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Anheuser-Busch/Golden Light Presents….. KTWIN’s Friends of Fashion!




The K-TWIN Friends of Fashion Event comes to The Brick in Downtown Minneapolis Thursday night, May 3rd! Only a limited number of tickets will be available for one of the most amazing fashion shows of the year. The K-TWIN Friends of Fashion Event features:

Local designers!

Christopher Straub, Realia By Jen, and ArielSimone.

Local Stores!

Bessie’s Boutique, Pink Champagne and more.

Local Performers!

Tim Mahoney and John Swardson- all wrapped in your favorite rock hits!

Tickets on sale now at The Brick box office and at the K-TWIN studios.

The K-TWIN Friends of Fashion Event brought you by: I Am Moody Productions, Jungle Red Salon Spa and Gallery, White Bear Lake Suzuki, DP Hue JB Hudson Jewelers and Golden Light. Go to www.KTWIN.com for more info. We have a Fashion Show event this Thursday, 4/12 to share with you! Mingle and sip on fabulous Minnesota wine while watching 6 Minnesota designers show their collection on the FGI runway.

And guess what!? ArielSimone wil be there presenting some of our S/S12 collection. Plus, you won’t want to miss the unforgettable Warehouse Winery venue.

Place: Warehouse Winery, 6415 Cambridge Street, St. Louis Park
Date: Thursday, April 12th
Time: (change): 6:00PM wine tasting & open networking, 7:30PM Fashion Show!
Cost: $25 members, $40 Non-members (plus, bring a friend for FREE!)
Purchase your tickets here! http://fgimplsstpaul.wordpress.com/


Place: Warehouse Winery, 6415 Cambridge Street, St. Louis Park
Date: Thursday, April 12th
Time: 6:00 PM Wine tasting & open networking, 7:30PM Fashion show!
Cost: $25 Members, $40 Non-Members (Plus, bring a friend for FREE!)
Purchase Tickets now!
A little about FGI
It all began in 1928 when 17 women, gathered by Edna Woolman Chase, Editor-in-Chief of Vogue, met for lunch in a modest midtown New York restaurant. They had three things in common: Each held a job of consequence in the business of fashion, each held all the others in high regard and together they held a belief that fashion needed a forum, a stage, or a force to express and enhance a widening awareness of the American fashion business and of women’s roles in that business.

The Fashion Group®, conceived at an informal luncheon in 1928 became an organization in 1930, with a place, a purpose, by-laws, officers and women eager to be members. Some of those Founding and Charter members were: Elizabeth Arden, Margaret Case, Eleanor Roosevelt, Helena Rubinstein, Julia Coburn, Lilly Dache, Jessica Daves, Nan Duskin, Edith Head, Eleanor LeMaire, Claire McCardell, Clare Potter, Virginia Pope, Dorothy Shaver, Adele Simpson, Carmel Snow, and Miss Tobé. Their first office space was donated by Louis Fairchild in his Women’s Wear Daily building on East 12th Street. The second office space was at 572 Madison Avenue, donated by Harper’s Bazaar. Then in 1934, from the minutes of the Board meeting of October 18: Discussion as to how to meet the rent of the contemplated space in 30 Rockefeller Center included a Fashion Group party using talent within the membership lampooning fashion, to be known as The Fashion Follies™. Today, The Fashion Group® offers membership to both men and women.

We are lucky to have a Minneapolis/ St. Paul Chapter. Please come and join us this Thursday!! 


{All photo and video credit goes to Corey Tenold Photography} 


FASHION DESIGNERS: ArielSimone, Shah Riaz and Richard Dayhoff


DESSERT: Cake Bite Girl

DRINKS: The Naked Grape Red Velvet Trios – OMG YUM… Salted Caramel Cake Bites – My mouth is watering by Adrienne Yancy

As you know, one of our favorite jewelry designers to partner with is Jennifer Scheffler of Realia by Jen. We loooooove working with Jen for anything fashion related– whether it be for photo shoots, runway shows or holiday parties! We are so excited to be working with Jen this season for Minnesota Fashion Week and we wanted to take a moment to introduce her and her jewels. And that’s not all– We also think that  in addition to enjoying a sneak peak of the designs , you’ll also enjoy a snippet of an exclusive interview that we had with the designer herself! Photos include  the jewelry that Jen made for Avoid The Grey for our lovely model, Elle Lemler as well the three piece mini-collection that was created for sale! The full interview will be posted later this month with more images! When asked what projects she is currently working on, Jen’s response is so perfectly timed with our post! JS: I am in the process of pulling together my 2012 (spring/summer and fall/winter)
collections! As well, I am working with local designer ArielSimone on a mini-collection
for the upcoming Avoid The Grey show with Cliché. It is a beautiful and deliciously
sparkly mini collection with my favorite Swarovski crystals all over it! It is a pairing that
will take us all outside of the box! (pun intended…) Allow us to take a moment to promote the said (and much anticipated) Avoid the Grey show, since it is not too late to purchase tickets!  It is THIS SATURDAY at 79 13th Avenue NE, 7 PM SHARP! Come and see the amazing work of  Realia by Jen paired with our very exciting and very bright ArielSimone Avoid the Grey garment. It will be fun to see what new jewels Jen has in store this season and a perfect time to consider what pieces you might want for Valentine’s Day or to pair with another special occasion on the calendar. Obviously, you know where to get ArielSimone garments, but to purchase Jen’s jewels, visit Realia by Jen online. Stay tuned for our much longer feature on Jen, covering everything from her personal aesthetic to advice for up and comers!

Hey everyone!  In the past week I have had two big developments occur in my design/blogging life!  I decided to start a youtube.com channel to supplement my blogs each week.  I have posted two vblogs so far, I plan on posting more behind the scenes stuff starting later this week.  Be sure to check it out, and let me know what you think! I also will be showing one of my pieces this Saturday at the MOA in the Red Hearts For Fashion event.  There will be two presentations at noon and 2pm, both in the Rotunda. Here is more info on the event!

And last but not least: I will be a featured designer on tomorrow’s segment of Twin Cities Live! I will be previewing what I will be showing in Saturday’s show as well as being interviewed.  I am super excited! It will air during the 3-4pm hour, be sure to tune in! Here is the design I will be showing!  No doubt, my model: the beautiful Lydia Mae, will rock it! by Lucie Jane


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