All posts by B. shigglesworth

Dreamer / Doer / Founder of Fashion Denver

Jackalope Art & Craft Fair Returns

Denver, CO-  November 14th-15th

With the holidays right around the corner, if you’re stressing over buying gifts for loved ones, stress no more! On Saturday November 14th & Sunday November 15th from 10am-5pm (both dayunnameds), the Jackalope Art & Craft fair will return to the EXDO events center (1399 35th Street, Denver CO 80205).

As an encore to its first successful fair this past July, the fair will feature over 100+ artisans with handmade, speciality goods. Community meets artisan at this land of unlikely creations! Shoppers can expect to find  one-of-a-kind accessories, dry goods, home décor, and more plus attend art-focused workshops and activities for all ages!

Hope to see you there!… Read more!

Venus Concepts Beauty Event

Denver, CO- Thursday October 22
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Last Thursday Lynn and I got to experience first had some new beauty/skin care options from Venus Concepts! Venus Concepts introduced the Denver community to two skin care technologies aiming to help women and men combat a wide range of dermis issues!

Venus Legacy is “a non-invazive treatment that uses Multi-Polar Radio Frequency, VariPulse Technology, and Pulsed Electro Magnetic Fields to treat all aesthetic concerns simultaneously.

Venus Viva is “the next generation in Facial Remodeling and Skin Resurfacing. It combines NanoFractional Radio Frequency and SmartScan technology to effectively treat textural irregularities, scarring, wrinkles and stretch marks.

If you’re interested in learning more about these technologies, click here!

IMG_7234Also at the event, Niki McCartney and her partner from Retro Room Lounge and Salon. Niki gave me some beautiful curls and later an awesome up-do which held the entire night! If you’re looking to get an awesome new hairstyle and/or makeup, check out the ladies at the Retro Room here !… Read more!

The Show: A Haute Couture Runway Show

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Last Thursday, the Fashion Denver team ventured to The Studios at Overland Crossing for the “The Show: A Haute Couture Runway Show” and boy, was it quite the show!

Sponsored and produced by  Aesthetic Nurse Specialists LLC, The Show was put on as a fundraising event to promote skin cancer awareness. Featured designers included: Andrea Li, Maggie Burns of Marie Margot Couture, Francis Roces of Kimono Dragons,  Michael Sullivan of The HAUS, Parasite Eve, Stephanie Lauren, Margaret Sanzo, Julia Rhoden, Gabriela Martinez, Carlos Melendez, Andreas Tsagas and Gino Velardi.

From glowing jewelry, to live snakes on the runway, to extravagant evening/bridal gowns that looked as though they came straight out of a fairy tail, we were visually spoiled with an array of couture!… Read more!

Chloe Groom Joins The Team (that’s me!)

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Greetings! I’m Chloe Marion Groom (yes like a Bride and a Groom)

I was born in Redwood City, California but home is in Aspen, Colorado.  I am currently in my last quarter of college at the University of Denver pursuing my Bachelors of Arts degree in Psychology and Marketing.

The next thing you may be wondering is what my plans are for after graduation. Well that’s a great question and I’ve actually been wondering the same exact thing lately. What I do know is that I’ve never taken a traditional path in life. I took a year off after high school to do community service in the South Pacific for the first half of the year and later took a backpacking trip in Europe. I did my first year of college in New York City and ended up transferring to DU in the fall of 2013.

Apart from loving the outdoors, my dog Nigel, my friends and family, and the occasional Moscow Mule, I love fashion and here’s why: Straight from one of my favorite songs by Theophilus London I Stand Alone, and if you’ve heard this song before please sing it out loud right now: “The clothes don’t make … Read more!