Fashionista is not usually among my list top adjectives (I'm typically more along the lines of chatter box, curious, busy or animated), but for one evening, the ladies and gentlemen at Athens BLVD transformed me for their winter fashion shoot.

Showcasing a bone inspired necklace from Heery’s and a red Valentino silk shirt from Menagerie - two downtown Athens boutiques - the shoot aimed to highlight some of winter's fashion trends to feature on their new Web site, athensblvd.com.

While their choice of models may be questionable, the BLVD team is truly inspiring. In their first year of production of a quarterly Athens fashion magazine, they don't stop with just the publication - in fact, not even close. In September, the group of mostly students carried out a huge and wildly successful fashion show attracting more than 800 people in attendance and raising money for the Junior League of Athens (Here is a photo of me modeling for the show and some of my fellow Leaguers post hair and makeup but before wardrobe).

Tonight, they are helping to kick off the grand opening of P.S. Too - a new upscale thrift store benefiting Project Safe, an organization that to end domestic violence through prevention and educational programs, crisis intervention and ognoing supportive services. Later this month, they are cohosting Cine’s exclusive screening of Coco Before Chanel.

Check out BLVD and all they have going on at athensblvd.com.