Style File: Lyndsey Stupay

Age: 15
Hometown: Reston, VA
Current City: Ashburn, VA

Hobbies: Ballet, Travel, Scuba Diving, Reading, Art Journaling, Fashion Design, Blogging, jamming out it the car and wishing I was a computer hacker

KL: What do you love most about art?

LS: I think what I love most is the complete freedom you have when you're making something. Like the expectancy of a blank page or a new journal.

KL: How and when did you become so interested?

LS: I’ve always been interested in art, pretty much since I can remember. My nanny, Teresa, was the first person I remember who taught me to draw people...it sort of blossomed from there.

KL: Where do you find inspiration?

LS: Oh gosh, I get inspiration from so many places …blogs, magazines, music, books, travels etc. Occasionally an idea will just pop into my head but that’s only when I’m really lucky!

CURRENT PROJECTS: I work on so many things at one time it’s unbelievable. I’ve got tons of half-started journals and I like to go in between them …just to keep it interesting. I’ve got one journal for when I can’t fall asleep (entitled “when insomnia strikes), one journal that I started explicitly for this summer, a journal that I call my ‘book of pretty things’, a photojournal, and a recycled journal that I haven’t quite started but have gathered plenty of fodder for! The reason for all these journals is that I have a weird obsession with notebooks and such. I’ve got at least 15 or 16 of them! (P.S fodder means all the random junk that I collect for my journals and art projects)

KL: What is the most challenging aspect?

LS: The most challenging thing for me is that I’m a hardcore perfectionist. I want everything to look exactly how I imagined it and if it doesn’t I feel compelled to get rid of it. Sometimes it gets to the point where I’m almost afraid to start working on something for fear of messing up or not doing it right. It’s a sort of internal tug of war for me every time I open my journal… but I’m working on it.

{Lyndey's bedroom inspirations}

PERSONAL STYLE: Artistically I’m not sure how I would describe my style, I’m not even sure if I have one yet! I’m still figuring it out and learning new things about what I do and how I do it. In terms of fashion I have such a mixture of taste. I love things that are super edgy and high fashion couture, but at the same time I love the laid back styles of everyday like boyfriend tees and geek chic.

PERSONAL ICONS: Altynai Asylmuratova and Faroukh Ruzimatov from the Mariisnky (Kirov) Ballet, Oscar De La Renta, Yves Saint Laurent, Alexander Mcqueen, Harrod Blank, and my ballet teacher Julia Redick

KL: What is a trait you most admire in a person?

LS: I think the trait I admire most from people is Understanding. Having someone there for you can be a life-saver when you’ve hit rock bottom.

KL: How do you spend your weekends?

LS: I usually spend my weekends at the ballet studio. But when I’m not there I like to chill at home and art journal, decorate my room, or think of things to put on my blog. I’m also a HUGE shopaholic, so if I’ve got money I’ll either be out shopping or surfing the websites of my favorite stores

{"I made this as a travel page when I was in the cayman Islands on a Scuba Trip."}

FUTURE DREAMS: Ever since I first saw The Children of Theatre Street I’ve known that ballet was what I wanted to do with my life. There’s something so wonderful and indescribable about dancing. I really couldn’t imagine my life without it…

{Familia}

Lyndsey's Favorite Things

Food: Greek yogurt with honey. I couldn't live without yogurt!

City: I think it would be Amsterdam. It’s so high fashion and there’s always something going on there.

{<--Aqabah}

Vacation spot: So far I’d say Aqabah, Jordan and the Red Sea. It was gorgeous and the diving was fantastic

Music: Currently my favorite artist is Stars. Also a friend really got me into Persian party music.

Book: I am truly, madly, and deeply in love with the Harry Potter series. Aside from that, I just read a book call The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo by Stieg Larsson. It’s a really great (but slightly disturbing) mystery/thriller and is the first of a trilogy. I’m dying to read the rest!

Scent: I love Chanel perfumes. Lately I’ve been infatuated with Coco Mademoiselle Chanel and Chanel Chance

Thing to wear: my Charles David regiment boots! They are so freshhh

TV show: The Nanny with Fran Drescher even thought it ended in 1999. I grew up watching the show with my mom and even though I’ve probably seen every episode a hundred times it still makes me laugh!

{designs from Anthropologie and Urban Outfitters, guess which one is which!}

Store: I think it’s a tie between Urban Outfitters and Anthropologie. Both stores have the most unique clothes…it’s no wonder I’m completely broke!

Fav word: The word “fly”. Used in sentence “Woah you lookin’ so flyy”

All artwork by Lyndsey Stupay. Check out Lyndey's blog at http://u-f-otofu.blogspot.com/