hell, yeah! congrats to my girl rachel lena esterline and her friend brooke candy, who just opened their dream boutique online after much blood, sweat, tears (and time) spent in the name of style and high fashion. the e-shop, american apocalypse, is full of ridiculously hot hand-picked vintage stuff for girls and guys. love it! and love seeing my friends do amazing things …

i met rachel at an event for bpm magazine at mezzanine – she was styling, I was modeling runway. (incidentally, mezzanine is also where I met my friend rahel gerrits who later married bertie pearson, who happened to be in paradise boys with Jeffrey … but i digress.)

anyway, as life is full of “come-full-circle” moments, I was thrilled to model with rachel again for the AA debut (hmmm … might need to be careful about using that acronym!) we did the shoot in the basement of harputs union. it was super fun, and awesome to see some of the amazing finds they’ve gotten their hands on first-hand, one of which they recently lent out to teen vogue. *super* hot.

ok, just had to share. check for AA’s latest finds on their facebook page. they’re getting tons of love already, judging by the early reviews.

oh, and happy “30-ish” b-day, rach! Your secret is safe with me.

xox,
ava