Fab Fete: Henri Bendel Store Opening at the Walt Whitman Mall

I wandered into the Henri Bendel store opening launch party last Friday at the end of my work day and found myself jam-packed shoulder-to-shoulder with other local fashionistas searching for their free drinks amongst all the accessories.

I’m a huge fan of the Bendel look.  I love the brown and white stripes and polka dots and I’m completely in love with their fashion illustrations which I wrote about here. So I about died when I saw that Bendel’s famed illustrator, Izak Zenou was there.  I think I actually jumped up and down.  He has no idea how I have collected his images through the web, how I had saved about 50 of them to my hard drive and how his images make me so happy.  So when I had heard that there was a chance to buy one of his images and have him personally sign one, I forgot all past intentions to save money and quit shopping (for at least the rest of the month) and found the offer too irresistible to squeal anything but a thrilled ‘yes!”

I hope to share an interview with the master artist with you all very soon!

Here’s what I took home (a photo booth booklet, complimentary shopping bag and signed print by Izak).

Comment here if you want my 20% off Bendel card!  I’ll choose a winner the last day of this month!

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Fab Fete: Barry Brinker Trunk Show @ Saks

For today’s Barry Brinker Trunk Show, I hired a caterer to serve mimosas and styled a gorgeous fashion model into 7 outfits with matching trunk show pieces. It was so much fun.  Who wouldn’t enjoy dressing such a perfect body? I wish I had her 34-24-34 measurements.  But alas, my waistline keeps growing with each passing year it seems!

 

The first two outfits were from Elie Tahari’s latest collection.

I just loved these colors with the model’s hair color.

This bright look is made up of Saks Fifth Avenue’s latest beauty bag promotion and a neon yellow outfit from Theory.  The shoes are Jimmy Choos.  I loved that they had a little sparkle.

Isn’t this sunny yellow so bright and fresh on her?

For an entirely different look, I dressed our lovely model, Margarita in a more sophisticated neutral from designer Piazza Sempione, shoes – Prada.

Everyone loved this necklace / ring Barry Brinker combo.

I wouldn’t have picked this outfit for myself but I knew Margarita could rock it.  All these horizontal stripes in candy colors made her super slim body stand out even more.  Here, I paired her casual cotton dress from Splendid with Tory Burch flip flops and a straw hat.  Check out the close-up of the Barry Brinker jade necklace shown below!

The next outfit was for a sexy evening out.  I wanted to make sure to vary the outfits and styles.  It was so much fun given Margarita looked fabulous in everything.  I sort of wore these outfits vicariously through her.  You would need such a perfect figure to pull the below off.  The talented designer, Barry, accessorized this one for me using some long pearls for sort of a 40s feel.

The shoes are the model’s own.  I thought this look had a sexy, vintage feel.

Above, is a dress from Joie, Jimmy Choo sparkly flats and a couple necklaces again from Barry Brinker. I loved the muted orange stripes with her hair.

Which one is your favorite outfit? ?

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