The Lexington Cancer Foundation proudly announces their first annual Hats for Life event.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
5:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Victorian Square Atrium
Downtown Lexington, KY
$30.00 per ticket
Parking included, along with cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and live entertainment.
Here is a peek at some of the HAUTE hats to choose from:
Click here for the full selection
Sisters, Business Partners, Bridal Experts, and seriously fashionable Hautemommas!!
Bluegrass Bride
4384 Clearwater Way, Suite 180
Lexington, KY 40515
www.bluegrass-bride.com
We could spend days in Bluegrass Bride! The beautifully appointed boutique carries the most gorgeous and elegant wedding & bridesmaid gowns from designers including Amsale, Anne Barge, Christos, Kenneth Pool and more. Lovely jewelry, figure enhancing undergarments, and stylish accessories are available as well.
The Simply Social Room boasts gorgeous gowns and dresses…perfect for Derby, Keeneland, and galas…from designers including Tadashi, Badgley Mischka, & David Meister to name a few.
Stellar customer service is the standard at Bluegrass Bride. Susan, Anna, and Calhoun all have an amazing knack for listening to what the client wants & assessing her needs…and don’t rest until finding the perfect dress – for a dream wedding or extra-special occasion!
Read on to discover what these two style mavens consider haute…
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Favorite Vacation Spot:
Susan: My family vacation home in SC or Charleston, SC
Anna: Anywhere tropical with a beach
Favorite restaurant?
Susan:
Anna: Metropol and The Melting Pot
Favorite hotel?
Susan: Gratz Park Inn – the new renovations are amazing!
Anna: The Westin
Cocktail of choice?
Susan: Vodka tonic with lots of limes!
Anna: Appletini or Tequila Sunrise
Favorite gift to give?
Susan: Anything monogrammed
Anna: It depends on the friend, anything I know they will like
Your favorite personal item?
Susan: LaMer moisturizer
Anna: My belt buckle I won with my horse
Style Icon?
Susan: Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly
Anna: Audrey Hepburn
Favorite designer?
Susan: Oscar de LaRenta and Badgley Mischka
Anna: Badgley Mischka
How do you define style? Any style Advice?
Susan: Style is the ability to show one’s personality through fashion choices. Keep it simple, yet elegant no matter what the occasion.
Anna: Whatever makes that person feel good about themselves is stylish.
Top of your style / wardrobe wish list?
Susan: A pair of red Manolos!
Anna: Button-up shirts and jeans
What is in your beauty bag?
Susan: Glominerals, bobbi brown concealer, red lipstick, Blinc mascara (the best!) and a bunch of random stuff
Anna: Bare Minerals makeup
How do you define true luxury?
Susan: Spending quality time with my friends and family. Nothing is better than the Johnson family holidays!
Anna: My every wish being catered to
Favorite mantra?
Susan: Love me or Hate me, but Never forget me!
What motivates you the most?
Susan: My passion for life and the need to make people smile/laugh
Anna: Making my new store a success!
Any advice for those wanting to start [create] their own venture?
Susan: Make sure to really research the market and please be passionate about your venture.
Anna: Just believe in yourself
What makes Bluegrass Bride unique both to Lexington and the Bridal/Formal market?
Susan: We are Lexington’s first high-end designer luxury bridal and special occasion boutique. Our number one goal is to provide outstanding customer service in a luxuriouss yet warm/fun environment. Due to the high rise in poor quality, high prices these days, we offer the best of everything. We are unique to the overall market by not going with the mainstream of trying to be everything to everyone, but rather cater to a specific clientele.
Anna: Our customer service and our couture gowns, also the ambience in our store is unmatched anywhere near Lexington.
What other services does Bluegrass Bride offer that our readers may not be aware of?
Susan: We provide day of dressing services which a complimentary within the metro area for our brides. We have continuous designer trunk shows where you can view the entire lines. Our service is fun, friendly and fabulous. Anything we have in the store can be special ordered in other sizes and colors.
