Girl Talk Invite
Art of Elysium, one of our very favorite homegrown LA based charities started by the extraordinary Jennifer Howell, has incredible programs for artists and children. This year we were honored to attend the Girl Talk Fashion Show and graduation at The Los Angeles Children’s Hospital in the Saban theater.
Miley Cyrus accessorized her ravishing Roberto Cavalli gown at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards with large dangle earrings and an Elodie K. snake stud earring in black silver and diamonds with pink sapphire eyes, adding a fun and youthful touch to her look for the night.
Miley joins the growing group of fashionable starlets who have been spotted in Elodie K. recently, including Kelly Osbourne, Taryn Manning, Kelly Rowland, Samaire Armstrong, Lindsay Lohan and Demi Lovato. Since its spring 2011 launch, Elodie K. has created a line of diamond jewelry perfect for the young and style savvy with everything from earrings and rings to hand bracelets, body chains and head pieces. Elodie K. jewelry is available for purchase at Rose Ark in Los Angeles and Alchemist in Miami.
Elodie K. is a luxurious fine jewelry line created by French designer Elodie Khayat. Growing up in Paris, Elodies sensibilities are distinctively élégant and reflect an inherently féminine chic. Inspired by the bohemian spirit of the Mediterranean, Elodie K.s délicate gold chains are designed to unmistakably highlight the hands, feet and body with the utmost subtlety. Adorned with diamonds snakes, lips or only gems the rose, white and yellow gold designs are both glamour and timeless. Elodie K. jewelry is sophisticated in blending classic éléments, fine materials and artistry to create body fine jewellery that are at once extraordinarly wearable.
Fiery E! Entertainment Fashion Police Co-Host & Style Seen Daily friend Kelly Osbourne was a perfect 10 while visiting The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in Los Angeles. The stylish starlet glowed in a gorgeous silk, one of a kind, vintage Meghan LA dress. The ultra-chic and classically feminine frock was pulled together flawlessly with a nude belt and glittery pink peep-toes.
Style Seen Daily Co Founder Crystal Fambrini with Broadcasting Legend Larry King. Larry even decided to venture out to check out Fashion's Night Out.
This year Los Angeles really picked it up for the second annual Fashion’s Night Out. My fellow fashionistas and I could barely contain our excitement for all the festivities planned around town. Unfortunately, everything was at the same time and in completely different areas so you really had to make a plan of attack and decide ahead of time what part of the city you wanted to check out. I mean the options were tempting; hang with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa at The Beverly Center as he officially kicked off the night, go to Westfield Century City Mall to check out the VIP events there and see Justin Timberlake unveil his new shoe line at the William Rast store, or head over to Robertson Boulevard to reconnect with my designer friends at Moods of Norway to snack on their famous waffles while trying on clothes. Lots of options.
But I knew with my lack of patience on the road driving and this being on a Friday evening where traffic was sure to be plentiful, I decided I had to play it safe and pick one spot. So, the decision – Rodeo Drive. I didn’t care what celebrities where going to be where, I just wanted to take a ride on the ferris wheel in the middle of Rodeo Drive. You bump into celebrities all the time here in Hollywood (like Larry King in the pic with me above) – but a ferris wheel on Rodeo Drive is a very rare occurrence. Also just as rare — all the fancy stores on Rodeo Drive replacing their intimidating security people out front with lovely smiling models. Instead of only welcoming in the big spenders, tonight was a night for all fashionistas — no matter if you bought something or not! Like a shopping open house. Now can you understand more why my friends and I were getting heart palpitations?
I started at the north end of Rodeo Drive, taking pictures along the way (see slideshow below), with my goal being to end at the south side of Rodeo at the ferris wheel. Now it’s only a handful of blocks, but with all the most amazing stores open with models standing outside beckoning you in and offering you champagne, it did take me quite a long time to make it to my destination. I also got distracted by the Chanel store, but a very happy distraction, as I sit here and type this I find delight looking down at my “CC” temporary tattoo on my arm. It’s been almost a week, and the tattoo is still looking great. Thanks Chanel! I decided to take some video in the Chanel store… take a look…
And right before the ferris wheel, I stopped to interview the lovely Kelly Osbourne, check out that video here: Crystal Cam: Fasion’s Night Out on Rodeo Drive with Kelly Osbourne You’ll see that Kelly was just as excited as I was about the ferris wheel.
Check out some pictures I took along the way…
OK, so being a typical Angelino, I didn’t actually end up going on the ferris wheel — it was full of kids and it was a tad too cold (I didn’t bring a jacket). But I DID touch it, which in my book, is just as worthwhile.
Yes, I actually made it to the ferris wheel!
