.c.t.u.a.l.l.y talk to these children!).

Keke Lindgard (L) with Jessica Clarke (R)

Keke Lindgard (L) with Jessica Clarke (R)

Keke is back on the scene folks and look out, she's coming in with an editorial for NUMERO shot by Greg Kadel. And Jessica -- the Kiwi Kutie as I like to nickname her -- as New Zealand's first model to grace the Victoria's Secret Catwalk is back too. Gearing up for a fun FW13 season!

Click HERE now. Read more below.

As you know, I've been covering all four fashion weeks or what is more easily called Fashion MONTH for 3 years now. This season, L'Oreal Paris approached me about what could become the next huge niche in the fashion industry online: a user generated hair style site. Think about it. First was street. Then was personal style. Now there are a few beauty blogs. And now there is yourstyleyourstudio.com, the first user generated personal hair style site. You can spend endless hours uploading your own looks or surfing some of the coolest hair styles from around the world: Mod Squad, The Modern Bouffant, and Braids Envy to name a few.

Above are just a few examples of inspirational hair from London Fashion Week: opening with Nadia aka the blogger FrouFrouu and closing with Peony Lim's amazing hair.

Take heed my dear readers and go forth and upload your own inspirations now while history is in the making at YourStyleYourStudio.com

Zuzanna (L) had a solo cover for the September edition of L'Officiel Paris in September. She also did the Dolce and Gabanna Spring/Summer 2018 campaign. You have got to click the photo above so you can see the detail on Zuzana's heels!

Milana (R) had a solo cover for the February 2008 issue of Vogue Spain.

Both are represented by DNA Model Management

With fashion month behind us now, editors are no doubt sitting over prolonged meetings discussing the SS17 clothing trends they will be rolling out in their editorials and runway reports. While editors do their thing, why not do YOUR thing and head over to the new L'Oreal Paris Your Style Your Studio site and get inspired in real time? It's a place where you can upload your own hair styles and see other hair styles instantly. You can even come up with fun titles to your posts too--using my account as an example: Va Va Va Volume, or Mermaid Locks, or Cream of the Crop, or The Woven Basket, or even Straight Up Curlfection.

Go forth and enjoy Your Style Your Studio.com!

After Gianfranco Ferré's show in Milan, I was really centered on getting a shot of Russian star Ranya Mordanova (L: WOMEN Milan), who you may know from her Givenchy campaign photos.

But Russian born Anya Kasakova (R: WHY NOT Milan) was alert to my tunnel vision and took matters into her own hands...

At which point I was glad to embrace the moment, thanks Anya :)

L to R: Karlie Kloss (Next, NY), Tati Cotliar (Next, NY), Jourdan Dunn (Women, NY)