April 16, 2014

Being Jin

April 16, 2014/ Claire Leana Millar

-Weds April 16th 2014

My Sprit Animal = Asian Manicurist, or even Jin Soon Herself; You take it from here.

In the past weeks I've become progressively ambitious with DIY stuff, for example, DIY picture frames, DIY cool fashion tees, and most recently DIY Jin Soon SS14 nails. On the recent The Wild Magazine spring nail shoot I produced, Jins team was on nails, duh, because nobody else in fashion is in nails, like Jin is in nails. She seriously should call it JUST JIN, she Queen B's the nail industry. Anyways... as I managed everyones happiness on set, as any editor of anything has to do, half whatever you're actual job is, half United Nations negotiator, in this case it was managing the makeup artist and hair stylist not poking each others eyes out over a timing battle with the model, to common, I tried to sneak spy and look at what the artist was doing on the models paws. Thought 1: This is wayyyyyy easier than i thought, i mean her hand was so much steadier than mine will EVER be, I have a hand tremor like my 95 year old Nana, but still not rocket science. Lucky for me the PR agent left me the whole collection, here what i made of it! xxx

April 16, 2014

Closet Moment

April 16, 2014/ Claire Leana Millar

-Wed April 16th 2014

A Rare Closet Moment

Conquering ones closet is just that, conquering ones closet. I have a lot less clothes than people think I would, (accusations), but I like it that way. There will be the pieces I never ever in life will sell or get rid of I.E. vintage YSL tuxedo jacket, & camel wide leg silk trousers, or the black Fendi mini velvet bag I love so much, but its important to make the boundaries clear on what you like for 10seconds, and what you will wear for a lifetime. Right now, and hopefully for the rest of my life, I’m in a minimal color, denim and leather, white tee stage. It’s funny because when you look at the inside images of my clothing racks here, all you see is color, but in reality I only break that stuff out for fashion month, and live in Acne the rest of the time. So how does one take the jump and really get rid of what they don’t need or wear?

1.Try everything on in front of a panel of friends. Majority rules, then its gone!

2.Make an inspiration mood board of style Icons you admire and want to emulate.

3. You have to let it go! SELL SELL SELL, promise, you will not miss it!

4. Replace! Once you have sold the old, in with a few new items that are simple and basic!

April 16, 2014

Paris Calling

April 16, 2014/ Claire Leana Millar

-Thursday May 8th, 2014

Polaroids I Took in Paris in 2008

feeling a bit nostalgic for the most beautiful city in the world, ill see you soon ...

I celebrated my 16th birthday at the Ritz Carlton in Paris, and channeled Kate as always.

April 16, 2014

SINGLE LADIES

April 16, 2014/ Claire Leana Millar

-Weds April 16th 2014

Single Ladies

I was going about my normal person food shopping business today at the Whole Foods on second ave., when a man fully ran over my foot and half my leg with a mini shopping cart. FIRST, What is a “mini shopping cart?” I grew up in a suburb of Boston where we have the real life sized carts, where suburban gluttons pile it all in, this was not a normal sized cart. Why this is relevant, is because I’ve had previous grocery store accidents all involving larger scale food shopping machinery, but this little thing packed a significant punch! So I’m standing in the isle with a throbbing leg, staring at what was considered an attractive New York City man. Stylish, good in cart healthy selections, nice jeans, sporting some scruff and a tortured East Village artist persona. It was here I came to a life altering realization. Old me, in this case meaning single me, would have fully romanticized this painful interaction. Blindsided by fantasies of years down the line at our wedding toast, friends all gathered round, laughing about how we first met at Whole Foods in a cart on cart collision. Something like love as first sight over Kenwa and kale chips. However now, I find myself in an amazing relationship, and the question at hand is was it ever romantic? I’ve decided the answer is no. All the unintentional, dangerous, embarrassing, life-threatening things men have done were never on purpose; nobody was trying to be cute. Now I'm the dumb girl in the grocery store with a sore toe, and nightmares of divorce! The point is, I'm done being an un realistic romantic, however if I ever find myself single again, and you want to date me, your best bet it to hit me in Soho with your car, lets be honest ude get a date. xxx

April 15, 2014

Babes & Bikinis

April 15, 2014/ Claire Leana Millar

-Thursday May 29th, 2014

Confessions and Lessons

Last night I consumed half a pound of fresh mozzarella cheese. I know it was half a pound because I ordered it from my favorite late night deli around midnight. I think the only thing that could make this sadder is if I was alone, I mean I ate the whole thing alone, but I had friends over, so it wasn’t some bizarre solo depression behavior… (Waits for someone to reassure me about my sad moment.) As I was eating, I thought to myself, bikini season is right around the corner… It was a fleeting thought, and then naturally I finished the whole thing. Writing about it now honestly is making me want more, the point is, it actually is about to be bikini season, pause for the who gives a f*ck, but the truth is we all do, sooooooo lets talk about being healthy and getting in shape.

A lot of people ask me what my fitness routine and eating habits are like. When I’m not solo eating in bed on a weds night, I try to maintain strict eating habits. It’s more for my body and how I feel being healthy than vanity. I’ve always had trouble with my stomach so it’s super important for me to eat clean.

Fitness:

Tracy Anderson keeps my ass tight. No but seriously. I am probably the number one Tracy Anderson method fan there is. According to her, (and every other agent in the world) I am a hip centric person. I got the DVDs, and if I’m being crazy and trying to see results fast, I do it twice a day, twenty min leg lift sessions, paired with twenty mins of cardio. Tracy really works, and I recommend it to anyone trying to tone. On top of Tracy, I go to SoulCycle on 19th street 2-3 times a week. One because it really is an amazing workout, and two because of the high likelihood one of the hot teachers will touch my resistance.

Eating:

Staying fit and getting in shape is really 80% food, 20% exercise. I stay away from anything processed and have never eaten red meat in my life. My mother is in health care, and red meat was never an option growing up. Side note; yes it felt weird throwing the real hot dogs in the bushes behind my friends backs at the school BBQ and replacing them with the tofu dogs in my backpack as a fifth grader. UM…anyways my diet is something like this:

The Diet

Am.

Green kale juice + oatmeal,

Low fat yogurt with berries and granola

Lunch

Salad with veggies and some type of protein

Dinner

Steamed veggies and steamed fish or

Salad with grilled chicken