Lately I’ve been watching the news and noticing young people suicides is on the rise due to BULLYING. Regardless of race, sexual orientation, gender, not rocking name brands, not looking like one of the actors on Gossip Girl, and so on it’s important for us to OWN WHO WE ARE regardless of what anyone thinks! I know it’s not easy for some people who are being bullied, I myself endured a lot of BULLYING, and sometimes it was very hard for me to find that strength to get up, get dress and go to school to face these people. At some point I realized these BULLIES, were not happy within themselves, they had issues of their own and the way how they dealt with it was to put down someone like myself and others who they see is happy and doing their thing.  YOU HAVE THE STRENGTH WITHIN YOU, FIND IT AND PLANT YOUR FEET FIRMLY ON THE GROUND STANDING UP TO THESE NEGATIVE PEOPLE. YOU HAVE ONE LIFE TO LIVE, AND YOU WILL GO THROUGH MANY UPS AND DOWNS IN THIS ONE LIFE, DON’T LET ANYONE OR ANYTHING STOP YOU FROM ENJOYING BEING ALIVE.

ONE LOVE

Stacey

I am grateful and honored to be chosen for TEEN VOGUE FASHION UNIVERSITY 2010 alongside some of the best talent in the fashion industry, such as Vera Wang, Jason Wu, Erin Fetherston, Charlotte Ronson, and Rachel Roy, just to name a few.

For the first time, Anna Wintour, VOGUE Editorial Director, is going to lead with a kick off to the event!

I use to be insecure about my voice when I was a young girl, I’ve embraced it thanks to my Idols Grace Jones and Nina Simone. I must admit I am a little nervous about pursuing this music thing, however I do believe if you have talents, the world is yours so why not go for it. You never know where it may take you.

I’m reaching out to you my fans to get your feedback. This is an unfinished song I wrote and it’s dedicated to aspiring models and my model colleagues who I worked with before the fame.

Let me know what you think, HONESTLY. BIG FAT JAMAICAN KISSES TO YOU ALL!

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On a HOT 4th of July weekend hanging out in the Lower East Side in New York, we met LaRon Batchelor, an indie film maker who has a cool site called mysmallstory.com. The focus of the site is profiling stories from business owners from various fields discussing what they do and their experiences. After a few hours of hanging on an L.E.S. bench with the ThinkContra crew LaRon rolled up pulled out the camera and we all told our small story.  This is my small story, let me know what you think!

WORKSHOP FEE INCLUDES:

- Runway with fashion icon Stacey McKenzie

- Chance to win a day with Stacey at LG Fashion week

- Group activities that include mock castings

- Industry Experts Panels

ADDITIONAL WORKSHOP BENEFITS INCLUDE:

A 30-minute Question and Answer with Supermodel Stacey McKenzie and industry experts that typically include designers, agents, photographers and celebrity stylists. Checkout past WALK THIS WAY WORKSHOPS here!

LET STACEY  INSPIRE YOU TO “RULE YOUR RUNWAY”!

****LIMITED SEATING****

2 winners from my Walk This Way Workshops walk off contest (January 16,2010) won front row seats with me to LG Fashion Week, we had a great time watching the shows and meeting with the designers.  I want my students to get information about the industry first hand from myself/agents/designers, industry heads that can help them along their journey.

This year LG Fashion Week was held in a new venue on the Exhibition grounds.  I loved the space and length of the runway! But overall the event seemed quite empty, could be it was during Passover.  One thing for sure the gift bags were on point for the first time! Evan B gift bag was proper with organic facial and body products, Orange by Angela Chen was proper too with French wine and tons of Starbucks coffees in different flavors (my bf enjoyed them very much!).  In regards to the collections, loved quite a few Andy The Ahn pieces, I copped 2 pieces from Evan B  to be worn the following day! Have my eye on a fly short with cape from Orange!

I would have to say the main highlight at fashion week this season was the petition created by 3 models called “Feed The Models”, it came as a shock to quite a lot of people including myself who felt signing it would not be enough, so, I approached a few local businesses to donate whatever they can.  Thank you to Lettieri, Organic Boutique and Gourmet Burger for donating great food.  These young models were brave enough to put this issue to the forefront and I give them a major big up for that!

NYC fashion week was serenely quiet for me this season.  The economy as well as the loss of one of the wickedest designers of all time Alexander McQueen was felt everywhere I turned. Either way I enjoy coming to NYC for fashion week, I am always well received even when not working it on the runway.  J’ADORE NEW YORK!