Category Archives: Runway To Reality

How to adjust looks from fashion runways and magazines so they work for you.

Fashion Houston: Real World To Red Carpet

Fashion Houston: Real World To Red Carpet

This blog post was published on Bayou City Magazine’s site on November 14, 2014. Thank you to Nicole Kestenbaum Photography for the photographs and Valerie Greene of Style To Envy and Heather Petrey of LA Fashion Snob for the outfit contributions.

Fashion Houston is the only “Fashion Week” that is open to the public. Fashion Weeks in every other city–New York, Paris, Milan, Dubai–are exclusive events, reserved for press, retail buyers and celebrity guests. If you’ve always wanted to see a high fashion runway show, this is your chance! Anyone can buy a ticket and see a whole evening of fashion shows by nationally and internationally known fashion designers. You can find the schedule of designers online.

I’ve attended Fashion Houston for all four years. Here are some tips for getting the most out of the event. If anything is different, I’ll post more details from the event on my Facebook and Instagram feeds.

What To Wear

Fashion Houston is a fashion event, so dressing up and walking the red carpet are major elements of the experience. At fashion events, the biggest dressing mistake I see…Read the rest at Bayou City Magazine.com

Fashion Show: Smashin’ Fashion™

Fashion Show: Smashin’ Fashion™

  Smashin’ Fashion™ show challenges convention and presents fashion in a broader way. It’s a fashion show, re-imagined  using multi-media, social media, and updated twists on the typical fashion show elements of runway, models, stylists, program, red carpet, and even the audience. The show takes place on July 31st at The Art Institute of Houston. Models will be… Continue Reading

Event: Houston’s Best Stylist Competition™

Event: Houston’s Best Stylist Competition™

Styling a professional model takes creativity and a fashionable eye. Styling the rest of us takes even more skill.In this competition, contestants will get: Sarah’s secrets for flattering different figures and making your models really shine, show off your styling skill in a fashion show, exposure to Houston fashion insiders, and professional photos of your work. Continue Reading

Modeling Workshop – Runway For The Rest Of Us™

Modeling Workshop – Runway For The Rest Of Us™

Want to model, but thought you were too…big, small, old, hairy, physically challenged, imperfect, whatever…to do it? Not anymore! Now, YOU can walk the runway too! In this modeling school, you’ll learn to walk and pose like a pro, flatter your unique figure, get styled by real stylists, and walk the catwalk in a real fashion show. Continue Reading