Get your fringe on

I am loving the fringe trimmed dresses for spring. Just not sure I have an occassion to wear it. So we've take the fringe trend to handbags to find some affordable options in great styles.

View more here: http://www.hauteweekly.com/artman2/publish/fashion/Haute_Trend_For_Less_Fringe_Handbag.shtml

Watch Haute Market LIVE!

Haute Market shopping party is just a half day away and I've finally (I think) figured out this web streaming stuff. Old dog, new tricks.

Watch the event via our live streaming web cam Sunday, Feb. 21st from 1 to 3pm central time.

Honestly, I'm not sure what will happen. Hopefully we'll interview some fashionistas, spot great styles and maybe even get a few to confess their fashion sins. You know out of a room of hundreds of women, someone wears a scrunchie, or beige hose, or crocs.

Tune and and let's have some fun!

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Big thanks to SmartyPants for contributing a pack of strips for all the Haute Market goodies bags we'll be handing out this Sunday!

Fashion Week -spring trends

It's Fall Fashion Week in New York City but most of us are still feeling the smack down of the recent winter storms and can just barely manage looking at what's coming for spring.
As an attempt to inspire and give hope that spring will eventually arrive, here are a few of my faves from Spring 2010 fashion week are posted on the Haute Weekly facebook fan page

E.M.U.lator - the Emu Oil

Recently I was given a sample of E.M.U.lator, Emu Oil, by Giella.
I've only been using it about a week but I do like the way it feels on my skin and look forward to seeing improvements!

The 411 from E.M.U.lator creator Giella
Ingredients: Pure emu oil and Vitamin E oil

Price: $38.00 or $55.00 depending on the size 1/3 oz or 1 oz.

Benefits of Emu Oil
It is quickly and easily absorbed into the skin, rather than simply "sitting" on the top layer of your skin cells, as most other oils and lotions do. It travels deep in your epidermis.

Emu oil is
· non-comodogenic, so it will not clog pores or cause acne or other skin ailments
· anti-inflammatory as emu oil contains linolenic and oleic acids; the essential fatty acids your body needs to nourish its cells
· a deep, penetrative moisturizer; a cell nourishment with essential fatty acids
· helpful in combating the effects of the aging process. Research has shown that emu oil can thicken the skin, which reduces the appearance of aging. It also regenerates collagen which helps keep our skin supple, elastic and smooth.
· Healing. It can be used for scars, burns, arthritis, & muscle aches. In fact, many people use 100% pure emu oil for relief of symptoms related to numerous conditions, including eczema, rosacea, psoriasis, rheumatism, and hair loss.
It also helps soften stretch marks.

for more info:
www.twitter.com/giellacosmetics
www.blog.giella.com/
http://www.giella.com/

Surviving Fashion Week, Parties and Platforms

New York Fashion Week is just a few days away and every smart fashionista will have an arsenal of style survival tools.

My bag includes:

Foot Petals products.
This Stiletto Survival Kit: Tip Toes, Heavenly Heelz, Strappy Strips and Killer Kushionz, plus Sole Stopperz will help you strut safely on realway or runway and help preserve the soles of your new shoes.

These come in handy for a day of setting up and strolling around Haute Market shopping party and for braving the tents at Bryant Park.
On sale now!

Thanks to the generous contribution of Atkins Bars to the Haute Market goodie bags, I am addicted to the Endulge bars and need to buy them by the case.

I keep one or two in my purse for those times when I dash out the door to get to a meeting on time, or to catch the subway at fashion week. Quiets that rumble in your tummy in a sweet way!

Once my morning coffees are emptied (or after a long night of Fashion Week after parties) Green Machine by Naked juices helps me get my mojo back and stop me from dragging through the morning.

Yes, the green color is weird, and reading the label knowing you'll be drinking broccoli, spinach and other salad ingredients is a bit concerning...but trust me...it's my magic in a bottle!

Of course I have the beauty bag stocked full of face refreshers and eye brighteners...but that comes later.

Fashion Week Twitters

The latest 140 character bites about fashion week and our favorite designers:

Rachel Roy: "http://twitpic.com/11ysn5 - This is what is getting us through fittings- sugar and cafe! -RR"

InStyle: "Fashion Week Sneak Peek: BCBG, Max Azria and Herve Leger! http://ow.ly/14qjC"

BCBGMaxAzria: "The BCBG cast is confirmed & the run of show is done! Oh! Max Azria show music is done too! Now on 2 everything else! Gonna be a late night! "

MichaelAngelx: "Why are my martini's running out- sad"

Alice+Olivia: "http://twitpic.com/11jhki - @ricpipino creating hair looks for our show, model catching up on her reading"

Bryantparkhotel: Fashion Week and @BryantParkHotel Perfect together one last time. #NYFW. A few rooms still available

