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Shop Christmas Gifts Under $50

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Good Morning readers, I hope you all took advantage of all of the amazing Cyber Monday deals yesterday! If not, you still have another chance to save on some great presents for your friends and family. Today Krystal of A Pinch of Lovely and I will be hosting a Holiday Shopping event at Candy Apple Boutique in Metairie from 6 to 8pm. All of the gifts under $50 are curated by A Pinch of Lovely and Haute Off The Rack plus the entire store will be 10% OFF! If you can’t make it, send your boyfriend, your husband, your mom, your sister, your aunt or your friends and we’ll help them pick out some amazing presents at affordable prices.

See the photos below for some sneak peeks of some of the items under $50 that will be available tonight. Oh and don’t worry, this isn’t even half of the items that you’ll be able to shop tonight! There are still tons of other clothes, handbags, jewelry, and accessories to choose from. You’ll also be able to purchase my Haute For NOLA tees designed by myself and the Elizabeth Chronicles as well! I hope to see everyone there tonight! Feel free to comment or email me at Jenn.hauteofftherack@gmail.com with any questions you may have about the event!

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Photos by: Me & Abbey Brandon of District Dress Up

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Photos by: Kaela Rodehorst Williams

H&M NOLA VIP Masquerade Party & Grand Opening Recap

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Photos by: Geovanni Velasquez of Black & Geauxld Photography

The new 32,000 square foot store is located right in the heart of New Orleans’ French Quarter at the corner of Decatur and St. Louis.

“It is a significant achievement for H&M to open our first location in a city known for its deep routed culture and triumphant spirit” says Daniel Kulle, U.S. President for H&M. “We have long admired this historic destination and are delighted to celebrate our arrival at one of the country’s most iconic locations, the French Quarter.”

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Katie Dumestre of The Elizabeth Chronicles | Haute Off The Rack | Kaela Rodehorst Photography & Guest, Logan | Rachel Adams of The Elizabeth Chronicles at the VIP H&M Masquerade Party in NOLA

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Juley Thuy of Upperlyne & Haute Off The Rack

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Celebrity, Blake Lively & Haute Off The Rack

Photos by: Kaela Rodehorst Williams

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Haute Off The Rack & Kaela Rodehorst Williams (My Photographer)

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Blake Perrault (my boyfriend) & Haute Off The Rack

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“The calm before the storm.”

Photo by: Geovanni Velasquez of Black & Geauxld Photography

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Photos by: Kaela Rodehorst Williams

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Photo by: I Heart NOLA

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Photos by: Geovanni Velasquez of Black & Geauxld Photography

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Haute Off The Rack & Blake Lopez of NOLA Wrap Up

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Photo by: Geovanni Velasquez of Black & Geauxld Photography

The New Orleans location is one of the first H&M stores to debut the in-store Home department in the US. The store of course also carries apparel for men, women, young ladies and young men, with additional sections for accessories, lingerie, and sports apparel, and even H&M’s plus size line. This location also features the Swedish retailer’s adorable children’s collection, which includes  clothing for kids ranging in age from newborns to young teenagers.

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A Pinch of Lovely and I right outside of our special reserved dressing room for select shoppers!

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Photo by: Geovanni Velasquezof Black & Geauxld Photography

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Photo by: I Heart NOLA

Good Morning readers, today you’re getting a double blog post. For my first post of the day, I’m going to tell you all about my amazing weekend at H&M.  Friday night, I attended the VIP H&M Masquerade party in New Orleans where all of the invited guests got to preview and shop the store at 25% OFF with special performances by The Dolls and The Pinettes Brass Band. On top of that, I got to meet celebrity guests, Blake Lively and Emma Roberts! I had an fabulous time visiting with all of the other special guests and of course seeing all of my friends in the fashion industry.

Saturday, November 16th was a whole new world of madness when H&M opened up their doors to the public at 12 in the afternoon. I was there along with a Krystal from A Pinch of Lovely and Scott Simon of I Heart NOLA to greet the shoppers and offer them our style advice. We chose a number of different shoppers to cut the long lines and join us in our exclusive reserved dressing room where we styled the guests and gave them a special code for 20% OFF their entire purchase! Juley Thuy of Upperlyne and Katie and Rachel of The Elizabeth Chronicles took over later in the day. Needless to say, this was an experience of a lifetime and I feel so privileged to have worked with such a fantastic company.

H&M NOLA: 418 N. Peter’s Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70130.

Contact at (855) 466-7467.

Store Hours: Monday through Thursday 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., Friday through Saturday 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m., and Sunday 12:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

NOLAFW’s Shop Your City Day Recap

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I broke in my brand new pointy toe Sam Edelman Mariel Booties while running all over NOLA this past weekend.

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Julia Hengel of Gal Meets Glam picks out her favorite pieces by Hazel & Florange.

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Andi Eaton, the creative Director of NOLA Fashion Week and designer of Hazel & Florange

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Krystal and I loved getting to meet Mackenzie Horan of Design Darling in New York and Liz Schneider of Sequins & Stripes in Chicago.

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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.

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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!photo 2

Avenue Rouge Runway Recap

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Haute Off The Rack’s photographer, Kaela Rodehorst Williams talks about her outfit for the show and her favorite colors for fall this year.

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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.

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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!