Some Pictures From My Photo-Shoot

Henri Bendel Trunk Show

Delivered

I am officially a Henri Bendel vendor. I dropped off my 59 headbands today. It took me two weeks to finnish all the merchandise, and at times I was feeling like I might miss my delivery. But it all came together and I made my "X-Factory" date -- retail lingo for when merchandise leaves the factory :-)  

Of course, I have a long list of people to thank -- my amazing sister for working her magic in AI, Bessma's mother for helping me glue buttons, and Amanda for taking care of all the invoice and packaging slip templates. I have an amazing community of friends and family and now I am a ready for all the amazing things that are about to take place...

Elated

Henri Bendels picked 7 styles to merchandise!!!!!! And I am going to have several trunk shows. I am beyond elated!!!!! Well no time for blogging. The next few weeks is all about headbands and getting my LLC in order!!!!

Excited

I got my labels back from the printers last night. I have to admit, I was like a giddy, little girl on Christmas morning! I was so happy with how they turned out. I wanted a way to not only carry my headbands to Henri Bendels, but also a way to merchandise them so that they told a "story" -- which is huge in the retail world. There's some of my visual merchandising classes being put to use  :-) 

Debuting at Debut NYC

Debut New York is a really hip boutique just north of SOHO. The store is set up like a gallery and the concept is to showcase up and coming designers. 

I  met the owner of Debut at baby Gap buying clothes for my future niece. The owner of Debut asked if I was a designer (apparently she liked the way I had styled my outfit and she was curious about the large portfolio I was lugging around. I had in fact just come from an interview at Express). 

I showed her my headbands and she decided to showcase five! The pictures above are the ones she is featuring. I went into Debut last Thursday and I saw my headbands merchandised right up front by the cash register. There was even a little plaque with my name on it, it read"Jennifer Paige, Phoenix, Arizona -- Inspired by Industrial Design". It gave me the biggest thrill! 

I could get used to this!

All For Henri

Some of the many headbands I am taking to Henri Bendel on March 30th. I am going to have to "edit" down my final collection, so that it is tighter and tells a story. A lot of work to wrap up this next week. 

My Life Is Headbands

My apartment has become one big art studio. Ribbon, paint, feathers, sequins and a slew of other art supplies have taken over! At first, I kept everything in a large duffle bag. However, being OCD and a bit of a neat freak, that only lasted so long!

Now I have a stack of silver, mesh drawers on wheels to keep everything neatly organized. It is perfect! Still my room looks like I live and breathe headbands. And until the Henri Bendel Open-See for new designers is over, I do LIVE and BREATHE headbands. 

I told my roomate, Brian, I will have reached my fashion zenith if I can get my headbands into Henri Bendel. Well, into Henri Bendel, Fred Segal, and Kitson as well as onto the cast of Gossip Girl and Victoria Beckham. All fashion icons to me!

Parsons taught me a lot, and when you have this desire to create, well there just isn 't any stopping it...so we will see where it goes. I formed an LLC ,  I have a website  www.jenniferpaigedesigns.com ordered a bunch of woven tags to glue on as my tags, and purchased a case of headbands from Goody in bulk!  I am ready to roll!

So here is to the modern girl's headpiece aka the Posh Prepster. 

The Posh Prepster

Who is the posh prepster...

The posh prepster embraces fashion, design, style, and glamour. She is the ultimate fashionista. She is not afraid of being fashion forward or on the edge. She pays attention to the world of fashion, but she the confidence to boldly rock her own style. She is a bit of NY, a bit of LA, but mostly just an accumulation of all things creative, savvy and full of life. 

The posh prepster has a sense of adventure. She is is always up for a night on the town and all the details that go into dressing up for it. She mixes her Dior with her street fashion, her rock and roll with her Blahniks, her Chanel with her ripped up jeans. 

You see her at a cafe'. On the dance floor. Shopping Madison Ave. Scanning Kitson and Fred Segal. Digging through the bins at Last Chance. 

She is lipgloss and bouncing to her IPOD. Bangles and Cuffs. Amazing shoes and fantastic boots. New York in the summer, Arizona in the Winter. Champagne at brunch. 

Cutting edge architecture and cute cupcake paraphernalia. She understands the skater world but she appreciates haute couture. She is Blair Waldorf with the drive to snowboard down the mountain. A bit of edge with a bit of preppiness.

Punk rock music with a love of the ballet. 

She has depth and character but she is carefree and knows what it feels like to laugh until her sides hurt. 

She is fun. She is special. She is joie de vivre. 

She always gets her headbands from Jennifer Paige Designs. 

*** the smallest of posh prepsters can also wear Jennifer Paige Designs. Smaller headbands are used to fit the little tykes heads.