Emerging Designer Open Call

To all Emerging Designers in Charleston, SC and the surrounding Southeastern area.  This post is an insight into the concept of Brooke Wilder Atelier.  If you are a designer, please contact me per the information below.  If you are interested in attending the event, follow this blog and as we get closer to our launch,…

Shameless Self Promotion

Okay, I’m so proud of myself, there just aren’t words.  Some days I forget what I am capable of.  Today, I finally received my studio photo shoot images from this years CFW 2014 pieces…modeled by my beautiful friend Kat Dwight.  Not only is the photography by our AI Photography department gorgeous…but I MADE THOSE BEAUTIFUL…

Not Going as Planned

Our fashion show that was rescheduled for September 4th…well, it didn’t happen.  You know how when you’ve got an action plan and you are moving through it…but it feels more like your spinning your wheels than getting ahead…yeah, that’s kind of what happened.  Our intentions and motivation were good, unfortunately, the stars just refused to…

Quick Update on Fashion Show

Sadly, I must say our fashion show for the Caribbean Food & Wine Festival was postponed and changed quite drastically.  Suffice it to say, things did not work out as there intended.  But, the fashion show is still on.  It is scheduled for Thursday, September 4th at 7:30 at the Sanctuary Hall and Gardens in…

Busy…Busy…Busy

Hey y’all!  This is going to be a quickie…but a goodie! Been MIA for a couple of reasons, one still healing my back and body…but very much on the road to recovery.  Not surgery for the immediate future if I maintain my Physical Therapy and exercise program.  Starting Barre Evolution this week, I know myself…won’t…

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie…Oy, Oy, Oy

Not sure where I heard that…but, it’s appropriate for the gorgeous collections gracing this years SS2014/2015 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia.  Yup, that’s right, Australia.  Honestly, I didn’t know there was such a show until I started doing a little research today on Australian designers.  A classmate mentioned she’s in love with some of the new…

Validation

I’m not sure if I mentioned it or not…remember that blank brain syndrome I’ve been having…but a few weeks before our runway show for Charleston Fashion Week (CFW), Alexandra Munzel, Owner of Alexandra Styles, approached Ashley Reid Martin, one of our amazing instructors at AI, about doing a small fashion show for White Haute Nights…

Maybe…just maybe…things can change!

Bonjour mes amis!  What a beautiful day it is today!!!!  It’s a bit chilly, even here in the balmy south…but the sun is shining, the birds are singing and the flowers are blooming!  This morning, Robot woke me up far too early…not intentionally…he tries so hard to be a stealthy mouse when he’s got to…

It’s Never Too Late…

Did you know before becoming a master of French cooking, Julia Child was a CIA officer?  Would you be surprised to know she made this change in her life at the age of 33.  Ina Garten, “Barefoot Contessa“, decided to leave her post as White House policy analyst at the age of 30.  Martha Stewart…

Fashion Shows and Perceptions

Last week I posted about the Couture shows in Paris.  My girlfriend of a billion years for the first time since I started blogging was not instantly enamored or in agreement with what I had to say.  Usually, we are on the same page…not this time. Our conversation went like this…(click to enlarge) The reason I…

A Lesson in Haute Couture

Many of us assume that fashion is pretentious, over priced and primarily for the uber rich, upper crust of society.  The rest of us just wear clothing or a style.  Okay, this is true, less than 10% of the world can afford Haute Couture “HC” designs, and the group that can afford RTW (Ready To…

La femme de Brooke ; Une Vénus de Note

One of the characteristics of a French woman that I love is her joy in being a woman.  Traditionally, cooking has been the role of the woman…there is nothing wrong with a man who can cook, I actually think it’s a terribly sexy quality in a man…but women have been the the source of nourishment…