What Should be in your Closet for Fall?

I guess it's that time of year. The kids are finally heading back to school and everyone wants to know what are the must have items for their wardrobe. We do a lot of trend forecasting (and trend watching) here at the studio. It's a holdover from my days working with many of the major retailers. We released our Fall/Holiday 2010 Trend report about 9 months ago to our retail customers. As we've watched the trends develop on the major runways of the world, we've been gratified that we got it right - picked the right trends to pursue and add our own LamanBlu twist to. Since we've been getting so many requests lately from various consumer magazines and blogs to contribute our trend reports, we've decided to do just that and republish our original trend report for the season. Enjoy! Holli

Fall 2011 Trend Report #2

Trend 2. Cloud Atlas
The end of summer is signalled with a change in weather. Autumn showers, migrating birds, umbrellas, raindrops and clouds all work as print icons in this playful graphic trend.

The First Video Clip from Fashion Fest!

Fall 2011 Trend Report #1

Trend 1. Correspondant
Travel and the art of correspondance inspire this trend as we see a return to creative activities and hand-rendered imagery. Stamps, scribbles, doodles, collage and travel jourals bring the joy of a traditional craft to a digitally literate generation.

Earnshaws Style Incubator Showcase

LamanBlu Offers its Fall/Holiday and Cruise/Resort Collections Direct to the Public in Conjunction with Fashion Fest

We're doing something we've never done before! We're selling direct to the public. We normally only sell to retail boutiques, and we will return to that very soon. But we are celebrating Fashion Fest 2010, the biggest fashion event in Denver, and we will be accepting direct orders at that event. So we wanted to open it up beyond that event and offer it to all our other fans out there as well!

We will be accepting orders on current stock merchandise, as well as made to order from our current production line for one week only. Orders will be accepted from Friday, July 30th through Friday, August 6th. Stock merchandise will ship within 2 weeks, made to order will ship in approximately 6 weeks. Flip through the catalogs below, select what you want at the special Fashion Fest price and email us at info@lamanblu.com. Ordering sizes are 2T-6x. If you have any questions about the garments or how to order, just email or call at 720-837-1452. We will invoice you via PayPal and when payment is received, we will put your order into work.

{Sorry time to order has expired and we've removed the catalogs - if you're seeking merchandise, contact us and we will direct you to your nearest LamanBlu retailer}

Thanks for a great Fashion Fest rehearsal!

We had our final fittings and rehearsal for Fashion Fest 2010 on Monday evening. All of our beautiful models got to try on their outfits for the show and we practiced our walking, twirling and just a touch of actual choreography.

It was a toasty day and the girls were so patient trying on some fall/holiday items in the heat for the show. We even have a new model who followed our tweet to the rehearsal and we are so excited to have her participate!

Our thanks goes out to our models, their parents and the Fashion Fest organizers for all of their help and hard work. We're looking forward to a great show!

This event is free to the public, or you can purchase VIP tickets and will be Saturday, July 31st from 4:00 to 9:00 in Olde Town Arvada. LamanBlu's Fashion Show will be at 7:00pm. For more information - http://denver.metromix.com/events/fair_festival/fashion-fest-2010-arvada/1900213/content