Style + Life + Fashion has a media partnership with Distinctly Creative. The purpose of the brand is to share once-a-month summer marketplace events featuring DMV creatives within the fashion, art, beauty, and design industry from July-September 2016 on July 9th, August 13th, and September 10th at Cloak & Dagger DC.
The kick-off event is Thursday, April 28, 2016 at Cloak & Dagger DC from 7 – 10 p.m.
It’s almost time for Kentucky Derby season and women everywhere will start searching for something to wear. Often, we’re not quite sure about the attire for such an event. Should one wear Christian Louboutin Pumps or Lilly Pulitzer Wedge Sandals?
I wanted to share a few style options to help us coordinate for Derby season. Attending the Kentucky Derby is definitely not a denim and t-shirt occasion but one can (still) look fashionable without appearing matronly.
Dressing for the races is a time to be chic and comfortable. Also, there’s a functionality behind Kentucky Derby or PreaknessStakes attire. From my personal experience, one should wear a hat to protect from the sunlight. Wedge sandals are a “must have” due to walking on the field or socializing over cocktails.
To camouflage from heat absorption, floral dresses should be worn in a lighter hue.
Men can have fun with their races fashion as well. It’s expected that gentlemen wear a blazer, button-down, and slacks. For a touch of whimsy, throw on a hat or floral lapel pin for the total sophisticated look.
Don’t forget to bring your cocktail glasses and rosettes for a good time!
Each sketch (below) is hand-drawn by Fashion Illustrator Emily Brickel Edelson, the Co-Founder of the mobile application, Chic Sketch.
Chic Sketch is a fashion-forward mobile app that transforms images into Instagrammable fashion sketches within minutes. Users simply upload an image and in turn they receive a hand-drawn illustration made-to-order, allowing for a unique experience with each sketch!
NEIMAN MARCUS PARTNERS WITH ALICE + OLIVIA BY STACEY BENDET ON A SEE-NOW BUY-NOW RUNWAY SHOW TO KICKOFF MUSIC FESTIVAL SEASON
The Show, Held The Wednesday Before Coachella, Will Feature The Highly Anticipated Alice + Olivia X Grateful Dead Capsule Collection Paired With Limited Edition Items From The Spring 2016 Collection.
Tuesday, March 29, 2016 (Los Angeles, CA): alice + olivia by Stacey Bendet is pleased to announce that the brand, in partnership with Neiman Marcus, will hold their first ever See-Now-Buy-Now runway show on Wednesday, April 13 at Neuehouse Hollywood in Los Angeles, California. The show, held the Wednesday before Coachella, will feature the highly anticipated alice + olivia x Grateful Dead capsule collection paired with limited edition items from the Spring 2016 collection. Twelve exclusive items will be available at www.aliceandolivia.com and www.neimanmarcus.com.
Ken Downing, Senior Vice President and Fashion Director of Neiman Marcus, will co-style the runway show with Stacey Bendet, CEO and Creative Director of alice + olivia. The runway show will be streamed live from Los Angeles on both alice + olivia’s and Neiman Marcus’ social channels, including Periscope and Facebook Live; both www.aliceandolivia.com and www.neimanmarcus.com will host videos of the runway show beginning Friday, April 15, 2016.
The official announcement of Bendet’s foray into the See-Now-Buy-Now runway follows on the heels of the CFDA’s release of the results of the Boston Consulting Group’s study of the future of New York Fashion Week on its website, www.CFDA.com, earlier this month.
Among the findings, the study revealed that there is unanimous consensus around the need for change to the decades-old Fashion Week system and the call for designers to deliver collections to consumers in a format that is rooted in in-season relevancy, both of which alice + olivia directly cites as reasoning behind the conception of the idea to host the alice + olivia See-Now-Buy-Now runway show next month.
“It is exciting to be involved in the forefront of a new fashion phenomenon with Stacey,” said Ken Downing, Senior Vice President and Fashion Director, Neiman Marcus. “She has always been wildly intuitive, with the ability to anticipate her fashionable customers’ wants and desires. Creating a highly curated, creative, clever, and in-season fashion show, as only Stacey can do, with a Buy-Now-Wear-Now mantra, makes sense for her fashion followers that love and adore what she designs!”
