Style shot: YQY by Vivian at Attitude City Yacht Club

I was so in love with this chevron jumper by new local designer Vivian Aronson, I just had to have it to wear to the annual Attitude City Yacht Club boat party last Saturday.

Look book image (featuring the lovely Lily of Ignite Models):


Me on a boat in the jumper:

[Image by Angie Hanson]

You can see Vivian Aronson's line YQY by Vivian at the Envision: Artopia Fall 2010 show on September 17 at Graves 601 Hotel.

Glamorama ladies in Joynoelle

I had the honor of getting to wear a Joynoelle piece to Macy's Glamorama earlier this month - and I wasn't the only one. Melissa Colgan (Mpls.St.Paul Magazine fashion editor), Sara Rogers (Mall of America trend specialist) and Raina Hein (America's Next Top Model runner-up) also donned looks by designer Joy Teiken.

[Image courtesy Macy's]

Here's Raina and I in the VIP photo booth at the after party, both in Joynoelle-designed looks.

[Image: Emily Utne/City Pages]

And Raina in her Joynoelle dress, crafted from OfficeMax materials (the green stripes are rubberbands) as part of the OfficeMax sponsorship.

[Image: Emily Utne/City Pages]

Here's Sara Rogers in Joynoelle Spring 2010; her own belt added a different edge to the look.

[Melissa Colgan, Image: Ellen Dahl Lawson/Vita.mn]

And Melissa Colgan in a Joynoelle design I haven't seen before. The tomato red and minimalist lines are lovely.

Making-of: The flyer art for vitaminwaterZERO Flourish

Last month, commissioned rising graphic designer Caroline Royce to create flyer art for a fashion show I was producing for vitaminwater/Glaceau for the product launch of its ZERO line. She did an interesting blog on her creative process for the lovely flyer art. Here's what she had to say:

[Preliminary sketches]

I got an email from local freelance fashion writer/stylist Jahna Peloquin about a fashion show presented by Vitaminwater ZERO. They wanted a poster done, and her description was something "whimsical, elegant, like an abstract sketch of a woman from the 40's" or something. So, I that's what I literally did.

I wasn't going to be able to sketch out what I wanted to by hand. I looked up some images from google and found one. I then used my wacom tablet in photoshop to trace a rough yet elegant sketch of her. I was going for something much like Garance Doré does with her fashion sketches. Photoshop wasn't quite good enough to achieve this look. Plus, it would turn out lo-res and gross. On a whim, I decided to see what would happen if I put the .psd file into Illustrator and did a live trace. The results were surprisingly perfect. It made the lines clean, dramatic, stylish, and best yet: hand-drawn.

[The final product]

The swooping colors were based off of some vitaminwater flavors. It modernized it a bit, and also looks like my work. My boyfriend also pointed out that it looked like a runway. I was like, "oh yeah! duh!"

Adam Livermore to be apprentice to celeb hairstylist

Just got word that Spalon Montage star hairstylist Adam Livermore will begin serving as big-name celeb hairstylist Oribe’s apprentice beginning August 28. Livermore will be working and travelling with Oribe, the godfather of big, sexy hair and J.Lo’s hair architect, the majority of the time, but he will return to Spalon for a week every other month to share his new-found trends and techniques with clients.

[Backstage at Armani Prive. Photo: Greg Kessler / FirstView.com]

You can see some of Adam’s recent work at Armani Prive at style.com.

Fashion link roundup: Mid-week edition

[Ashlee Walker courtesy Pixie Market]

Jane Belfry posts some lovely images of Vision model Ashlee Walker (now based in NYC) in the Pixie Market lookbook.

Emma Berg is reportedly making Xcel's gift to Lady Gaga for her upcoming shows on August 30 and 31. (via LOL/OMG!)

A runway video from Tekno Doll's "A Night in Morocco" swimwear fashion show is up.

Minnesota Bride reports on Foat Design's recent foray into bridal gowns.

Elizabeth Dehn of BeautyBets.com offered her tips on beauty products to beat the heat on Fox 9's Morning Buzz this morning.

FiveTwoSix Salon Spa Gallery posted these pix from stylist Faatemah Ampey's NAHA 2010 runway presentation in Las Vegas earlier this year.

Local screen-printers Anthem Heart will be pimping their new "I heart MPLS" tees via their mobile screen-printing station at this Saturday's Red Stag Block Party.

Joy Teiken of Joynoelle reported on facebook that Minnesota Monthly has named her 2010 Fashion Designer of the Year in its upcoming September issue.

Megan Bishop of milliner Apatico previews her undersea hat designs for this Friday's "The Deep" underwear-themed fashion show at Barfly's The Loft.

Formerly-local designer Ra'mon-Lawrence Coleman is opting to show at the NOVA (Northern Virginia) Fashion Week this fall instead of New York. (But he promises he'll be in New York to show his Fall 2011 collection next spring.)

The Minneapoline relaunches

The Minneapoline, Minneapolis' premier street style blog, underwent an extensive makeover yesterday. The shiny new site by the always-stylish, newly-married photog Ellen Dahl Lawson (who also shoots the style section of Vita.mn) now has its own URL, a new logo, a new layout, and new features.

[The darling Erin McFarland; Photo by Ellen Dahl Lawson/The Minneapoline]

And now that she presumably has a little bit more time on her hands, she's introducing a few new features: "Minneapoline of the Month," in which readers can submit their most fashion forward full-length photo in hopes of getting it featured on the blog; as well as online shopping giveaways. This month, the site will be giving away a $100 gift certificate to high-end online retailer, Shopbop.com. (The details about the giveaway will be posted on The Minneapoline tomorrow.)

Le Petit Connaisseur de la Mode also nabbed a coveted slot in The Minneapoline's blogroll. (Thanks, Ellen!)

Raina Hein nabs international ad campaign

Former ANTM contestant (and Minnesota-born model) Raina Hein has just wrapped her first international ad campaign, for new luxury multi-brand boutique Symphony, based in Dubai. The Fall/Winter ad campaign is so exquisite I couldn't help but post all the images, via Ignite Models' blog.








Styling, Creative Direction and Concept: Salama Alabbar & Holly Williams
Photographer: Susanne Spiel
Hair & Make-up: Sophie Chudzikowski
Production: Capital D Studio