Ripped OFF!!!

I am in shock! I just read my favorite blog called The Lingerie Post, which keeps the lingerie fashionistas up to date with the latest designers and trends in the biz, and to my surprise I found that Agent Provocateur has ripped off my idea of hosting lingerie parties at their boutiques! That's a pretty big claim as Agent is ususally the leader in lingerie trends especially to stars like Carmen Electra, Cristina Aguillera and more, but this is something they have just launched and since I've been doing this for the past year and a half I am completely excited that I am obviously on the right track with my ideas. So much so, that I have one-upped them big time.

Even before I closed the doors to Lavish I had added some extra elements to the Lingerie Parties. For those of you not familiar to the concept, you can host a lingerie party at the boutique for your best girlfriends. We provide the bubbly and treats and you get amazing discounts depending on how much your friends spend. It's the perfect pre-bachelorette party where the bride can choose her honeymoon lingerie and the guests can purchase it for her instead of getting gag gifts that will be thrown away within days. It's fun and a great way to start out a girl's night. We even had the option of inviting a spa to come and do mani's and pedi's for the girls during the party for additional cost. We send out formal invitations to your guests (shown right) and all you have to do is show up. It was great! But now that Lavish is closed, we've been hosting these parties at Vitality Wellness Day Spa (shown left)! So girls get pampered to the extreme while shopping from gorgeous lingerie and super discounted prices. It's the ultimate girl's night. Check out their website for a little tour of the spa under the "photos" option. It's a beautiful, minimalistic, relaxing atmosphere perfect for indulgence and girly fun. Don't worry, there won't be a Cindy Lauper "Girls Just Wanna Have Fub" dance party when you walk in, I promise.

Check out the last party we had at Lavish. My friend and designer Amy Morelli hosted a bridal shower for her bff Robin complete with tea and tarts from Infusion Tea and we had Vitality Wellness Day Spa come do mani/pedis for the girl. It was a great day and Robin got tons of goodies to wear on her honeymoon like a cami/boyshort set, nigthies, a plush bath wrap and more!

To Book a Lingerie Party for your girlfriends or a bride-to-be Email Me and you'll get a $50 gift card to spend at the party for being the hostess with the mostest ;)

To Check out Robin's amazing English Garden wedding pics and more wedding ideas go to:
Amy's blog

Here are just a few...

It's All Gone!!!

As of yesterday I turned in the keys to the old Lavish space. With a few of my belonging falling casualty to "tenant abandonment" procedure in "Danville", the space is empty and ready for it's next habitant. A little bitter sweet but I couldn't be more excited about working from home until I get the website up and running! After slaving away and moving almost everything out by myself since Friday, yes I'm stronger than I look, I woke up at 9am this morning, showered, got some coffee at Bikes,Beans and Bordeaux (a really cute coffee shop and cafe on Corrine just doors down from the old Courtney K. Couture boutique, now Boutique Sweet) and started the unravelling process. Who knew that you could be on hold for an hour and 25 minutes just to have your WP utilities diconnected!!! But It's been a relaxing and beautiful day in my office so far with the windows open, my Malie Kauai Coconut Vanilla Candle burning and my dogs happier than ever to have me around. Zippety Do Da!

A lot of great things have come from having a store front in Winter Park. I loved meeting all the Winter Park merchants and getting to work with so many of them. You must know who my favs are by now from the SHAMELESS plugs I drop in my posts and facebook. PS. rsvp YES to yet another crazy party at Gary Lambert's on April 19th. Men dancing on tables, martini's that will give you the next day gitters and a guest list that includes nothing but WP's who's who.

Having the most interesting of customers and making friends with most is one of the greatest of rewards though. There have been very few incidents that have left a bad taste in my mouth but in the words of Willow Shambeck, who owned the beloved Shou'Ture on Park Ave, "We've had a million amazing experiences in comparison to the 4 or 5 shitty ones" and nothing could be more true!

As for the site, I am working really hard to make it something different from any other major lingerie site on the web. I don't want to lose sight of my local community or the boutique feel that was so charming about Lavish. I have some great ideas that need to be worked out but I think it's going to be insane. Working with some local businesses to offer a really unique aspect to the lingerie site you can view their businesses online. Boutique 33 , Vitality Wellness Spa, Let's Eat! , Sultre Boutique, Playground Magazine, Liga Photography MAY be just a few so keep checking back and I'll keep you in the loop!

Now back to work for me and getting excited for cocktail hour with the girls tonight at Abby's office courtyard off New York Ave. Check back for pics to see who came out! xoxo