As alice + olivia embarks on the journey to modernizing their brand to match the consumer needs with a festival-themed See-Now-Buy-Now runway show in Los Angeles immediately prior to the first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music Festival, the brand embodies the CFDA’s call out of the study, “that deliveries must better match the actual, physical season and our consumers’ behaviors and needs.”
Stacey Bendet, CEO & Creative Director of the New York based contemporary clothing company, has spent months working to assemble a curated offering of Buy-Now items to send down the runway that would indeed meet her consumers’ behaviors and needs.
Emily Ratajkowski, Kourtney Kardashian
“I hope to inspire consumers worldwide to kick off their festival season with alice + olivia,” said Bendet, “a See-Now-Buy-Now runway show is something I have been wanting to do for a few seasons but it took time to feel out when and where felt right…I wanted what I showed on that runway to be relevant to what consumers actually want to wear, now. I came up with the idea to have the show around Coachella and have the runway looks be based upon things that every girl would want to wear to a music festival.”
Twelve exclusive styles will be available on www.aliceandolivia.com, www.neimanmarcus.com and www.cusp.com once the runway show begins at 7PM PT on Wednesday, April 13, 2016. Neiman Marcus Beverly Hills will also have a selection of the runway styles, along with several exclusive items, which include two alice + olivia X Grateful Dead pieces.
A special thank you to our partners: China Glaze, Joico, Le Métier de Beaute.
ABOUT ALICE + OLIVIA BY STACEY BENDET
Launched in 2002, alice + olivia by Stacey Bendet is a brand that allows customers to express their personal style. With collections that juxtapose the whimsical and flirty with the sexy and sophisticated, a+o epitomizes the personality and sensibility of its founder, Stacey Bendet. The brand was born from Stacey’s quest to create the perfect pair of pants, and has since grown into a full lifestyle collection including ready-to-wear, gowns, shoes, accessories and handbags. Pulling inspiration from the world around her, Stacey incorporates bold colors, unique prints, and eclectic details to create vibrant and dynamic pieces. The brand is a Hollywood favorite with celebrity fans including Beyoncé, Gwyneth Paltrow, Katy Perry, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michelle Obama and Taylor Swift. alice + olivia by Stacey Bendet is available at aliceandolivia.com, over 30 free-standing boutiques located in major cities around the world including, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Dubai, Singapore, as well as over 800 of the finest department and specialty stores worldwide. For more information please visit www.aliceandolivia.com
ALICE + OLIVIA ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Instagram:
@ALICEANDOLIVIA
#aliceandolivia
ABOUT NEIMAN MARCUS
Neiman Marcus Group LTD LLC is a luxury, multi-branded, omni-channel fashion retailer conducting integrated store and online operations under the Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman, Last Call, Horchow, CUSP, and mytheresa brand names. For more information, visit www.neimanmarcusgroup.com.
NEIMAN MARCUS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Instagram:
@NeimanMarcus
@CuspbyNM
Twitter:
@NeimanMarcus
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/neimanmarcus
CONTACTS:
alice + olivia
Sydney Reising Creative
Sydney Reising
300 E 2 Street, Suite 8
New York, NY 10009
O: 646.454.1361
M: 917.544.7217
sydney@sydneyreising.com
www.sydneyreising.com
www.instagram.com/sydneyreisingcreative
attends the alice + olivia by Stacey Bendet Los Angeles Runway Show at NeueHouse Los Angeles on April 13, 2016 in Hollywood, California.Ken Downing, Stacey Bendet
Monday, April 4, 2016: alice + olivia by Stacey Bendet is pleased to announce that the brand, in partnership with Neiman Marcus, will hold their first ever See-Now-Buy-Now runway show on Wednesday, April 13 at NeueHouse Hollywood in Los Angeles, California. The show, held the Wednesday before Coachella, will feature the highly anticipated alice + olivia x Grateful Dead capsule collection paired with limited edition items from the Spring 2016 collection. Twelve exclusive items will be available at www.aliceandolivia.com and www.neimanmarcus.com.
