Traci, Amy, Nicole, Lau and Rachel
(Me with the Cynthia Rowley Chicago Team)
Halley Nop, Cortney Tippin, Anthony Maslo, Me, and Matt Kasin
(Me with the styling team)
Chicago’s Fashion Blogging Clique
Nicole with the list
68 people “officially” attended (over half of the RSVP list) but the final count is closer to 80, since many people who didn’t RSVP came
Runway samples from Cynthia’s Spring 2011 collection
Matt “The Gaudy God” Kasin doing complimentary manicures
Thankfully my friend Isa Giallorenzo from Chicago Looks showed up to take street style photos of the partygoers!
She got me too!
Meagan from LATTERSTYLE
Cortney Tippin, George Kanoon and Benjamin Bradshaw
Sabrina Wottreng and Sarah Whitman
With my BFFs Maryhelen Harper and Sarah Lafferty
Cortney Tippin and Samantha Kellogg
Shai
Emily Draznik
Brett Mense (right)
Benjamin Bradshaw, Matt Kasin, and George Kanoon
Tayben Ramirez and Christian Herrera Rua
With my close friends Jon Corpman, Sarah Lafferty, and Maryhelen Harper
Cynthia Rowley’s Traci Button, Lau, and Nicole
Last night was my official debut of sorts onto the Chicago fashion scene. I hosted
Cynthia Rowley’s Spring 2011 trunk show. The runway samples were on display and Traci made beautiful laminated lookbooks with photos of all the runway looks. For many of the guests this was their first designer trunk show. Being only 24 myself, this is only my third trunk show. Since my followers, readers, and fans tend to be on the young side (average between 16 and 35 years old), it was really exciting to be able to introduce Cynthia Rowley to a whole new demographic. Many of the partygoers hadn’t ever visited the boutique before – and several of those same attendees left with purses and dresses from
Cynthia Rowley.
As you can tell from the photos above, the bloggers were out in force. They ranged from street style to personal style bloggers, and I’m sure we’ll be seeing Cynthia’s pieces on blogs for weeks to come. Isa of Chicago Looks captured some fantastic photographs of partygoers for her blog: check them out here. All in all, the event was a great success. Over half of the RSVP list showed up for a total of 68 people. At one point it was quite difficult to move from the front of the boutique to the back. But hey, it’s always better to have an event over-attended than under-attended, right!?
All photos by Paige Nowak.
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Special thanks to Cynthia Rowley for inviting me to host her Spring 2011 trunk show! Shout outs to Vosges Haut Chocolat for providing such fantastic goodies to munch on, Il Prosecco for the libations, and Fiji Water for the refreshing bottled water!*Extra special thanks to the stylists who assisted me with the event: Matt Kasin of Strange Beauty Show; Anthony Maslo and Cortney Tippin of Salon Soca; and Halley Nop of Marianne Strokirk.
My good friend Jena Gambaccini is the fashion blogger behind ChiCityFashion.com, the social media associate at Shop E-Drop Off, and a Gilt Groupe Brand Ambassador. She also has one of the most insane wardrobes I’ve ever seen. It is no exaggeration to say that she might have one of the largest collections of Proenza Schouler in Chicago, and certainly must be the youngest serious aficionado of the brand in the Windy City. She is nearly always seen carrying the current “it bag,” the Proenza Schouler PS1.
When I had the opportunity to
meet Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCullough at the IFB Evolving Influence conference, I had to tell them about one of their fiercest Chicago fans (besides
Ikram Goldman, of course). So Jena and I thought it would be fun to style and photograph her in three outfits centered around a Proenza Schouler piece. We had a blast with our mini-photoshoot, and I hope you enjoy this editorial-style post as a break from the recent onslaught of New York Fashion Week posts! Below, she is seen carrying a sick
Alexander McQueen glove clutch.
Purchase Jena’s Alexander McQueen “Faithful” Glove clutch for 50% at Zappos Couture
Adam Sinding of
Le 21eme Arrondissement is wearing Rick Owens. We bonded over fashion at Lincoln Center this afternoon while shooting street style together after the Prabal Gurung show. Adam has been one of my favorite street style photographers for a couple years now. Meeting him in person was great because he was super fucking cool and down to earth.
