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September 29, 2011 Fall Fashion Preview @ Blue Hand Home WILMINGTON TO PURCHASE TICKETS, PLEASE CLICK HERE. An evening of style – season essentials, fashion & beauty secrets, local celebrity models, shopping, light bites, bubbly & fun! WHAT: Presented by Wilmington Dermatology and hosted by “Style Girl” Jess James, Celebrity Hair Stylist Steven Ward of Steven Ward Hair, Dr. Rosalyn George of Wilmington Dermatology, Regan Brown of MAC Cosmetics, Blue Hand Home’s design team and your favorite boutique owners and designers including Aqua Fedora, Beanie + Cecil, Castles Couture, Hallelu, He & Me, La Bella Forma, Oliver,...
Style Girl Jess James | Fashion Fix Jeremy Laing fashion show at New York Fashion Week In honor of next Thursday’s Fall Fashion Preview at Blue Hand Home, the FASHION FIX’s Danielle Dewar spotlights the new silhouette for fall by capturing the essence of the season in texture, movement and balance. Phillip Lim static beaded top $795 from Beanie + Cecil This season marks a major trend in fashion coming to a close, whilst leaving room for another to emerge. The days of relying on the curvatures of our own figures to flatter...
Style Girl Jess James | Fashion Fix With the Great Gatsby Gala only a night away, I thought it only fitting I share with you the deco-inspired Savoy bracelet I just purchased from Jewelmint, my latest obsession. It resembles a bracelet made from vintage shoe clips by Lulu Frost for J. Crew I coveted last season for over $100. The Jewelmint version, designed and curated by actress Kate Bosworth and Hollywood stylist Cher Coulter, is only $29.99, along with every other piece in their collection (per month) purchased by Jewelmint members. This customized jewelry club starts off with a style quiz determining if...
Style Girl Jess James | Fashion Fix Dear Readers, I wish you all safety and protection as Hurricane Irene makes her way towards the Cape Fear Coast. And hopefully, a good ole’ Hurricane Party to release some of the tension and anticipation we’ve all been harboring the last several days. For the occasion, award-winning mixologist, resident bartender at manna (and Style Girl’s husband) Joel Finsel shared with us the recipe for the classic “Hurricane,” cocktail which originated at Pat O’Brien’s in New Orleans but can be enjoyed locally at manna. “Hurricane” Recipe courtesy of Mixologist Joel...
Style Girl Jess James | Fashion Fix Are you ready to get Gatsby? Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby – day looks Tom, Jordan, Daisy and Jay – evening looks First of all, if you plan to spend an enchanted evening (styled by Salt Harbour Designs) at The City Club, you’ve got to get your ticket (click HERE to save $10 by purchasing your ticket in advance online). When else can you spend $35 and get delicious food, two complimentary drinks, live music and 1920′s reverie? And, for one night only, The City Club is offering more...
My new intern Danielle Dewar recently spent some time in Manhattan. Instead of following up with pretty young things that made the pilgrimage from Wilmington to New York, she decided to profile her latest style icon, which happens to be her best friend’s grandmother. Since Closet Confessions originally debuted with a style profile on my own Nana and I’m an enthusiastic champion for all young-at-heart women with “Advanced Style,” I was all about it! Take it away, Danielle - Just four years ago I met my best friend Caitlin, in which a friendship was born...
I recently spent some time with Fashion Designer and former Wilmington resident Amanda deLeon in her adopted home in New Orleans. It’s hard to forget her avant garde designs, creative mind and platinum blond hair. This Louisiana native is now a redhead, but swears, “I’ve had my hair every color of the rainbow and I’m still the same person.” Several recent highlights include a potential editorial in Vogue Japan, a nod on UK blog kingdomofstyle and now, she’s preparing for the next NOLA Fashion Week in October. Amanda’s future may be looking bright, but she still wears the same shades....
SPOTTED: Danielle Dewar, Senior at UNCW from Fayetteville, NC, Aspiring Fashion Journalist, Soon-to-be Style Girl’s intern. WEARING: Cardi and shorts from Target, Top and Necklace from Hallelu, Earrings from great-grandmom, Jewelry from mom (Diamond ring – early graduation gift), Oxfords from Aldo, Handbag from grandmother. DESCRIBE YOUR STYLE: “Feminine meets edgy. I gravitate towards darker clothing mostly. My best friend says I’m channeling my inner biker chick.” To find out more on Danielle’s greatest style challenge, her favorite style tip for wearing fringe and seeing her Summer Must-Haves, CLICK HERE NOW! Cool down with a chic fan like Frida...
Photos: Jess James Spotting Kelsey Gibbs, Etsy power seller (check out Tractordog), at a fashion show last summer, I requested to feature her in the Style Fix to find out more about her fabulous mix of sequins, silk and lace. Setting a photo shoot date for this week, we decided to meet in front of the location of her soon-to-be shop, The Wonder Shop, at 22 North Front Street. After parking, she texted: “I don’t think I’ve ever worn sequins this side of noon!” With the sun glinting off her high-waisted sequined shorts, I met her in front of the empty storefront, marked “Mademoiselle” in faded tiles on...
Photo: Jess James Location: Joe Dunton Cameras I recently had the pleasure of meeting Costume Designer Erika Munro, a statuesque beauty with wavy locks and signature shade of red lipstick, for French 75 cocktails at manna, and a few weeks later, a behind the scenes look in the costume department. Set up in the back of Joe Dunton Cameras, Erika’s staff packed up fringed cowboy boots and shoulder padded and sequined remnants from the 80′s culled for the Wilmington-based film Hick starring Blake Lively, Chloe Moretz and Juliette Lewis. Munro, a New Yorker in Wilmington for the first time, stayed in an old cottage on Wrightsville Beach...
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