DC FASHION EVENT: FIRST ANNUAL GEORGETOWN SIP & SAMPLE

The Georgetown Boutique District, a conglomerate of fashionable brands in and around the Georgetown area, will join in hosting the first annual Georgetown Sip & Sample Sale, a premiere shopping event with incredible markdowns, cocktails, food, live music, and prize giveaways. The concept of the Georgetown Sip & Sample Sale was created with a mission to showcase and spotlight established fashionable brands around the Georgetown area. The event will bring affordability and accessibility to these fashionable brands to the DC, VA and MD region on a yearly basis. This first annual shopping extravaganza will take place on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at the Georgetown Courtyard (behind Café Milano).

DC CHARITY EVENT: 25 GIRLS, 25 DAYS - @MICHINTRAINING

What does it take to make a leader?

That's the question we asked when we started MiT. How do we take smart, ambitious, enthusiastic and promising girls from urban high schools and help mold them into the leaders of tomorrow? What's missing in their formal education and training today that will help them storm the world? We searched and queried and did our market research and came up with a list of skills that girls in high schools, especially urban high schools, just are not learning. And then we designed the answer:

Michelle in Training

For the next 25 days we are asking 500 people to give $25 each to help us turn girls into leaders. We’ll be sending emails, tweets, and Facebook messages answering your questions about what, when, where, why and how MiT will work. We’ll be asking you to share our story with your friends, family, networks, co-workers, church folk and frenemies. We are asking you, for 25 days, to join us in helping take girls with promise, intelligence, dreams, and hope to the next level so that they can do anything. So that they can change the world. And while they’re at it, they can prove to the world that every little black girl, wherever she’s born, whatever her history, can work hard, play smart, learn the ropes, and become every bit a First Lady. Our Patron Saint is not an exception. She is the example.

It takes a village to raise a child and it takes an international network to turn 25 girls in to leaders. Visit StartSomeGood to donate your $25 to the cause, check out our video on Michelle in Training, like us on Facebook, repin us on Pinterest and shout it from the rooftops (or on Twitter, use the hashtag #25days25girls).

Michelle in Training is coming. Are you with us?

FASHION DEAL OF THE DAY: SWEET HOBO BAG AT @GAP

Love this drawstring hobo bag by Gap. You know I love my big a** bags. This one is perfect. Comes in six different colors and is a great price at $39.95. Plus for two days, use code GAPGET and get 25% off. Sweet.

DC FASHION EVENT: @SIMPLYSOLES HAS A BASKET FULL OF SURPRISES

DC FASHION EVENT: LUXE LIFESTYLE PRESENTED BY @NOVAFASHIONWEEK

JOIN NOVA FASHION WEEK FOR LUXE LIFESTYLE

NOVA Fashion Week introduces Luxe Lifestyle 2012, a world tailored to individual lifestyle. Luxe Lifestyle is a pop-up event that displays leaders in an industry ranging in fashion, beauty,style, nutrition, health and other retailers, who are influential in their craft, to a receptive audience. For more information, visit NOVA Fashion Week.

DC FASHION EVENT: STACY LONDON IS COMING TO TOWN

STACY LONDON IS COMING TO MONTGOMERY MALL

TLC's What Not To Wear host, Stacy London will be appearing at Westfield Montgomery Mall to kick off their Shopper Style Tour on Saturday, April 14th. As part of this fashion initiative, Stacy London will meet local shoppers and provide humorous tips on trends, as well as individualized "what to wear" and "what not to wear" feedback, etc. As part of the tour, shoppers are given free wardrobing, beauty consultation and other fashion tips by London's style team -- see below information.


Free and open to the public, the award-winning Westfield Style Tour at the Westfield Montgomery shopping center features two consecutive weekends featuring personalized style consultations with professional industry stylists, beauty makeovers, and insider advice on spring apparel trends from fashion icon Stacy London and her team of stylists from Style for Hire.

April 14th Stacy London Appearance - 12pm – 2pm and 3pm – 5pm

Stacy London will be personally available to share her insider knowledge, do's and don'ts... and secrets for a fashionable lifestyle with local shoppers on Saturday, April 14th. Shoppers will also have the opportunity to have their photograph taken with Stacy and receive a free signed copy of Westfield Style magazine, as well as a free mini clutch ($15 value).

Fun outing for moms & daughters, those entering or re-entering the workplace, teens, and the "wardrobe challenged." IMG, the company that produces New York's Fashion Week has brought the set to the mall where customers can receive style, beauty and wardrobe consultations by industry experts -- Tour includes a rolling Style Closet with clothing selections where residents can be "rewardrobed" (stylists* will interview and give fashion "do" and "don't" consultations based on styles, body types and other preferences)

Local residents will receive Style Tour "Fashion Fixes" by the industry experts who know fashion -- What Not to Wear's Stacy London's Group, Style for Hire. Their catch phrase: "Discover Your Inner Fashionista!"

Also includes a Beauty Bar, featuring samples and demonstrations highlighting for personalized tips for makeup and accessories.

MORE ABOUT THE TOUR

During all four days of this showcase event, all visitors are invited to relax in the custom-designed Westfield Style Salon. Visitors also receive a free, personalized fashion consultation with a professional fashion industry stylist personally trained by Stacy London herself. These one-on-one consultations also include apparel recommendations pulled from the Westfield Style Closet – a source for the trendiest merchandise from popular Westfield Montgomery retailers such as BCBG Max Azria, White House | Black Market, The Limited, Bakers, Soma Intimates, and many more top national and international brands.

Once participants find their perfect outfit from the Westfield Style Closet, they can enjoy a free makeup consultation at the Westfield Beauty Bar, featuring samples and demonstrations highlighting “can’t-miss” looks in makeup and accessories. Armed with a completely new look and expert fashion advice, visitors are given their very own digital style assessment containing the customized recommendations for apparel and accessories they received from their personal stylist. Shoppers also receive discount cards and other special incentives to purchase items from the apparel and beauty lines they encountered during the course of their visit.

WHEN:

Saturday, April 14th (12-8pm)

Sunday, April 15th (12-6pm)

Saturday, April 21st (12-8pm)

Sunday, April 22nd (12-6pm).


Stacy London exclusive “meet and greet”: Saturday, April 14 (12-2pm and 3-5pm)

WHERE:
Westfield Montgomery
7101 Democracy Blvd.
Bethesda MD 20817
301.469.6025

CONTACTS:

Joanna Caputi
Director, Marketing
Westfield Montgomery
301.469.6025
jcaputi@westfield.com

Beth Gallagher
The Sky Group, Inc.
301-452-1459
beth@theskygroupinc.com

DAILY FASHION DEAL: FAB WOVEN CHINESE LAUNDRY WEDGES

I so want these gorg woven wedges by Chinese Laundry. You cannot beat the $59.99 price. Available at Piperlime.