Lafayette Trunk Show November 18 & 19

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mark your calendars!  Our Lafayette 148 spring 2010 trunk show is Wednesday, November 18 and Thursday, November 19.  I saw the collection when I was in New York in September.  It looks so great!  Sizing is from 2 – 24.  You definitely won’t want to miss it!  In addition to Lafayette, we will have trunk shows from La Canadienne (boots for immediate delivery) and The Globe Showroom featuring European contemporary collections – Weil, LePhare, Line knitwear and leather.     Also, we will have a Natura Bisse’ facial event – call Amanda or Carol to book your appointment.  It’s the most amazing facial…and it is complimentary with purchase of Natura!  I had one last time Yolanta was in the store – oh my word, you’ll never experienced one this good – heavenly!

Couture for a Cure 2009 – Another Success!

 

 

 

 

Pic 1: On the runway…our models in Ruffian Spring 2010 Pic 2: Brian Wolk & Claude Morais, the designers behind Ruffian Pic 3: Amanda and her cosmetic team get the models runway ready Pic 4: Guests enjoying cocktails Pic 5: Jessica Renee on the runway Pic 6: Rachael Ruiz, Claude Morais, Carol Van Andel, Brian Wolk, Rebecca Wierda, David Van Andel
Wow! What a night we had at the Van Andel Institute on Wednesday. Couture for a Cure was a huge success! We had the best attendance ever and why wouldn’t we?….all of the proceeds from ticket sales went directly to VAI to help fund important research and science education. It was a fabulous runway show featuring fall trends from Leigh’s and a sneak peak at spring 2010 with Ruffian’s spring collection. Brian and Claude flew in from NYC to be a part of the event. Rachael Ruiz from WOOD TV’s eightWest emceed the event and did a great job! Hoffman Jewelers donated a gorgeous broach that was raffeled off to a lucky winner. Everyone was festive and enjoying themselves. I have to thank my team for putting together such a great show…the fall fashions were so good…and all from our store! The logistics of the runway show went off without a glitch. Great job everyone! And thanks to everyone who attended and supported the event!!!

Grand Rapids Fashion Week: October 17 & 18

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We can’t wait for Grand Rapids Fashion Week! Leigh’s will be a part of all of the fun and excitement this weekend at DeVos Place. Grand Rapids Fashion Week is a series of fashion exhibitors and fashion shows over a two day period dedicated to celebrate fashion and everything that goes along with it! It is being promoted and styled in a hip, chic New York style to give the audience a taste of the big apple right in our backyard. The twist: instead of brining in NY desingers, area fashoin exhibitors will grace the stage with their unique and hip fall/winter collections. There are 4 fashion shows scheduled for Saturday: 12:30pm, 3pm, 5:30pm & 7:30pm. Sunday’s show will be at 2pm. Patrick is setting up our booth…very cool..and we’ll have fun merchandise that you can purchase right on sight. We also have special little surprises for those who stop by our booth…so make sure we see you! Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at the door.  It’s going to be good!

ArtPrize – What a Success!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pic 1: Leigh’s customers, Julie DeLanoy & Madelon Hassberger Pic 2: ArtPrize afterglow party Pic 3: Rebecca & Scott Wierda
Last night was the big announcement everyone had been waiting for….who would win ArtPrize. Kudos to Ran Ortner’s Open Water No. 24 – our first ArtPrize winner! I personally loved all of the top 10. What a wonderful conversation for Grand Rapids!! My husband and I were downtown last night for the announcement and the afterglow party which was sassy chic attire. Everyone stepped it up and there was lots of fun fashion to see…I’m proud to say that I saw so many great looks that came from Leigh’s!!

New Bump at Leigh’s

We’re having a baby!!!  Oh, I mean Carol S. is having a baby.  Our mama-to-be wanted everyone to know, yes, she is pregnant and not just on a summer food binge!  She is due February 5.  There is speculation on the floor that she’s having a boy because the only name she and her husband can come up with is the boy’s name Liam (this is a very scientific conclusion).  We are all looking forward to having a new baby in the Leigh’s family.  I hope this baby is ready for a bunch of doting self proclaimed aunties…and uncle!

