Best Dressed Santa Clara Valley Kennel Club

 Rebecca Boese wore a non white or black suit from White House Black Market - still loved it!

 Shea Skinner was stylin' in a Marc Ecko suit and Jeffery Bean tie and plaid shirt

 Carey Fayfram was so sophisticated in her newly arrived vintage St. John from her mother

Linda Hof made her Ellen Tracy jacket and Calvin Klein skirt pop with a red top and red shoes!

10 Fashion Questions - Christine Erickson

Christine Erickson

Gilbert, AZ

1 - When did you first realize you loved fashion and clothes?
I was born a diva

2 - If you had all the money in the world which designer would you always buy?
St. John 

3 - What is your favorite piece of clothing or accessory
A diamond and amethyst necklace and earring set from my mother

4 - What is your biggest pet peeve about dog show fashion
Lack of supportive undergarments 

5 - Who always looks the best at dog shows
Michelle Billing she always dressed with style, Beth Sweigart is a close second

6 - Who is your go to designer or what is you go to store?
Nordstroms

7 - What time in history would you have liked to have been around for because of the fashion
Gone With the Wind time period.  Loved Scarlett's O'Hara because of the beautiful gowns

8 - Who would you suggest for "What Not To Wear"?
I don't want to pinpoint a person, but I do think women need bend over in the mirror when trying on skirts before showing their dogs. 

9 - What one thing do you think people could improve on regarding fashion at dog shows?
Be mindful of the length of your outfit

10 - What was your favorite outfit you wore at a dog show?
St. John royal blue with bling and tory burch shoes I wore judging Westminster this year

My Westminster Outfit

Okay, this is my one post about me.  I like I mention before I love clothes and fashion.  What I haven't mentioned is I LOVE GREAT DEALS!!!!  Being smart with my money and getting the most bang for your buck was what I was taught as a child and apply today.  It's fun to go shopping for that perfect Westminster outfit, but I think of it a challenge.  I want something completely different and I do not want to see someone else in the same outfit as me.

I found my outfit over the summer while visiting my grandma out in Palm Springs.  We walked into a vintage shop and found a vintage Cache suit.  It must have been from the 80's because it had the MASSIVE shoulder pads and the saggy arm sleeves.  I saw the beautiful black and bronze fabric and it fit really well just needed some TLC.  So for $35 I bought it!  For the first time an off center button blazer fit me without making me look frumpy and I loved the interesting collar cut.  Off to the seamstress it went!  She did a fantastic job taking out the should pads and basically restructuring the shoulders and sleeves for $25!!!!!

What took me forever was finding shoes.  Anyone that really knows me I have VERY small feet.  My favorite store for show shoes is Stride Rite!  Yep! Stride Rite.  Finding shoes is a very big challenge and I bought and brought two pairs just in case one pair wasn't fitting right (total for both shoes $30).  Good thing because the pair I really wanted to wear were too big, so I wore my back up pair in the breed.  For the evening judging I stuffed the toes of the cute pair with tissues and prayed they stayed on.  They did!!! :-)

The rest of my outfit included bronze crystal and gold dangle earrings ($8) and suntan nylons for breed judging (3 for $12 at Hanes Outlet) and off-black nylons with black line up the back for groups ($5 from Nordstrom Rack).

That's my 2014 Westminster Outfit!  You don't need to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars to look good.  I enjoyed finding something different and unique.  But, what I did realize is I did not really take any photos of myself at Westminster so thank you Congleton photos for allowing me to use this photo and thank you Mom and Dad for taking the other two photos.  I thought about capturing everyone else's great and amazing outfits I forgot I wanted to share my Westminster outfit.

This is about fashion and looking good and remembering people's great outfits at shows across the country.  In my one blog about me I have to include photos on my walk down the Fashion Walk of Fame.

 Great outfits were seen all over the streets of NYC this year.  Love the coats leggings/tights/black nylons and boots

"The Garment Worker" statue that starts the Fashion Walk of Fame

 Famous "Needle Threading Button" 

 Love his clothes and especially his suits

 OMG!!!!  I cannot believe Parsons The New School For Design has moved!!!!!  So sad

 Love, love, love Betsey Johnson and her eccentric style

 $4.99 seriously?  Fashion lines the streets!!!

.....and the buses!!!!

