Summer trends from your fave local fashion bloggers

Bloggers galore at Breakfast Television Edmonton! It's BTV Bloggers Week and I've invited my fellow fashion bloggers to show off their favourite summer looks from local boutique Bamboo Ballroom. Stay tuned for the video!

Summer 2013 Makeup

Makeup artist Stephanie Strazza was live with me for BTV Bloggers Week on Breakfast Television this morning showing us easy, breezy, on-trend summer makeup. Bronze is the word and her best tip for summer skincare - Vitamin C serum for sun protection and cell rejuvenation. 

Live from Breakfast Television Edmonton!

Bloggers run rampant on BTV this week!

Today I'm blogging live in the wee hours of the AM from the City TV Studio for Breakfast Television Edmonton!

BTV is letting me take over the studio with fashion and blog talk for the second annual BTV Bloggers Week with host Ryan Jespersen. Up first at 7:10 am we have Makeup Artist Stephanie Strazza showing us summer makeup trends and her favourite products. 

At 8:10 am it's summer fashion trends with your favourite local bloggers. Sandy Joe from The Pretty Secrets, Jenna of Smitten and Stylist Zoe Kreider showing off their fave looks of the season from Edmonton boutique Bamboo Ballroom. 

Stay tuned and follow all the action live at @dressmedearly and @BTEdmonton.

The Rip-Roarin' Refinery

Got your tickets yet? The Art Gallery of Alberta's Rip-Roarin' Refinery party is Saturday, June 1 and tickets are on sale now for AGA Members. 

This 1920's themed shaker is the newest instalment of the AGA's Refinery events - popular late-night art parties that transform all four levels of the Gallery with music, art activities, installations, performances and more. Edmonton singer/songwriter, Colleen Brown, has been invited on as the Rip-Roarin' Creative Director - meaning a night filled with energetic musical performances including local darling Mitchmatic as DJ. Fitting, as the party is themed around upcoming AGA exhibition, The Piano. 

And of course - right on trend - the AGA invites you to dress the part in 1920's style. Check out their Refinery fashion inspiration featuring Mode Models in wardrobe from Simons and Swish Vintage. 


Photograph and logo c/o Art Gallery of Alberta.

Lash Affair Giveaway!

It's your lucky day. Dress Me Dearly has teamed up with Edmonton's Lash Affair Lounge to give away a set of lash extensions to a DMD reader, expertly applied by one of its Eyelash Technicians! I fell in love with the beauty trend after doing research last year for this segment on Shaw TV Edmonton's Press 2 Play - and ignited a love affair with these no-worry extensions that make my peepers damn near irresistible. 

ENTER TO WIN LASH EXTENSIONS FROM LASH AFFAIR
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Good luck! The winner will be announced on Monday, May 20, 2013.  


Contest closes Sunday, May 19, 2013 at midnight. Only one winner will be drawn. Winner will be announced on social media and contacted via email. 

Manly Monday: Men's Vintage Pop-Up Shop

Pencil this one in kids! Next Monday, March 11, Whyte Ave's Barber Ha will host a vintage pop-up shop of menswear from local Etsy purveyor, Vintage 2A (formerly known as la fripe) owned by Sarah Ares. 

Sip a drink, peruse the racks, check out shave demos from the grooming experts of Barber Ha, and feast your eyes on le show de peep - a naughty View-Master peepshow by Edmonton artist Le Tivoli that's becoming a fixture at cool kid events across the city. 

Sure to be fun times and some much needed fashion love for Edmonton's handsome men. 

Check out Dress Me Dearly's coverage of past pop-up boutiques from Vintage 2A>