Girl On Top Re-cap

Last night I drove down to the Westfield Southcenter Mall to attend the Girl On Top event which was hosted by The Limited. I would be lying if I said I had been in a Limited in the last several years but honestly they had some really nice pieces and accessories. They were much nicer than I remember!

Before the event started, myself and other anxious ladies formed a very orderly line outside the store. Several of my blogger friends were there too, which made waiting in line fly by. We were let in at 6pm - there were several friendly store employees to greet up, wine and frozen custard (which was delicious!) to snack on.

Myself and a few other fashion bloggers (Jess, Kristina, Youa, Sydney, Shalonne, Darrah and Kam) had our pictures taken with Nicole Williams, the author of Girl On Top. She was very friendly and easy to chat with. She was dressed in clothing from The Limited and these hot peep toe Christian Louboutin heals.

Once the actual fashion show started, Nicole and another women from The Limited (sorry I didn't write down her name) showed us several looks to wear for interviews, business meetings, general work attire and even taking the look from work to evening. This was where I started to see The Limited in a new light. I took pictures of this portion of the event so go check them out! (The models are store employees).

After the show, they introduced their stylists who came from the home office in Columbus, OH. I immediately grabbed one and asked her for some help on buying a suit as I have not bought one in over 5 years. She was glad to help and assisted me in finding the perfect fit for me. Trying it on took quite awhile as they only have 6 dressing rooms and most women seemed to have the same idea as me. Once I made it into the dressing room one of the stylists came by and helped me with a belt and another shirt... The customer service was amazing - A+! I bought the whole suit, a belt and 2 tops... Oh I forgot to mention it was all 40% off for the event so I feel like I got a great deal! I'm not a person who wears a suit often so I made sure to pick one that I could piece out with my normal clothing - I'm pretty thrilled with my purchase!

They also had this cool obi belt and it sold out at the event - they said it would... I am just going to have to add it to my wish list.

After the event I headed out and grabbed my gift bag that was said to be "valued at over $500" - I must say I do not agree with that statement. The gift bag had some nice items in it but there is no way it's actually valued at $500. It contained the latest Elle magazine, a bottle of lavender lotion, an "emergency kit" from plan b, a few coupons, and a small clutch bag from The Limited with a $19.95 price tag. The items are nice and I'll use them but they are not worth $500, so I'm sorry if that was why you headed down there, but hopefully the event was fun for you too!

Check out Nicole's book, Girl On Top, Youa read it and said it was a good read!

Thank you for the invite, it was an amazing event and I'm so glad I went!

Nordstrom Designer Preview 2009

Last night was the Nordstrom Designer Preview and our girl Youa was there to report back on just how fabulous it was!!

Check out her write up on the event and check out some of her pictures.

The Weekend Recap

This weekend in Seattle consisted of the last 2 shows of Seattle Fashion Week. I did not attend the show on Friday night due to still recovering from this crazy bug I have, plus I wanted to spend some time with hubby. My fabulous intern, Youa, attended and will be recapping the show.

As you should know already I did attend Saturday nights show and there were some aspects of it that I enjoyed. I don't really get adding in musical performances but that's just me. It's nothing against the singers but I'm there to see a fashion show and it's hard enough to sit there for a long period of time so just adding singers in the mix just makes the show seem even longer. Some people may have loved it but I'd rather just see a runway show and then mingle after. It's just a personal preference... I don't attend alot of concerts to begin with so I may not be the best judge on that one. I'd love to know what other attendees thought.

Sorry, jumping ahead of myself here. Saturday morning started out with coffee and an interview with Seattle designer Jme (pronounced Jamie) of Salvationware. I will post that as soon as it's all ready - we chatted for quite awhile! :)

Later that day I went to local boutique, Curtsy Bella, to check out the Tarina Tarantino trunk show. I was amazed at their selection! Mary Jo, the owner, informed me that Tarina Tarantino jewelry is a hard client to get as she is very selective as to where her jewelry is sold. I wanted to pick something to wear to SFW that night but had a hard time deciding on just one piece so I ended up leaving with 4. (Thankfully, hubby doesn't read my blog!)

Curtsy Bella is a really adorable shop and I'm sad it took me this long to get over there. It's over by the U Village which I didn't even realize, I've been over that way 100 times, geesh I should pay more attention! I am hoping to go back and get the Barbie Cameo Tarina Tarantino collection next time (see picture above)... or maybe sending the hubby as a gift idea for moi! (Check out the photos I took of their selection)

Today involved no fashion what-so-ever... other than this blog post. I had hoped to go thrift store shopping this afternoon but by 2pm I was all out of steam. I went for my first run after being sick and managed to squeeze in 5 miles but it wasn't consistent running. I was wheezing a bit as my lungs are STILL not clear... Oh well, it was trying to be a nice day out so I figured I would get out and enjoy it... even if it was just with exercise. I will say thought that the best part of the day was wearing flip flops and no jacket! The 2nd best part of the day was dim sum and bubble tea with Melissa - I always enjoy that!

An International Weekend

This weekend a few friends and myself headed North to Victoria, BC - 2 of us were going to also run in the Royal Victoria Marathon. We ran the 1/2 (and, boy, am I sore today!!).

If you haven't ever been to Victoria than I suggest you go and check it out - it's such a cute city! They have so many amazing shops, sights and eats. We even were able to have high tea at The Empress - it's worth the money.

Sadly, I had to miss out on the Luly Yang fashion show, Portland Fashion Week and a few other fun fashion festivities in town. Our fabulous intern, Youa, was able to go for us and check them out - she'll be reporting about a few of them on her blog. Make sure to swing on over there and see what she has to say.

Someone New at UFN

We now have an intern and she is great (and desperately needed)! Please welcome Youa to the UFN family.

Youa will be there to help us out when we can't attend an event or are just bogged down with work.

She will have her own blog as well so make sure to check it out and welcome her!