Ken Downing, Senior Vice President and Fashion Director of Neiman Marcus, will co-style the runway show with Stacey Bendet, CEO and Creative Director of alice + olivia. The runway show will be streamed live from Los Angeles on both alice + olivia’s and Neiman Marcus’ social channels, including Periscope and Facebook Live. Both www.aliceandolivia.com and www.neimanmarcus.com will host videos of the runway show beginning Friday, April 15, 2016.
The official announcement of Bendet’s foray into the See-Now-Buy-Now runway follows on the heels of the CFDA’s release of the results of the Boston Consulting Group’s study of the future of New York Fashion Week on its website, www.CFDA.com, earlier this year.
Among the findings, the study revealed that there is unanimous consensus around the need for change to the decades-old Fashion Week system and the call for designers to deliver collections to consumers in a format that is rooted in in-season relevancy, both of which alice + olivia directly cites as reasoning behind the conception of the idea to host the alice + olivia See-Now-Buy-Now runway show next month.
“It is exciting to be involved in the forefront of a new fashion phenomenon with Stacey,” said Ken Downing, Senior Vice President and Fashion Director, Neiman Marcus. “She has always been wildly intuitive, with the ability to anticipate her fashionable customers’ wants and desires. Creating a highly curated, creative, clever, and in-season fashion show, as only Stacey can do, with a Buy-Now-Wear-Now mantra, makes sense for her fashion followers that love and adore what she designs!”
As alice + olivia embarks on the journey to modernizing their brand to match the consumer needs with a festival-themed See-Now-Buy-Now runway show in Los Angeles immediately prior to the first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music Festival, the brand embodies the CFDA’s call out of the study, “that deliveries must better match the actual, physical season and our consumers’ behaviors and needs.”
Stacey Bendet, CEO & Creative Director of the New York based contemporary clothing company, has spent months working to assemble a curated offering of Buy-Now items to send down the runway that would indeed meet her consumers’ behaviors and needs.
“I hope to inspire consumers worldwide to kick off their festival season with alice + olivia,” said Bendet, “a See- Now-Buy-Now runway show is something I have been wanting to do for a few seasons but it took time to feel out when and where felt right…I wanted what I showed on that runway to be relevant to what consumers actually want to wear, now. I came up with the idea to have the show around Coachella and have the runway looks be based upon things that every girl would want to wear to a music festival.”
Twelve exclusive styles will be available on www.aliceandolivia.com, www.neimanmarcus.com and www.cusp.com once the runway show begins at 7PM PT on Wednesday, April 13, 2016. Neiman Marcus Beverly Hills will also have a selection of the runway styles, along with several exclusive items, which include two alice + olivia X Grateful Dead pieces.
A special thank you to our partners: China Glaze, Joico, Le Métier de Beaute.
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ABOUT ALICE + OLIVIA BY STACEY BENDET
Launched in 2002, alice + olivia by Stacey Bendet is a brand that allows customers to express their personal style. With collections that juxtapose the whimsical and flirty with the sexy and sophisticated, a+o epitomizes the personality and sensibility of its founder, Stacey Bendet. The brand was born from Stacey’s quest to create the perfect pair of pants, and has since grown into a full lifestyle collection including ready-to-wear, gowns, shoes, accessories and handbags. Pulling inspiration from the world around her, Stacey incorporates bold colors, unique prints, and eclectic details to create vibrant and dynamic pieces. The brand is a Hollywood favorite with celebrity fans including Beyoncé, Gwyneth Paltrow, Katy Perry, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michelle Obama and Taylor Swift. alice + olivia by Stacey Bendet is available at aliceandolivia.com, over 30 free- standing boutiques located in major cities around the world including, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Dubai, Singapore, as well as over 800 of the finest department and specialty stores worldwide. For more information please visit www.aliceandolivia.com
ALICE + OLIVIA ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Instagram: @ALICEANDOLIVIA #aliceandolivia
Twitter: @ALICEANDOLIVIA #aliceandolivia
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aliceandoliviabystaceybendet/
ABOUT NEIMAN MARCUS
Neiman Marcus Group LTD LLC is a luxury, multi-branded, omni-channel fashion retailer conducting integrated store and online operations under the Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman, Last Call, Horchow, CUSP, and mytheresa brand names. For more information, visit www.neimanmarcusgroup.com.
