We are so happy with how the first
Little Black Dress Party went! It was small but mighty, with about 25 attendees raising $1132 for our charities, the
Akanksha Foundation ($283) and
Literacy Without Borders ($849) while mingling over delicious appetizers and martinis at
Devlin's Cocktail Lounge.
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| photo courtesy of Marilyn Kontz |
Everybody loved the accessory swap table and the silent auction. Thanks to everyone who donated their gently-used-but-rarely-worn treasures on the accessory table to find new homes, and huge thanks to our silent auction donors,
Aminah Syed {Photographer},
Black & Bold, Caprice Consignment (on 99th Street), Devlin's, Jilly's Home and Lifestyle,
Rebel Hips Belly Dance Studio, Edmonton-area Etsy vendors
Everyday Diamonds and
Stray Wires, and our twitter friends
@recyclenazi and @GenoaK.
The incredibly talented
Aminah Syed set up a photo booth which proved extremely popular - check her blog post at the link for more great photos.
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| Strike a pose. Photo courtesy of Marilyn Kontz |
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| Gorgeous girls. Photo courtesy of Aminah Syed |
Nicki wore a hair garden worthy of a tribal fusion bellydancer with her satin LBD.
Marilyn wore a
Uniform Project LBD from
Bright Young Things (which I had shrunk in the wash, much to my dismay) with a great straw cloche from Le Chateau. This is the dress from the slow fashion website that inspired this party, and you can really see it well in this shot where Marilyn is dancing with Premee:
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| Photo courtesy of Aminah Syed. |
Christy, the mastermind behind the
Garbaganza! recycled-materials costume project, found a studded purse on the swap table that matched her bolero jacket - which is embellished entirely with items that were originally headed for landfill. Her earrings were made from soda-can tabs.
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| #yegLBD organizers Deborah and Asia with garbaganza!'s Christy Boulter. Photo courtesy of Aminah Syed. |
My own outfit is all from my Project 333 list: thrifted vintage mod-style shift dress, an amethyst-and-moonstone necklace that I made, and an organza-and-zipper floral headband handmade in Canada by Loralie and bought from local fashion mavens Black & Bold. You can't see them in the snap but I paired them with purple tights and my button booties. (I ran out of time to finish my sewing, but will wear my UP LBD sewn from the Classic pattern in bamboo viscose to the next one.)
(Yes, you read that right.)
We had so much fun that we're going to hold a second Little Black Dress Party! We're even going to let the boys join the fun this time.
#yegLBD2 will be held on Thursday, October 13th, 2011. Mark your calendars...
Glad it went well! Am also loving your wardrobe updates! I know I could manage to live on just a couple of outfits because I have had to for the past year and a half. My baby was born and nothing fitted me for ages! I hate shopping, I needed to save money and I figured I'd shrink back into my old clothes some day...
ReplyDeleteI had the advantage of NEEDING to launder all those baby clothes so I have managed (just about) to (nearly always) have *something* to wear.
I am quite bored of staring at the same moth-eaten cardigans I still haven't replaced though!
Katie - Thanks! The party was enormous fun, and we can't wait to do it again in October with more planning time and more attendees.
ReplyDeleteMy next big Project 333 challenge will be applying their rules to putting together a tiny capsule wardrobe for my trip. We leave tomorrow!