I swear I was just telling you all to enjoy the weekend and the next thing I know, Monday shows up at my door! When your weekend agenda includes festivities like Kansas City Fashion Week and birthday celebrations, I guess it’s a given that time will fly.
First things first, my getup for KCFW. KC Garment District was kind enough to let me pull a look for the event and while the gesture didn’t completely eliminate the stress of what to wear, it certainly helped! I typically stick to all black ensembles, but I knew I needed to spice things up a bit. Courtney led me around the store and set me up with a plethora of choices and I ended up with an outfit outside of my comfort zone.
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| Thank you to Ashley and Sabrina for the photos! |
Enough about me, you’re here for the show! After mapping out our weekend, I decided to attend the Friday night show, which meant I would be missing out on the Project Runway designers that were showing on Saturday night, but a certain someone had a birthday to celebrate and I wouldn’t miss that for the world.
Right off the bat Architexture wowed me with this hot pink number and sheer sleeved top. What I like most about their designs is that everything is so wearable – pieces that I can genuinely see myself incorporating into my wardrobe. A top and skirt? I can handle that.
The neon yellow coming down the runway was electric and while I don’t have anywhere to wear a floor length dress to anytime soon, I would gladly welcome the shorter hemmed look to my clothing rack.
After a brief cocktail break, Alicia Janesko showcased her caftans and resort wear and pleased the crowd with more bright colors, head pieces and some serious shine!
How happy does she look?! One look at that sequined beauty and I can begin to image how much work went into her line. I’m guessing it was an incredible amount of time.
Heidi Herrman closed out the show with more pops of yellow. Are they all onto something?! I have a feeling we will be seeing a whole lot more where that came from come spring and I don’t hate it.
Ashley, Sabrina and I had a great time hamming it up in the photo booth and catching up with faces we hadn’t seen in awhile. See you in the spring, Kansas City Fashion Week!
p/s Happy birthday to my biggest supporter and the guy who always keeps me on my toes, Pete!
I am in LOVE with your outfit!!!
Great outfit pick! That lime green dress is amazing!
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I love the floor length neon yellow dress by Architexture. But, I can definitely see myself wearing the dress in the final pic by Heidi Hermann!
Loveee this outfit! Red is always my favorite color to mix with black and white.
Cute outfit! What do you think of the Target boots? They look great but I’m worried they wouldn’t be comfortable
You look adorable! You should go out of your comfort zone more often:)
This looks like such a fun event! I love the style on the runway!
x. Sabrina | Simply Sabrina
this looks like so much fun! I never knew Kansas City had their own fashion week.
GAH you look SO chic! Love the asymmetrical dress!
That striped dress was made for ya, lady!
The show looked beautiful! And I love your red jacket!!
xo – Katie – hauteallure.com
So fun! Loving that look you pulled together. Happy birthday, Pete!
Love that red blazer and black and white dress. You looked fab! Hope you had a great time!
Nikki
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Absolutely love the red blazer with stripes! Such a cute look!
This looks like such a fun event you attended! I just love what you wore to it. Red and stripes look great on you!
Lauren xo
Sophisticated In Style
You look so cute with that red blazer girl!
very nice outfit! love how bright it is and your boots are cool!
Oh my gosh – that looks like so much fun! And i LOVE that ‘fit too – so chic! xx
Thanks so much, Lauren! It was definitely a change up from what I’m used to 😉
Pete says thank you! 🙂
You should definitely join in the fun this spring!
I wore them all around Chicago a few weekends ago and surprisingly, my feet didn’t ache too bad! However, I did wear them with socks at that time since I knew I was going to be doing a lot of walking.
Thanks lady!
This comment makes me oh so HAPPYYYYY!
Can I just tell you that I totally hit up the Garment District for this dress today. Yep, sure did. Drove downtown to pick it up – all from this look girly! I loved getting to sit by you during these shows! It was a blast! Great recap!
xo,
cait
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You were a total babe here! Loved sitting with you at the shows- too fun!
-Ashley
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Love this post! I remember when I went to one of Chicago’s first-ever Fashion Weeks (which was my initial taste of FW). I was blown away!
It’s awesome to see this tradition in cities beyond the Big Four (NYC, London, Milan, Paris) — even if it’s a bit smaller scale. Still so much fun! So glad you had a good time (though next time, it’s New York or bust). 😉
And yes, my weekends tend to go the exact same way… Thank you for your tweet + hope your week is off to a good start! x
I love your black and white dress! The cut is so flattering!
I’m loving all the yellow. Wow. It definitely catches your eye. Your ensemble is spot on. I like the pop of red with the cool dress. :] // itsCarmen.com ☼ ☯
It looks like SO much fun. love your outfit, becuase it is not over the top but just enough WOW, great red blazer!
XO Chelsea http://www.shesaidhesaidfashion.com/
Looking amazing girl! Love that you went with something different!
Annica
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What a fantastic outfit! The dress is so chic and I love your photos:)
Daisy | Simplicity Relished
Red looks SO good on you! Love the blazer against the black and white stripes! Looks like KCFW was so much fun!
xo Jen
Skirt The Rules
What an awesome event! I love that first look with the pink skirt 🙂
Love the asymmetric look of your dress!! And these dresses on the runway are amazing, especially love the last mid-length one! <3
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I ended up buying those boots in the taupey color after I saw them on your Insta. Now I’m think I need to go back and get the black ones to. Love your outfit!
The Clean Project
What a fun event! I love your look, so cute.
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Thank you so much, Ashley!
Yay! I totally agree. I’ll see if I can make it happen 😉 Hope your week has been great so far!
Thank you SO much, Carmen! KC Garment has some amazing pieces 🙂
Why thank you, Chelsea! Luckily I had some great help picking out the perfect look 😉
You’re too kind, Jen 😉 Hope you’re having a great week!
Mine too – it was the very first look to come down the runway!
I’m so glad you did! I’ve been thinking about the taupe colored version ever since I left. Might have to go get my second pair, too 😉
Thank you, Emily!
Adorable – Love the red blazer on you!
K.xo
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You look good! And I love all the fashion pics too 🙂
xoxo AJ
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Oh I love your look! The cut of that dress is perfection and I love that you wore booties with it! Looks like it was a great time!
Shannon
Clothes & Quotes
The hemline of the striped dress is really fun – I’m glad you broke out of your style norms and chose a look that really makes a statement!
The runway looks you are featuring are really great – glad you had an amazing time at the event.
Chic on the Cheap
Thank you so much! I’m glad you liked them 🙂
Loving that dress on you! It looks amazing. What a great event!
I’m playing MAJOR catch up on blog reading… so here is your fair warning for the million posts in the next hour 🙂 Love this recap and that show looked so fun – I am such a sucker for bold colors. And your outfit was TOO CUTE!
Thanks girlfriend!! Haha I don’t mind the million posts one bit. I’m clearly way behind on comment catch up!