Union Square - Beauty

>Photographer: Henry Alfosno Navarro
Model: Monika Ka
Stylist: BIANCA STARR
Location: Union Square, SF

BIANCA STARR Styling presentation at the Infinty Club, SF

Public Speaking? OKAY! I was pleased to be asked by Owen Geronimo and the team at San Francisco Fashion and Merchants Alliance to be a guest speaker on styling and present 3 looks to SF's finest. I started off my 15 - 20 minute presentation with an intro about my first fashion inspirations. I couldn't help but to tell the story of how my mom always told me that she loved the name Bianca from hearing it back in the day as being Mick Jagger's wife. BIANCA JAGGER was a fashion icon. She was a fixture at Studio 54 and best friend to Andy Warhol. Her style was unique beyond compare. She was classy but edgy. Fashion forward, but respectful. The best part about her that I could relate to was that she was latina. Mommy, thank you for making me cool from the very start. I love you!

The presentation was held at the gorgeous penthouse at the Infinity Club. I made many connections in the fashion scene in SF and was greeted afterwards with people wanting to take my photo and telling me how much they loved it. I hope to work with them in the future on many other projects. Here are some pics of the night...
Bianca Starr Model: Cassandra Miller, Michael and Bianca Starr (ME :)

Presenting 1 of 3 looks to blogger panel with model :Chris Hess

Audience of fashionistas, bloggers and techies.

Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising Students


FASHION+TECHSF (formerly FashionMashup) is the longest running monthly workshop and event series in the San Francisco Bay Area focused synergistically on building, promoting and educating the vibrant community of fashion and technology entrepreneurs, designers, developers, bloggers, business professionals, students, investors and numerous enthusiastic companies, schools, groups and individuals who share our vision of a world-class fashion and technology industry that is innovative, disruptive and uniquely San Francisco. Our mission is to create educational, social and business opportunities for the fashion and technology industries. In the past two years, FASHION+TECHSF has become the leading network for all things fashion and technology in the SF Bay Area.






Photos by: Shaun Tiangsing

Surrounding myself with CREATIVE MINDS........ Introducing my love Christina Ruiz

Here's the scoop:
Who? Christina Ruiz (one of my besties and fellow Women's Initiative Alumni)
What? She bought a mobile truck and is decking it out full force and will be selling the hottest threads.
Why? Because she is taking it to the next level
When? Coming this Spring
www.topshelfstyle.com





Location: Pinole Truck Parking Station inside the mobile boutique
Styled by BIANCA STARR Styling
Christina Ruiz - Owner Top Shelf Mobile Boutique

Styling with photographer Joshua

It wasn't too long ago that my girl Faith Garcia asked me to style her for a shoot with Joshua Morrison Farria. She described it as being on a ferry and that she needed to look as though she was going on a trip. It came easy to me. I dressed her in a sophisticated look with blue slacks, a white silk low cut blouse and a salmon blazer that fit her waist like a glove. Her accessory? A vintage brown luggage. Done. It didn't take long after that for Joshua and I to link up on another project. I was lucky to work with a photographer who with a few sentences could describe what he was looking for. I get him. He gets me. It works. Looking forward to more projects and future collaborations with him. Check out his blog: http://joshfarria.com/




Model: Megan Gabrielle Harris
Location: Oakland, CA

Styling the beautiful Ania

Last Thursday night.............
I was waiting for the perfect model to throw this array of pearls and silver chains. Once I saw her, I knew it was time.


Model: Ania Gerasimova Spiering
Makeup: Natalie De Los Santos
Stylist: Bianca Starr
Photographer: Henry Alfonso Navarro

I had to write a bio ~ First time/rough draft

BIANCA STARR is a SF native who resides in the Mission district in SF. She recently owned a boutique called BIANCA STARR which sold unique vintage items focusing on glamour and sophistication. The store motto was “A womens boutique where you leave your inhibitions at the door”. BIANCA STARR holds accolades as being the best in the bay area by the SF Guardian, 7 x 7 Magazine, 944 Magazine, SF Weekly and was featured on the cover of the STYLE section for the SF Chronicle. BIANCA STARR has also been featured in LUCKY Magazine for the creative concept of the STYLIST Boutique where she featured different stylists in SF to come and hold a special rack of their own items they have used for shoots to be put on consignment for the month, She works now as a freelance stylist for different agencies after realizing her passion wasn’t in retail as it was in putting outfits together and being creative in the process. Before her fashion career, BIANCA STARR owned and created the thriving nightclub 222 HYDE for 6 years before selling it. In addition to being an entrepreneur, she dabbles in event production and most recently produced an 8 day flea market event for American Apparel at Fort Mason. She is looking to launch her website in April this year and will be producing her own fashion show on April 5, 2012.

So much fun. Ania x BIANCA STARR Styling x Henry Alfonso Navarro