Kiddies, Ponies & Swarovski…Oh My!

 

It’s that time of the year again!  Labor Day has come and gone.  We’re technically not supposed to wear white anymore (but, hey…we’re San Diegans AND fashionistas, we’ll wear what we gosh darn please!).  La rentree or the re-entry into the year after a summer of warm and sunny vacations is upon us whether we want it to or not.

And if you are a bit sad that the fun days of summer are behind you, fret not.  It’s time for the annual Polo Event for FGI San Diego.  Nothing says summer like a beautiful dress, a smashing hat, oversized sunglasses and ponies.  FGI secures VIP tables for their guests under the raised tents at the San Diego Polo Club fields in exquisite Rancho Santa Fe where the wind carries the salty tang of the ocean combined with the fresh earth smell of the divots.

This year’s festivities include a fashion show (of course!), but instead of tall, willowy models walking the field in the the chicest of San Diego attire, it will be filled with pint-sized fashionistas with lots of attitude.  This year’s fashion extravaganza is a “kiddie” show with the most adorable kids in San Diego and features attire from local San Diego based Five Loaves Two Fish Clothing and other children’s boutiques.

And no FGI San Diego event would be complete without an opportunity drawing!  And this year, boy is it a doozy!  The most stunning, sparkly, shiny necklace graciously donated by the phenomenal Swarovski.  With all proceeds benefiting local San Diego fashion students, is there a better way to look gorgeous while being philanthropic?

It is the MUST ATTEND event of the year that FGI San Diego puts on and this year will be no exception.  Tickets include admission to polo, reserved tables under the raised VIP tents, lunch, champagne during the divot stomp and an afternoon of fun with your fellow fashionistas.

For more information and to purchase tickets, please click HERE.

EMBRACE Experimentation; PLAY with Fashion

“EMBRACE experimentation; PLAY with fashion.”

These are words that every fashionista lives by.  What’s really cool though is that there is a girls’ fashion line that teaches this!

Fiveloaves Twofish is a San Diego based fashion company that creates the most amazing (not to mention coveted) girls clothes around.  How amazing are they?  You can purchase their clothes at a little store called Nordstroms.  Perhaps you’ve heard of it?

Fiveloaves Twofish is a fashion-driven lifestyle brand for girls, tweens and young contemporaries.  Each collection is an all encompassing look, attitude and way of life allowing girls to explore fashion as they are caught between “little girlhood” and “juniors”.

Their Fall 2014 collection definitely embodies these principles of Fiveloaves Twofish.  Titled “Fall Into Parisian Style”, their dresses have a grown up flair but are still very much age-appropriate.  Beautifully full skirts have girls twirling in the streets.  They just can’t help themselves!  And the prints…let’s just say that they make you wish that you were a little girl again just so you could wear them!  (Although they do have sizes up to girls 16!)

One of the really great things about Fiveloaves Twofish though is their business ethics.  They encourage clients to know what they buy and to read labels.  They encourage clients to buy from companies that treat workers, animals and the environment with respect and that’s exactly how they operate themselves.

All of their processes are done right here in sunny San Diego-from designing, patterns, samples to manufacturing.  They pride themselves on their work to help sustain the economy of San Diego.  They even source 50% of their materials locally!

Want to learn more about Fiveloaves Twofish and meet the head of their creative team, Heather Haas?  Then attend FGI San Diego’s  MAKING FASHION: Going from Design to Manufacturing event.

Click HERE for more information on the event and to purchase tickets.

(And here’s a little hint…at checkout, enter MEETFGI and receive 50% off of a non-member ticket!  Shhhhh…it’s just between us!!!)

Vote for Fiveloaves Twofish!!

 

Fashion Group International Rising Star Awards, is missing a category, CHILDREN’S WEAR!  

With that being said, let us never forgot that, “before they wear Women’s Wear, they wear Children’s Wear”……Genius. 

Help join in on the fight for a new category in children’s wear, along with nominating our local fashionable, Fiveloaves Twofish, as an FGI Rising Star in Children’s Wear.

They are a fun & fabulous brand dedicated to girls from 4-16.  They started off with a studio in San Diego & built a now growing empire with over 160+ specialty department stores and online retailers, like Zappos.com.  You know what makes this brand even better?…..All of their designs & production are done right here in sunny San Diego, you gotta love that! 

It’s easy to vote!  Here’s all the information you need to know to get your fashion voice heard!

Nominee Name:  Heather Haas, Creative Director & Kit Kuriakose, lead Designer

Company Name:  fiveloaves twofish

Mailing Address:  403 H Ave. Coronado, CA 92118

Tel:  619.523.1024

Email:  heather@fiveloavestwofishclothing.com, kitcreates@hotmail.com

Category:  Children’s Wear (WRITE IN) not current option

 

Hurry, voting ends October 22nd!  Vote here today!