Charmed Disarmed

Dancing + Kenyon Phillips/Unisex Salon = Fun

Blast from the past.

This is a collection of photos my talented friend Tanveer Badal took of me while I was on the shoot for ELLE magazine.

This took place in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (pre-the Edge)

My grandmother, Raquel Flora (left) and a mystery woman in Versecz, during Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Photo by: Weiser A

Recently, I learned some interesting facts about my background. I remember hearing these stories as a child, but I always thought they were fiction. 

In order to understand where my family came from, I started doing some research. 

First search I did was Vrsac 1894 (date I believe my grandmother was born) and this is what came up. 

When she was born, the town was part of Austrian-Hungarian Kingdom and it was called Versecz. 

The art of movement. The art of total adrenaline rush!

“The physical aspect of parkour is getting over all the obstacles in your path as you would in an emergency. You want to move in such a way, with any movement, as to help you gain the most ground on someone or something, whether escaping from it or chasing toward it…” Sounds a lot like my days living in New York City :)

Here I was a stylist for Summer Rayne Oaks’ Planet Green commercial spot on Discovery Channel. The beautiful red dress she is wearing is from designer Gina Michele Eco-Collection.