2019 and The (same) New Dream

It's been nearly a decade of striving and allowing life to guide me towards this deep love of menswear. I would never have believed that the dreams started in this blog nearly 11 years ago would attract me to the offices of Vogue, GQ Style, Rolling Stone and working with men in like Ewan McGregor in Scotland, Morocco, and Cuba. This love of storytelling is both mesmerizing as much as it (still) provides a bit of torture. The desire to do more, see more, create more and contribute more to the world still remains the same. I am in awe of the process and cannot wait to continue to see more of the world and bring this dream to life.

i dream of denim.

Work with Scott Walhovd, co-founder of 212 collection.

OBSESSED: SUNG JIN PARK

Introducing Bad Kid & Model Sung Jin Park. I cannot describe how obsessed I am with how dark this kid is. Complete Model Citizen.

COME ALONG FOR THE RIDE

it takes much work to get where you want to get in life. so with every move that i make and with all the people who play a role in my life at certain times to make sure that i stay motivated and inspired, i would love to throw a thank you. its easy for me to lose interest in individuals in my life more often than the average person...so thanks for coming along for the ride :)

What i want.

add to the collection of gold. a leather case for the luv in my life (mr.mac), more animal prints, a weekend in paris. and my chowchow :)

Michel Vain...some call it brains

So im taking back my power from google and calling to get my identity back. My freaking name :)

Its funny how many times i meet people who ask me for my last name and get a little agitated when I say Michel. Of course, they must think that i am giving them my first name as Michelle and repeat the question as if I am a little slow. It's then that I slowly repeat the name and spell it out until they get it. I remember arguing with my teacher in High School after he tried to force pronuncation of my name. For Christ's sake, Whitney Michel isn't a complicated name. It isn't like Obenheiser or something outlandish. Its simple and has the Mee-chel pronunciation. (French) But only time will change this dilemma when the name is more or less recognized by first hearing. And then there is my first name, with the 'oh so lame' "Whitney Houston" analogy. That stopped being a compliment after the "Heartbreak Hotel" track and that I believe was a very long time ago. So post graduation, Part II of my life: the Implementation stage of Whitney Michel and less of the only learning process of Part I: Education, will provide the opportunity to make clear my name.


So, like I said earlier, I am taking my name back and putting a ring to it so that i wont deal with the very special circumstances of my earlier life. Whitney Michel. MichelMen, or Michel Men, still haven't made the ultimate choice. But there you have it.