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This past weekend, I drove down to San Diego--along with my partner David Paul--to make a special appearance at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising/FIDM San Diego campus for their Open House. The FIDM Open House is a way for anyone interested in possibly attending FIDM to check out the campus, facilities, classrooms, all the different majors, meet instructors, alumni...It's also away to Meet Me!







As the Official Spokesperson for FIDM, an FIDM instructor and grad, it's always my pleasure to make appearances at some of the campus events to share my story and "How I Got To Where I Am" and how FIDM helped me, of course. I always love going to the FIDM San Diego campus and particularly, San Diego. The campus is conveniently located in Downtown San Diego in the very hip Gaslamp District and VERY adjacent to...







I also like San Diego in that it's like L.A., but with a little bit of natural air conditioning; the weather is always PERFECT. A bonus is that my NIKOLAKI/NV Nick Verreos partner David Paul's family lives there and that's where he grew up so he always finds a chance to visit his mommie :)







When David and I arrived--the night before my appearance at the FIDM San Diego Open House--we had the chance to have a delicious dinner with his mom, Conchita, at Ortega's A Mexican Bistro Restaurant (the Chicken Mole was yummy!) in the Hillcrest neighborhood. The following day was Open House:


















Nick Verreos and 2013 FIDM Valedictorian Angelica Villegas--I had the pleasure of doing a special "pair discussion" with the 2013 FIDM Valedictorian Angelica Villegas, who happens to be from the San Diego area. She was AMAZING; so inspirational and intelligent. Angelica had such great insight in what it takes to be a succesful FIDM student and grad. After our talk, it was time for taking pics and sign some bags. Here are some photos of that:
















Until Next Time FIDM San Diego!! XOXO

NBC-LA FIDM Fashionista:










As we all know this past weekend was "Golden Globe Awards Weekend"...at least here in LA! I had the pleasure of reprising my role as, not only THE NBC-LA Channel 4 "Fashion Authority", but more importantly, being on air as the Fashion Spokesperson for my Alma Mater--the Fashion Institute of Design &n Merchandising/FIDM.








My weekend began very early this past Saturday morning, when I was on the "Today in LA Weekend" news show with anchors Ted Chen and Michelle Valles. I was on to discuss my predictions for trends that might be seen in Sunday's 2013 Golden Globe Awards Red Carpet. I talked about possible Trends such as "Jeweled Embellishments", "Peplums", "Backless", and bright colors...








I also did some original fashion illustrations for my "visions" of a couple of the nominated actresses, such as Anne Hathaway and Claire Danes--if I would dress them in one of my original NIKOLAKI gown creations. Here are the sketches:











On Sunday night (following the 2013 Golden Globes)...I was scheduled to be on air during the 11 O'clock News on NBC-LA with Weekend Anchors Robert Kovacik and Kathy Vara. I went to the Burbank NBC-LA studios and watched the live feed of the 2013 Golden Globe Awards red carpet at 2pm and was there all day...doing my fashion expert red carpet  "homework".







When 11 PM came around, I was ready for my "red carpet reporting" close-up during the 11 O'clock News. However, things changed quickly when a car chase--yes it's LA!--replaced all news coverage at around 11:20 PM. Needless to say, my post-2013 Golden Globes red carpet segment was preempted--as well as anything else they had scheduled. The car chase lasted until 1 AM! And yes, Robert and Kathy had to be there--in the studio--the entire time. Yet, I was "dismissed" or as they say in the "news Industry", I got the AXE! (Ouch!). But there was always Monday:













Car Chase or no car chase (I prefer the NO CAR CHASE!), I love me some NBC-LA, and had a fun weekend giving my Fashion Guru Two Cents on the 2013 Golden Globes Red Carpet styles! Until next time!!