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Rachel Abroms Giveaway! One Week Left…

By andrea ⋅ August 25, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

Just a reminder! You have one week left to enter our giveaway sponsored by Rachel Abroms Studio. Rachel, an LA jewelry designer, has been written up in numerous fashion & style magazines and is most famous for her leather wrap bracelets. Eva Mendes, Joy Bryant and Jessica Biel have also sported these designs. I love mine!! This week, she is giving a way this piece from her gorgeous horse bit collection.
Here’s how to enter:
- You must go to Rachel’s website and leave a comment here with your favorite jewelry piece
For EXTRA entries, you might want to:
- Add this post to [...]

Spent the Day at Unique LA

By andrea ⋅ August 24, 2009 ⋅ 7 comments

It was hot, a little humid, and parking was a BI$!% but it was worth it! If you missed it today, I am here to bring you what we thought were the best of the bunch. I met some amazing designers… all of which (hopefully) you’ll see soon including:
Kauzbots: It is all about robots these days. The Jetson-age is back! These stuffed robot toys come in different colors. Each color indicates a different cause (or “kauz”). Everything from Autism, AIDS, breast cancer, clean drinking water, homelessness, saving the Earth’s trees and more are represented. Click here for more.
Rock Socks: Okay…I’m [...]

It’s Back! Unique L.A.

By andrea ⋅ August 20, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

If you missed the Downtown show earlier this spring, you missed out! Hundreds of new designers met together to give shoppers an opportunity to find their new favorites. But, not to worry. Unique LA is back for a smaller show (but sure to be just as “unique”). If you are in the L.A. area, carve out some time in your weekend and let us know what you find. Here are the details:
This Sunday, August 23rd from 10am-4pm
Space 15 Twenty parking lot
Cost: FREE!
Shop from over 60 new and emerging designers; enjoy free drinks by Pabst, Honest Tea and IZZE and live [...]

The Giveaway You’ve Been Waiting for!

By andrea ⋅ August 18, 2009 ⋅ 39 comments

This week, Rachel Abroms joins us from her studio in Los Angeles to show some of her newest collection, offer a little advice from her ten years of experience in jewelry design and offer you a very special giveaway!
We first introduced you to Rachel Abroms Studio last month with the launch of her newest product, the vintage glass leather wraps. I happen to own one of Rachel’s famous leather wrap bracelets and I LOVE it! I get compliments all the time. Mine is purple, but they come in every color under the sun!! It was so hard to choose!
Rachel began [...]

Win Your Spot on the Runway!

By andrea ⋅ July 30, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

I was just informed about a great contest sponsored by Fashion Business Inc. I know that many of you have collections that deserve a spot. So here are all the details! And GOOD LUCK!
Enter to win YOUR spot on the Runway at:
The FBI Designer Launch Pad Fashion Show
October 16, 2009 (1st Friday of L.A. Market Week)
You provide the clothes and FBI will provide the rest: runway, models, hair and makeup, DJ and cocktails. The timing couldn’t be better and will give you maximum exposure to buyers. The last show they had was in mid-June. I was there with 200 other [...]

Designer Interview: Ximena Valero

By Andrea ⋅ July 14, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

Last night, I drove into L.A. to meet with fashion designer Ximena Valero. We first introduced you to this Mexico City-native a few weeks ago at FBI in the California Market Center. In our first review, I promised you more in a one-on-one interview. So between managing her recent show schedule, creating marketing materials and keeping up on orders, we tracked her down to talk with us. This time, I met Ximena in her own environment, her design studio. Her studio is exactly as I pictured it. Her assistant, her dog and four mannequins greeted me at the door and [...]

Apparel Entrepreneurial Business Workshop

By andrea ⋅ July 8, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Come meet some of the best in the business and learn strategies to get your line off the ground. Experts from FBI will discuss details that influence buying patterns and will give you tips to help introduce your line to the market.
Workshops are coming to the following locations: Scottsdale, AZ; Atlanta, GA; New York City, NY; Dallas, TX and Los Angeles, CA.
Cost to Register:
Before July 17th- $250- non-members; $200- members
After July 17th- $295- non-members; $225- members and students
Click here for more information, and to receive information about other upcoming events.

Banana Republic and Bag Lady Promotions Connect Women Entrepreneurs

By andrea ⋅ June 24, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

I recently attended a networking event at the Banana Republic on 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica, CA. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but knew that Laura Filipowicz, a fellow entrepreneur was a key sponsor. So I came and was blown away by the value it had on my business.
(If you are an entrepreneur, you know what I mean about being “selfish” with your time. My time is so limited that I have to be careful how I use it by only choosing the events that will add value to my business and help me achieve my goals. If [...]

Design at your Door

By andrea ⋅ June 22, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

I’m looking around my living room, a “work in progress” for the almost five years we’ve lived in this house. Someday I’ll get around to finding that one-of-a-kind-handpainted-in-Italy coffee table for a really great price. (Yeah right!)
But I recently learned about a new service that I’d never heard of before. And I’m thinking that amazing coffee table could actually come true in my living room. Today I spoke with the Lara Fishman, founder of a new company based in Los Angeles called Designers Call. Designers Call uses their connections with hard-to-find suppliers of vintage pieces and designs and brings [...]

An L.A. Night of Fashion

By andrea ⋅ June 13, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

Ximena Valero put on an amazing show last night at Fashion Business Inc. in the California Market Center! Her looks seemed inspired by the city of L.A. with bold colors, light fabrics and flowing “care-free” designs. Stacy Elder Herb (Little Designer Book’s newest contributor) joined me for a night of mingling with interesting designers, photographers, celebrity stylists, press, educators, and financiers. We had a great time with Anyes Galleani, Ken Wengrod, designer Andru Wallace and FBI’s Frances Harder.
Here are some of our favorite looks from the show…we were so close, so sorry if you’re looking up the models’ dresses. Professional [...]

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