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Lucky shopping day

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

This year Lucky FABB had an optional shopping day, which I happily signed up for. To kick off the grand opening of the first Piperlime brick and mortar store, they hosted a brunch for us at a super swanky hotel in SoHo, the Crosby Street Hotel. If I ever have the means, I would love to stay there. It was so gorgeous. I neglected to take photos there because I was too busy chatting it up with the other bloggers and enjoying the tasty spread.

I have plenty of photos from the rest of the day however, which was kicked off with the ribbon cutting at Piperlime, and everyone was given a $100 gift card to get the shopping going. I ended up bringing home an adorable yellow Pim + Larkin dress.

Mid way through the day my new friend Alex and I stole away for some much needed Starbucks and outfit photos, and I happily volunteered to snap photos of another new acquaintance, Laura and Meg of course.

We went to several other stores, swooning over the goods at Kate Spade and sipping champagne at Calypso St. Barth. Even though I made sure I had money in my budget to do a little tax free shopping in NYC, I didn't buy anything else! I suppose it's because I rarely make impulse purchases... I like to leave and come back before I buy.

The Rundown

Feather Print Dress Urban Outfitters

Coral Wedges Madden Girl Borrowed from Meg!

Bag Big Buddah

Bracelets The Cavernous Jewelry Box

Monogram Necklace Amazon similar

Earrings Aldo
Sunnies Ray-Ban Emma

See more of Alex at She is Red

See more of Laura at Laura Lily

See more of Meg at Closet Fashionista

After breakfast, we walked past Tiffany's

Lucky FABB

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

The Lucky FABB conference was an incredibly long and busy day - the doors opened at 8 AM and there was programing scheduled for nearly every minute thereafter.

It was so fun seeing all the other bloggers, and pretty much every possible trend out right now, x100. Peplum tops, printed pants, sock buns, stacks of bracelets - the pressure to look your best was ON.

At the conference we got to hear from the editor of Lucky, the president of Macy's, bloggers like PS I Made this and The Man Repeller (who is married, by the way, and therefore has failed in her mission).

Of course most people were quite excited about Rachel Zoe and Lauren Conrad, but having never watched either of their shows, I found Anna Sui to be the most engaging of all the guests. It was basically her childhood dream to become a designer, and she went out and did it. She travels all over getting inspiration, and keeps an entire closet full of pages torn from magazines. Loved hearing her.

There were also tons of vendors offering up contests and giveaways, most of which I managed to miss out on because there wasn't enough time unless you skipped out on hearing the guests. They also ran over, so the half hour which was allotted for lunch was only 15 minutes.

Overall I thought it was a well run conference, considering it was only one day - however if I were to attend again, I would pick and choose which speakers I wanted to hear and give myself some time to enjoy the things the vendors have to offer (hello - free clothes - I missed out on the free clothes!) and also take more time to network with the other bloggers. I didn't exchange cards with a single blogger all day!

There was barely even time for outfit photos, but since I was debuting my printed pants, I dragged Meg outside and made darn sure we got some!

The Rundown

Top Old Navy

Printed Pants Old Navy

White Blazer Cynthia Rowely via TJ Maxx

Bag Big Buddah

Heels Adrienne Vittadini via TJ Maxx similar

Bracelets The Cavernous Jewelry Box

Monogram Necklace Amazon similar

Chain Necklace Home D'Jour Consignment

Earrings Market in Italy

Antler Ring House of Harlow

Nail Color Essie No Place Like Chrome

Lucky Cocktail Party

Monday, September 10, 2012

Back from New York, from my three fun days in the city at Lucky FABB, meeting other bloggers, having cocktails, and shopping!

On Tuesday I took the train into the city and met up with Meg, my roomie. After checking into the hotel and snapping some photos of our day looks we got ready for the cocktail party that was sponsored by Aloxxi.

Aloxxi is a line of professional hair color and care products brought to you by George Schaeffer aka the creator of OPI Nail Color. There were two stylists at the event and after consulting with them and deciding your new hair color, miss Lauren Friedman of my closet in sketches (she also does the illustrating for 'Dear Lucky') sketched you in your new color.

As to be expected, the names of the Aloxxi hair color line are just as catchy as what you'd find on the bottom of any bottle of OPI - with color names inspired by Italy, it was a tough choice between 'seduction on the grand canal' and 'intrigue on the spanish steps'. Eventually the stylist I was talking with, David Crandall and I decided on 'espresso yourself'.

Truth be told, I've never colored my hair, but if I did, I'd probably look to Aloxxi to 'espresso myself', if for no other reason than the fun names.

I had a really fun time at the party, I met a few new bloggers, Lucy of Daily Disguise, Courtney of Girl Avant Garde and Sam of Style of Sam. I definitely prefer smaller more intimate settings; at the FABB conference itself I wasn't really able to connect with too many individuals.

And the party also had some amazing passed appetizers and a wickedly good mojito.
It was a fun night.