In the past month, we have done 2 photoshoots with Bcat Threads Designs. Our photographer is Ken Wilder and models Kira Morel of Kansas City and Soukaina Saadani of San Diego. You can check them out in our photo gallery : http://bcatthreads.com/gallery.html
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It’s that time of year when we start to layer our clothes and dig out our boots from the closet. It’s a little bit different here in San Diego, but we’re already feeling the cooler nights and soon the days will be cold too. I want to make sure you are looking your best this Fall so let’s get going on restyling your wardrobe for the new season. I am offering a $100 discount to the first 15 people who book a closet consultation with me. Chose a closet consultation package from the list below or call me to customize your own package. I look forward to shopping with you soon!
Premium Princess’s Closet:$600
This is for the girl on the go. Someone who has a closet full of clothes and thinks she has nothing to wear. I will show you the best silhouettes for your shape, colors that make you glow and how a few accessories will pop and outfit. I will revamp your wardrobe, breathe new life into it. Restyling what you have, purging what you no longer need or wear and bring in new items to incorporate into your wardrobe. With this package I will meet with you for a 1 hour consultation learning everything about your style. I will then starting working my way through your closet spending up to 5 hours restyling and purging. After the closet is revamped I will then go out shopping and bring back news items for you to try with your wardrobe. During this 2 hour session you try on what you like and keep what looks good. I will then take your purging items and donate them and return unwanted new items.
In-between Queen’s Closet: $475
This package is designed for busy women that have clothes from seasons past and are holding on for dear life to them. I can help you sort through what is reusable and what needs to go. Help you learn what looks best on your body type and how you can shop and feel great. I will walk you through what styles look best on you. What colors are right for you and how to find the best looks even on sale. I will restyle your wardrobe and will take you shopping to guide you through replenishing your closet. I will start this package with a 1 hour consultation, learning the ins and outs of your style. Then I will spend 3 hours revamping your closet. Then we will go shopping for 2 hours getting you new items to replace your old ones.
Basic Beauties’ Closet: $300
If you are the jeans and tee shirt kind of girl and can count the pieces in your closet on one hand this is for you. I will help you sort through the shirts and pants and incorporate new colors and accessories. I will show you how to be stylish in your everyday look, how by just adding some accessories the look of your outfit will transform immediately. This package is for the low maintenance gal who hates to shop. I will do the shopping for you. I will bring items to you to help build your wardrobe. I will show you how sticking with staple items can get you through the entire year. I will meet with you for a 1 hour consultation to learn about what you like about your clothes. Then move on to purging and restyling your existing wardrobe for 3 hours. After that I will go over the new items I brought for you, trying them on with your old wardrobe for 1 hour.
Classy-sassy customized package:
Customize your own package. If you want me to just come over and restyle your existing wardrobe or completely overhaul your closet it is up to you. Tell me what your needs are and we can create your own special package. I will customize the price to fit your needs.
Look forward to helping you Fall in to the great styles this season!!
-Elizabeth
Elizabeth Cecilia Leffler
The Closet Party
M: 619.916.7545
We have just added a new designer to Bcat Threads. BlackHeart Bunny is a San Diego local who has been designing knits for the fashion elite. She has been discovered across the world and has a tremendous following. You can find her here:
If you aren't looking for it, you might not see it, but this boutique is the place to shop. The owner, Christine, mixes vintage with new, women's and men's, with a store layout perfect for everyone. and, when I say perfect for everyone, I am talking about how I walk in with my fiance, who hates shopping, so he plops down on the couch, which is placed right in the middle of the store. When shopping here, it is all about the experience. You will find things you've never seen before, and the customer service is top notch. You are greeted with a smile and a helping hand. Don't hesitate to ask for an opinion either. Christine, who you will see in there on most days enjoys styling and put a complete look together. She has a passion for art, music, and style, and can bring any outfit to life. This boutique is located in the University Heights area in San Diego, but you can also check out their website. Its a boutique that every fashionista can appreciate. :)
http://neighbourhoodboutique.com/
Neighbourhood Boutique
4496 Park Boluvard
San Diego, California 92116
Check it out! Riviera Magazine of San Diego is the one stop magazine for fashion, luxury, travel, and food. For their October issue, they found 3 local artists with talent that they wanted to share with the city. Take a look at the article they wrote about me! Check out the link and go to page 38 for the article about me!
