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Sizzlin’ Summer 6 Questions

I’ve worn contacts all of my life and just recently had the opportunity to try eye lash extensions! I LOVE THEM! Check out a little snippit from the adventure with the fabulous Riann Decker, advanced trainer at Live Love Lash in Cherry Creek North!

2717 E 3rd Ave, Denver, CO 80206

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1) When did you first realize your passion for the beauty industry?

Growing up my mother worked at a salon in North Dallas. I would spend many days during the summer helping out around the salon while admiring all the beautiful transformations that happened daily. I’ve always found joy in bringing women confidence they forgot they had, it always came naturally to me. Choosing a career in the beauty industry was a no brainer when the time came.

2) What has been your path thus far in your career?

I got my cosmetology license just after my senior year in high school and spent 3 years going back and forth between doing hair and makeup. I discovered and fell in love with individual eyelash extensions in 2012. Shortly after … Read more!

Sizzlin’ 6 Questions La Lovely Vintage

La Lovely Vintage
3040 Blake St #100
Denver, CO 80205

La Lovely VintageIn our ongoing series of Sizzlin’ 6 Summer Questions with various fashion businesses around the city, we bring you our interview with Tara, brains behind La Lovely Vintage!

I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Tara for the past couple of years. We are in an entrepreneurial / spiritual book club together and have been there to support and encourage one another on this journey of life. It’s been an honor to see her passion evolve. From doing markets and shows, to having a little camper for her boutique, to officially opening up a brick and mortar shop, her evolution is inspiring.

How long have you had a penchant for vintage?  

I have been fascinated with vintage and antiques since I was a little girl, their story and history inspires me. I’ve always been attracted to the look and feel of vintage the same way many people are attracted to designer names. I started buying vintage around the age 12, this is when I bought my first baby blue typewriter. 

La Lovely Vintage

Give us a brief history of how you started La Lovely Vintage?

 La Lovely Vintage started in my closet! I Read more!

Sizzlin’ 6 Questions with Edith Muyinda

This past weekend, I had the pleasure of emceeing the African Fashion Show headed up by Edith Muyinda of Byasima Couture where we saw fashions from many different countries in Africa. It was an amazing show! Edith will be part of our fashion market this Sunday. Let’s take a look into her world, shall we?


What were your obsessions growing up?

Fashion

How did fashion become the symbol for your creative expression?

I have many sisters and sometimes when they were going out, they would have “wardrobe emergencies” in that all of a sudden they did not like their outfits – they would change from dress to dress stillTop / dress by Byasima Couture. Photo by Dante Canto X Images / d4nt3.comthey were not happy with how they looked, so I would make adjustments by putting a fold here or adding a piece of material there or make them wear a skirt as a dress – and they loved it! It was fulfilling to see what I had visualized expressed in what they were wearing.

Do you see a stylistic connection between the things you do in your daily life that is reflected into your collections? 

My daily life is Read more!

Sizzlin’ 6 with Stylish Sparrow

Stylish SparrowBesides designers at our SPLASH summer fashion market, we’ve also got an amazing fashion stylish joining us for the fashion fun! Learn more about Lisa Sharpe, brains behind Stylish Sparrow!


Obsessions:
Roller skating, swimming, horses & Barbies

Fashion as Creative Expression:
I honestly don’t know how. It just always was! My earliest memories of enjoying fashion are creating fashion shows with Barbies and creating outfits on Fashion Plates. As a teenager, I poured over European magazines and Seventeen, studying how the outfits were put together.

Daily Life & Collection
stylish sparrowMy mother always said, “Buy what you love, even if you don’t know what you’re going to do with it when you get it home. You will find a place for it.”

So, as a resale store owner & stylist, I choose things that speak to me & inspire me. My home decorative items and my clothing collection are eclectic, and yet there is a thread of commonality that emerges because my eye is the common denominator.

Research
Watching fashion trends casually, and then selecting items for resale that delight me and spark a vision of how to style that particular item. I look for simple ways to update Read more!

Sizzlin’ 6 Questions with Lawrence and Larimer

We love seeing the new companies that are popping up and are thrilled to work with Lawrence & Larimer, a company that is new to the Fashion Denver scene! They’ll be joining us at our poolside market this Sunday! Let’s see what they have to say in our Sizzlin’ 6 Questions!

What were your obsessions growing up?

Our obsessions growing up were not far from most kids. For John Chapman(Founder of Lawrence and Larimer) it was basketball and Karate. For myself, (Keyonna Chapman, Co-Founder) it was swimming, track and field and Barbies.

How did fashion become the symbol for your creative expression?

John: High School is when I really began to recognize my own personal style and individuality. 

Keyonna: Honestly, I believe my aunts were my greatest inspiration. No matter where we went, they were decked to the nines, and I wanted nothing more than to be like that. So, I made sure no matter where we were headed, I looked like I was going somewhere fancy.

Lawrence and LarimerDo you see a stylistic connection between the things you do in your daily life that is reflected into your collections?

John: Yes, right now my daily life requires me to wear Read more!