Tuesday, October 30, 2007

HIP.E BOUTIQUE HOST AN INTIMATE SOIREE BENEFITING WOMEN OF TOMORROW MENTOR & SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

HIP.E BOUTIQUE AND IRENE MARIE PARTNER TO SHOWCASE JULIAN CHANG’S NEW COLLECTION AT AN INTIMATE SOIREE BENEFITING WOMEN OF TOMORROW MENTOR & SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
hip.e boutique, celebrated Julian Chang’s newest collection with a private trunk show on Thursday, October 4th. Hip.e owners, Daisy Casuso and Mari Alracon-Grimalt invited Miami icon, Irene Marie, owner and founder of Irene Marie Management Group to be the official hostess for the evening. Irene Marie so graciously collaborated with her favorite charity, Women of Tomorrow Mentor & Scholarship Program to help raise funds in support of their current initiatives.
(PHOTO BY MANNY HERNANDEZ for MHPIXS.com)
Guests were able to peruse the couture collection with the designer himself, Julian Chang, plus received styling advice on what’s hot for Fall from hip.e owners and fashion-trendsetters, Daisy Casuso and Mari Alarcon-Grimalt. More than $8,500.00 was sold in just three hours and a portion of the proceeds benefited Women of Tomorrow Mentor & Scholarship program.
“It was lovely to have our friends and local socialites in the boutique to do what women do best, shop! Not only did we have a great time meeting new people but it was fun to see our clients fall head-over-heels for what’s new in the store,” said Daisy Casuso and Mari Alarcon-Grimalt. In attendance were Jennifer Getz, co-owner of Samuel Getz Private Jewelers; Jennifer Nicole Lee, fitness expert; Jennifer Valoppi, NBC 6 news anchor; Sandra Deya, model and former Miss Cuba and Silvia Fassardi, jewelry designer and founder of Septimo, just to name a few. “I wanted to show these ladies my best work and I think they would agree that once they tried a dress on, they felt like a whole new woman. My favorite dress was purchased by Sandra Deya, who looked stunning in the plunging neck-line with beaded detail,” says Julian Chang.