Italian Style Makeover

             Recently, I've been fortunate enough to work under Melissa Mezzalira.  Melissa Mezzalira is a Certified International Image & Etiquette Consultant, and the founder of Confident Impressions.  She created  Italian Style Makeover in order to present women with a way to express their personality and strength through style.  The results are extremely beneficial to bring women a new image and perspective on life.  This makeover gives women the necessary self confidence to attract the right people and lead a more successful life. 

           Melissa is a wonderful mentor and I am extremely lucky to be able to shadow her throughout the creation and implementation of our fashion events: Glam Night.  I help write the press releases, business proposals for sponsors and maintain her blog.  I coordinate and attend meetings with our potential sponsors and designers.  I work closely with Melissa every step of the way to ensure a successful Glam Night.   I urge you to come out to Kyma Lounge on the last Thursday of every month.  Please check out Melissa's website: Italian Style Makeover

 

Glam Night: A Fashion Experience

            Enter the world of fashion for an evening of glamorous indulgence.  For those with a passion for aesthetics, expect to be thoroughly impressed with top notch selections at Glam Night.  A monthly showcase presents elite fashion designers and upscale boutiques to promote their upcoming collections. An on-site photo shoot provides guests with the opportunity to gain knowledge of emerging couture in a refreshing and entertaining way. 

Come meet and mingle with the featured business proprietors, since they will be among the guests and available to share the inspiration or vision of their collection.  A major concept of Glam Night is to connect the guests and designers in an intimate setting. 

Participating sponsors display a variety of products and services for guests to enjoy while observing the photo shoot. Photographers and media coverage document the unique qualities of Glam Night.  Enjoy first class video displays which outline various industry trends spearheaded by the sponsors. The event is designed to satisfy every consumer, company, VIP business and media in attendance. 

Take part in a night of fashion and music at one of Miami’s most famous go-to destinations.  Kyma Lounge is located inside the Epic Hotel in downtown Miami.  Enjoy the breathtaking view of the riverfront and dance until early morning inside the beautiful club atmosphere.  Kyma’s unique cocktail list is only the beginning of an incomparable evening.  Don’t miss a once in a lifetime experience, discovering a fashion showcase like never before with the latest collections from the most prominent designers.

Kariza's Charisma

Kariza showcased her 2013 Swim and Resort Collection at Secret Garden, day lounge by Baoli in South Beach.  This was a special event, considering it was Baoli’s last brunch of the season. 

Kariza’s Hawaii Collection is energetically fueled with vibrant colors and tropical prints.  She also designs resort dresses and matching cover-ups with sophisticated style.  The key word defining Kariza’s collection is versatility.  She has designed 1000 prints that fit all ages and sizes, but what makes Kariza truly unique from other designers is the ability to wear one item in 100 different ways.  A Brazilian native, Kariza uses her homeland as an inspiration in design of every piece of wearable art.  The bases of creating multipurpose clothing were the efforts to generate financial growth to a lot of low income families in the local Indian communities, maintaining Eco-friendly and sustainable principles. 

            Melissa Mezzalira played a major role in the success for Kariza's event.  Melissa is a Certified International Image and Etiquette Consultant, and the founder of Confident Impressions.  Recently, I have gained an internship under Melissa as her assistant.  She is responsible for choosing the beautiful Baoli as the location for Kariza's fashion show.  Kariza was kind enough to offer me to model her swimsuits during the event.  If you need help in finding the right color and style to fit your body type, then email Melissa at melissa@italianstylemakeover.com and don't forget to check out Italian Style Makeover for further information.  Baoli is a whimsical, scenic escape from chaotic South Beach and the perfect location for Kariza’s fashion show.  A backdrop displaying a representative photo of a beautiful woman modeling a Kariza swimsuit was set up inside Baoli next to a clothing rack and an information table.  Guests were able to make purchases during the event and even received $25 off any item.  A pamphlet was provided to show guests step-by-step directions for different ways to wear the outfits.  Log on to her website by clicking, Kariza, and purchase a complete instructional DVD.

        Kariza presents her positive and festive energy throughout the event.  Her charismatic personality is revealed through her collection.  Preparation for a fashion show is a technical process, to ensure every piece is precisely in place, but Kariza and her crew maintained a lively attitude and created a pleasurable atmosphere.  It was clear that Kariza was enjoying herself by taking photos with her models and mingling with guests.

       It was obvious that the fashion show was not only a business event, but Kariza’s passion exerted in her craft as a designer.  Visit the Kariza store in South Beach located at 1630 Jefferson Avenue.  Keep up with Kariza updates and don’t miss her next fashion show by subscribing to the Kariza facebook page.

A Sleepless Success!

Miami is one of three cities that hold the annual Nuit Blanche in the U.S.