My biggest regret for this Westminster trip is not having an opportunity to go to the famous Mercedes Benz Fashion Week.  Errrrrr..... Maybe next year

10 Fashion Questions - Keith Pautz

Keith Pautz

Las Vegas, NV

1 - When did you first realize you loved fashion and clothes?
After the 80s when clothes were so bad

2 - If you had all the money in the world which designer would you always buy?
Calvin Klein 

3 - What is your favorite piece of clothing or accessory
Cole Hahn shoes

4 - What is your biggest pet peeve about dog show fashion?
Dirty shoes - my father always said a gentlemen never leaves th house in dirty shoes

5 - Who always looks the best at dog shows?
Houston Clark - always flawless

6 - Who is your go to designer or what is you go to store?
Macy's

7 - What time in history would you have liked to have been around for because of the fashion?
Victorian times

8 - Who would you suggest for "What Not To Wear"?
There are too many

9 - What one thing do you think people could improve on regarding fashion at dog shows?
Shoes

10 - What was your favorite outfit you wore at a dog show?
Navy tuxedo I judged my first Top Twenty in

Westminster Best Dressed

I wasn't able to see everyone this year at Westminster, but these Best Dressed individuals stood out to me.  

Jamie Vasquez brought it in an Issey Miyake tuxedo with very interesting details

 Alicia Morris Jones sparkled in a beautiful St. John

Karen Fitzpatrick was classic chic in a Ralph Lauren suit and brown Born boots

Elaine Lessig had it all going on with a vintage Louis Vuiton handbag, Taryn Rose boots, Saks Label Skirt, a Michael Kors Jacket and mixed costume and real jewelry

 Colton Johnson looked the part in a Caravelli Suit and Westminster purple retro tie

 Hiroshi Tsuyuki rocked a three-piece black suit completed by a purple tie and pocket square

Jessy Sutton brought the plaid Paul Smith suit and blinged out tie to Westminster

Remy Smith-Lewis looked classic chic in a brown Ralph Lauren three-piece

Sherry Wuetherich looked sophisticated in her Joseph Ribkoff white and black suit

The girls, Robin Novak and Laura King, were skinny & glitzy in St. Johns

Kimberly Pastella Calvacca looked great in her sparkling Tory Burch Suit

Angela Lloyd was sparking in a black Talbots suit

And my favorite shoes were Lois DeMers blinged Chanel flats!

Westminster Fashion Articles

Wow!!!!  I cannot believe how many articles were written about fashion at Westminster....or lack there of.  With New York Fashion Week going on a bit further uptown at Lincoln Center I guess it's no surprise that comparisons were made about the two events.   Here are a few links of the articles I found in addition to article about this blog in the New York Post

Boston.com - At Westminster, dog show style gets spotlight, too

And comparassions between New York Fashion week and Westminster

The Wall Street Journal Blog: New York Fashion Week or Westminster Dog Show?

Elle Magazine: Dogs VS Models: The Best Runway Walks of the 138th Westminster Dog Show

Huffington Post Canada: Westminster Dog Show Style Gets Scrutinized, Too

Jimmy Kimmel even edited a video with only handlers. no dogs...

So, ladies and gentleman the lesson is pay attention to your clothes especially at big shows like Westminster because you do not be in an article or on TV where you do not look your best!

Out On The Town In New York - Tourist Day

I'm sitting in my room after the long day of traveling to New York City.  The mecca of US fashion.  Yes, we have great designers in LA and Miami and other great designers popping up all across the US, but it always comes back The City.  

And of course in true writing fashion while in New York I can think of no one else but Carrie Bradshaw.  

The above black outfit is one of my all-time favorites of Carrie Bradshaw because of it's clean chic lines, the belted fur and leather jacket, completed with black boots and a fedora.  It's New York Chic!

While playing tourist remember you're going to be outside and inside places and the temperature differ drastically.  Freezing cold outside temps with possible wind and snow when you head towards Wall Street, Ground Zero, and the Statue of Liberty to the heated buildings of Macy's and the Metropolitan Museum of Art can make dressing interesting.  Today, I'm playing tourist and I'm layering with a pair of warm fuzzy kids Stewart Weizmann rain boots, fleece lined leggings, my silly Bully sweater.  I'll add my 3/4 brown puffer jacket, scarf and fun hat while seeing the sights outside.

Please share what you're doing while in New York and what amazing fashion you see and wear!

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