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Rachelle Appelle

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About Me


I am a fashion designer designing under my own label, Rachelle Appelle and I am a fashion photoshoot stylist and wardrobe stylist. I specialize in beautifully made tailored suits for men and women. I also create some very chic' dresses that have a French couture feel. I studied couture design in Paris so I am constantly reinventing the Parisian style with a carefree American aesthetic. My style is all about well-made clothing that has fun combinations of color, patterns, and fabrics and are easy to wear and will make you stand out. I love designing for young business professionals, musicians, GLBT weddings, artsy fashionistas, and anyone who appreciates well-made, beautifully fitting, understated, and artistic clothing. Please contact me if you have an event coming up and you need something custom made. It's the best feeling to make someone feel beautiful in my clothes. I love fashion styling for photoshoots and TV and would love to get into this even more. If you are a photographer in need of a stylist for your next photoshoot, please contact me. If you are in a band and in need of reinventing your look, please contact me and I would be more than happy to work with you. Your results:
You are Supergirl Supergirl 95% Iron Man 90% Superman 85% The Flash 85% Spider-Man 80% Wonder Woman 80% Robin 65% Green Lantern 65% Catwoman 55% Hulk 50% Batman 45% Lean, muscular and feminine.
Honest and a defender of the innocent.
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Your results:
You are Poison Ivy Poison Ivy 69% Dark Phoenix 69% Apocalypse 67% The Joker 65% Dr. Doom 64% Riddler 63% Venom 62% Lex Luthor 59% Catwoman 58% Mystique 58% Magneto 51% Juggernaut 50% Green Goblin 50% Kingpin 47% Two-Face 42% Mr. Freeze 36% You would go to almost any length for the protection of the environment including manipulation and elimination.
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My Interests

Traveling is my biggest love, New Zealand, Germany, Paris, London, Spain, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Holland, fashion design, jewelry design, the ocean, disco dancing, roller skating, karaoke, 80's and early 90's music, dive bars, indie rock, techno, industrial and trance music, furry animals, unicorns, tattoos, fashion shows, writing, poetry, jumping in puddles, drunken sunrises, sarcasm, dark humor, riding around in shopping carts, curling up with my kitty, fake accents, being lost in foreign countries, new languages, hidden gems, locals, robots, spiders especially of the garden variety, pretending I'm a pool shark, extra dirty martinis, Guinness with black currant, Blue Moon, Mint Mojitos and other frou frou girly drinks with umbrellas and monkeys, zoos, jungle gyms, dog shows, kitty purrs, high high heels, saucy lingerie, pinups, corsets, Renaissance festivals, taxicab makeouts, flirting, kissing, staring into lovers eyes, smiling, laughing, winking, skipping, garage sales, dumpster diving, antique stores, cult movie marathons, rollin with my homies, orchestras, symphonies, comedians, eating chips, salsa and guacamole until you explode, late night bar food runs, the sound of breaking glass, being a little kid again, never taking myself too seriously, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Alfonse Mucha, Erte, Antoni Gaudi, Man Ray, paint by numbers without the numbers, never stepping a day in the box, loving my life, always jumping on my bed and dancing to my own soundtrack. www.puppymillrescue.com is really important to me. I strongly believe in adopting unwanted pets. Dogs and cats are being exploited in puppymills everyday so people can have the newest little designer puppy when wonderful pets are dying everyday in shelters. Check out the website and see what you can do too. My furry baby Sage thanks you:)

I'd like to meet:

I love collaboration and I would love to do more of this. If you are a photographer, designer, or model and would like to work with me in the future please add me by sending me a message. I am always looking for great photographers who need clothing or a fashion stylist for their shoots and I am always looking for new models to work with. I am always looking to expand my book, contact me for TFP shoots as well.Artists, photographers, writers, designers, poets, dancers, musicians, actors, comics, filmmakers, singers, creatives, chefs, taste testers, wine snobs, beer snobs, coffee snobs, oddballs, screwballs, fluffballs, fanatics, passionates, environmentalists, animal lovers, smilers, laughers, lovers, cryers, deep thinkers, deep feelers, sarcastics, winkers, flirts, nerds, dorks, geeks, and everything in between.

Music:

BJORK!!! Scissor Sisters, Shiny Toy Guns, Brazilian Girls, Killers, Goldfrapp, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Keane, Modest Mouse, Regina Spektor, Weezer, Madonna, Ben Folds, Orbital, BT, Chemical Brothers, Prodigy, Ladytron, Fisherspooner, Estero, Delirium, Ben Folds Five, My Brightest Diamond, My Chemical Romance, 30 Seconds to Mars, ABBA, Ace of Base, Neil Diamond, Simon and Garfunkle, Starship, Cold War Kids, Silversun Pickups, NIN, Smashing Pumpkins, Lilly Allen, Air, Portishead, Paul Oakenfold, Enigma, Enya, KLF, Hybrid, Kaiser Chiefs, Teddybears, Muse, She Wants Revenge, Snow Patrol, The Sounds, Frou Frou, Imogen Heap, Placebo, The Rapture, Postal Service, Hellogoodbye, The Dresden Dolls, Arcade Fire, Interpol, Camera Obscura, Of Montreal, The Pierces, Amy Winehouse, The Apples in Stereo, Bitter:Sweet, The Kooks, Feist, Rilo Kiley, Sia, Revolver Modele, The Melismatics, The Fratellis, Datarock, Cat Power, Mechanical Birds, Kings of Leon, Dirty Pretty Things, Architecture in Helsinki, Peter Bjorn and John, Blonde Redhead, Lola Dutronic, Under the Influence of Giants, Justice, The Gossip, Maximo Park, New Young Pony Club, Hot Hot Heat, Calvin Harris, MIA, Monsters are Waiting, War Tapes, VHS or Beta, Robots in Disguise, Fujiya and Miyagi, CSS, Cazwell, Avenue D