NEIMAN MARCUS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Instagram: @NeimanMarcus @CuspbyNM
Twitter: @NeimanMarcus
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/neimanmarcus
There’s something about the photos (below) that made me excited about dressing for warmer weather! It’s time to transition out of faux fur and into those maxi dresses! I like South Moon Under because their brand truly epitomizes my individual style. Their clothing’s on trend, laid back, but most importantly, it’s well-made.
Yes, the prices are a bit different from other retailers but I am the type of girl who will wear a maxi dress several times before donating. My favorite dress should not start ripping at the seams or (even worse) the zipper breaking. The store also has “cool kids” accessories such as Kate Spade Sunglasses, Flash Tattoos, Beauty Blender Sponge, and Spanx Panties.
I like to wear fedora hats, jumpsuits, hoop earrings, and denim skirts. Dressing for me is about what I want to communicate during that particular time. My body frame is petite (short girl) and due to this you will rarely see me wear flared pants or dolman sleeve tops. Having great style is about wearing what makes you feel comfortable and understanding what works for your figure type.
Enjoy the coupon below (click on the photo) and start updating your Spring wardrobe today!
Washington, DC’s fashion scene has something to celebrate! The newest RESPECT by PRSVRLifestyle Boutique will be opening in the city April 15th. Located in the historic Shepherd Park neighborhood at 7610 Georgia Ave NW Washington DC 20012, PRSVR will host a 2 day opening celebration on Friday, April 15th and Saturday, April 16th.
Brandon Williamson, CEO of PRSVR, has been waiting for the opportunity to have a presence in the DC market. The Chicago born Elevated Lifestyle Brand will introduce a new concept where the entire store will be for sale. The lighting, art, furniture and of course the clothing!
RESPECT by PRSVR will launch with a 2Day Grand Opening Featuring: Friday 4/15/16: Slayed A Presentation of Style for Spring 2016 (7 PM10 PM) Saturday 4/16/16: Squad Up: A PopUp BBQ for Cool Kids and their Parents (12 PM4PM)
Currently operating a flagship store on the famous Michigan Ave, the family owned fashion powerhouse is ready to show a different side of the brand. PRSVR, which stands for Persevere, is based on thefundamentals of Passion, Resilience, Sacrifice, Values, and Respect. The Georgia Ave location, named RESPECT by PRSVR, will be the second of 5 new locations to open around the world. “We aim to fill a void in the marketplace. PRSVR is a brand that caters to families living and working in the city, and offers a unique shopping experience for those who strive to follow their passions”, says Margaret Williamson, Brand Manager for PRSVR. The store will feature one-of-a-kind artwork, clothing, footwear, and furniture all from minority and independent designers. “We are bringing back the old school boutique. The place you went to find that piece that no one else will have!,” says Brandon Williamson, CEO and Designer of PRSVR.
The DC outpost will be the brand’s only brick and mortar presence outside of Chicago. RESPECT creates an environment where men, women, and children will find unique pieces of clothing, footwear, and home decor to elevate their lifestyles. RESPECT by PRSVR is created for the new generation of “ballers and gangsters”, for those entrepreneurs and millennials who turn their passions into paychecks.
Experience the PRSVR lifestyle via www.shopprsvr.com, @PRSVR, and @RESPECTDC. For more
information, contact Margaret Williamson at 855BYPRSVR, or info@prsvr.com.
To attend the grand opening events, please RSVP to RSVP@PRSVR.com. For all media inquiries, please contact candice@candicenicolepr.com.
ABOUT PRSVR, or Persevere- An Elevated Lifestyle Brand owned and operated by husband and wife Brandon and Margaret Williamson. The Chicago based company caters to those who live and work in the city. “Our goal is to create stylish, yet functional pieces that complement a busy lifestyle,” says CEO Brandon Williamson. Launched in September of 2012, the collections of travelwear, footwear, and luggage are sought by celebrities, bloggers, stylists, and everyday city dwellers. Standout clients include basketball star Kevin Durant, actress/singer Zendaya, and Hip Hop artists Chris Brown and Nicki Minaj. The brand has been featured on Empire, in a McDonald’s commercial, and in several publications including the Chicago Sun Times, Fashion Bomb Daily, Good Day Chicago, XXL, 360 Magazine, and Athlete’s Quarterly.
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