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" Well, hello ladies (and fashion-forward gents) of the Web! I&amp;#x27;m Brenna over in the wild West and am thrilled to be your new Lala Land style writer-slash-confidant. Just like this beloved site, you&amp;#x27;ll find me a bit quirky, never wary of a good ol&amp;#x27;-fashioned dress-up session, and eager to dish on all things style at any hour&amp;amp;#8212;seriously, my fiance swears I talk fashion gibberish in my sleep (it&amp;#x27;s a good thing I don&amp;#x27;t sleepwalk too, or he&amp;#x27;d find me nocturnal window shopping at Barneys, ha!). Here&amp;#x27;s a smidgeon of what makes my world spin, but please do reveal some of your own sartorial skeletons in the comments below so we can get properly acquainted! 1. I can be shy, but when it comes to my purchasing habits, I subscribe to the mantra of &amp;quot;the wackier, the better.&amp;quot; I once went on record admitting that I don&amp;#x27;t own a white T-shirt (it&amp;#x27;s true!) and got a lot of heat for it. But we all groove to different style beats, and I prefer mine to be off-the-charts bonkers. Some designers who get me giddy are Miuccia Prada anything, Kelly Wearstler (don&amp;#x27;t you just want to be her?), Otswald Helgason, Mary Katrantzou, Charlotte Olympia (we once had a complete lovefest over tea), and Sophia Webster (I&amp;#x27;m currently lusting after the shoe above). 2. I firmly agree with Mademoiselle Chanel on pretty much every front and regularly reference her spicy quips. I&amp;#x27;ve found this quote to ring most true to me, though: &amp;quot;Fashion is architecture: It&amp;#x27;s a matter of proportions.&amp;quot; This is precisely why as a 5&amp;#x27;2&amp;quot; chick with hips, I have a standing monthly appointment with my tailor. And I&amp;#x27;ll be honest: It&amp;#x27;s sort of a love-hate relationship, since I can spot the look of fear on his face immediately upon entry to the shop. We&amp;#x27;ve entirely reconstructed Bill Blass suits from the &amp;#x27;80s, made skirts from dresses and vice versa, and even morphed a fringed bag into a vest (this one prompted a jet-propelled eye roll!). The point is, my number-one piece of fashion advice always is to drop dough where it counts&amp;amp;#8212;build rapport with someone who can sew well, understands your body, and can execute your vision. 3. You will never catch me without lipstick on. My mom&amp;#x27;s motto is &amp;quot;Have lipstick, will travel,&amp;quot; so I really can&amp;#x27;t help it&amp;amp;#8212;it&amp;#x27;s in my genes. I have an entire drawer dedicated to every color under the rainbow, but the two tubes I never leave home without are Nars Funny Face and YSL Rouge Pur Couture in Le Fuchsia (pictured). That blend has left its mark on my fiance&amp;#x27;s cheek too many times to count, ruined pillowcases galore, and I just can&amp;#x27;t get enough. 4. I&amp;#x27;m a fashion history nerd and use it as total justification to hoard coffee table books. I swear they&amp;#x27;re not just for show! I read each and every one cover-to-cover and even take notes like a high-schooler. The best investments have been of my ultimate, always-and-forever icon Ms. Diana Vreeland. I highly encourage you to snag Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel. You won&amp;#x27;t regret it! 5. When I&amp;#x27;m not giving you the 411 on what&amp;#x27;s up on the left coast and producing some fun shoots, I&amp;#x27;ll be in mayhem mode planning my upcoming Catalina Island wedding on the autumnal equinox. One of my bridesmaids is an incredible designer, and we&amp;#x27;re whipping up the dress together, which has been such a blast! A few hints: We hit up the hardware store for embellishments (yep, nuts and bolts, friends!), it most definitely won&amp;#x27;t be white, and we plan on snipping the hem into a mini for the reception &amp;amp;#224; la Lauren Santo Domingo. Enough about moi&amp;amp;#8212;please bounce back some fun facts about yourself! Also, if you&amp;#x27;re more of an Instagram gal like me, follow me @brennaegan! Photos: Portrait by Hailley Howard, Getty Images, via Net-A-Porter, via Sephora, via Amazon, Getty Images. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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