The Passport to Style Event is finally over and I am happy to announce that I came in 2nd place for the competition. There were many talented designers who were competing and the fashion show was so amazing to watch. There was a huge variety of looks and styles and not just on the catwalk either. We had people of all ages and backgrounds come to the event to watch the beautiful models at work. The third place designer was Angela Saint Laurent who had a variety of flowy, feminine dresses with beautiful prints. The first place designer was Courtney Little, who used the most beautiful colors that fit well with the fall season to come. She added personal accessories like handbags, broaches, and even crocheted hats, in which she made all of herself. In the end, I am very happy with the results and think that most everyone deserved to win. Every designer showed a great example for San Diego fashion designers. Check out the photo gallery for some of the pictures (I will keep them updated as I get them to me).
Now is your chance to vote for Brooke Catherine Designs to win the Passport to Style competition. Everything is out of my hands now, except my votes.
Go to Kate Ross Boutique, in North Park and ask for your passport to style.
Kate Ross
3013 University Ave.
San Diego, Ca 92104
Let me know if you go!! And, please tell me what you think of the whole experience.
One of the fashion designers, Isha B of "Chocolate Cherries" has her own website showcasing her portfolio of work she has done. It is a fun site to visit, with a lot of pictures. It is easy to navigate and gives a very professional feel. Check it out for yourself to see her talent. www.isha-b.com
There was an art exhibit/fashion show last night at Bar Basic. There were so many things to look at, it would have been impossible to be bored. There was were artists painting, body art, jewelry, great music, a fun crowd, and of course a fabulous fashion show. The FGI Focus group styled the show using some of the hottest models that SanDiego has to offer. They used a select few fashion designers who are involved in the Passport to Style event taken place the week of September 5-14, 2008. I was one of the designers who was showcased for the event. I got to meet other talented designers and see their own unique and very creative styles.
And, for all you out there who are in support of local artists and designers, I need your help. The Passport to Style event is a contest for lots of scholarship money and exposure. The designer wins based on how many people vote for their designs during the fashion week. Starting on September 5, stop by Kate Ross Boutique in North Park, buy your passport, and vote for me!! Please see the flyers below for details and please feel free to contact me with any questions, concerns, or comments. email: brooke@bcatthreads.com
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I just came across someone that I wanted to share with you. I met this woman at a fashion mixer that I attend monthly. We met a few months back and now she is one of those pleasant suprises that I run into every few meetings. She is an artist who is now interested in creating textiles. Basically, transforming her art into fabric, so then someone like me can transform her fabric into art all over again. She just put up a blog page where she showcases some of her work. She recently sent me a link and I am really excited about it. I love her style and think its close to my own style. I can see us collaborating in the future to create some amazing peices. Check out her link: http://www.mawinkleadesign.blogspot.com/
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Brooke Catherine will be showing a few of her white peices for the La Jolla Summer White Party XII. The event will be taking place on July 19 with a fashion show sponsered by The Closet Party, www.theclosetparty.com, and Stylexplorers, www.stylexplorers.com
This should be an exciting event, for it is held every year to gather money for charity. A white party? That is so much fun. Who doesn't look good in white?
July 18-21, 2008 is Gay Pride in San Diego. Fashion Careers College and Bad Madge Productions will have a booth set up, where they will be showcasing some local fashion designers. Brooke Catherine of Bcat Threads was invited to show some of her samples. There will be models strutting their stuff in a fashion show along with some informal modeling. For more information about Gay Pride and the Gay Pride event taking place over the weekend, please visit: www.sandiegopride.com
A Stylexplorers.com and The Closet Party Production showcasing peices from Brooke Catherine of BcatThreads.com
Tuesday, July 8th
at Minus 1 Lounge
8:30pm: Stylish Social Hosted by Peroni Beer
9:30pm: Fashion Show Style by The Closet Party
10pm-2am: Enjoy Revolutionary Style & Music by Stylexplorers.com
Gather in Style...Jump Into Culture...International Night @ The Keating!
Guest List only. Please RSVP to events@thekeating.com
I have finished my costume for "The Art of Fashion" event that will be held at the Timkem Museum on August 9th. I am excited with the way that it turned out because I think I really captured what the painting shows. I was assigned the lady in brown, which you will be able to tell by looking at the painting and comparing it to my design.
I will post more details about the event when I get more information. Thanks for checking it out!!
I found out last Friday that I made it to the final round for the Passport to Style contest, put on by Fashion Group International. I was so excited to hear the great news, but know that there is a lot of work to come ahead. For the final round, we will showcase one of our designs in the window of a boutique that we are assigned. I believe it will be displayed the entire week of San Diego Fashion Week, which is September 5-13. We will also be showing a collection of 3-4 looks on the runway during the Fashion Week's Fashion Show. This is so exciting to think about. I need to give this my all. The exposure will be so beneficial.
