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Happy Diwali!

Happy Diwali from our friends Jill and Lily at Encore Residential. We absolutely LOVE this sari. Jill, who was just educated in the ways of sari draping, believes her "boat shoes add a little something!" Personally, we think the blue t-shirt adds a unique contrast to the beautiful gold fabric.

FashionABLE Do Good: UGANDA: COMMON THREADS

In case you missed the amazing collection of photography meets gorgeous fashion design meets staggering good will at the Houston Center for Photography this past Wednesday, check out the pics below. Benefitting Living Water International, the show featured a stunning collaboration of CrOp by David Peck and Casa de Camera. On display at the event were large-scale photos by Jaime Collier of Casa de Camera. Collier’s photos of relief work in Uganda inspired Peck’s latest collection and were used in the creation of his custom prints. The CrOp collection, which also featured Elaine Turner accessories, was just shown last week at Audi Fashion Houston. Watch and hear about the CrOp Collection from David here!
 

This summer Collier returned to Uganda and photographed the CrOp collection on local girls bringing the collaboration full circle. All proceeds from the evening went directly to Living Water International, and the event was so successful that it will be continued online where Collier’s photos will be available for suggested donation on the Living Water website.

Each of the framed prints was offered for sale as well as several smaller unframed prints. Local businesses Elaine Turner, 310 Rosemont, and Somo Beads all offered support with raffle items.  LG Entertainment kept up the energy with a live DJ. Bombay Pizza Company and Carrie Made the Cake provided light bites.

Of over 200 in attendance, Houston notables included Neal Hamil, Sharron Melton, Heather McLeskey of Elaine Turner Designs, Jared Lang, Cara Morales, George Marshall Worthington, Samira Salman, David Bamford of Therapy Hair Studio, James Phelan, Anne Walzel, Liane, Crae, Laura Medard, Andrea Bonner, Dustin Mansyur.

I WANT TOMS WEDGES. Happy 4th Birthday TOMS!

 

Peep out, peep out, whenever you are! Seriously. What a terrific casual, peep-toe wedge, and from what I've seen, in great summery colors! At $69 for essentially two pairs of shoes: trendy wedge for you and much needed shoes for a kiddo in a developing nation around the globe. WIN! If wedges aren't your thing, or you aren't planning on dressing in drag this year (men), then check out some of our favorite TOMS styles...

Also available online at Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom, as well as locally at Whole Foods Market with their eco-friendly/vegan partnership (thank you to our favorite Butcher Papa Bear Jacobs at Whole Foods Kirby for that insight :) mention FashionHouston when you visit him!), TOMS celebrates their four year birthday TODAY! So far that is 600,000 pairs of shoes dropped across the globe. So say happy birthday to TOMS and spread some kindness around. Check out this vid from the interns at TOMS promoting ONE FOR ONE. 
  
 
 
 

And if you've not fallen in love with helping others while prettying your feetsies, maybe the TOMS lifeline below will inspire you:

Can Jessica Simpson Educate Us?

Shit, Jessica Simpson, you've hooked us. We've onlyeven seen promos, and we already feel you reeling us in! Is it that you're just so painfully relatable?

Coming in March to vh1, will you watch as Jessica Simpson and her "girls" travel the globe showing us what it means to be beautiful?

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Calling All FashionABLES! Nos Amis De La Mode Ont Besoin De Votre Aide!

Houston FashionABLEs unite! Our good friends and style sistahs Katelyn and Cynthia (you might recall our talented girl Cynthia from her fabulous blog) are top ten finalists in the Yves Saint Laurent "Parisienne Contest"! The finalist who receives the most votes will receive an all-expense paid trip to Paris for two, as well as a YSL bag and $250. Katelyn, fluent in French, is the official entrant, and Cynthia with undoubtedly be her 'plus one' after we aid them in victory! We can each vote once per day through 11:59 EST, November 30, so click to it! To start reading Katelyn's adoring memoir that was hand selected for the finals by YSL approved beauty and fashion experts, check below the chic chicks' fab Parisian photos in the romantic, fashion centre itself: 

 

"“There are two kinds of travelers. There is the kind who goes to see what there is to see, and the kind who has an image in his head and goes out to accomplish it. The first visitor has an easier time, but I think the second visitor sees more.”

— Adam Gopnik (Paris to the Moon)
This is from author Adam Gopnik’s original and fresh take on the American living in Paris in the late 20th century. I read this lovely book before leaving for Paris—a city overflowing with opportunity, history, charm, and maybe, just maybe…love. While Gopnik left New York City as a travel writer for the ‘New Yorker’ newspaper, corresponding with a multitude of Americans a sea away, about his new life with his wife and two children—I found myself at the dinner table of a french family I had never met on the eve of September 27th, 2008—I found myself as ‘fille au-pair’ (somewhat like a Nanny), for the Bernard family with three children in a cottage-esque home. *I would soon to find out that this cottage-esque home, was once habited by the great Victor Hugo and his ‘maitresse’ or lover…Juliette Drouet. Oo la la, only in France! 
—When I arrived at Charles de Gaulle, I was greeted by Monsieur Dominique, the father of the trio I would soon be in charge of, the very first question has asked me, (after “ca va? vous allez bien? etc! etc!) was, would you like to go into Paris and see the city? Or would you prefer to unload your luggage and get settled? Jet-lagged though I was, I decided to jump start my life in ‘I’ile de France’—I was entering the parisien life—la vie en rose! My life as a “parisienne” ...