We have a fabulous “Simply Social” room filled with apparel for the Kentucky Derby, Keeneland, galas, debutante balls, mother of dresses, jewelry and more!
Anna: We have jewelry, undergarments, and wonderful cocktail and gala dresses.
It looks like green is the new black…the natural movement is everywhere these days. Hybrids are hip, there are lots of organic/natural clothing, shoe & handbag options (thanks to hip designers like Stella McCartney), and glamorous natural products abound!
We fell in love with the Earthworks Products line when we sampled it at Trillium.
Bath Truffles (an Oprah favorite) are luxurious handmade treats for the bath that slowly dissolve, infusing your tub with natural oils, shea and cocoa butter to deeply moisturize and soothe the skin.
Luxurious Body Lotion hydrates and nourishes with antioxidants, calendula, shea butter, jojoba and more. It is rich & pampering without being greasy.
Triple-milled, long-lasting, and enviro-friendly (no plastic bottle that will out-live our great-grandchildren), Earthworks’ Bath Soaps are luxurious & fragrant.
Scents include: Almond, Sweet Lime, Mandarine, Limone, Grapefruit, Pistachio, Hazelnut, and more.
images from earthworksproducts.com
Nine West Shoes
Heathers
Aldo Shoes
Tequila
Naughty Monkey Shoes
Weed Pump
Jessica Simpson Shoes
Gauma Wedge Espadrille
Searching for memorable ways to catch the unique beauty of your loved ones? Well, DNA 11 has a solution for you. Adrian Salamunovic and Nazim Ahmed created the ability to take DNA samples, fingerprints and kisses and make them into amazing pieces of art for you home or office….or anywhere!
Below are a few examples of the fingerprint and kisses. It is a very new, haute way to capture those you love!!! Click here to check out their site and other samples.
Starting at 12:00pm EST on Wednesday, March 26th, consumers can visit here, Physicians Formula site , and enter to win a free Organic Wear Blush. The winners will receive an email with a printable coupon that they can bring to any participating Physicians Formula mass market and drugstore retailers to select their Organic Wear Blush shade – and will then walk out of the store with a free blush.
Hautemommas’ Night Out at Trillium was a blast!
Everyone enjoyed browsing the amazing selection of french antiques, uniquely beautiful lamps & light fixtures, intoxicating home fragrances, elegant jewelry and one-of-a-kind handbags, home accessories, fun pet accessories and so much more…at a generous 25% off!
Debbie and Kaitlin, owners of Trillium/Belle Maison Antiques, made sure everyone found exactly what they were looking for…while the dashing Rob served wine, hors d’oeuvres and Kaitlin’s signature cocktail of the evening- The Trillium Martini (a blend of pineapple nectar, orange essence and vodka). Precious Riley made everyone smile, and all left with our stuffed HMS Goodie Bag!
click on the images below for a larger view…
The absolute best, best, best lip balm! Heals the worst dry chapped lips overnight, smells yummy and offers sun protection (perfect for beach/pool). This ping-pong-ball package contains twice as much balm as the average stick & comes in lots of fun color combos & styles!
“Exclusively patented and formed for your inner trend setter, this stylish sphere is bound to be the envy of lip addicts everywhere. Packed with the latest and greatest in pucker protection technology, Ballmania delivers a crucial combination of oils, butters and full spectrum UVA/UVB lip armor.”
image & quote from ballmania.com
Can’t believe it is time to think Derby hats…but it is! Here is one of our many entries specific to finding that perfect hat this year.
If you are from Louisville, or very familiar with Louisville, then you know about Dee’s. Here is a link to this year’s Dee’s 2008 Derby Hat Gallery.
Don’t miss Bella Bliss tomorrow morning on Fox 56! They will have a children’s Easter fashion show displaying many beautiful pieces for spring and of course just in time for the Easter Bunny this weekend!!!!
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