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Fashion Shows at the Metropolitan Builders Association Home Show? Oh Yeah!

By Kimberly Gomez · Comments (2)
Wednesday, February 9th, 2011

I was asked by the Metropolitan Builders Association to create and produce 2 fashion shows at their Home and Remodeling show. They decided to go in a slightly different direction this year and try some new ideas. Enter: Impeccable Image LLC. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a fashion show at a home show but I thought it was a great idea. Give the attendees some unexpected excitement and some great fashion ideas.

I decided that a high fashion vibe wouldn’t be entirely appropriate for the attendees of this event. A more approachable, semi-casual and somewhat dressy look would be much better. I met with Tina Christy, the owner of Mainstream Boutique in Delafield and we determined what clothes would achieve that vision. Tina is a dream to work with and her clothes are gorgeous (as you see from the photos). I highly recommend you visit her boutique and get your fun items from her. http://www.mainstreamboutique.com/franchise/wisconsin/index.html

Wendy Bain, who is an instructor at John Casablancas Modeling & Career Centers, was my right-hand woman who helped tremendously with finding some of the models, including herself. She also chose and prepared all of the music for the show. I couldn’t have done it without her!

Joann Ringer, who is a cosmetologist, did the hair and makeup with her usual aplomb. She is an absolute joy to work with and does everything with excellence. Joann sells Motives Cosmetics which is an excellent line of makeup that people such as Jennifer Lopez wear. You can check out the products at http://www.joannringer.com/

Rachel Womack, who is a professional videographer and owner of http://www.todayandforevervideos.com/home, put aside her camera to be a dresser for the models. Rachel was a huge help to the models who were very glad she was there to help since they only had a couple of minutes to change between looks.

The 2 fashion shows went off without a hitch and got rave reviews, including from the sponsors. We’ve been asked back next year with our choice of dates and times. Mission accomplished!

Models' first looks

  

Heather getting beautified by Joann

Wendy's LBD & embossed jacket

Denise's pleated silver dress

Karen's blue coat and blingy top & bottom

Heather's silver flower dress

Kerry's red coat & LBD

The whole crew in final looks

Photos by Gerry Gomez & Patty McCrery – All rights reserved

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Fashion Before & After-A Stay at Home Mom Turns Into a Professional Artist

By Kimberly Gomez · Comments (3)
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

I mentioned previously that I styled Conny Karman for her gallery opening where she won best of class at an art gallery. Her piece is beautiful and totally unique, just like her.

Conny is a stay at home mom who has an extensive business background in business. She is a jewelry artist part time specializing metals, usually sterling silver. As you can see, the necklace she created and entered is eye catching and very detailed. It took her many, many hours to create this.

Conny normally has a very basic, jeans and sweater or polo shirt look. She likes simple lines and colors. Her look doesn’t show her incredibly creative side. I wanted to bring that out and give her an edgy look for the gallery opening. We went shopping and I put her in some dresses she wouldn’t have looked twice at previously. When she tried them on, she instantly changed from normal to head turning. We decided on the dress and she liked another dress so much, she also bought that one for other occasions.

I also helped her select boots to go with her look and coached her on hair and makeup. I told her to complete the look, she needed an edgy hair style. When I saw her at the gallery opening, she looked exquisite. I stood next to her as person after person came up to her and told her how beautiful she looked. Shelly Culea, the person who created this gallery opening and is an incredible (and fashionable) artist, greeted Conny and told her she looked gorgeous. She also said that everyone else should have dressed just like her. !  Barbara Chappell, president of the Wisconsin Designer Craft Council, made similar comments.

One of the attendees of the showed was from Mount Mary College and asked Conny to teach a class there! Congrats Conny!

Enjoy the pictures of the beautiful, accomplished artist. Make sure you notice the necklace and earrings she’s wearing. She created them. Conny’s happy to create jewelry just for you. http://www.bigib.com

Conny Before

 

Conny & her husband

Conny & Barbara Chappell

 

Conny side view of hair

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Fall Fashion Photo Shoot

By Kimberly Gomez · Comments (0)
Thursday, September 9th, 2010

On Tuesday, August 31st, I participated in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Fall Fashion photo shoot. We were all excited to make this happen and ready to do our best. Everyone involved was great to work with. Thankfully, there were no divas. Everyone worked together well and did what needed to be done (and had fun doing it).

We started at Kristin Lindemann’s (@tinmakeup) salon with she and Amy Haubrich (@amershaubrich) doing makeup and hair. They’re both awesome at what they do and the shots wouldn’t have looked anywhere near as good without them. Hillary Fry (@solessence) was there doing nails in the most beautiful, hottest colors. She got the colors from Essie especially for the shoot; they weren’t even on the market yet. I highly recommend all 3 artists.

When everyone was beautified, we moved to Cuvee which is a cool bar/nightclub in the 3rd Ward. It was a great back drop for the looks to be shot. Nancy Doney from the Journal Sentinel was the one in charge of the whole shoot and Shauna Young from the same was there to make sure everything looked great. Jerry, the photographer was wonderful-low key, quick and excellent. Judith Berger was the author of the whole thing. She has to get every detail of the clothing and accessories perfect.

A cute couple out on the town starts the shoot. Tiffany and Alan Charles are the models in this set of shots and they look great in their dressy attire. Tiffany had on over $40,000 in diamond jewelry from Robert Haack. Nice. Note about Alan: Besides being entirely handsome, he works for Senator Lena Taylor.

The next shots were Heather Wittmann as a society lady with her long mink and bottle of champagne. Fabulous!

Amber Patt (@ambernp124) showed off a beautiful sequin encrusted rust color dress as a young socialite out on the town. Just a tidbit about her: she’s not only beautiful; she is going to be a doctor. Hello!

The cute couple, Tiffany and Alan showed up again in much more casual looks but having just as much fun as before.

Heather arrived in her lime vest looking like a snow bunny followed by Amber in her absolutely adorable long sleeveless fur vest. Divine!

Not to be outdone, Tiffany follows in (my fav) a stunning leather and fur coat. It’s hard to see in the pictures but the leather has a lot of texture to it so it almost looks braided. Awesome.

The last series of shots is of the 3 girlfriends out on a casual, uh, yet dressy girls night out. Too cute!

I had to take some shots of Shauna (please don’t hate me Shauna) because she’s so adorable. I told her she should be in front of the camera instead of behind and she made a comment about her height. I reminded her of America’s Next Top Model petite competition. Go for it Shauna!

I wanted the pictures to be very candid so you could see what was going on behind the scenes. None are perfect; all are fun. We’re so lucky Jerry is the professional photographer!

Look for the Fall Fashion section in the September 26, 2010, Sunday paper.

Last but not least, I want to thank my dear friend Mary Jane Sanchez (@chitqitamj) for introducing me to Nancy. I really enjoyed working with Nancy (fashionable, very experienced yet humble: fabulous combination) and hope to work with her in the future.

Note: all names in parentheses are Twitter names. Mine is @impeccableimage. Love my Twitter friends!

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