And since I was so cold, literally shaking, I found myself diving into the Jimmy Choo store for comfort. And oh, what comfort that was — but that’s another entry.
At the end of the night I was so exhausted from all the fashion fun I ended up passing out on top of my bed with my shopping bags in lieu of my blankets. In my sleepy haze I thought, Venice has First Fridays, can’t Rodeo Drive do something like that too? Can’t the first Friday of every month be Fashion’s Night Out? Hey, a girl can dream.
Kelly Osbourne with her stylist Brooke Dulien playing Fashion Rules at Los Angeles Fashion's Night Out on September 10, 2010.
Watch this Crystal Cam video to check out a bit of Fashion’s Night Out on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. Style Seen Daily co-founder Crystal Fambrini chats with Kelly Osbourne about how she thinks LA’s fashion event compares to New York, her new job with Joan Rivers on E!’s Fashion Police and Kelly reveals what she will and won’t talk about on the show.
Kelly is wearing a L’Agence dress.
RODEO DRIVE FASHION’S NIGHT OUT SEPTEMBER 10, 2010 6:00 – 10:00 PM
Last year’s first installment of Fashion’s Night Out, an effort to jump-start a sagging industry with an evening full of shopping events in major cities all over the world that was brought to us by New York-based Vogue magazine and the Council of Fashion Designers of America, was, not surprisingly, very Manhattan-centric. Southern California was barely represented, with a few local scattered efforts staged at Neiman Marcus in Beverly Hills and the Fred Segal Center on Melrose Avenue.
What a difference a year makes. For the sophomore effort on Friday, Sept. 10, Southern California is fielding a slate of highly organized, “Vogue-sanctioned” events, stretching from Newport Beach to Pasadena, and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s Office of Economic and Business Policy is rallying retailers.
Following are highlights of planned Fashion’s Night Out activities in three cities — Beverly Hills, Los Angeles and West Hollywood — within whose borders some 300 assorted and sundry parties, personal appearances, shopping discounts and the like will occur simultaneously.
Beverly Hills
Sixty-seven retailers have signed up to mark FNO in the 90210, which will have a decidedly circus-like atmosphere — thanks to a four-story-tall Ferris wheel set up in the 200 block of North Rodeo Drive. (Rides are free — if you have a proof-of-purchase receipt from one of the evening’s participating stores.)
Among the events scheduled for the evening: at Giorgio Armani, actor Samuel L. Jackson will host an exhibition of his favorite red carpet looks over the years, displayed on mannequins and accompanied by a question-and-answer session with fashion critic Steven Cojocaru from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. (reservations, which can be made at [212] 209-4102, are recommended), Chanel will be offering free manicures with its new collection of polishes, and the Lacoste boutique will be the site of a Wii tennis tournament.
There will be no shortage of parties. Valentino, for example, is having a casino night. DJs Super Mash Bros. will be spinning at Emporio Armani, while DJ Rick Khan has been tapped for Roberto Cavalli‘s bash. Geary’s will host a “gentleman’s lounge” with Scotch, beer, hors d’oeuvres and some heavy-duty models — of Rolex and Patek Phillipe timepieces, that is.
At 6 p.m., a life-size celebrity version of the fashion trivia board game Fashion Rules will begin at the foot of the Ferris wheel on Rodeo, and is set to include singer/actress Kelly Osbourne, “Dancing With the Stars” judge Carrie Ann Inaba, stylist George Kotsiopoulos and Vogue’s West Coast editor Lisa Love.
Tod’s is selling a limited-edition handbag for the event, Salvatore Ferragamo is celebrating its first collection from new Creative Director Massimiliano Giornetti with the launch of his W-bag purse Mikimoto will be featuring pearl-stringing demonstrations and Coach will have artists on hand to customize merchandise.
Organizers also have made sure that Rodeo Drive revelers will be able to fill their stomachs as easily as they empty their wallets, promising the famed thoroughfare will be lined with gourmet food trucks serving a variety of fare including kimchi-topped French fries and architecturally themed ice cream sandwiches.
Beverly Hills’ Fashion’s Night Out, centered on Rodeo Drive, runs 6 to 10 p.m. on Sept. 10. Additional information and updates are available at the Rodeo Drive Committee’s website: http://www.rodeodrive-bh.com/fashionsnightout.html.
Los Angeles
The beige box that dominates the intersection of La Cienega and Beverly boulevards is shaping up to dominate this year’s local FNO efforts — and not just for the benefit of its own tenants.
In partnership with the mayor’s office, the Beverly Center will function as the hub, headquarters and starting point for the city’s FNO events, with free parking (starting at 4 p.m.) and no-cost busses to ferry shoppers to six retail districts centered on Melrose Avenue, Robertson Boulevard, West 3rd Street, Abbot Kinney Boulevard, downtown Los Angeles and Los Feliz.
