I’m excited about this!! I met Alexander and Luis recently and what sweet guys!!  Tickets for the “Nueva Era of AGA Couture” fashion show are $15 pre-paid or $20 at the door. Call 602-367-0981 or agacouture@me.com. The show will be held on the rooftop of Portland Place Condominiums, 208 W. Portland Avenue in Phoenix. A portion of the ticket sales will benefit “The Halfway House: This Is How Home.”

If you can’t attend, check back on Monday for my photo recap of the event!

0 comments permalink |  12:00 PM |  4.28.2009 | 

Saturday, CityCenter of CityNorth in Phoenix hosted the CityStyle’s Sizzlin Fashion Show. This free event, sponsored by Arizona Foothills Magazine, included looks from the CityCenter boutiques including Apricot Lane, BeBe, White House / Black Market, Caribbean Kids, Fresh Produce, Little Artika, Bobby Chan, Coldwater Creek and featured special guest designers, Abi Ferrin and Karen Noseoff from the national brand Fortune Denim.  The ladies from Fortune Denim were recruited to participate in this fabulous event from their Dallas headquarters by Apricot Lane. CityCenter of CityNorth did an excellent job with this event.  Many of our Fashion Phoenix friends commented on what a great show this was.  We can’t wait for the next!!

Check out the sizzlin’ runway pictures of CityStyle by Evan Taylor Photography for Fashion Phoenix!

Karen Noseoff for Fortune Denim, presented by Apricot Lane

Abi Ferrin's "Fortune Collection" for Fortune Denim, presented by Apricot Lane

Caribbean Kids

BeBe

Bobby Chan

Coldwater Creek

0 comments permalink |  11:00 AM |  4.28.2009 | 

Fashion Phoenix is proud to bring you an EXCLUSIVE peek inside the latest Runway Magazine released TODAY!! The Spring/Summer 2009 issue will be mailed to subscribers and available at finer newsstands May 19th .

Runway Magazine is a national and international publication based here in Paradise Valley. Initially, Runway was a digital fashion magazine, but now released as a quarterly publication around the globe. Runway is a “celebration of the designers and artists that bring beauty, grace and elegance into our lives.” The magazine covers fashion, beauty, shopping, romance, astrology and more. For more information or to subscribe to Runway, click Runway Beauty.

Thank you to Runway’s CEO, Vincent Mazzotta, for giving us this sneak peek of pages 102-103, “Spring Handbag Review”.

0 comments permalink |  9:00 AM |  4.28.2009 | 

The ladies of Fashion Group International of Arizona had a lot of fun at their “Fashion Fever” event in Phoenix at Calypso St. Barth. If you missed it, like I did , here’s a few pics of the FGI ladies. If you’re not familiar with FGI and their mission here’s what FGI Arizona’s website has to say:

FGI mission statement

The Fashion Group International is a global, non-profit, professional organization with 5000 members in the fashion industry including apparel, accessories, beauty and home.

The FGI mission is to be the pre-eminent authority on the business of fashion and design and to help its members become more effective in their careers. To do this, FGI provides insights on major trends in person, online and in print; access to business professionals and a gateway to the influence fashion plays in the marketplace.

Sounds good to me! Plus, they do some fun events!!

Sharee Hartwell, Stephanie Mance, Tracy Rasinski

0 comments permalink |  2:00 PM |  4.27.2009 |