MalandrinoBuzz: "Preparing the show at the Chelsea Art Museum in NYC http://bit.ly/drjoIH #MalandrinoFW2010 "

leannemarshall: "Coordinating things for the show with our beauty sponsors (Zoya and Beauty Society) and Nine West! Getting excited for Feb. 14"

PERRYELLIScom: Morning followers! Exactly 1 week til our Fashion show! Can't believe it's the final week. Who's watching w/ us live thru the webcast? #NYFW

Spreading Hauteness to annoy

S0000....I am checking my stat stuff and finding out who links to me when I come across this forum of people who are a "downtown" crowd of Kansas City and who seem to adore bashing anything and anyone remotely involved with, living in or exuding suburbia. Specifically Johnson County and even our fun Haute Market event. The forum seems to be all about downtown and what is going on there with it's supposed revitalization and such. So of course many of the forum members bash Cordish, who even if they have good intentions, seem to always be the subject of bashing from all sides of the metro.

So to have my say in response to some of their posts:

~yes...the vendors going into the Garment District probably buy inventory according to what their market requests. They will probably still sell some of it at the GD because that's what people buy. I hate Ed Hardy attire and blinged shirts that say MOM (as if we couldn't tell) probably as much as you do...but it's not going away any sooner than the wife of your beloved mayor. ;)

~not everyone living in the 'burbs does so out of preference but more so to be near their job, have a large yard for their kids and schools without cops frisking at the doors.

I would love to have a downtown loft if I could afford about 4000 square feet of running space for my boys, had a job for both hubby and myself down there, and ease of getting to a Target, Hen House and Walgreens, not to mention a nice parking place. Oh, and I like grass and trees and having neighbor kids nearby.

Oh...and our streets were clear of snow before it was done snowing. ;)



Oh WAIT....I DID used to live in Midtown, park in an uncovered lot, walk next door to the bar or sit on my deck to listen to Ida belting out tunes from across the lot. Plus I got to watch the helicopters circle over as the cops went on a high speed chase through my 'hood. Gawd I miss that excitement.

Life in the 'burbs is easy. Doesn't mean we all drive suburbans and sit around gossiping while the kids are in school and our husbands work 12 hours a day.


~You're an idiot if you don't want suburbians to come to downtown to spend their money. Who cares what they wear. Can't be worse that when the future farmer teens walked around with their gigantic hats, boots and belt buckles. As long as they are spending money in our metro, I turn a blind fashion eye.


So I'm thinking of going downtown to walk the streets in my best suburbia get-up to shake hands and get to know all these haters and maybe even let them take a photo with me to show our solidarity from across the state line. ;) Or maybe I'll just drive in circles and wave out the minivan window and throw bon bons.

And hey....thanks for all the links from "rag". Helps my site rankings tremendously! And I do like your forum, by the way. Good to see someone supporting downtown.

Love and hugs from the 'burbs ~ Holly Hauteness

Private Handbag Sale

Avelle (the new Bag Borrow or Steal) has a different accessories sale each day this week!

Each day this week Avelle is holding an amazing one-day sale on something different.
Everything is guaranteed authentic and in like-new condition, with many styles even brand new. But hurry! Quantities are limited.
Remember, there is no public access to these sales.
Join the newsletter list today!

TUE FEB 2 ONLY
50% OFF BRAND NEW CHAMAK JEWELRY
A Private Sale special purchase – and another perfect Valentine'sDay gift. (Drop a hint now!)

WED FEB 3 ONLY
60% OFF BRAND NEW TREESJE HANDBAGS
Special purchase! Irresistible modern styling & gorgeous details. A rare opportunity to buy these luxe bags!

THU FEB 4
ONLY70% OFF SELECT PATENT LEATHER HANDBAGS
You'll shine with stunning patent and patent-trimmed styles from top designer names.

FRI FEB 5 ONLY
60-70% OFF BRAND NEW GUSTTO HANDBAGS
Your chance to own handbags coveted by celebrities at special purchase savings.

Go to Avelle.com now! Start making your wish list. Don't forget to rent a great handbag for Valentine's Day!

Lilo Designs at Haute Market

The Feb 21st Haute Market shopping party in Overland Park, Kansas, has many new faces and hundreds of new products you will love.
Lilo Designs, making unique jewelry with an island flair, will definitely turn heads.

Owner, Noelani Robertson, has the inspriation needed to add a touch of ALOHA to each of her designs thanks to her Hawaiian heritage. Coupled with a decade of fashion retail experience means this chic lady is one savvy designer.

" Nothing makes me more proud than to see the joy of peoples' faces who are sporting Lilo Designs", comments Noelani.

Combinations of grey come together in this elegant piece of freshwater pearls, coin pearls, and Swarovski crystals. A coin pearl hangs in the center from sterling silver hammered links, $60 at http://www.lilodesigns.com/

Get your Haute Market shopping party tickets now! Just $10 in advance online or from any of our vendors. $15 at the door.

This is a 21 and over event. Leave the kiddos at home and enjoy this fab afternoon with your girlfriends!