Bootlegs and Lace at Gymnastics Drop-Off

Bootlegs and Lace

Melissa and Callie. South Miami. May 2013. Body by Cross Fit.

Melissa, a native New Yorker has made Miami her home.  Melissa loves animals and currently has two German Shepards, a Yorkie and a Chocolate Lab..all rescue dogs.  She is constantly pulling over to save animals and looking for loving homes to adopt them. Unfortunately, many of these dogs are actually not lost and in a gated backyard (we are working on explaining this to Melissa)

Melissa has a natural ablity to nurture, listen and give great advice. She has a Masters in Industrial Organizational Psychology and has furthered her education by becoming an I/O Consultant and Certified Life Coach.  For me, it’s awesome, because Melissa has been my life coach for years, all gratis..(oh no, she better not charge me for the years of dealing with my never ending monologues)

 

Cool Dude Style. Haute Kid’s Soccer Game.

Soccer Dad

You know you have a great look, when you still look cool carrying a chair back pack.  Love the tie dye tank, shredded shorts, worn in leather belt and blue Ray Bans.  Simple, but still great.  I hate to sound negative, but  I am not into dads wearing these sport shirts and shorts… just not good on so many levels.  Take a cue from this dude, he looks Haute!

Haute Mamma’s Day. Central Park Drop-Off.

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Barbara and Neal. Central Park, May 2013.

Fashion Notes: Bag: Louis Vuitton, Sunglasses: Ray Ban in Green. Cashmere Cardigan: Neiman Marcus, Jeans: Citizens of Humanity, T-shirt: The West is Dead

I find Mother’s Day and all these other “made up” holidays quite contrived.  I still will take this opportunity to thank my own mother.

I got lucky, that’s for sure.  My mom to this day is still the first person I call when things are great and when things are shitty.

My mom taught me so much. And from a fashion perspective, she always and still has great style. Her classic, tailored and chic fashion sense i’ve always admired, but could never pull off.  Throughout my life, she gave me a huge amount of recognition for my unique and creative fashion ensembles.  I recognize how her positivity caused my creativity to flourish.

My mother also has impecable manners and incredible grammatical skills (In fact, she will be horrified at my misuse of the English language in this post.).  Although I curse like a sailor and am not always on my best behavior, I do really, really know how to “act”.  My mother instilled (I am being kind with that word) a knowledge of etiquette in her children and surprisingly I do know how to come off seemingly “classy” (I have them all fooled!!).

My mom sometimes tells me these stories, just random notes about her day, and I think to myself, “wow. This lady is wacky!”.  Like when she somehow got her foot stuck on the gas pedal while she was pumping gas and dragged her toe against the concrete to avoid an explosion.  Or when she called me from a ski trip unable to talk due to her uncontrollable laughter, because somehow she was dangling from a ski lift and missed the opportunity to actually sit.  Or how she nearly got arrested for “gently squeezing” a cop’s arm, after she desperately tried to “convince” the officer that her crashing into a large truck was due to the trucks parking job, rather than her driving skills.

My mom always has incredible experiences (sometimes shocking and horrifying) and I realize why.  My mom lives life, really lives life. She take risks and meets new people.  She’s never let ANYTHING stop her from growing, experiencing and thriving.  My mother is off beat, fun and interesting.  You truly learn by example, and I appreciate so much that I have such an example.  I’ve always been proud to call my mother “mom”.  Thanks mamma for creating such an amazingly, cool indiviudual, such as myself (and for developing such a healthy ego).

Happy Mother’s Day xx

 

Haute. Sexy. Miami Spin Drop-Off.

Gym Miami

Miami, May 2013. 7 months Pregnant.

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Susan. Mom of Two. Entrepreneur.

Today, I spontaneously decided to walk into a Spinning Class at a gym I used to attend. Okay, let me not make it seem like “attend” means frequent, more like I would go once a week to a spinning class at this particular spot.  I stayed away mostly because I am horrible at committing to anything. This is because I’m afraid of being consistent and having a routine, it freaks me out.  When attending a gym, I seek ones where I can walk in and be totally anonymous (and where the average age is 80). No making friends with the instructors, no small talk.  This is probably the only case in my life where I am an introvert.  At the gym, I pretty much have no personality and give off an air of mystery, something I’ve always admired in others, but never attempted myself.

So I walk in today, and found myself ogling at the women in their gym clothing.  No no no we are not talking about my workout uniform of tiny shorts and raggedy t-shirts.  These women not only have great bodies, but workout style.  Many parents tell me they would never be featured on my site, because their yoga pants and tanks won’t really make the cut.  The women in this Miami gym, totally make the cut.  The prevalence of major cleavage is quite surprising.  I say this with no judgement, but as an observer of an indigenous tribe.  I am mostly amazed at the confidence to work out in such sexy attire.

I attempted last week to wear one of these LuLu Lemon tanks and hardly broke a sweat in spinning because I was mortified of my cleavage peaking over the top.  But even though I am not comfortable with this type of revealing wardrobe, that doesn’t mean that others should not enjoy sexy work out gear.  So today this gym fashion show included: pattern leggings that were low, backless tanks with lacy work out bra’s peeking through, a see through lace tank with a black lace bra beneath… gold bracelets all the way up to the elbow, a stomach necklace, oh yes, I saw a stomach necklace… Now this class is not easy, it’s like dripping sweat, crazy cardio and no room for the out of shape, so even though it looked like a vision of style, these women were working and sweating, huge gold hoops and all.

I sometimes wear large hoops at the gym, just because I am a little crazy with my earrings. My workout style is very NYC ..black, black and black with black sneakers and black socks (that don’t show).  So I was delighted to see this little exercise fashion editorial at a Miami gym.  I know that Miami is special. I am pretty sure that no one in Cleveland is rocking a low cut tank with a see through bra and a stomach necklace at their local YMCA,  but that’s why every city has it’s unique flavor and in Miami sexy is always appropriate, ALWAYS.  It’s the only place I’ve lived where I know that you can pretty much wear anything.  So tell me Haute Parents, what do you wear to the gym?

 

 

Haute Professor. Miami Beach Drop-Off.

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Nick. Father of Olive. Designer. Writer. Professor. Miami Beach, March 2013.

Nick is the founder and Design Principle of GELPI PROJECTS / PALEO STUDIO.

He has taught at multiple schools of architecture such as MIT School of Architecture + Planning,  Ohio State University, Columbia University and Parsons. Currently, Nick is a Professor at Florida International University and continues to run his Architecture practice.

Nick and his wife Estee (a fashion designer) recently re-located from New York City to Miami Beach, Florida.