 
February 20, 2010
I finally cut and donated my hair! It was getting wayy too long. Usually I know when I need to cut my hair when it starts getting stuck in car doors, so I decided if I am going to cut it, I might as well cut all of it off and donate it. This is the second or third time I’ve donated my hair to Locks of Love, and I think it is definitely worth it. I would rather my hair go to a child that needs it instead of sitting in a salon trash can. I cut about 13 inches off of it. My hair grows so fast, I just cut it about a month ago and now its already grown to my shoulders.
 my long hair  my new hair! 
February 18, 2010
So last week I went to New York for the first time in my life during New York Fashion Week to present my clothing line at the Chictopia10 Social Influence Summit. It was amazing! I hate public speaking, but my presentation went well. Chictopia gave me 15 minutes to present my line however I wanted to, so I made a movie on my computer which included photos from my Spring 2010 and music. I was really nervous, there were 300 attendees and editors from Teen Vogue, Nylon, Vice, and WWD. I ended up designing a new purple dress inspired by spiderwebs for the event. I took my model Hilary (who modeled in my Spring 2010 Collection) to New York with me to model during my presentation. I am pretty sure she was more nervous then I was! We really enjoyed listening to all the speakers, but when it was my turn to present, we went downstairs to get ready and ran into like 13 gorgeous male models with amazing accents. I think they were from the UK. Also, one of them, I think his name was Charles, told me I looked great and showed me all his scars. It made me less nervous about presenting. The designer who had all the models totally one-upped my presentation because all I had was one model and a movie! Oh well! I still had fun! After the presentation Helen (from Chictopia) surprised me with roses! And they were in a wrapper that matched my Spring 2010 Collection. The conference could not have ended any better. OH WAIT EXCEPT FOR THE PART WHERE AN EDITOR FROM WWD INTERVIEWED ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so serious right now, I am not even making it up, she came up to me super quick after my presentation and interviewed me about my line. I’m not sure if she is going to publish the interview, but the fact that she was interested in my clothing line enough to interview me, made my life!!!
Also, WWD mentioned me in an article about the Chictopia10 conference, check it out!!!!!!!
http://www.wwd.com/media-news/fashion-memopad/new-york-times-co-in-the-black-blog-on-elles-new-book-2455096#/article/media-news/fashion-memopad/new-york-times-co-in-the-black-blog-on-elles-new-book-2455096?full=true
 Spiderwebby Dress I designed for Chictopia10  Speaking and presenting my line at Chictopia10  male models *charles is not in this photo  Thanks Chictopia!  The Chictopia After-Party
February 12, 2010
Hay everyone, I am in New York! It is amazing, my plane just landed a few hours ago. This is my first official business trip. On Saturday I will be presenting my new line at Chictopia10 Social Influence Summit which is a conference put on by Chictopia. I am so excited and grateful that I got the opportunity to showcase at the conference. Last week I went to the Chictopia office and surprised Corinne and Helen with Cako cupcakes for giving me the opportunity to present at Chictopia10. I am pretty sure they loved the cupcakes, plus the Cako cupcakes did have a pretty big impact on inspiring my Spring 2010 collection (the lemon raspberry cupcake in particular).
I designed a cute new dress for the Chictopia10 conference, but I can’t decide if I want to wear it yet.
Here are some behind the scene photos from Spring Collection 2010!
 Behind the Scene SP2010  Behind the Scenes SP2010 part2
January 26, 2010
My Spring Collection 2010 is finally here! I took a risk and designed the whole collection out of pink fabric. I love it, and I am so happy with how it all turned out. The shoes I used in the collection are hand painted canvas shoes I painted myself Basically the whole collection was inspired by the evolution of my personal style. Also inspiration came from my odd obsession with Amanda Palmer and The Dresden Dolls, cupcakes, bike riding hipsters in SF, heroin punks, and the list goes on.
I designed the collection in two segments. I like to call them ‘badass’ and ‘cupcake cute’. Looking at the collection you will see what I am talking about. Brandon Biggs and Caity Nascimento (my bff for life) photographed Spring 2010, Caity shot the ‘cupcake cute’ segment, and Brandon Biggs shot the ‘badass’ segment. If you knew both of them in real life you would expect that it would be the opposite, its kind of ironic I guess. My two favorites Hillary and Xi (pronounced ’she’ but don’t make jokes about it because she will get really mad…) modeled in the collection for me. They are super cute and I am so grateful they helped me out by modeling.