As befits Hollywood, the night of extended shopping will kick off with red carpet arrivals at the Beverly Center at 4 p.m., as VIPs, celebrities and invitees turning out to hear remarks from the mayor, who is slated to speak at a 5 p.m. news conference alongside Vogue’s Lisa Love, L.A.-based designer Randolph Duke, skateboarder/reality TV star Rob Dyrdek and Black Eyed Peas singer will.i.am.
The Beverly Center has promised the first 100 shoppers a free Fashion’s Night Out Los Angeles T-shirt — designed by FIDM student Marc Blaskovits. (The shirt will be sold at the mall and other participating spots around Los Angeles — including Fred Segal on Melrose, The Grove and Intermix and Udrest, which are both on Robertson, among others — for $15 each. Poceeds will help fund scholarships for fashion students.)
A fashion show of fall looks featuring some of the Beverly Center’s retailers (including Forever 21, Bebe, Ben Sherman and Traffic, among others) will be staged in the mall’s sixth-floor central area at 5:30 p.m. and again at 7:30 p.m. In between, Macy’s is scheduled to host a “Denim Rocks” runway show, highlighting local denim brands, at 6:30 p.m.
In addition Charles David founder Charles Malka is scheduled to do an in-store shoe signing (in the Beverly Center) from 6 to 9 p.m. William Rast co-founders Tracy Ayala and Justin Timberlake will be hosting a sneak peek at their label’s new footwear collection and a special FNO eyewear collectionat the William Rast flagship store at Westfield Century City from 8 to 9 p.m. (Earlier the pair will do the same at the Nordstrom at Santa Monica Place from 6 to 7 p.m.)
Throughout the night, the Fred Segal Center on Melrose promises appearances by Quiksilver‘s surfing team, Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh (who will sign copies of his book “Beautiful Mutants“) and the guys behind Spirit Hoods, who will be on hand to make sure that any of their animal-shaped hats that are purchased are worn jauntily askew.Taylor Jacobson (formerly with “The Rachel Zoe Project“) will be on hand to offer styling tips from 8 to 10 p.m.
Decadestwo and HauteLook are kicking off a three-day “400 dresses for $400″ event — with a cocktail party featuring special guest designer Alexis Phifer. 6 to 9 p.m.
There’s also some added incentive to pry open the wallet within city limits on Friday night: Anyone (21 and older) who can brandish receipts totaling $25 from a participating Los Angeles FNO retailer will have entrée into a post-shopping fete at SBE’s Industry nightclub, on La Cienega Boulevard,, which will include fashion presentations by some of the designers who call the city home, including Kevan Hall, Sue Wong, Louis Verdad and Petro Zillia’s Nony Tochterman. A second party, at SBE’s XIV, on Sunset Boulevard, subject to the same entrance requirements, will feature fashion-themed drinks. Both bashes will run from 10:30 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Los Angeles’ Fashion’s Night Out festivities are scheduled to run 6 to 10 p.m., with free parking at — and shuttle service from — the Beverly Center for the duration. A full list of participating retailers as well as a printable map, can be found at city’s FNO site: http://www.fno.lacity.org.
West Hollywood
FNO WeHo is a little city going big: The 1.9-square-mile community of West Hollywood had lined up 28 participants, including Chrome Hearts, Vera Wang, Nicole Miller and the Sunset Plaza shopping center, for events, appearances and parties.
A Julia Clancey runway show is slated for the Andaz West Hollywood’s RH bar, James Jean artwork will be on display at the 3.1 Phillip Lim boutique, and, in what will no doubt be one of the evening’s popular spectator sports events, the Andrew Christian underwear boutique will be holding a Twister competition from 8 to 10 p.m. featuring models wearing nothing more than their skivvies.
For shoppers — and aspiring rock gods — who don’t mind dropping $300 at the John Varvatos boutique on Robertson, celebrity rock photographer Robert Knight will be on hand to shoot your portrait.
The Sunset Plaza shopping center is planning a party complete with aural ambience courtesy of live DJs and a runway show of fall fashion from the center’s retailers. (The price of admission is an FNO proof of purchase.)
West Hollywood’s Fashion’s Night Out runs from 6 to 10 p.m., with free shuttle service for the duration. Shuttle information and a full list of participating retailers and events are available at the organizers’ website:http://www.avenueswh.com/events/fno.
Kevin Fegans, ASOS International PR Manager & Stylist Joe Zee.
One of our favorite places to shop online is ASOS.com, a Brit-based online retailer, if you haven’t logged on to their site yet you have been missing out! They also happen to have an incredibly fun staff that we were honored to meet via the Starworks Group team that handles them as a client. Kevin Fegans, the International Public Relations Manager and his team hosted a private dinner at Soho House in Los Angeles this week, including stylist and TV personality Joe Zee.
