As I mentioned last week, from-my-closet style posts will be a monthly norm on JBD. A mix of high and low, always things I love and wear while in New York City and beyond.

Shirt & Pants: Yuna Yang  Shoes: Miss Albright Specialty (find them here) Earrings: Anthropologie 

For as long as I can recall, October has been my favorite month. Summer is long gone with Christmas still ahead, yet I always feel magic in the October air. It is fitting, then, to launch a bunch of beginnings on JBD. Starting with the first blog giveaway: hair care products by actress Denise Richards and hairstylist Cristophe.

I have had a long mane of hair most of my life and I have always believed hair is a natural, malleable accessory. After interviewing Denise Richards, I began to use Denise Richards Volume Extend by Cristophe. The products are all paraben and sulfate free, never tested on animals. If you want volume, body and shine, you have come to the right blog. During the entire month of October, Jenny by design will enter you to win the DR complete hair care collection. You are just clicks away from a walk down the yellow brick road of gorgeous hair.

TO ENTER THE CONTEST:

1. Like the JBD facebook page here.

2. Like the Cristophe facebook page here.

3. Leave JBD a comment, below.

4. For double the luck & entry, follow JBD on Twitter.

Bonne chance!

To enter, you must be 18 years of age or older and a United States citizen and resident. Contest ends October 30, 2012.

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Our brains are wired to recognize patterns. Evolution tells us so…You likely have a routine you follow each day. I thought of this as I watched yet another fascinating TED Talk.  Our eyes are drawn to symmetry and we cultivate patterns of behavior just as we embrace style patterns that work for us. I popped upon the blog, Patternity, which devotes its digital voice to the potency of patterns. Personally, my brain seems quite wired to the pattern of color…

Images via Patternity

The boys above are my brothers. Well, a mixture of brother + cousin. I come from a handful of a family, three brothers and two dozen first cousins. We were raised near one another, growing up as a group of many. Now in our twenties and thirties, we are good friends, sharing style and art and musical ideas. After snapping this plaid picture, my mind immediately fell into Fall, the season to embrace plaid prints and fabrics galore. For the ladies out there, I have my eye on the following checky pieces…

Image Credits: 1.Jenny by design (boys in J.Crew) 2. J. Crew Collection Skirt 3.Madewell Chapterbook Dress 4.Burberry Prorsum Plaid Peplum Crop Jacket

Color is a key to joy. Visually, it captures the naked eye. It evokes a range of emotion. I think my favorite quality, of each color of the rainbow, is its ability to express a mood or style statement in a swift dash or dollop. Holly Fulton used roses in reds and blues as motifs to help capture her Spring collection’s California girl on a coastal road trip to Mexico.

Akihiko Miyoshi’s abstract photography is as inspiring as my cousin Elliot’s ink.

We see the use of color all around us, from mother nature to man-made art and just about anything that fosters fun.

Don’t turn your back on color, kids, let it take you down the yellow brick road of life. Let it lift you up when your spirit needs to soar. Let it lay beside you like the ocean’s shores. Cheers for a bright week ahead.

Image Credits: 1.Gianni Pucci 2.Akihiko Miyoshi 3.Jenny by design 4.Jenny by design 5. Courtesy of Holly Fulton

New York Fashion Week has come to a close. I was off the past few days on a New York staycation to enjoy the shows, focus on JBD, and soak it all in. My NYFW experience ended on a high note when Barneys New York published this interview on their luxury micro-site The Window. On a magic level of one to ten, it feels like thirteen! This magical feeling has been with me all week, actually, and especially when I saw Oscar de la Renta’s Spring 2013 collection. So much so, kids, that the only fizz for this Friday is a natural intoxication of ODLR. Feel free to satiate yourself with the click of a mouse. It is that easy. Go ahead, right here. Cheers!

The Tory Burch brand reminds me of a girl working hard in New York City while continuously refining her personal style merrily along the way. While some of the Burch business is slightly too prep for me, I fell in deep like with this number off the runway yesterday. And: it hit a sister-note of a frock I glimpsed on Pinterest a few weeks ago. Right? Fashion is fashion is fashion again.

Image Credits: First and Second 

With each fashion week, I look forward to the look of the CHRIS BENZ girl. Spring 2013 does not disappoint. Chris Benz has gone over the rainbow, and for it, we all get to swim in his pot of golden style. There is so much to share with you for the girl draped in Benz is a fantastic flow of floral, metallic, layers, stripes and flare.  First, lets break out The Cambridge Satchels and Alejandro Ingelmo shoes. You best be full of enjoyment.

P.S. stay tuned for more here!

All Images: Jenny Graham

If you are in the #NYFW neighborhood this week, pop on over to the Mandarin Oriental Hotel’s MObar fashion lounge. For an added kick, Jenny by design (AKA moi) is the official host of tomorrow’s designer Q&A series. Happy Monday, kids!

The debut of art = fashion was such a big hit, I’ve brought it back for more, but this time with a bit of decor.

Art / Decor / Art / Fashion