Check it out, I would love to hear feedback from everyone! Behind the scene photos coming soon!
December 30, 2009
 Christmas Card! I hope everyones holidays went well! I am excited for the new year and can’t wait to start designing new collections. My Spring 2010 Collection is officially done, and I plan on posting it in early January.
December 17, 2009
So yesterday was the BEST day of my life…so far. I met Betsey Johnson!!!!!!!!!!!!! Betsey is my all time favorite designer and she is the one who inspired me to start my own line of clothing. She designs beautiful dresses that girls all over the world love and want to wear and as a designer myself, that is my number one goal. I really just want to design clothing that make women feel beautiful! Betsey is so amazing and I am so lucky that I got the chance to meet her!
Yesterday was my draping final at school and I finished it as quick as possible so I could go down the Betsey store so I could meet her. There were soo many girls there waiting in line for hours to meet her it was ridiculous! So when I finally got to say hi and take a picture I gave her my business card, and who knows, maybe she’ll check out the site! I hope she does because then my life would be complete!!!
 Meeting Betsey Johnson!!! Also, today I logged into my Chictopia account and discovered I was on the front page! My week keeps getting better and better! If you don’t know what Chictopia is, I recommend you check it out. Chictopia is a great style blogging website where girls from all over the world post pictures of their outfits and blog about style and fashion. My account is WWW.CHICTOPIA.COM/ALYSSABIRD
November 28, 2009
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! I’ve been super busy with sales, work, and school so I haven’t had time to blog. The trunk show and DNA shop was a lot of fun! This month I decided to bring back my line of eco-friendly handbags for all the trunk shows I have been selling at and they have turned out to be a hit! I sold every single one! I took some pics at the trunk shows so I will upload them in this post. If you are looking for a custom Holiday Dress, be sure to put in your custom order with me before the Holidays! Also, I have a brown party dress listed on my etsy ( http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=30949454 ) in a size 4 on SALE for $95.00, perfect for a winter ball or holiday party.
 Trunk Show at Paris Salon
 Dresses!
 Picture of the trunk show flyer on a mirror
 Pony canvas tote!
 Everyone loves this dress
 He wants a pony.
November 18, 2009
This weekend I am going to be selling my Fall 2009 Collection ON SALE at a trunk show in San Rafael and at a shop/charity bake sale. Stop by and check out all the designers work along with my own collection!
Art & Fashion Trunk Show
Paris Salon
915 Fourth Street
San Rafael, CA
November 20th 2009
5:00-9:00pm
DNA Pop-Up Shop/Charity Bake Sale
Space Gallery
1141 Polk Street,
San Francisco CA
November 6th 2009.
5:00-10:00pm 21+
 Fashion Trunk Show  DNA Pop-Up Shop/Charity Bake Sale
November 9, 2009
Hay guys, I think there is a little confusion going on.
My name is Alyssa. You can call me Alyssa, or Bird. Preferably one or the other, but never both at the same time. ‘Bird’ was a nickname given to me by my grandmother (but she would say it in spanish) and it kind of just stuck. I just think its kind of weird (but cute!!) that all these articles I have been featured in lately keep referring to be as “Alyssa Bird”.
In other news,
Check out these links I’ve been featured in for the DNA event!
http://www.dailycandy.com/san-francisco/article/77144/What-to-Do-This-Weekend
http://sanfrancisco.going.com/event-682790;dna_designersartists_Holiday_Pop-Up_Shop
http://www.7×7.com/blogs/glamwatch/dna-come-together-space-gallery
The DNA event on Friday was a lot of fun, I was soo excited when I noticed they taped the Daily Candy article with my picture on it in the window! So when I was waiting for a cab after the show I would point it out to random strangers that walked by. “Hey look, I’m in the window  ”
Hey, you can’t blame me, it’s not everyday your picture is in the window at a gallery!
 In the Window of Space Galley
 Set up for DNA Pop-Up Shop
November 5, 2009
This Friday I will be at DNA’s Pop-Up shop selling some pieces for my collection, everyone should try to come out! It’s at Space Gallery in San Francisco, 1141 Polk Street. 21+
 Pop-Up
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