{Halston Heritage dress, Prada calf hair pumps, Chanel bag}
First off, I’m absolutely flabbergasted by last night’s HUGE turnout at Neiman Marcus Coral Gables for the Fashion Bloggers Night Out event. I’m a veteran event goer and the amount of gorgeously dressed gals and guys who showed up last night was truly astounding and made my heart smile. A big ups to EVERYONE who came out. For reals.
Here’s the panel: Maria Arguello, Jenny Lopez, Kar Gar, moi, Ginger Harris and Annie Vazquez. The evening kicked-off with our fashion blogger panel where we discussed the key factors to blogging which can be best summed up as: Finding your voice, nailing down a web domain NOW, using Google Analytics as a tool to gauge your audience, utilizing social media (Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Google Plus and Instagram) to promote your blog, staying true to yourself and integrity (don’t write about something if you don’t LOVE it pr feel passionate about it), keep it professional at ALL times (dress the part, act the part) and create at least one post a day.
The panel was followed by a Spring fashion show by Neiman Marcus. Look at all those guests! The big trends? Yellow is the new neutral, pops of neons are still here, tribal prints are de rigueur, printed jeans rock and Christian Louboutin is still the reigning bad ass of heels (as if I had to point that out).
I also need to stress and point out that the crowd unabashedly broke the myth that “Miami girls are cheesy.” I spotted sartorially savvy women and men for as far as the naked eye could see. My fave look was fellow blogger Steffy Kuncman. Talk to me about how she mixes man repelling socks and loafers, shorts and porgie pie hat with aplomb. I want to kidnap Steffy and adopt her as my own. Sshhhhhh…
Lastly, props to Katharine Rubino from Neiman Marcus Coral Gables, Perrier, Paulina’s Pops, Peroni, Flash Candy Pop Up Studio, Kathy’s Kakery and frigging fab DJ duo Ess & Emm for dropping some next-level beats. Most importantly, thanks to all who came out to support us. Love you more than I love my matching luggage.
