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Big Money Talent For Less: Deoca Pac Designs

In Events, Fashion, Updates on September 22, 2011 at 4:42 am

Looking to brand your product? Need print and web design? For all of your branding and marketing needs, Fashion Week Tampa Bay sponsor, Deoca Pac Designs can help.

Returning as a sponsor for the fourth year in a row, Deoca Pac is a Tampa-based design firm that is available to meet all of the creative needs of a new or ever growing business. Deoca Pac Designs understands that the best can be created while still being reasonable in price. As DeocaPac Design says, “Big Money Talent for Less.”

Everything Deoca Pac creates is a unique piece made especially for each business. Their designs are the perfect accessory to any business! Just as a true designer would never use a pattern, Deoca Pac designers stay away from cookie cutter templates, creating original pieces for all of their customers. At Deoca they simply use genuine creativity. Whether a business is looking for the perfect logo, letter head, brochures, Facebook page, web banners, or a fabulous business events and on-site marketing, Deoca Pac Designs is there to meet any business design needs!

~Yolanda

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Swanky Soiree on the Fashion Week Calendar

In Designers, Events, Fashion, Trends, Updates on September 21, 2011 at 1:24 pm


Swanky Soiree 2011 is an official event of Fashion Week Tampa Bay, and their name truly does say it all – it will be another Swanky Soiree!

Amazing restaurants, chefs and vendors are all part of this year’s event as well as fashion designer, Alla-K and fine artist, Don Kobasky. And while you are having a dream night at the soiree, you will be happy knowing that proceeds are going to help Brookwood Florida, a licensed therapeutic group home for adolescent girls.

There simply is nothing we like better than an evening filled with fine fashion, fine art, fine dining and fine friends – and knowing that proceeds of that evening are going to benefit a very worthwhile and much deserving organization like Brookwood Florida.

Follow this event up by attending the after party at Push Ultra Lounge, and then, of course, Fashion Week Tampa Bay’s runway show (9/23)  – a perfect start to another perfect weekend in Florida paradise.

See you there!

~Paula

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WWOTB Makes Business Networking Fun

In Events, Trends, Updates on September 21, 2011 at 11:09 am

Like thousands of women throughout the Greater Tampa Bay area, I look forward to receiving invitations and emails to see what fun event is planned next with Working Women of Tampa Bay. Tampa Bay Fashion Week is all about fun, too, which makes Working Women of Tampa Bay a great sponsor and fit for our event!

Networking comes naturally to me – as I know it does to many women. I love sharing tips and tricks for everything from fitness to cosmetics to fun events to fashion with my long-time girlfriends and the new ones I meet daily. I know the events hosted by Working Women of Tampa Bay are sure to be fun times connecting with friends while meeting at that month’s locale – and I know I always go home with names and numbers of new friends as well as an exciting goody bag.

When I attend a WWOTB monthly mixer, I am always certain I will enjoy a great night out and make connections that, in addition, to being personal connections have also many times turned into great business relationships. I personally love doing business with people I know, like and trust, and thanks to WWOTB, I have added many new girlfriends to that group.

Fashion Week Tampa Bay and Working Women of Tampa Bay sounds like the perfect partnership to me – a fun, fabulous event with a fun, fabulous sponsor. I’m looking forward to seeing WWOTB at this year’s event along with many of my WWOTB friends.

~Paula

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Meet The Designer Behind J. Cagua

In Designers, Events, Fashion, Trends, Updates on September 21, 2011 at 4:28 am

Living in the Tampa Bay area, or anywhere in Florida for that matter, the “seasons” often mesh into one – or two – many scorching months of summer weather and a brief cold period. Of course I’m not one to complain about long summers and soirees by the pool, but any fashionable gal knows finding the perfect bathing suit can be exhausting. Thanks to Tampa Bay Fashion Week designer, Trineice Cagua, the search has been made easier. Her swimwear line, J. Cagua, comes in an assortment of styles from one piece suits to string bikinis. Trineice’s sexy, yet tasteful designs are triggered by her own love for poolside fetes and summertime in Florida.

Trineice graduated in 2004 from the International Academy of Design & Technology with a degree in fashion design and marketing, along with a dream to create her own swimwear line. A dream that soon became reality and a success, with dedication and the assistance of her two longtime best friends. She was first invited to Tampa Bay Fashion Week in 2009 to showcase her line and has returned every year since. The mother of two believes in encouraging and mentoring young girls and amidst designing also finds time to support the Girlz to Women cause and other programs.

J. Cagua swimwear is not only durable, but is made tailored to the individual specifications of Trineice’s clientele – ie: comfortable and totally on trend. Her goal is to make women feel confident and fashionable while wearing her designs.

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Such a Mahh-velous Designer: Rhonda Shear

In Designers, Events, Fashion, Trends on September 20, 2011 at 6:06 pm

When I learned that Rhonda Shear was going to be returning to Fashion Week Tampa Bay runways this year, I just had to visit her website and check out the latest designs.  Like most of us, I am very familiar with what Rhonda shows on HSN, and I do love those products. But I had no idea the extent of her line until I saw her site this week. And I am so glad I checked it out.

Of course, undergarments can be functional (and need to be), but the best scenario is when they are functional, comfortable and beautiful – and that describes Rhonda’s line perfectly.  “Help me, Rhonda” is exactly her calling, and with her beautiful designs, she has done just that for all ages and sizes of women.

