Behind the Beauty LLC & I cover Fashion's Night Out!

Last Thursday it was raining here in DC. Like cats & dogs, torrential downpour, raining like crazy!  It was also Fashion's Night Out (the movement begun by Anna Wintour of Vogue magazine to stimulate the economy after 9/11) and I was expected at 2 events, The Fashionable Life and at Citronelle's at the Lantham Hotel.  The show had to go on despite the rain and it did.  11 potential hostess, 2 potential stylists, 1.5 Real Housewives of DC (do male best friend's count?), 1 spontaneous catwalk, 4 Stella & Dot giveaways, and a snap from a Washington Post Style column reporter later, it was well worth it. :-)

Tanyeka and I met up at the Fashionable Life in Dupont Circle both "frosted" in my Stella & Dot jewels before moving on to Georgetown's Fashion's Night Out at Citronelle's in the Latham Hotel.  I carried my new Lafayette Cross Body bag (it's a GREAT traveling bag for me).

I set up my jewels at my vendor table and the ladies went wild! 

 I've got lots following up to do, but suffice it to say, they loved the jewelry! 

Below the Camilla Ring gets a cameo.

Photo by: Marie Christine Photography

Photo by:  Marie Christine Photography

The guest below on the right, was even already wearing our Marrakesh Bib Necklace!

Photo by: Marie Christine Photography

Next up, Citronelle's in Georgetown with the socialites...

Tanyeka was rockin' the Sofia Pearl Bib Necklace, Grace Pearl Earrings and Vintage Pearl Cluster cocktail ring all from my Stella & Dot eboutique.  She's a new stylist in the area with Behind the Beauty LLC and the compliments were pouring on her ensemble. I was glad she styled the jewelry so well! 

I layered on the gold accessories including the Bardot Hoop Earrings!  I gave away 4 Stella & Dot gift prizes, including the Chantilly Lace Chandelier Earrings and Cuff and these Georgtown ladies were in love!  I actually ended up walking the runway (with lots of audience encouragement) to model the earrings up for grabs.  Took me back to my Maison Blanche Teen Board days in Baton Rouge, lol! Or Rave Revue at Tuskegee.  Oh, if only I was 5 inches taller, my Naomi Campbell fantasies might have been fulfilled (absent the criminal battery drama of course).

DC Real Housewife, Mary Ammons (above), walked the catwalk for a charity, The Pink Line.

And beauty professional Paul Wharton, also seen on DC Housewives, was in attendance during the Banana Republic sponsored fashion show with a camera crew.

We met a fabulous new contact (with equally fabulous tights) Cindy Ann, who is with an image consulting professional organization.

We also caught up with lifestyle blogger Ayesha and joined her for dinner in Chinatown afterwards.

All in all it was a successful night and I enjoyed myself in spite of the rain. 

Now, to follow up on these new contacts and book some trunk shows!

What did you do for Fashion's Night Out?