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Onward and Upward

15 May posted by Rachael

Friends, I have really exciting news!

Tomorrow I’m starting a new day job as director of Social Media at Elasticity. This means new clients, new colleagues and much less travel! I’ll be in and around Saint Louis so much more. Bill can’t wait and I can’t either. As always, I’ll continue to try to keep some separation between what I do here and what I do there, but I couldn’t help but share the news with you!

The day I wore this outfit the day I went to my first interview. I was waiting to post it until I learned more but now I can share!

Lastly, how amazing is this retro home? My friend Oh, Julia Ann! has the most stunning retro apartment. The building itself is very industrial but the minute you walk in, you’re transported to somewhere mid-60s/mid-70s. It’s fantastic! Thanks, Julia, for taking these lovely photos!

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Filed Under: Daily Outfit, Interior Design, Life

As Seen In: Missouri.com

13 May posted by Rachael

Since moving to St. Louis, I’ve met a ton of talented bloggers. Some are fashion bloggers. Some are fitness bloggers. Some are travel bloggers. One girl even blogs about fish. No really!

Being part of that community has been such a blessing.

I was recently featured in a roundup of some of the top bloggers in St. Louis by Missouri.com.

Check it out!

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Filed Under: As Seen In, Life

STLFW: GLOW Fashion Show

6 May posted by Rachael

My recap of STLFW continues! Follow more posts here.

Finally, I’m excited to share the big event of Saint Louis Fashion Week! The GLOW: Go Local Fashion Show highlighted some of the best designers in our area and really wowed me and the other 350+ attendees.

All of us STL bloggers walking the red carpet (L to R): Julia, Pysche, Lorena, Kelsey, Me and Erin and Amy

This was the first time I’ve ever sat front row for a fashion show of this size and I’ll be honest, I’m still pinching myself about it! The best part was getting to do it with all of these lovely ladies.

Photo via Economy of Style

As for the show itself – wow! 10Denza, Blush Boutique, KayOss Designs, Paulie Gibson and Michael Drummond were all fabulous. While Michael Drummond’s show finale was definitely my favorite, I found pieces I loved in each show.

Here are the pieces that caught my eye the most:

Michael Drummond STLFW Glow Runway Show All photos provided by Saint Louis Fashion Week/ALIVE Magazine

Which look is your favorite?

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STLFW: A GLOWing outfit

24 Apr posted by Rachael

My recap of STLFW continues! Follow more posts here.

Once we had concluded our amazing tour of the Saks Fifth Avenue at Frontenac, I headed to the Chase Park Plaza Hotel to get some downtime with Jackie and Tracey. They let me get ready for the big fashion show in their hotel and we spent time snapping outfit photos of each other.

After dressing pretty ladylike for our Saks luncheon, I knew I wanted to go a bit edgier for the GLOW Fashion Show that evening. I swapped my flowy red dress for this peplum number.

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STLFW Behind the Scenes at Saks

17 Apr posted by Rachael

My recap of STLFW continues! Follow more posts here.

Once we had our fill of goodies at The Cheshire, we hopped on a fabulous bus (Thanks, Best Transportation and Canopi.me!) for a little fun and bubbly as we made our way to Saks Fifth Avenue at the Frontenac Mall.

Once we arrived at Saks, we were in for such a treat! Tania Beasley-Jolly, marketing director for the Frontenac Saks, treated us to a delicious lunch full of amazing fashion talk!

Of course, all of the bloggers wouldn’t sit for the first 10 minutes as we took photos of the ambiance!

Can you believe little ole’ me had a reserved spot at a Saks lunch? Pinching myself!

Over lunch Tania talked to us about our individual blogs, where we find inspiration and about some exciting events she has in the works for our STL Saks. (More to come, STL readers!)

Once our lunch was finished, Tania gave us a behind-the-scenes tour of Saks Fifth Avenue. She talked to us about her vision for Saks in the life of a St. Louisian, styles and trends she’s loving and about how the St. Louis Saks continually amazes the corporate HQ with how well emerging designers do in a non-coastal market. (Woot woot, STL!)

Saks is one of few retailers in the area that carry splurge-worthy designers like Valentino, Gucci and Alexander McQueen.

The Chanel store within the Saks was enough to make this girl want to get out her credit card! Doesn’t this woman working in the Chanel store just epitomize Coco Chanel?

I also couldn’t help but swoon over the gorgeous leather goods in the Gucci store. The Gucci manager even let me hold this bag for about 10 minutes and I was thisclose to ‘accidentally’ walking off with it.

The leather on this bag was so soft it felt like butter! Looks pretty great with my outfit, don’t you think?

Here is the full group of STLFW bloggers at Saks. A huge thank you to Tania and team for hosting us for such a stylish afternoon!

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STLFW Day Two: Blowing in the Wind

9 Apr posted by Rachael

My recap of STLFW continues! Follow more posts here.

Day two of the STLFW Blogger Getaway weekend was jam packed full of exciting events (more to come!). The team at ALIVE Magazine put together such an amazing program for all of us (disclosure: my meals and transportation were provided over the weekend but I had such an amazing experience, I’d tell you about it anyway)!

For the day events on day two, I’d decided to go with something a bit more dressy. It was still pretty chilly here so layers were a must!