Ladies Blogger Brunch

Late on posting this but a few weeks ago I had the honor to be invited to meet up a group of fabulous fashion blogger friends here in Phoenix. Some of us had not seen each other seen the Lulu's Style Studio Event back in October.

The location was Pane Bianco which was excellent as we had our own table underneath a vintage chandelier.  As we all arrived at different times it felt as if we had seen each other recently and reconnected instantly as we went on in our conversation.

It was such a fun brunch full of laughs, several conversations going on at once and time flew by as we exchanged fashion stories and tips as well as shopping experiences. This is a wonderful group of ladies who are educated, talented, and hard working I admire them and feel blessed to be a part of this group and invite me. As we finished brunch we continued onto Lux Coffee for more coffee, and used the patio to do a mini photo session which was such a great time as we laughed about using "props" and the perils that come with outfit of the day pictures.

Delicious french press coffee, The shoe arsenal on this brunch, what bloggers do take outfit of the day pictures any chance we get using props, and the gorgeous treats at Lux Coffee.

Nadia of Nadia Thinks

Angela of Forward Fashion Diary

Joanne of Fabulously Average

Kristianne of Fashion Route

Group shot and a fun time.

OOTN: Phoenix Fashion Week 2012

Hola chicas here are some pictures from Phoenix Fashion Week 2012. Was chatting with other fellow bloggers in the Yelp Log In lounge so much that I did not get very many pictures as expected. This event was held in October and I thought it would be a good idea to share these pictures now or else I would feel so bad. I have been procrastinating on the blog and most of the time I update on Twitter or Instagram as it is so much faster.

Skirt: Express Boots: Fancy Steps Belt: Charlotte Russe

Versatile outfit to be running around in and to take pictures in.

The crowd starting to gather up for the show.

A very fab Yelp Log In Lounge for bloggers

Gorgeous blogger NadiaThinks

Blogger must haves multiple charging stations and drinks.

Lovely bloggers center Joannre from Fabulously Average and Brittany from Brittany's Notebook

Chatting with Nadia

Brian Hill Executive Director of Phoenix Fashion Week Opening

Style Villa

Lulu's Style Studio Event at MonOrchid Gallery

Once again the Phoenix Style Collective put out a great event for the Phoenix Bloggers. This was Lulu's Style Studio held at MonOrchid Gallery in Downtown Phoenix.

As soon as we walked in we were greeted by a sweet young lady who looked for our names in the list and gave us a bracelet along with a style scavenger hunt. Right away I knew it would be a fun evening.

Once we went in there were many activities for us to do and they had an amazing swag bag that had so many products and samples. One of the sponsors was Pom juice and they made us mocktails and gave us products to take home with us along with Kind granola and others. I didnt take many pictures because once we got there we were socializaing and going to all the different booths but I hope you can get an idea of how fiun it was.

Fashion Night Out 2012 Scottsdale

Last week I was so excited to see my Instagram feed with the #FNO hashtag all accross the nation. I joined the rest of the fashion population and attended our local Fashion Night Out at Neiman Marcus. As I arrived a bit late the fashion show was already in mid session and was greeted by a booth from The W Hotel offering tasty drinks. Once in the crowd we headed into Neiman Marcus where they had a photo booth and would give your pictures to keep. I really enjoyed that. One of the floors had a live band with many fashion books and couture displays. We spotted the Phoenix Fashion Week crew and had to stop by hang out in their area. Phoenix Fashion Week had models, designers, and a Little Black Dress Challenge in which we voted between three local designers in a competition for the titel of Little Black Dress.

We voted for our favorite and received a Little Black Dress shirt as a swag gift.

Designers Shantidas and Alma Primero of the LBD Challenge with Tiff and I.

Lovely Lauren Pfingstag Media Director at Phoenix Fashion Week.

Brian Swan Image Consultant