No, I'm not talking about the name brand perfume. This is in reference to Rachel Zoe, stylist extraordinaire.

Pablo Guerron. Thakoon. Phillip Lim. Jason Wu. Chris Benz. Balmain. Lanvin. Gucci. Marc Jacobs. Chanel. Missoni. Dior. Diane Von Furstenberg. Donna Karen. Armani. Michael Kors. Oscar de la Renta. Givenchy. Rag and Bone.

She regularly wears them all. If you're not familiar with these people, get familiar. Some are designer legends and some are greener than a gardeners thumb, but they're all fantastic. Every single one of them has a different feel.

Not sure if it's the model in me, or the little girl who wants to traipse around in long flowing dresses, but I go bananas over Rachel Zoe. She's the embodiment of sixties and seventies glam. The woman lives and breathes fashion. Doesn't hardly have a moment for herself she's so busy styling clients, but she finds time for twenty minute shopping sprees. I'm not aware of any one else who is slammed crazy busy with work that wants to do anything work related in their downtime. She actually collects vintage pieces. It's almost all she wears. Rachel has an archive section in her wardrobe. Can you imagine? An actual section dedicated to archiving clothing?

It's hard not to get caught up in the world of Rachel Zoe. Fashion, unique tag lines specific to her flamboyant personality, and accessories everywhere. Sounds like my little slice of heaven.

Yes, I regularly stalk her Twitter. Every episode of her show also is pre-programmed to auto record. You should get obsessed too.

Most girls I know involved with modeling travel around a lot for work. One of the topics that happens to arise upon returning are the strange comments people make about our state.

"Oregon? Oh, Burr!"

 -Contrary to popular belief, it's not cold here all the time. It's just that we have seasons. It's chilly and cooler from January to March. When April rolls around, it's kind of drizzly until about June. This summer specifically, we had temperatures of 108 degrees with 53% humidity. Fall brings crisp air and gorgeous colors in our trees. About the end of October it starts to cool down considerably. It's rare that it snows. If it even shows up, it lingers for about a day and then leaves as quickly as it came.

"So, what do you guys do in the sticks?"

 -Well, where most of us live, we're an hour away from the beach and mountain and about fifteen minutes from Downtown Portland.  We ski, snowboard, camp, ride quads, hang out at the beach or pop downtown to go shopping or to one of the many nightclubs. It's common to catch a concert on the weekend.

Portland is sometimes also fondly called "Beervana" as we are the microbrew mecca. It's been said that we have more strip clubs per capita than any other state, and also host the world's only Vegan strip club. It's possible that there might be another state that has more than us, but I've yet to hear of one. Maybe we're the only ones ballsy enough to claim the title. Nonetheless, we have plenty of things to do around here.

Between alcohol, exotic dancers and outdoor activities, who wouldn't?

"I hear nice things about Orygun. Is it nice living there?"

  -We don't have any idea what it's like to live in Orygun actually because we're from Oregon. You know, the place pronounced like a vital organ in your body; your heart for instance. Or the  instrument you might play in church? That Oregon though, it's pretty awesome to live there. You can find strippers drunk on micro brew doing outdoor activities everywhere!
Are there things that people assume about your state or the area you're from?

What are some of the irritating or outlandish things you've heard?

Soon you'll have a chance to find out. Over the past few weeks we've been revitalizing the blog, and expanding the number of authors. FigureBaby models will share their experiences and stories, as well as a little bit about themselves in future posts.

FigureBaby is a small but lively community. We have fun making our images, and we'd all like to share more of it with you. Expanding the blog and making it more reflective of our studio and the people who run it is just the first of many new things to come.  Follow us, stick around, and if you like us, join us!