Puppy Love, Tracye Hutchins & Doggies on the Catwalk

This is not her first 'catwalk!' 

Tracye Hutchins, the evening anchor on CBS 46 is no stranger to Doggies on the Catwalk. Tracye first came onboard in 2010. At the time, she was the host of CBS Better Mornings and I was teaching at Grady High School. One of my student designers created Tracye's dress for the 3rd annual Doggies on the Catwalk. That year, Georgia Public Broadcasting produced the event as an hour-long GPB special. It was an amazing experience, though truth be told, I'm glad to have my show back.

Since then (2010) Tracye has been involved with Doggies on the Catwalk almost every year. She told me that she looks for that modeling invitation every year... it'll keep coming! 

Last Friday, I met up with Tracye at the Canine Assistants farm - 18 acres of beautiful land in Milton, Georgia with horses, ponies, goats and of course, doggies - lots of them!

Tracye called Grace at Canine Assistants to set up the tour. She wanted to meet the doggies and learn more about the important work they do and life-saving services they provide. Tracye and I were love stricken by the puppies. There was a 3 week old litter that just melt our hearts.

Styling Tracye in an amazing frock from The Shops Buckhead Atlanta is the easy part... deciding which doggie will be her modeling partner will be the challenge. She loved them ALL!

This is a slideshow of Tracye Hutchins through the year's at Doggies on the Catwalk:

Tracye Hutchins

Doggies on the Catwalk 2015

Alice + Olivia

Doggies on the Catwalk 2015

Alice + Olivia

Doggies on the Catwalk 2014

Doggies on the Catwalk 2013

Vera Wang

E. Vincent Martinez & Tracye Hutchins

Doggies on the Catwalk 2012

Doggies on the Catwalk 2010

Georgia Public Broadcasting

Come see Tracye walk in the 9th Annual Doggies on the Catwalk on June 4th! Support Tracye and cheer her on! Get your TICKETS!

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IVYREVEL - A PIONEERING DIGITAL FASHION HOUSE

IVYREVEL

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IVYREVEL founders Dejan Subosic, Aleksandar Subosic, Kenza Zouiten and Gustav Springfeldt

Introducing IVYREVEL – a global digital fashion house for women, setting a new agenda in digital innovation, design process and customer experience. IVYREVEL is a pioneering digital fashion brand proud to be supported by H&M GROUP, PAYPAL and selected influential business giants within digital technology, launched globally on April 7th 2016.

“We are proud to be digital-only, breaking boundaries to create a new fashion heritage by merging fashion creativity with technological innovation,” says Dejan Subosic,  Co-Founder of IVYREVEL.

IVYREVEL's style is polished, bold and extrovert, with a focus on feminine silhouettes and a dressed-up attitude. The IVYREVEL woman is a “revelista” who uses online living to her own advantage, setting her own rules, looking for the next trend she spots on her feed, always sharing her cosmopolitan lifestyle on social media. Most of the designs will be limited edition, adding particular uniqueness for a global offering. The product range will be constantly monitored and updated to meet customer’s needs: there will always be something new and unique at IVYREVEL.

Innovation is in the heart of IVYREVEL. The company is reshaping the traditional creative process - experimenting within the fields where human creativity is empowered by machine learning ability, creativity and workmanship. “Technology as a source of creative expression within fashion is something that excites us. We will learn a great deal about the evolution of creativity by fusing these two worlds together,” says Dejan Subosic. 

Customer data has long been a backbone of the fashion industry: IVYREVEL will pioneer new trend analysis that fully integrates multiple sources of data. Specially developed algorithms will enhance its design, creating the product its customers want and ensuring IVYREVEL truly understands its customers changing passions. 

IVYREVEL is founding its own Fashion Tech Lab in Stockholm that will be tasked with blue-sky thinking to experiment with the future of fashion. Machine learning as part of the creative process, interactive fabrics, wearable tech, distribution, customer experience: the Fashion Tech Lab will ensure that IVYREVEL continues to innovate, and to stay at the forefront of 21st century fashion.

IVYREVEL is supported by its global partners. H&M GROUP is an investor and support within production and strategic advice. PAYPAL is a partner and advisor within payment and distribution. "We are delighted to support the entrepreneurs at IVYREVEL on their journey to explore the merge of fashion creativity with technological innovation and in creating a fashion brand for women of the digital generation", says Björn Magnusson, Head of H&M CO:LAB, part of H&M New Business.

