What a night in Miami! There was no better way to celebrate Fashion's Night Out (FNO) than shopping around the luxurious
Bal Harbour Shops.
VOGUE Magazine, the Council of Fashion Designers of America, NYC & Company and the City of New York created this global event to help spread awareness for different charity organizations while also supporting the fashion industry. Miami did not disappoint
sazoneros! I ran into my favorite
Shoenista and star of VH1's
Basketball Wives,
Evelyn Lozada, who hosted an event at the Trina Turk store (pictured above wearing a stunning Trina Turk cocktail dress). Miami socialites Dana Shear and Vivianne Kurzweil also hosted the event along with lifestyle editor Jacquelynn Powers. Guests enjoyed cupcakes and champagne while perusing the store for the latest fall trends. Throughout Bal Harbour, customers purchased the official
FNO shirts to help support the NYC AIDS Fund.
The FNO event at
Trina Turk Bal Harbour was amazing!
Film Director, Screenwriter and Producer
Cess Silvera along with
CEO of Elite Home and Lifestyle Management, Amaris Jones and Evelyn Lozada (star of
VH1's Basketball Wives). The season premiere of
Basketball Wives will air on VH1 in December so tune-in to watch!
Jennifer Kopitke, Trina Turk's Store Manager, struck a pose for MBS with Samantha Chiz and Sandy Medino during the FNO event.
Top Left: Tom and Debra brought their adorable doggy duo, Coco and Lulu, to join the festivities for the night. I LOVED IT!!!
Top Right: The lovely Vanessa Hauc, co-host on
Telemundo’s Al Rojo Vivo, attended the event at Trina Turk.
Top: Evelyn Lozada, owner of
Dulce Shoes in Coral Gables, was joined by her daughter, Shaniece, at Trina Turk Bal Halbour for Fashion's Night Out.
My next stop:
The Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis hosted a fabulous game of
Bocce Ball in the middle of the Bal Harbour Shops!
The Buoniconti Fund serves as the national fundraising arm of
The Miami Project and aims to reach high levels of spinal cord injury awareness within local communities. Last night's event kicked off the 25th Anniversary of the Great Sports Legends Dinner, which takes place on Monday, September 27th, at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. For more information, visit their
website!
Top: Former Miami Dolphin greats were in attendance during the Bocce Ball Bash. From left to right- Dick Anderson (1972 player of the undefeated Miami Dolphins team),
Lesley Visser (
First and Only Woman Enshrined into Pro Football Hall of Fame), Nat Moore, Stephanie Sayfie Aagaard and Morten Aagaard.
My final stop for the night was at
Chloé Bal Harbour. The store presented a fun in-store event hosted by Latina actress, host and producer of
Telemundo’s Al Rojo Vivo Maŕia Celeste Arrarás (pictured on the left). Maŕia was joined by actress and model Paola Turbay and Miami philanthropist and socialite Kelly Gold. Guests sipped on champagne by Louis Roederer and hors d’oeuvres while checking out Chloé’s Autumn/ Winter 2010 ready-to-wear collection. A portion of the evening’s proceeds benefited
Rally for Kids, a non-profit organization providing critical funds for care, treatment and research for children suffering from cancer. Eva Longoria Parker has joined the fight! Visit their
website to learn how to get involved in your own way.
Top: Tara Solomon (middle), Principal of
TARA, Ink., along with her friends at Chloé’s FNO event at Bal Harbour.
Top Left: A
fashionista in action...all I have to say!
Top Right:
Nick D’Annunzio, Principal of
TARA, Ink., along with Reporter, Writer and
Economist Brett Graff.
Finally,
Telemundo’s Al Rojo Vivo Maŕia Celeste Arrarás strikes a pose with yours truly! I'm a big fan of Maŕia Celeste and she was so kind and sweet during the event. Hope you enjoyed my recap and feel free to leave your comments below. Cheers to a wonderful night of fashion! xoxo
On Friday, October 22nd, Vanidades hosted their "Magia de la Moda" fashion show at the Bass Museum of Art in South Beach. Vanidades is the leading and most established Spanish language women's magazine in the US Hispanic Market. Their sophisticated fashion event was presented by Pantene and CoverGirl as part of Funkshion Fashion Week. There were plenty of beautiful models who took center stage on the catwalk like Alejandra Espinoza (pictured on the left wearing a stunning black dress from the Jacqueline Quinn Collection) who won Univision's Nuestra Belleza Latina in 2007. To kick-off the fall season, Vanidades featured 70 looks on the runway from designers like Trina Turk, Elie Tahari Bal Harbour, Laundry by Shelli Segal, Laura Buccellati and Ina Soltani. Here are my photos from the evening:
