Hi Everyone

So many people have been visiting this site and haven't seen activity last summer - did I go away? Of course not! I just focused on other blogs and have now decided to transition this site to me personally. First let's get up to speed on what has been going on. I am still the Editor of See Pretty Things which continues to focus on accessories and has been around for the past 18 months! Because of this, I went to Las Vegas to visit with designers and showrooms at Project, Accessories Show, Lingerie Show and more to create additional content for this blog. It was the first time that I had ever went to some of these shows and to the city and I had an AMAZING time.

I am also the Editor of a new blog The Kitten Lounge which is all about entertainment and style. I love sharing my information with all of you in this forum and to be able to include other fashion elements that I have not been able to in See Pretty Things. This site has been around since last fall and has definitely been generating a lot of buzz over the past few months.

I also became a contributing writer under the name Kitten Diva for Social Diva. This blog has been a lot of fun since we are writers that cover various locations: Miami, NY, Atlanta and LA. I love including events that people may not know about - it's like getting in on the inside. This has let me get in on a few trunk shows, fashion week (I did enjoy covering Vyctoria Hong's show - the former contestant of Season 4's Project Runway) and more.




In addition to blogging, I have definitely stepped it up in terms of my jewelry design and I am pleased to report that there are some positive things going on due to the success of Kitten Couture. It is because of this that I have returned to the Kitten Couture Blog as a means to share my experience as I work as a jewelry designer. I think it's a great way to share with you guys and to get feedback as well. So I look forward to hearing your feedback as well.

Finally, while I work on the Internet and Jewelry front, I continue to enjoy working my day job at Lacoste which is a lot of fun and is definitely teaching me more everyday about the business of fashion. I say all this to say that this site will be back up and running and you will enjoy hearing more about my line and just my personal thoughts while I encourage you to visit my other sites to find fashion specific information!
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Kimmie
CEO/Designer ~ Kitten Couture
Editor ~ The Kitten Lounge
Editor ~ See Pretty Things ~ "Best Accessories Blog 2006" - Accessories Magazine
Contributing Writer ~ Social Diva

Topshop Hits the Runway

TopShop is a boutique in London (there is another one in the city as well in case you don't have your passport ready). I believe that this show took place during LA's Fashion Week at Smashbox. I love the pieces that appeared on the runway and definitely had to share with all of you of course.



I love the white dress seen here. This is great in so many ways and can be worn to work, out to an event or just with your friends for a night out. It's simple and I hope it travels well because it would be a staple in my wardrobe wherever I went.



I love this peachy dress, it's cute and I love how it wraps around the neck. This is perfect to wear in the Hamptons or anywhere that's a little resort like. This is the first thing I would wear to my weekly brunch as well.





The model wearing this dress looked so cute that I had to take a second thought on this dress. Although I personally would not wear it, it could be cute. Also, I would pair large accessories with it since I am a fan of proportion. This is cute to run errands prior to going to a gallery to visit your friend's work or even on a date.
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Kimmie
CEO/Designer ~ Kitten Couture
Editor ~ See Pretty Things

Fashionable Fun

Is it just me or has anyone else had even the slightest bit of difficulty getting back into the swing of things? The holiday brought a little insanity by making us do a million things at one time while giving us an excuse to not work on other things. Now with the holidays and federal days behind us, we have to get back into the swing of things. In addition, this is a great time of year when the fashion cycles kick in. As I was out and about during the holidays we were all excited to attend the shows, trade shows and more and when it was time to relax it was great to go to the lounges, spa parties and poker games. Poker??? Yes, if you didn't know it just like women are increasing their spending within purchasing sports merchandise, they have started to have been apart of increased sales within the gaming industry. Last season when I was in Victoria's Secret I saw that they had the cutest poker set for when the girls want to play and I would imagine that someone could pair this with some martinis and such!

So since this is becoming a huge phenomenon, this has encouraged me (yes I am a non card playing kind of girl) to want to learn how to play so that I can play with the boys and girls. Although I could take classes, I am a fan of being online and suggest that you check out Party Casino. What a great site to teach you about various games, they have poker and you can play this no matter what you're wearing for the day or the night. In addition to poker (I have attended a lot of casino nights where their have been a lot of games that were fun to watch but I was totally clueless), there are a lot of fun games of interest that you can become a pro on - Backgammon, Blackjack and the slots. How fun to try your hand at everything and be able to get your earnings through direct deposit and of course just like we should be responsible when choosing our outfits to avoid wardrobe malfunctions, we should also utilize responsible gaming whether we play alone or with friends - Party Casino seems to be a great entertainment tool. If I get better at this I may want to host my next fashion event with a gaming theme and let people try their hand at the tables!

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Kimmie
CEO/Designer ~ Kitten Couture
Editor ~ See Pretty Things
NY Editor ~ Pubcrawlin