Wednesday

San Diego Polo Club 2010 Apparel Photo Shoot


The girls of Rich Skinny Pretty spent a day at the renowned SD Polo Club in Rancho Santa Fe posing with horses, champagne and a few mallets. I was honored with the privilege of coordinating the Polo Club's 2010 apparel photo shoot. Keep an eye out for us in SD Polo magazine and Riviera magazine! Hope to see you at my RSP fashion show Opening Day, this Sunday, June 13th!











Hope to see you Opening Day! Photography by Elizabeth Thurston and Brett Siegel.
xo
Nacole Gray

Meet the girls of Rich Skinny Pretty

Meet Rachael

Meet Ashley
Meet Jamie
Meet Kelly
Meet the girls of RichSkinnyPretty.com this Sunday, June 13th at the SD Polo Club Opening Day fashion show in Rancho Santa Fe as I pair party and prep on the runway - think summer in the Hampton's. Your favorite girls will be there along with a few new RSP girls wearing looks by Lanvin, Victor & Rolf and Derek Lam to name a few. I have a feeling that you might just like what you see...

Won't be able to attend? Don't threat - come back next week to get a behind the scenes look of the fashion show here at RSP.

xoxo
Nacole Gray

Saturday

"Prada bag, Gucci shoes, Louis V, Jimmy Choos," - Jupiter Rising

Have you met Rachael?

RSP: What is the biggest TREND or MUST- HAVE ITEM for summer?
Rach: A girl can never have enough bikinis, especially here in San Diego. Every summer I add to my collection of bikinis. I love when girls can make a beach day look classy yet sexy. It’s another reason to dress up, the beach doesn’t have to be casual. Throw on a Versace, Vix or Micheal Kors bikini, Chloe Sunglasses and layer a few bracelets and voila, you are beach-ready.

RSP: What can we find in your closet? Please include specific items, accessories and brands.
Rach: In my closet you will find shoes, shoes, shoes. Christian Louboutin, Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors, Steven, Chloe, Chanel, YSL, Manolo Blahnik, BCBG, Giuseppe Zanotti, etc. I feel like no matter what you wear if you have the right shoes you can't go wrong. I like to splurge on designer and quality shoes. I also have a ton of American Apparel clothing. I like how simple the pieces are but everything is so versatile.

RSP: Who are your fashion icons?
Rach: Bridget Bardot and Sophia Lauren.


Below Rach is wearing a dress from a local consignment shop accessorized with a Mi & Ro necklace. Shoes undecided...
What do you think - should she go with the Michael Kors, Marc Jacobs or Jeffrey Campbell's?

Love Rachael's style? Come back next week to find out what she's wearing.

xo
Nacole Gray

Tuesday

"She falls somewhere in between Levi's and Vogue Magazine. She doesn't paint on her face but what she does she does with taste," - Sammy Hagar

Vogue. Vogue magazine. A mixture of Carrie Bradshaw explaining how she would buy Vogue instead of dinner because she found that it fed her more combined with memories of early mornings eagerly rushing to the magazine stand on the way to school to pick up French Vogue while living abroad in Paris, all come into mind immediately. Why you ask am I so heavily contemplating the renowned publication? Well let me explain...
Esteemed Vogue European Editor at Large Hamish Bowels, legendary photographer Mario Testino and of-the-moment Blake Lively were all recently galavanting around my hometown, well actually they were working, but I am sure they were enjoying every moment of it! My beloved Cardiff-by-the-Sea and Encinitas is featured in this month's edition of Vogue magazine, yes you heard me right, Vogue. I told you all not to underestimate little old San Diego! I guess Encinitas is catching on - but hey don't forget where you heard about our style first ;)
You have to imagine my excitement as I turned the glossy pages to see Blake Lively strutting the streets of Cardiff-by-the-Sea with local Rob Machado and posing for the cover at high-school favorite locale to layout with girlfriends while checking out cute surfer boys, Moonlight Beach. Well, geez, Moon Light Beach has taken on quite a new meaning. One of my favorite shots is of Blake enjoying a carrot smoothie at one of my all-time favorite breakfast spots, Swami's Cafe. Pretty crazy, right?If you know fashion, then you know that Vogue is it. Well, other fashion bibles like Women's Wear Daily, the fashion section of the New York Times and Harper's Bazaar Runway Report are all serious musts but Vogue is on the top of my list. Anyways, the idea of Vogue scouting my hometown to play the complimentary background for "the true California girl at heart" Blake Lively's 10 page spread is simply surreal.
A few of my favorite fashion moments include the Versace white-leather dress that gives the body-con trend a cleaner-looking reboot, the Hervé Léger by Max Azria bandage slit dress and the Calvin Klein Collection silk-knit long-sleeved sexy little number.
Make sure to pick up this June's Vogue if you haven't already and in the mean time take a look at Vogue.com Video Diaries to get a behind the scenes look at Blake's photo shoot in San Diego and a better glimpse of my not so sleepy beach town. If you didn't get your San Diego fashion fix from the mag, you know where to come! All photos courtesy of Vogue.com.
xo
Nacole Gray