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NEIMAN MARCUS PARTNERS WITH ALICE + OLIVIA BY STACEY BENDET

Ken Downing, Senior Vice President and Fashion Director of Neiman Marcus with Stacey Bendet, CEO and Creative Director of alice + olivia at the alice + olivia Fall 2016 presentation during New York Fashion Week.

alice + olivia by Stacey Bendet is pleased to announce that the brand, in partnership with Neiman Marcus, will hold their first ever See-Now-Buy-Now runway show on Wednesday, April 13 at NeueHouse Hollywood in Los Angeles, California. The show, held the Wednesday before Coachella, will feature the highly anticipated alice + olivia x Grateful Dead capsule collection paired with limited edition items from the Spring 2016 collection. Twelve exclusive items will be available at www.aliceandolivia.com and www.neimanmarcus.com.

Ken Downing, Senior Vice President and Fashion Director of Neiman Marcus, will co-style the runway show with Stacey Bendet, CEO and Creative Director of alice + olivia. The runway show will be streamed live from Los Angeles on both alice + olivia’s and Neiman Marcus’ social channels, including Periscope and Facebook Live.  

The official announcement of Bendet’s foray into the See-Now-Buy-Now runway follows on the heels of the CFDA’s release of the results of the Boston Consulting Group’s study of the future of New York Fashion Week on its website, www.CFDA.com, earlier this year.

"It is exciting to be involved in the forefront of a new fashion phenomenon with Stacey,” said Ken Downing. “She has always been wildly intuitive, with the ability to anticipate her fashionable customers’ wants and desires. Creating a highly curated, creative, clever, and in-season fashion show, as only Stacey can do, with a Buy-Now-Wear-Now mantra, makes sense for her fashion followers that love and adore what she designs!”

As alice + olivia embarks on the journey to modernizing their brand to match the consumer needs with a festival-themed See-Now-Buy-Now runway show in Los Angeles immediately prior to the first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music Festival, the brand embodies the CFDA’s call out of the study, “that deliveries must better match the actual, physical season and our consumers’ behaviors and needs.”

“I hope to inspire consumers worldwide to kick off their festival season with alice + olivia,” said Bendet, “a See- Now-Buy-Now runway show is something I have been wanting to do for a few seasons but it took time to feel out when and where felt right...I wanted what I showed on that runway to be relevant to what consumers actually want to wear, now. I came up with the idea to have the show around Coachella and have the runway looks be based upon things that every girl would want to wear to a music festival.”

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Eight Rising Atlanta Artists Showcase Custom-Designed Denim Jacket Collection

Fourth of November Jeans

Custom designed Fourth of November Denim Jacket by Alea Hurst

Custom designed Fourth of November Denim Jacket by Miloh Smith

Maxim Beeching-designed Fourth of November Denim Jacket

Custom designed Fourth of November Denim Jacket by Alfred Conteh

Footaction and Brooklyn-based denim company, Fourth of November recently hosted a private showcase in Atlanta bringing together local personalities and eight of the city’s rising artists to celebrate the recent arrival of Fourth of November apparel to Footaction stores (February 2016). 

On display during the invite-only event were the one-of-a-kind customized denim creations by eight Atlanta artists: Alea Hurst, Miloh Smith, Maxim Beeching, Monica Tooke, Nicole Kutz, Alfred Conteh, Markeidic Walker and Saviour Sanquiche. Each artists’ design represented their individual style and was inspired by Footaction’s “Own It” mantra, which is all about spotlighting and encouraging individuality and originality.  The designs expressed the artists’ unique artistic expression, and told the story of how they each own their creativity and head-to-style.

Atlanta marked the second stop on Fourth of November’s Artist Series collaboration with Footaction, where the two brands have visited local markets to shine a spotlight on emerging local artists through their denim customization. The kick-off of the series was celebrated in New York City in February, and will next stop in L.A., then culminate, in New York City, where it all began.