Great Night at Leigh’s

 

 

 

 

 

 

pic1: Anna, Cassie and Pamella DeVos, Sam pic 2: Deb Meijer with daughter Hannah and Brooke Deems pic 3: Joe DeVries pic 4: Ruth Wedge pic 5: Mary Beth and Gracie (future designer) Meijer with Pamella pic 6: Laura Mercier make-up event

Leigh’s was rockin’ last night! We had Laura Mercier’s Face to Face event going strong with some of Laura’s premier artists. Joe DeVries had hoppin’ with music.

Steve was here from Bar Divani making fabulous drinks. We had models showcasing looks from Pamella Roland’s fall 2009 collectioin. Designer Pamella DeVos made a personal appearance. It was so much fun!!! We all stayed late and had a blast! We love our customers and we were so happy to see all the new faces in our store….welcome!

Ellen Taylor at Leigh’s

 

 

 

 

Ellen Taylor from the Todd Chance Radio Show on 105.3 HotFM came to see us at Leigh’s today. Carol Slomp gave her a fabulous make-over using Laura Mercier cosmetics. Ellen loved her “smokey eye” that Carol created. It was so great to have her in our store – she is upbeat, fun and has the most gorgeous skin known to mankind! Ellen is the voice on our new radio commercial we are airing for our Laura Mercier “Face to Face” make-up event on May 28 & 29. She wanted to come in and check out the product herself. She was loving it….we all knew she would! Make sure to schedule your appointment for the event. We have 4 of Laura’s premier artists, so book with your girlfriends!

Busy Week at Leigh’s!

I’m going to have to be honest with you….my camera decided to go swimming while I was in Florida. My camera is having emergency surgery at the Sony repair center in Laredo, Texas. You and I may have to suffer with a few weeks of no blog pictures. Unless….I lasso Patrick into taking pictures for me…yes, that is a possibility! Ok, now that we’ve discussed that, let’s talk about what we have going on at Leigh’s this week:
Trunk Shows
April 14 & 15  Douglas Hannant Consistently sophisticated and elegant, Douglas’s collection was one of our favorites of Fashion Week this year. Stunning piece after stunning piece of fabulous fashion!
April 14 & 15  Weil Direct from Paris, this beautiful line showcases tailored jackets in beautiful fabrics with great detailing. Classic with a twist. They have been compared to Chanel, Christian Lacroix and Escada in look, but price pointed a bit more friendly.
April 15 – 18 Stephen Dweck Designer jewelry. Semi-precious collector’s pieces, one-of-a-kinds, and much more, hand chosen for Leigh’s by Stephen Dweck showroom in NYC.
April 16 Mettie’s Spring Party Join us at 5:30pm for our Mettie’s Party. Enjoy refreshments while watching a fashion presentation on the latest trends from our Mettie’s area. Register to win lots of great prizes. All day we will be having jean fit clinics from Not Your Daughter’s Jeans and Christopher Blue. We also will be offering a 20% discount store wide! You won’t want to miss out!
Thursday, April 16 & Friday, April 17 Yves Saint Laurent Make-up Event YSL make-up artist, Marco Kozar, will be in store to debut YSL’s latest looks – fresh from the runways of Paris. Gift with $75 YSL purchase. Call Carol or Riese to book your appointment 616.942.6300 or e-mail cslomp@leighsfashions.com
We hope to see you this week! Once again, thank you for shopping locally with us!

Pre Spring Break Party was Beachy!

Pic 1: Judy North and Judy Scales offered to be back-up singers with our guitarist/singer. Pic 2: Leigh’s customers enjoy refreshments at the Tiki Bar with Patrick.
Thanks to all of our wonderful customers who joined us for our pre spring break party on Thursday. Our store was decked out in a tropical, beach theme, we had live music, yummy refreshments and lots of great fashion to take with you on spring break! If you weren’t able to make it to our party, don’t worry, we still have lots of goodies for your suitcase, too!

Algo Trunk Show!

We are hosting a trunk show with Algo today and tomorrow. Algo is a beautiful collection from Switerland…lux fabrics, impeccable tailoring, wonderful design. I had several other specialty stores throughout the nation recommend Algo to me. Algo distributes world wide in fine specialty stores. Pictured above is the president of the company, Carlo Goetschel. Carlo is knowledgeable and charming…a fierce combination!! He has been raving about how beautiful our store is and how pleased he is to be here. We would love to have you look at the collection. I think you will be impressed and understand what a coup it is for us to have this trunk show!