Dress for Success: Red Carpet Runway Recap

I had the pleasure of attending the Dress for Success: Red Carpet Runway fashion show last Friday, it's an annual fashion presented by the organization to help raise money and bring awareness to the cause. This was my second year attending the show and instead of attending as a blogger, I was actually one of the judges on the panel this year along with Clovia Lawrence from 105.7 Kiss FM, Tara Hawkins from Style Weekly, Troy Michel with The CW Network, and Angela Patton from Camp Diva. It was such an honor to meet these ladies and be on the judges panel with them. Every time I attend a Dress for Success event I end up networking with lots of influential women from right here in Richmond, its always nice to meet people who are passionate about what they do! The Dress for Success team including Jonathan Copeland, Shantell Malachi, Melissa Ross and so many other amazing people put on an excellent show every year; and for such a great cause! If you're not already familiar with the Dress for Success mission, it's to assist disadvantaged women by providing them with professional attire, career development, and a network of support to help them have a smooth transition back into the work place! This organization has helped so many disadvantaged women right here in the Richmond area, and you can help too by donating your gently used suits, dresses, and shoes along with volunteering your time. Visit dfscentralvirginia.org for more information on how you can assist this wondering organization. Being that I was a judge on the panel, I didn't have my camera in tow as I usually do, but I still managed to snap a few pics!

Myself along with the other lovely judges!

RVA Fashion Week

Richmonder's its that time of year again, RVAFW starts tomorrow! This will be my third year attending and I'm so looking forward to this years festivities, lots of exciting things will be happening throughout the week. This is the perfect opportunity to network with other fashion lovers, bloggers, vloggers, photographers, designers, and small business owners from the Richmond area. There will be a few networking socials at various locations throughout the week, fashion shows, and jewelry showcases. Please don't miss this opportunity to support some of our local designers, I recommend anyone who loves fashion, art, or just being around creative individuals to attend at least one RVAFW event. I've met so many amazing people throughout the years by attending these types of events, and we all know how important networking is when you're trying to build your brand. On top of that its always exciting to see new designers, and fresh faces bringing something new to the scene! If you spot me out and about during RVAFW don't hesitate to come up and say hello, I love meeting my readers and other creative souls from my city!

For more info visit:

rvafashionweek.com

Dress for Success: Red Carpet Runway

One of the main reasons I love being a blogger is that it has put me in the presence of so many wonderful people! I cant stress this enough but blogging is definitely a great way to network with folks, you just never know who you're going to meet! With that being said I'm super excited to be covering the Dress for Success: Red Carpet Runway showcase this year. This is the 3rd annual event, I had the pleasure of attending and covering the event last year, it was a great experience. I got to meet some powerful ladies from the Richmond area, including one of the owners of Rumor's Boutique which is a great vintage store in the city. I love the Dress for Success mission which is to assist disadvantaged women by providing professional attire, along with a supportive network and career development tools to make the transition back into the work place a lot smoother. If you live in or near the RVA area please come out and support this mission, the event will be held at The Canal Club, Friday April 17th at 6:30pm. Tickets are $20 and 100% of the proceeds benefit Dress for Success Central Virginia!

For more info or to purchase tickets visit

www.501auctions.com/dfscvafashionshow

Dress for Success: Rock Your Red Fashion Show

So, for the past few months I've been posting info on the Dress for Success Rock Your Red Fashion Show, I attended the event last week and was really amazed by the mission of this organization. As I had stated in previous post Dress for Success is an organization that provides professional attire to women looking to get back into the workforce. During the fashion show one of the recipients of such services actually spoke to the audience, and explained how Dress for Success assisted her by providing her with a beautiful suit and apparel to interview with when trying to make her way back into the working world! I was really touched by her sincere appreciation for the role that Dress for Success played in helping her get back into the work force! I also got a chance to meet the event organizers and other key players with the Dress for Success organization, they're some absolutely amazing women that encompass such a genuine and compassionate spirit for what they do. Here are a some pictures and special moments that I captured during the Rock Your Red Fashion Show!

Mary Kay Vendor

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Was greeted with the program and a bottle of OPI polish

This was during a segment in which the ladies were modeling some not so professional attire that had been donated to Dress for Success. (I thought this was a really fun segment)

A client of Dress for Success sharing her story of how the organization assisted her in making her way back into the workforce.

So mad this picture came out blurry but these are some powerful business women in RVA, there's Marshe from Rumors Boutique (2nd to the right)  and Ranee Kamens of Simplify Me (2nd to the left)

Announcing the winning designers of the show!

Special birthday surprise for Melissa!

Loved my goodie bag, it was packed with tons of Sephora, Michael Kors, and other great products!!

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If you're in the RVA area and would like to donate professional attire to Dress for Success please email centralvirginia@dressforsuccess.org 

Special thanks to Melissa the Dress for Success Fashion Show Coordinator she was my point of contact throughout this event, she really welcomed me upon us meeting the actual night of the fashion show (after communicating through email for months), she introduced me to everyone and really made me feel like I was part of the team!

VA Fashion Week

VA Fashion Week 2013 kicks off this week and will feature over 20 designers this year! Designers from Richmond, Charlottesville, Puerto Rico, VA Beach etc. will come together over a four day period and put together a wonderful showcase of modern and original pieces! This year will be my first time attending this event, which is held in the VA Beach and Tide Water area. So, of course I'm excited not only to be in attendance but to have received 2 front row VIP tickets! VA Fashion Week begins this Thursday with a fashion show at the Richard Stravitz Gallery in VA Beach, and ends Sunday with an Art/ Fashion Show at The Art House City Square. If you live in the Richmond, or Hampton Roads/ Tidewater area you definitely should check out at least one of the events going on during VA Fashion Week, come out and support your local (and not so local) designers! Tickets and additional information for this event can be found at www.vafashionweek.com!

VA Fashion Week

Thursday October 10th, 2013- Sunday October 13th, 2013

www.vafashionweek.com