I know I like to feel beautiful starting with what I wear under my clothes, and the way to look and feel your best is when you know that everything stays put with no unsightly lines, no unwanted bumps, no tugging and pulling.  Fashion at its best from the inside out!

So I say thank you, Rhonda, for making me and my fashion world a prettier, more comfortable place. Check out Rhonda on the runways this Friday, Sept. 23 at Innisbrook Golf & Spa Resort for Tampa Bay Fashion Week! See you there!

~Paula

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Fashion Week Gets Creative

In Updates on September 20, 2011 at 10:17 am

One of the most enjoyable aspects of fashion, in my opinion, is styling. More specifically, the makeover. Who can resist a new wardrobe, new shoes, or a hot new hair style? Talk about a pick-me-up! Courtesy of Hands Down Creative of St. Petersburg, the Tampa Bay Fashion Week website got just that.

Our brand new, sleek website design is just one of the services Hands Down Creative has to offer. Owners David Barona and Olivia Scott use their background as artists and extensive knowledge of art and design to provide a variety of other creative services from graphic design, photography and fine art to event planning.

St. Petersburg’s creative collective, Hands Down Creative utilizes innovation and originality to convey successful branding and marketing to their clients. Visit their website and check out Hands Down Creative’s gallery and portfolio of successful projects.

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Dali Hernandez: Anything But Basic

In Designers, Events, Fashion, Trends, Updates on September 20, 2011 at 9:21 am

Dali Hernandez is an amazing designer with bold, beautiful fashions and can’t wait to see her designs this Friday on the runways at Fashion Week. I eagerly checked out the House of Dali portfolio and boutique on her site several times – mostly because I found I needed to visit and revisit to fully capture the essence of the designs. She has everything from a ruffled top (a must see to fully appreciate) to party dresses and ball gowns.

Even though we have all seen ruffles, party dresses, ball gowns in basic black – these are like nothing you’ve seen before and are anything but basic. Check them out for yourself on her site, and you will see why you have to attend this year’s Fashion Week Tampa Bay to see Dali Hernandez and her designs on the runway. You will be glad you did.

Here’s to another beautiful night of fashions,

~Paula

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Andrew Ashton of LaPosh Salon

In Designers, Events, Fashion, Trends, Updates on September 20, 2011 at 7:23 am

While tout ensembles may be the stars of the show, no runway look is complete without hair and makeup. Tampa Bay Fashion Week is proud to welcome back the talented Andrew Ashton of LaPosh Salon as Hair and Make-up Artist Director.

Hair & make-up styled by Andrew Ashton

A master of models’ hair dos, Andrew Ashton has been a part of Tampa Bay Fashion Week for several years. We are looking forward to the sexy and sassy styling Andrew and team will be bringing to the runway during Fashion Week 2011.

The upscale and super chic LaPosh Salon located in Clearwater offers hair, nails, skin and massage services. LaPosh also sells an assortment of products including Heal5ium haircare, which is also a sponsor of this year’s Tampa Bay Fashion Week 2011 for the second year in a row! Other product lines sold at LaPosh include: Redken, Hempz and Aquage for all hair types. You can purchase Andrew Ashton’s very own makeup line “FaceWorks” at LaPosh as well. In the meantime, join us at Tampa Bay Fashion Week to see the unique looks Andrew gives the models this year!

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Keeping Moms and Dads In The Know: Tampa Bay Parenting Magazine

In Events, Fashion, Trends, Updates on September 20, 2011 at 4:59 am

The way us fashionistas stay current on all the fashion publications, Tampa Bay Parenting Magazine keeps Tampa moms current on the latest local family events, parenting information and advise.

A free publication to all those fabulous moms of Tampa Bay, Tampa Bay Parenting is a guide to everything parenting. Similar to the perfect pair of stilettos or the perfect little black dress, Tampa Bay Parenting is the must-have piece no matter the season. Just as us fashion lovers know fashion publications such as Elle, Vogue, or Bazaar, Tampa Bay Parenting is a household name to the Tampa Bay moms and dads. The publication is a parents’ guide to virtually any situation that they might face with their children.

From information on how to teach their little diva or fashion forward little man to dress and groom, the trendiest places for a play date or get together, or vital information on health and wellness, Tampa Bay Parenting has it all and we’re excited to have them back again as a sponsor for Tampa Bay Fashion Week 2011!

~Yolanda

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Join Us For Past Perfect’s Red Carpet Reception

In Designers, Events, Fashion, Updates on September 19, 2011 at 5:47 pm

As Fashion Week Tampa Bay 2011 begins, it is only appropriate that we take a day to pay a tribute to all the fashion designers that have become before us. Tomorrow (Tuesday, September 20) at 7pm Tampa Bay Fashion Week 2001 will be kicking of its week with Past Perfect: A Celebration of Vintage Designs 1820. Join us to celebrate some amazing vintage fashion, while enjoying hors d’oeuvres and champagne at the Art Institute of Tampa.

With an assortment of garments from Halston, Ceil Chapman, Chanel and so many more this evening will truly be Past Perfect. This evening of vintage garments will leave you speechless and craving more of Fashion Week Tampa Bay 2011. With so many breathtaking garments, dating all the way be to 1890s, this event is not one to miss!