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Tod's + Atlanta Ballet - Event Recap & Weekend Shopping Event

The Wave Bag by TOD'S

Mandy Kellogg Rye by Frederica Dall’Orso

Tod's

Michelle Crosland

Tod's + Atlanta Ballet Event

Coco Mathieson by Frederica Dall’Orso

Hosts

Joanne Chesler Gross, Mandy Kellogg Rye & Michelle Crosland

Spring has sprung, and Tod’s welcomed the season with a private shopping event at its Atlanta flagship boutique at The Shops Buckhead Atlanta for approximately 100 stylish guests on Tuesday, March 29, 2016.  Benefiting Atlanta Ballet, guests joined hosts and Tod’s Band members Michelle Crosland, Joanne Chesler Gross, Mandy Kellogg Rye and special guest & Atlanta Ballet dancer Coco Mathieson for an unforgettable evening of shopping, champagne, sweet and savory bites from Le Bilboquet and mixing and mingling.  Featuring Tod’s coveted Wave Bag and new arrivals from the Spring Collection, 10% of the evening’s sales were donated to Atlanta Ballet. Special guests in attendance included: Michelle Crosland, Joanne Chesler Gross, Mandy Kellogg Rye, Coco Mathieson of Atlanta Ballet, Jordan Leeper of Atlanta Ballet, Actresses Lauren Cohan and Christian Serratos of AMC’s "The Walking Dead”, Ginny Brewer, Celeste Pendarvis of Atlanta Ballet and more.  (Event photos by Ben Rose.)

*Additionally, this weekend, Saturday, April 2 and Sunday, April 3, 2016, shoe and accessory lovers can get their spring fix during a special shopping event benefiting Atlanta Ballet at Tod’s at The Shops Buckhead Atlanta. Featuring the newest spring arrivals for women and men, including the coveted Wave Bag, iconic Gommino loafers, sandals, sunglasses and more, the popular boutique will donate a percent of sales from the entire weekend to Atlanta Ballet, one of the nation’s premier dance companies. Shoppers simply have to mention they are shopping for Atlanta Ballet and a percent will be donated to the elite company.   

Tod’s at The Shops Buckhead Atlanta is located at 3035 Peachtree Road NE, space A170, Atlanta, Georgia 30305. Tod’s Atlanta is open Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. Visit www.tods.com. 

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{Save The Date} for the 9th Annual DOGGIES ON THE CATWALK

Mark your calendars because Doggies on the Catwalk returns to The Shops Buckhead Atlanta on Saturday June 4th. The events begins at 7PM with cocktails with the fashion show at 8:30PM. Monica Pearson will once again emcee and our models have already been working hard supporting Canine Assistants. Please support their fundraising efforts by visiting their page(s) and buying tickets or making a donation. Our models this are: Jason & Andrea Moattar, Toni Moceri, Jenna Muller, Rebecca Walden, Patti Dickey, Raquel Souza, Tracye Hutchins, Richie Arpino, Jacqueline Byrum, Christine Pullara, Steve Hightower, Doug Weiss, Faven Ressom, Mary Kathryn Wells and Holly Firfer. These generous and philanthropic people will be sporting looks from brands such as Alice + Olivia, Theory, Les Copains, Akris, Christian Louboutin and more! They'll be modeling with service dogs from Canine Assistants - a litter of puppies were born recently and will be making their debut at the show!!

Le Bilboquet will host VIP with front row seating/tables. To purchase those tickets, call Le Bilboquet directly at 404-869-9944.

About the Doggies on the Catwalk photo! 

We shot this at "the farm" - Canine Assistants in Milton, Ga. It was a chilly 45 degrees, but our super model Rachel Zehner didn't even shiver! Brandi Mallory did the make-up and kept Rachel looking fresh all morning long. Grace Murphy, Theo Tyson and Lindsay Klein kept "things" moving. The gorgeous dress and shoes are from Alice + Olivia. They are from their Spring/Summer collection and will be available in stores soon. I partnered once again with the talented Tomas Espinoza for the photography. He, Grace and I walked the acres of property to scope out the perfect location. Oh and what about our doggie model?! A natural, wouldn't you say!

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Video Recap: Charleston Fashion Week 2016

Celebrating its 10th year anniversary, Charleston Fashion Week has proven to be an impressive fashion force featuring talented emerging designers, CFDA anointed featured designers and a fashion icon of the most fabulous kind. My colleague and friend, Dr. Courtney A. Hammonds and I attended and we were so blown away that we simply had to talk about it! From the non-stop parade of street-style to meeting Fern Mallis, we cover it all in this video recap. *Thank you to Two83 Media for the video production, Brandi Mallory for make-up and Annysa at Roche Bobois for the chic set. [Subscribe to fashionadoTV]

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