Austin Fashion Week - Mashup Team

Last night I met my Mash up team for Austin's Fashion Week that will be in May of this year. I'm super excited to get started! A Mash up team is a team of a fashion designer, jewelry designer, model, photographer, hair dresser and makeup artist. We combine our powers to dress our model and take and enter one photo into a competition against other Mash-up teams. Voting will be open to the public begining April 19th to vote on the best photo (so of course vote for our photo!) The winner will be announced at the Austin Fashion Week awards ceremony in May...so I'll keep you posted as to who wins!

 

Our team name is The Revival of Denim. Our fashion designer is Haja Scott of Toombas Jeans and Denim Wear and I will be designing jewelry around her design that she will have for our model Ashley Ford. The rest of our awesome team is Ross Fox our photographer, Linda Johnson our makeup artist and Alley Richard our hair stylist.

 

This is my first time competing in Austin Fashion Week and I am so excited! Check out more details at the link below. Will update you on voting info as it gets closer.

 

Happy shopping my fashionistas!

 

http://fashionweekaustin.com/

 

 

Special Treatment

I have a reoccurring experience that I can no longer deny and want to see how often this happens to you fashionistas out there...

 

Anytime I wear a dress, people are so nice to me! Men open doors, women smile; people are just generally more friendly and all because I'm wearing a dress! I go to the grocery store in jeans and a nice top but no one ever gives me a second look. I put on a dress, and it's like I'm in a whole new world. I will admit that when we dress up, we tend to feel more confident and maybe that has something to do with people being more respectful and friendly. I hadn't worn a dress in about a month, and then put on a sundress on Sunday day to run an errand and was quickly reminded of the more welcoming treatment I get from the people around me.

 

I thought it was hilarious that the same day this happened to me, the new episode of Bob's Burgers aired that night and depicted Bob getting special treatment when he wore a suit. He was treated so well, he wore the suit the whole day. Thought this was just too funny of a coincidence I had to see if any others out there have noticed this and would like to hear your experience.

 

Sunday was also the day I decided to set up a booth at our local farmer's market to sell my latest jewelry collection. The big trend this spring is all about pastels. You will see lots of pale greens, blues, salmon and peach colors. I have incorporated that into my latest designs. Check them out and get inspired for spring or feel free to stop by my etsy shop and get some special treatment from me...type in coupon code BLOGFAN and get 25% off your purchase just for reading today's post!

 

Happy shopping my fashionistas!