Movies:

Grindhouse, Pan's Labryinth, Shaun of the Dead, Sin City, Tankgirl, Run Lola Run, Black Diamond, City of Men, City of Lost Children, Borat, Pirates of the Caribbean, Lord of the Rings, V for Vendetta, Zoolander, Quadrophenia, Frida, Amelie, Dancer in the Dark, Donnie Darko, Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, Being John Malcovich, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Boondock Saints, Mallrats, The Lost Boys, Empire Records, UnZipped, Fight Club, Pulp Fiction, Four Rooms, Annie, Newsies, Ghostbusters, Labryinth, Dark Crystal, Never Ending Story, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach

Television:

Flight of the Concords is the best new show, Lost, Sex and the City, Entourage, Battlestar Galactica, Carnivale, Heroes, The Office, Project Runway, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Arrested Development, Da Ali G Show, Chapelle Show, America's Next Top Model, Reno 911, Southpark, Daily Show, Stephen Colbert, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Coupling, I love the whole travel Channel especially Anthony Bourdain No Reservations and the Five Takes series.

Books:

I have moved Douglas Coupland to number one favorite writer status as I am currently reading Jpod, his new novel, and I cannot put it down. Literally it is stuck to my hand and I read it at stoplights. I am so glad it is 500 pages because then I can live in the Jpod cubicle forever and ever and ever, or at least until the end of the week. My other favorite writers are Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison and Armistead Maupin. My three favorite books of all time are I Know why the Caged Bird Sings, Go Ask Alice, and Catcher in the Rye.

Heroes:

My parents, they are my biggest supporters, and my brother and my sister.

My Blog

I should be put in a padded room

I have done the craziest thing I think I have ever done in my whole life.  I am quitting my job and I bought a plane ticket to spend almost the whole month of February with the most amazing man I...
Posted by Rachelle Appelle on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 12:42:00 PST

Random thoughts

I recieved my new passport today in the mail.  I am so excited to fill up all the pages with stamps.  I am trying to decide where I am going to go next.  I am applying to a post graduat...
Posted by Rachelle Appelle on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:42:00 PST

Two weeks in Holland--A new movie by Rachelle Appelle

I left LA November 2nd and arrived at the Schipol airport November 3rd.  I was to meet Demetria at the baggage claim, but because I am so fabulously unorganized we managed to completely miss each...
Posted by Rachelle Appelle on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:44:00 PST

Long awaited update

Ahh my life, I haven't known what to write so updating everyone has been hard.  LA Fashion Week has come and gone and it was interesting to say the least.  I was incredibly stressed, drained...
Posted by Rachelle Appelle on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:19:00 PST

Why I heart Chandler

I had been in a funk all weekend due to being sick with a stupid cold and dealing with some drama after my trip from Minneapolis.  Chandler texted me today at work and asked me out for happy hour...
Posted by Rachelle Appelle on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:57:00 PST

Im sad its Monday for there is no more weekend...

Saturday was my roommate, Liz's birthday.  Plans got changed around a bit so we decided to celebrate her birthday on Sunday at Universal Studios.  Saturday night I ended up going to an art s...
Posted by Rachelle Appelle on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:02:00 PST

Bootie LA=Time for New Dress

Yesterday was one of the funnest days I have had yet in LA.  It was the first Saturday of the month so that instantly meant the night would be spent with my friend Chandler at the hands down best...
Posted by Rachelle Appelle on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 02:47:00 PST

Pics of new blouse design

I just finished a new top for myself.  It's made of my favorite kind of fabric--printed silk velvet burnout and fully lined in seafoam green silk chiffon with silver and gold lurex pinstripes.&nb...
Posted by Rachelle Appelle on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:15:00 PST

Haikus

I am freaking drunk. Cosmos are in my belly. I can't stop smiling.   My cat is a freak. She puked all over again. Hairballs on my bed.   I miss all my friends. Being alone is so co...
Posted by Rachelle Appelle on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:28:00 PST

My Surreal Life

My weekend started out the same as most others I have had since moving to LA.  Thursday night I ventured out dancing at Perversion and met a group of very cool people.  I did meet one girl t...
Posted by Rachelle Appelle on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 10:07:00 PST