Hello! BFF – Best Fashion Friend

You and your friends are cordially invited to a fashion presentation inspired by a wordly and cultural fascination with India.
Delight your senses with a visually stimulating style aesthetic fresh from the exotic and captivating India.
Be inspired to Eat Pray Love…

Event: Devyani – Trunk Show
Date: Mon, Oct 11, 2010
Time: 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Location: Kasa Indian, 3115 Fillmore St x Filbert, SF. www.kasaindian.com

Enjoy complimentary savories and sweets!
Every guest will receive a $5.00 food credit voucher for Kasa delicacies…

Hosts: Sonali, Christina, and Leslie

RSVP: Leslie Lum Marketing PR
www.leslielum.com
leslie@leslielum.com
# 415.505.8421

DEVYANI: EXQUISITE LINE OF READY-TO-WEAR

“Devyani” is a line of cocktail wear mostly in silk chiffons and satin and georgette and comprises of dresses, tunics, skirts, pants and light jackets, all delicately hand-embroidered. Colors are ebony, ivory, pistachio, crimson, buttercream, gold, spectrums of royal blue …

“Devyani” is a collection entirely created in pure silk. The stylish and chic clothes that will be showcased at the trunk show:
… Layers of silk organza, silk tulle, silk chiffon and silk satin transformed into delicate cocktail hour options …
… Hand-encrusted miniature mirrors whipped around twirls of chiffon …
… Romantic Grecian draping in evening frocks …
… Coats studded with light satin rosettes …
… Carefully constructed jackets, trimmed with silk brocade …
… Flowing, crystal beaded pants …
… Voluminous skirts in monochrome hues …
… Tunics blossoming in gentle tiers …
In Ebony, Ivory, Gold, Silver, Buttercream, Fuschia, Pistachio, Crimson, Saffron, Lilac, Royal Blue.

Special Promotion: $40. – $200.

– CREATED BY SONALI BALAKRISHNA
A fashion designer, currently working out of Bangalore, in South India. Sonali graduated from New York’s Parsons School of Design in 2000, following which she worked at Giorgio Armani for a year in Manhattan.

“Devyani” launched in 2009 and currently retails at a multi-brand boutique in Bangalore, India.

Media Partner: Leslie Lum et al

Gratitude Gourmet was pleased to be a Media Partner for the Sept. 29 Fair Trade Month Kickoff Party powered by Trendy Lime which featured a variety of creative products from coffee and teas to a variety of Quinoa products such as vodka and chocolate. What a great concept to incorporate Quinoa, one of the healthiest grains in the world, with other popular products like vodka and chocolate! If you want to learn more about the health benefits of Quinoa, check out this Gratitude Gourmet article.

Fair Trade treats were provided by: Honest Tea, Numi Tea, Divine Chocolate, TCHO Chocolate, La Yapa Quinoa, Weaver’s Coffee and Rishi Tea

Fair Trade Fashion was provided by: HAE Now Fair Trade Organic Cotton Clothing and Tompkins Point Apparel

Mary Vincent, Leslie Lum Credit:FairTradeUSA

The Drink Menu created exclusively for Fair Trade USA by Danny Ronen, Fair Trade Spirits Co. included:

FAIR.ly My Dear….
FAIR. Quinoa Vodka, fresh lemon juice and mint syrup served over ice. Topped with HONEST TEA® Peach Oo-La-Long, a dash of absinth and garnished with a sprig of mint.

FAIR. Mula
FAIR. Quinoa Vodka, fresh lime juice, and Main Root Ginger Brew served over ice. A FAIR. version of the Moscow Mule.

FAIR. Indian Summer
Inspired by H.Joseph Ehrmann of Elixir, SF’s 1st Green Certified Bar – Numi Organic Ruby Chai Tea infused FAIR. Quinoa Vodka, organic and unfiltered apple juice, organic agave nectar, fresh lime juice and a touch of egg white. Served in a chilled cocktail glass with an apple slice garnish.

Joyce Kushner, Owner of Coco-Zen, featured the most DELICIOUS organic, VEGAN, and Fair Trade Certified Chocolate Truffles!! You must try them!! 🙂 Her business tagline is’Experience Oneness with Chocolate’, and with her chocolate, I wholeheartedly agree!

You can view all Photos from the event here.

Planning Committee

Event:      ArtLaunch 2010
Date:       October 2, 2010
Time:       7:00 – 10:00 pm
Location:  SOMArts Gallery, 934 Brannan St, SF.
Website:  www.ArtSpan.org

ASDP: Association of Sewing and Design Professionals – SF Chapter
www.paccprofessionals.org/site/

Topic:      Social Media Marketing
Date:        Sept 28, 2010
Time:        10:30 – 12:30 pm
Location:    Sewing Workshop
2010 Balboa St, San Francisco

Leslie Lum will enlighten us in Social Media Marketing and How to use Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter…as marketing tools.

Social Networking and Social Media Marketing.
How to use social media to grow your business and build your brand.

Social networking is making online connections. It can help build your community by sharing information and  foster relationships with your audience. It is communication across various platforms: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter…

A pleasure to run into Leslie Lum of Leslie Lum Marketing as well, and to finally meet Alison Messinger, the woman behind popular fashion blog, Eclectic A La Mode. Read more…