There are 16 Nuit Blanche event locations throughout the world, but Miami, New York and Minneapolis are the only cities in the U.S. that launch the event.  A Sleepless Night is Miami's version of the international Nuit Blanche.  Miami celebrates it's diverse culture, love of the arts and a variety of talent for one night of sleepless chaos.


 Mayor of Miami Beach, Matti Herrera Bower states, "Sleepless Night demonstrates how powerful and beneficial our partnerships with the artistic, corporate and philanthropic communities can truly be.  By working collaboratively and bringing together a broad range of sectors and hundreds of talented artists, we can enrich lives."


A Sleepless Night spread throughout Miami Beach in four zones: 71st, Collins Ave, Bustelo Zone 3 on Lincoln Road and Washington Ave.


After 30 minutes of searching for parking, my first stop was Lincoln Road. 


I was wide awake,
thanks to Cafe Bustelo sponsorship and promotional espresso giveaway.

Zone 3 Sponsor, Cafe Bustello,

supplied guests with iced coffee promotional samples for their new product. 

The U.S. Premiere of Livio Tragtenberg's "The Cabinet of Dr. Strange" was held in the cage below on Lincoln Road from 6 pm-12 am.

This was the weirdest performance I saw the entire evening.

The Cabinet of Dr. Strange presented an interactive installation/performance with a growing audience.

The side of the cage read, "Please feed the composer with images and sounds.  The composer is an extinct animal."

Inside the cage, Dr. Strange holds out his microphone through the barred cage to audience members who are free to express sounds in any way (sing, scream, laugh) a young man even rapped into the microphone.

My favorite event of the evening: John Lennon Educational Tour Bus!

Located outside The Betsy was John Lennon Educational Tour Bus.

Displayed below are photos I took inside the bus.  As you can see, the bus is a sound recording studio.

John Lennon dreamed of designing a traveling recording studio that would go from school to school to enhance the creativity of youth students to produce music.
For the passed 11 years, the tour bus has established exactly what John Lennon wanted.

This is a multi-million dollar recording studio.

A SLEEPLESS NIGHT RETURNS!

Production expenses for an event often times exceed the planned budget.  I speculate that many event

Operators forecast going over budget, but anticipate the possibility by enforcing a strategy to minimize costs.  Unfortunately, the lack of city funding and the need for sponsorship donations prevents events from happening. 


The last Sleepless Night event was in 2009.  Miami city refuses to fund the event, due to its high budget, which causes extreme problems when searching for sponsorship donations.


Thankfully, The Knights Foundation has come to the rescue in efforts to fund Sleepless Nights.  The Knights Foundation works to raise cultural awareness.


A Sleepless Night launches Saturday night, November 5 and flows onto November 6.  The event will contain local and global art exhibits.  There will be comedic performances, poetry readings, music and dance.  Theatrical performances can be listened in both English and Spanish.


Rebecca Sterling, FIU student and creator of 
A Sleepless Night! facebook event page says, “This will be an epic event and I'd like to gather a fun crew to go crazy with.  Also, if you weren't planning on being in Miami on this particular weekend, you should definitely make your plans include Sleepless night."




So far, there are 37 of guests who have RSVP through this particular event page, but over 100,000 guests are expected to attend.


Take advantage of this FREE EVENT!

T-SWIFT IS COMING TO THE CITY!

Taylor Swift's SPEAK NOW 2011 Tour is coming soon to Miami. 

Fans, I suggest you buy tickets ASAP!

Taylor Swift is scheduled to perform at the American Airlines Arena in Miami Beach

on Sunday, November 13.

courtesy of Robot Celeb.

Facebook Application:  Bands In Town created an event page for the concert, but only four users have chosen to publisize their RSVP.

If you listen to country as much as I do, then you are aware that tickets are available to win through calling KISS Country Station.  Check out the website: http://wkis.com/

Tickets are available on multiple websites, but I suggest using Stub Hub.

I'm checking Living Social and Groupon daily to see if tickets will be available for purchase, but chances are unlikely because this concert is going to be huge!

WHERE IS MY FREE CHAMPAGNE???

The promotional offer instituted on facebook supplied ladies free champagne until midnight…this was not upheld when I spoke with the incredibly rude bartender.  I was told I needed a drink ticket, so I met with a promoter and received one drink ticket. 

When I presented the ticket at the bar, I was turned down again.  The drink ticket offered a two for one glass of champagne.  This was unsettling.  The bartender ripped the drink ticket in two pieces and handed over my glass of champagne, which was 1/3 full of a strawberry mix that I did not ask for or enjoy drinking. 

The bartender assured me that he would “take care” of me when I was ready for my second glass, but that was an epic fail too.  I called attention to him when I was ready for my refill and he presented me with a check.  This was not a joke.  I’ll never go to this bar again.  Obvious neglect to consumers did not go unnoticed and I left after I finished my second glass.