ART IN THE PARK- One Year Anniversary of POP UP DETROIT-NEW CENTER

FGI Detroit and J.Crew kick off summer with special deals!

This Thursday I will be attending the half way marking point for the Fashion Group International Detroit Creative Connection. The summer season if full of things to do, but also full of things to WEAR! 


Join us this Thursday, July 13, 2011, for this special event that gathers many creative peeps and pros for one evening, full of mixing and mingling...and SHOPPING. Three in one!  This event will also allow for our Special announcement for   Creativity can be found in many ways: like shopping for a special bargain when on a budget is one.  J. Crew has their entire S.S11 Collection on display and ready for you to update your wardrobe with an all American purchase.


See all the deetz in one place-CREATIVE CONNECTION ON FACEBOOK!!!

STYLELINE Highlights Detroit Designers!

After a beautiful holiday weekend, hopes and wishes of new memories and patriotic fabness engulfed your weekend, bestowed to you from me!

There is a bit of those metro Detroit fashion femmes that sat by the water in the Great Lakes State, as they scoped out the latest and greatest from Styleline Magazine.  The July 2011 issue highlights not only the finest in fashion, home and lifestyle....but this issue specifically focuses on some of the areas finest Fashion Designers putting Detroit on the Industry map.

The Cover editorial alone is whimsical, chic, and delicately lays the color story for the season.  On page 71, FLD herself, along with a Hemp/Yak Wool Trench, Convertible tank, and Organic Cotton Denim leggins, drip from the silhouette of local model, Ann Marie LaFlemme.

I am pleased to be featured amongst the fabulous fellow Designers making their mark here around Metro Detroit.  As in the Fashion industry of the world, this group is definitely eclectic and stand alone in their voice of style reasoning.  Joe Faris, Kelly Lynne, Bonnie Anne Foley, and Luminita Murphy, are wonderful Designers and fellow Detroiters I am happy to know!

Styleline mag, so gracious and special in my <3 of Detroit <3's, has the entire ECO FRIENDLY version....  here.

Enjoy!

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FLD LAUCH Event Highlights!

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The beautiful Sunday Detroit sun, shined onto New Center as we prepped, like no other day before. Makeup and Hair set up their stands, as well as stylists assembling the back and front stage spectacle yet to happen! At the 11am hour, Laura Rose, lead Stylist, Alex Emilio employee, and Tigi Ambassador, along with her two lovely assistants took the reigns of the longest, loveliest hair around town.  Barbara Dayo, owner of Dayo Salon in Birmingham, joined by Russell, her right hand manette, as they primped and pampered the faces of the FLD gals, for for their Spring/Summer12 Preview debut.  Lead Wardrobe stylist, Anna Goldstone, of Flair By Anna , with the wonderful assistance of Stylist Benny Lumpkins dressed mannequins that filled the lush landscape at New Center Park.

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Lorne of LORNE"S LEATHER
and THE FAKE TAKE bandmate,
Mr. Lawrence

Anna Goldstone,
Lead Stylist

Photo: Metromix

Photo: Metromix

Photo: Metromix

Photo: Metromix

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Photo: Metromix

Photo: Metromix

Photo: Metromix

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Jennifer Dobransky in a
Bamboo/Cotton
Sheath dress

Metromix Men in Action:
Robert Del Valle &
Shaun D. Pezeshki

 FLD is proud to have launched amidst concrete, green grass, historic architecture, as well as some of Detroit's finest tastemakers and industry professionals. Metromix Detroit was live on the scene, snapping shots around the park and on the descending runway. Here are a few of the many great photos from the eve! For the full spread, click here for Shaun D Pezeshki's photos for METROMIX.

Photo: Metromix

Thank you to everyone who made it out, especially the FLD DOLLS: Alexandra Pasquinelli, Briana Benevides, Evie Hollerback, Cecilia Wang, Jennifer Dobransky, Orion York, Olivia, Amanda Lajcaj,

Photo: Metromix

Official LAUNCH of FLD: : : 6.26.11 : : : New Center Park, Detroit, MI.

TRAILBLAZIN' ALL THE WAY ---> IN 944 MAGAZINE

I recently was contacted  had the privilege of saying what and how I felt about Detroit! The pleasure was all mine to sit in front of my mac, sip a cup 'o joe, and answer questions about the City I have known and loved all my 28 years as a Ferndale gal.

Not much to brag about, some would say, living in the same city for all of my life.  But it is!! I have seen, first hand, the rise and fall of communities, and the revolution that is currently taking place around Metro Detroit. The Industrial Revolution.

Ferndale, the city I know as my hometown, lies feet north of Detroit Proper.  A 6 lane Highway connects the East with the West, and is infamously known by fellow Detroit native, Eminem, in the movie 8 MILE. Ferndale, today a thriving, diverse, artsy community, was a different place in the 80s which is when I grew up.  Neighborhoods were torn by the influence of Erotic/Fetish/Homosexual Activity that occupied the Woodward & 9 Mile Corridor in the 70s.  What most didnt know is that Ferndale was an immigrant community too.  My family, the Greeks, were here by the dozens in the 80s and 90s.  My Elementary School was home to the City's only "GREEK SCHOOL" which took place two nights a week after regular "ENGLISH SCHOOL".

Over the last twenty or so years, the urban sprawl that fled from Detroit in the 80s, made Ferndale what it is today. A vessel between uptown grace and downtown edge.  Funny.  That is kind of how I view myself.  Most people claim to be a product of Detroit.  Technically, I am the product of Ferndale, and fashionably proud to claim it.

For the full TRAILBLAZERS article, click here.
For all things 944 from Detroit to Vegas, LA to Atlanta, and more, click here.

:::THIS WEEK:::SOCIAL MEDIA IS A PARTY EVENT::::

Everyone's most influential connection to society and culture, has become, the SOCIAL MEDIA outlets we know and love across the Interweb.  What has replaced, print literature, phone calls, personal visits and such has become the new era of connectivity that is limitless and boundless thanks to the creators of Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter, to name  a few.  


In today's world, each individual has the ability to choose to become involved, become very involved, or simply refrain from sharing too much personal information.  Regardless, there is an inclination of followers and friends and this Thursday, May 12, at Dolce Moda in Royal Oak will host some of the area's prime creative professionals, social collaborators, artistic influencers, and personas that highlight the importance of social media in their industries and the influence it has has in the future of networking. 


Panelists
Jerry Paffendorf - Founder of Detroit Needs RoboCop
Matt Clayson - Director of Detroit Creative Corridor Center at College for Creative Studies
Hubert Sawyers - Founder of Frying in Vein Music Business Services
Mike 'Icon' Han - Founder of Street Culture Mash
Andrea Duchesneau - Head Makeup Artist at Heidi Bashar Salon
Catherine Healey - Founder and CEO of Fossati Studio






Here is where you can find all the event info, as well as, peeps and deetz involved....click away!


Social Media Is A Party online, on Facebook, Facebook Event Invite event invite, or via Twitter


Dolce Moda, on Facebook, or on Twitter


944 Magazine Detroit online, Facebook, & Twitter


Detroit Young Professionals, on Facebook & Twitter




Vinotecca, on Facebook, 

Tre Monti, on Facebook,


Glaceau Smart Water on Facebook


People Movers on Facebook


The Sale Rack, Facebook, & Twitter


Elle de Couture, Facebook, & Twitter
















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