Ashley & Kelly Attend the ASOS.com Dinner in LA.
The intimate affair brought together a great group of enthusiastic supporters including Twilight actress Ashley Greene, also July covergirl of their print magazine, Kelly Osborune, and stylists Jen Rade, George Kotsiopolis and Jessica Paster. Kelly wore an ASOS Embroidered Lace Fitted Waist Dress in Cream and Black, Ashley was in an ASOS sleeveless black dress with gold collar embellishments from the 2010 holiday collection.
Click here to check out great fashionable finds at ASOS.
ASOS.com has more than eight million unique vistors a month globally and adds more than 1,500 new stylish products a week, giving all of us over 37,000 things to chose from including mens and womenswear, footwear, accessories and beauty products. ASOS.com has been a huge success in the UK and has recently announced plans for global expansion, already shipping to 167 countries and will launch standalone websites in the US, France and Germany later this year. Check out great fashionable finds at www.asos.com and special thanks to Starworks Group for introducing us to this great company.
Molly Sims at Mulberry's Chateau Marmont Dinner
A gigantic pink/purple glittery Mulberry leopard and the brands Creative Director Emma Hill hosted an intimate dinner poolside at The Chateau Marmont to fete her Fall 2010 collection. Emma has been with the brand under 3 years, but already earned accolades with her first “It Bag”, the Alexa.
Alexa with the Mulberry Alexa Bag
The inspiration for the vintage feeling bag came when Emma met the English TV Presenter/DJ, Alexa Chung, globe trotting around with her briefcase, and knew she had something better for the tastemaker, taking the iconic Bayswater Mulberry bag and crossing it with the men’s Mulberry briefcase. The Alexa is relaxed and formal at the same time, and roomy, available in lambskin, snakeskin and nappa leather.
Shenae Grimes at Mulberry's Dinner
Emma’s guests included; Shenae Grimes, Cat Deely, Molly Sims, Kate Bosworth, Matthew Rhys, Kelly Osbourne, Gia Coppola, Jessica Joffe, stylists Jessica de Ruiter and Nikki Pennie as well as Alexa Chung (also Dj’ing).
Nikki Pennie & Cat Deeley at Mulberry's Chateau Marmont Dinner
Everyone snapped photos of one another with their disposable cameras found at their seats, wearing the leopard-print masks found on each dinner plate.
Kate Bosworth at Mulberry's Chateau Marmont Dinner
Guests were hopeful that a Mulberry Los Angeles store is in the works, but Emma spoke nothing of it, instead focusing on her own Margaret bag and the new collection inspired by the 1967 film “Valley of the Dolls”. “Naughty royalty, good girls gone wild” were the words Emma used to describe the line, which includes new Alexa styles, the Edna and Neely totes, along with some unique touches like Mulberry’s own crest, two English bulldogs and slogan, “We believe in tea and cake,” as hardware on the Margaret bag.
Emma Hill & Molly Sims
Emma will be moving to Malibu in October, housing herself and her team to create the next Mulberry line, surely it will have some additional California flavor to it. www.mulberry.com
Lily Allen Paying Tribute to Michael Jackson Wearing One Glove
Despite the muddy fun, attendees were still stylish at this the Glastonbury’s festival 2009. Much like America’s Coachella or Lollapalooza, tons of musicans perform on various stages, including; Cold War Kids, Jason Mraz, David Guetta, Peter, Bjorn and John, Blur, Crosby, Stills and Nash, N*E*R*D, Franz Ferdinand, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Lady GaGa, Lilly Allen, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young and hundreds more.
Lily Allen wore an outrageous jumper and had no problems admitting her wardrobe malfunctions, similar to Janet Jackson’s back from Super Bowl days. Lily paid tribute to the late pop icon Michael Jackson, wearing one white glove. Before she performed, she was wearing Wellies (boots), like most music lovers attending the festival, despite the sun shining most of the time, it did rain at the start so the Wellies proved to be quite smart.
Daisy Lowe, Pixie Geldof and Kelly Osbourne Rock Wellies
The sun was shining, but music lovers still arrived in Wellies (boots), prepared for mud, Naomi Campbell wore special edition Jimmy Choo crocodile print Wellies, which are only available on the Jimmy Choo website. We were told the demand was so high for these Wellies that last month customers were being placed on a wait list! Department stores in the US like Nordstrom’s or London’s Harvey Nichols are two great places to find fashionable, yet afforable Wellies. These boots are great for anything from rainy days, to Sundance Film Festival or, of course, Glastonbury next year.
Naomi Campbell in Wellies
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