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NOLA Fashion Week: Day 3
Dresses by: Jolie & Elizabeth | Jewelry by: Sea Elise
Haute Off The Rack | Think Twice Style | Kaela Rodehorst Photography
Apparel by: Pret-a-Porter | Jewelry by: Reagan Charleston Design | Sunglasses by: Krewe Du Optic
Haute Off The Rack | Reagan Charleston Design
Photo Credits Labeled by: Kaela Rodehorst and Black and Geauxld Photography
Good Morning readers, I’m so sorry that I’m just now getting this post up on Day 3 of NOLA Fashion Week. I’ve been having a few difficutlities with WordPress and if you know me, you know that I am no computer expert and I have absolutely no patience when it comes to WordPress issues! Anyway, here are some photos of Day 3 featuring Jolie & Elizabeth, Sea Elise Jewelry, Pret-a-Porter, Reagan Charleston Design and Krewe Du Optic. I love how both of the clothing designers incorporated accessories by other local designers into the show. I thought the elaborate jewelry and cool shades is what really brought the looks to life on the runway. I especially love how the Krewe sunglasses gave the classic style dresses a hint of edge.
Have a Happy Monday!
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NOLAFW’s Shop Your City Day Recap
I broke in my brand new pointy toe Sam Edelman Mariel Booties while running all over NOLA this past weekend.
Julia Hengel of Gal Meets Glam picks out her favorite pieces by Hazel & Florange.
Andi Eaton, the creative Director of NOLA Fashion Week and designer of Hazel & Florange
Krystal and I loved getting to meet Mackenzie Horan of Design Darling in New York and Liz Schneider of Sequins & Stripes in Chicago.
Anyone who stopped by Hattie Sparks on Shop Your City Day got to see a peek at Camilyn Beth’s newest collection before it hit the runway on Sunday.
Good Morning readers, I hope you’ve all been enjoying your week. Today, I wanted to share some photos with you from NOLAFW’s Shop Your City Day this past weekend. Here’s a little recap of the day:
Krystal of A Pinch Of Lovely and I had to wake up at the crack of dawn to get to New Orleans for 8:30 am for an early breakfast with Krewe Du Optic and the all of the guest bloggers in town. We got to try on all of the cool new shades from Krewe’s latest collection that hasn’t been released yet. I already have my eye on a few pairs that will be out this November. At the end of breakfast we each got to choose a pair of sunnies as gift from Krewe Du Optic to feature on our blogs. I chose the Toulouse Flat Black light mirrored sunglasses, which you’ll be seeing on Haute Off The Rack soon. Check out the photo at the bottom of the post to see all of the bloggers in their new Krewe shades.
After breakfast, Krystal and I headed to our complimentary hair blow out appointments at Paris Parker Salon on Canal courtesy of NOLAFW. I always love getting a deep head massage and hair wash at Paris Parker, and don’t even get me started on the delicious smell of their Aveda hair products. I just love that Air Control hair spray. Those of you who you use Air Control know exactly what I’m talking about!
Once we finished with hair and makeup, we headed over to Hazel & Florange on Chartres St. to visit with Andi Eaton and to check out Julia of Gal Meets Glam’s store picks. We enjoyed chatting over champagne and macaroons before making our way over to Haute Boutique on Magazine St. to visit with Mackenzie of Design Darling and Liz of Sequins & Stripes. We of course nibbled on a few more treats at Haute Boutique with and Liz and Mackenzie before stopping at the last two boutiques, which were Mimi Boutique with Molly & Sally Miller of A Piece of Toast and Hattie Sparks with Amy Havins of Dallas Wardrobe and Juley Thuy of Upperlyne.
Hattie Sparks was also hosting a Camilyn Beth trunk show. Krystal and I loved viewing her brand new collection before it hit the runway on Sunday. My favorite pieces were the Go Go dress and the Gabrielle dress!
More of NOLA Fashion Week soon to come on Haute Off The Rack so stay tuned!
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Candy Apple Boutique is Finally Here!
Outfit: Leather & Suede Leggings from Zara | Pointy Toe Fringe Booties | Parker Floral Peplum c/o The Mix
Good Morning readers, do you remember when I used to post about the Candy Apple popup shops in NOLA? Haute Off The Rack even hosted a popup shop with Candy Apple in Covington at 311 Salon this past spring. Well, I’m super excited to announce that the Bienvenu sisters just opened their first Candy Apple boutique this past Friday, September 27th. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to make the grand opening, but yesterday I got to play dress up with Candace and Cassie Bienvenu at the new Candy Apple boutique in Metarie before going to the NOLAFW shows. Their store looks absolutely amazing from the simple, yet modern lucite chairs and haircalf rug in the dressing rooms to the new logo designed by Krystal Bennett. I especially love how the accent wall in the back of the store complements the boutique perfectly. Oh, and did I mention that they have a huge bowl of Candy on the desk? How appropriate! I don’t think I even have to tell you about the clothes because I’m sure you can see in this post that Candy Apple has some gorgeous pieces right now! I wanted to take half of the store home with me!
All of the jackets and fur vests in this post are currently available at Candy Apple so if you like what you see, head on over to their new location in Old Metarie Village. I know that Candace and Cassie will make your shopping experience at Candy Apple a sweet one!
Candy Apple Boutique is located on 701 Metarie Road, Suite 1B105, Metarie, LA
Contact: (504) 304-8840 Email: candyapplenola@gmail.com
Like Shop Candy Apple on Facebook & Follow @ShopCandyApple on Instagram!
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Avenue Rouge Runway Recap
Victor and Robin Schmitt of Victor’s International Talent & Modeling Agency
Haute Off The Rack’s photographer, Kaela Rodehorst Williams talks about her outfit for the show and her favorite colors for fall this year.
Photos by: Kaela Rodehorst Williams & Lacey Rabalais
Hair by: Rigsby Frederick Salon
Makeup by: Ashley Sievert
Outfit: Gold Sequin Gown by Aidan Mattox c/o Park Lane Boutique (similar here) <–I actually wore this dress when I was a bridesmaid in my friend Abby’s wedding | Emerald Green Ring c/o Emitations | OPI Emerald Green Nails | Single Initial Necklace c/o Lola James Jewelry | Gold Shark tooth Ring c/o Reagan Charleston Design | Gold Horn Necklace c/o The Mix
Good Morning readers, I finally took the time last night to go through all of the photos to put together a recap of 225 & InRegister’s Avenue Rouge Runway Fashion Show. I’m not going to lie, hosting a two hour live stream show wasn’t a piece of cake of, but Krystal and I had a blast interviewing all of the sponsors, coordinators, boutique owners and special guests. We were honored to host such a fabulous event in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
In case you’re wondering exactly what Krystal and I contributed to the event, I’ll tell you. Basically, we hosted the pre-show from 7 pm to 8 pm, which is when we interviewed special guests and all of the people who made this event possible. Following the pre-show, we announced the main event and voiced over the runway to all of the online viewers. Funny thing, we actually watched the runway show from a monitor in a separate room so that we could talk about all of the looks to the online viewers without interrupting the show for the other guests. You can watch the live stream here–> Live Coverage from the Avenue Rouge Runway Show by Jenn of Haute Off The Rack & Krystal Bennett of A Pinch Of Lovely.
P.S. Don’t forget to enter to win a Haute For NOLA tee by Haute Off The Rack here–> Haute For NOLA Tee Giveaway!
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