There’s nothing like the buzz of a runway show. Maybe I’m biased, as a fashionista and former (local) model, but the energy is always something else, like a pulsating aura of colors reflected off lights and fabrics and sequins and the emotions of the crowd. … Read moreMidwest Fashion Week (F/W 18)
On a surprisingly chilly September evening, more than a thousand Hoosiers — dressed in their finest white suits and cocktail dresses — emerged from dozens of coach buses and converged on the hallowed Yard of Bricks at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, tables and chairs in … Read morePosh plates and dinner dates
If there’s a new sweets spot in town, you know I’ll sniff it out immediately. (Consider me a sweet-tooth hounddog.) After a few months of delays, Macaron Bar‘s first location in Indiana is open for business on Massachusetts Avenue across the street from BRU Burger … Read moreMacaron Bar
When hunting for apples for a pommes de terre recipe from Michel Roux’s “The Essence of French Cooking,” it’s only appropriate to wear Parisian-inspired designs, oui? Maybe not my most logical outfit, but a trip to Stuckey Farms was the perfect opportunity to officially usher in fall … Read moreApples and fashion, the French way
What do you do when your trip to see Harry Potter and the Cursed Child coincides with New York Fashion Week? Wear a celestial dress Professor Trelawney would approve of, paired with a Horcrux handbag, of course. Continue scrolling to see more of my experience … Read moreBroadway magic
Where can you play in a bathtub ball pit surrounded by Balenciaga handbags, pretend you’re an outlaw in the Wild Wild West wearing Givenchy cowboy boots and strut your stuff along a tinsel-lined runway? At the Saks #ItList Townhouse, a $31 million townhouse on Washington Place that was … Read moreNew York: Saks It List Townhouse
It doesn’t feel like New York Fashion Week until you’re dressed to the nines and sitting on the side of a runway, ready to capture a collection for an Instagram story. (Or, in my case, wielding a huge Nikon DLSR camera to get some detail … Read moreNew York: Style Fashion Week
When that strange-yet-nostalgic scent combination of fresh popcorn and livestock wafts through the neighborhoods near 38th Street in sizzling-hot August, you know it’s time for the Indiana State Fair. With new foodie adventures — deep-fried sugar cream pie, anyone? — and even a new fashion … Read moreStep right up: #FairFashionFridays
All photos by Chantal Dominique Photography Behind a series of hanging curtains and hidden from the view of visitors buying trinkets and outfits from booths nearby, Monique Edwards is rushing around, cell phone in hand and layers of clothes draped over her arm, stopping every … Read more[EVENT] Passion 4 Fashion
What can happen in 5 years? Well, a lot. By the numbers, since kicking off this blog (officially) in 2013: 193 blog posts 146 outfit photo shoots 13 fashion shows 4 giveaways (I love gifting people!) 2 “shop local” Indy-area holiday gift guides 1 proposal, … Read moreCheers to 5 years!