We were also required to set up an account with Stylexplorers.com, for those of you who aren't familiar, you should check it out. It is a virtual lifestyle magazine that launched this last march. It is a unique idea that keeps everyone linked together and discovering interesting things around the globe. It is growing immensley, which is a great reason to hop on board now.
I will keep you posted with the latest events happening for Passport to Style.
As of June 25, Lily Grace Boutique is now carrying the Brooke Catherine line from Bcat Threads. For those of you who live in the San Diego area, you need to check out this boutique.
It is located at: 949 Turqoise St., San Diego, Ca 92109 for those of you wondering, it is located in north Pacific Beach.
The owner opened this boutique in 2003 to give people the neighborhood feel for comfortable shopping. She carries unique items that you won't find in any other boutique. She has a love for art and fashion, which you will get the feeling of once you walk into her store. So, stop by and check it out, and don't forget to ask for Bcat Threads!
Fashion Group International and the San Diego Focus group has made it possible to expose new and aspiring fashion designers to take part in their San Diego fashion week this year. This was a great opportunity for me (Brooke), so I participated and was so glad that I did. Our first step was to complete a mood board of our inspiration for the designs, sketch our ideas, and draw our flat illustrations to show the details of the peices. We were to create 2-3 peices, with one look. Immediately, my head was flooded with ideas. Since I am always inspired by color, I chose to go with the ideas of color I had in my head. I've liked the way that ivory and navy go together, so these were the colors I chose. From there I started to think about the things that I knew were that color. I immediately though of china. Yes, china, as in plates and bowls. My aunt collects china, which may be where I got the idea. Then, I started picturing highly fashionable women in the 30's and 40's. Soon, I started looking for pictures and ideas and came up with my design. I sent in my mood board, sketches, and flats to the board of judges and was passed on to the second level.
The second level was to actually create the peices and bring them to a panel of three judges, where we would get 5 minutes to present our boards and our peices. I anxiously got ready, put my designs on a dress form and soon it was my turn to explain what the judges had in front of them. I was so excited about my presentation that, miraculously, it went smoothly and the judges seemed to like what they saw. Now I will await the official email to see if I make it the final round, which put my designs on display during SD Fashion week.
Below is a picture of Judy Thacker and I putting my designs on the dress form before I presented to the judges.
On June 15, Bcat Threads had a booth at the San Diego County Fair, thanks to Karl Jaedtke from the Pacific Beach Town Council. Brooke Catherine and Jennafer Grace represented the team and showed San Diegans a taste of what our on-line boutique had to offer women and girls alike. It was a great success and an exciting day all around. James Norton, a San Diego photographer, also joined in the festivities with a team of people, to have a photo shoot with models ( Kat Dente and Jessica Dungans) wearing the Brooke Catherine line of clothes. I've seen the results and the pictures are going to be amazing. We haven't gotten them from the photographer yet, but the pictures will be posted soon.
We also had models helping with promoting the booth as they walked around the fair wearing our designs. Jennifer Sandrock and her roommate, Lubi, walked around handing out flyers and asking people if they were interested in signing up for our newsletter. To our suprise and not much later after they started, the Fair security put a stop to it. Apparently we were suppose to go through the fair marketing team. After trying to kick the girls out, I had to persuade the security that we really didn't know the steps that were suppose to be taken and promised that they would no longer promote our booth.
While Dana Nevins, my fiance and helper for the booth, manned the tables, Jennafer and I had a little photo shoot of our own. We used beach cruisers from Hot Rod Surf Shop, located in PB, as props for our pics. What you can't see by looking at the picture is that this beach cruiser had a purple velvet covered banana seat. Do you remember banana seats? They were popular when I was a child and now someone has brought them back and they look great.
We have a student afrom Fashion Careers College, who is in fashion design, interning with us. She started yesterday and was of tremendous help. She has the ambition and drive to make it in the fashion world. Although, most students are eager to get their hands wet, and should be. It is great to share such an exciting interest with someone. And, I really like the idea of, you help me, and I will help you. That really is the key to making it in the world. Well, maybe not always, but it is helping me. This stage of Bcat Threads is so exciting for me. I love getting involved and it makes me so happy that this student wants to ride along with me.
We just made the switch last night. You can now order anything on BcatThreads.com with a credit card or with Paypal. In the past, we only allowed Paypal, but found that some people don't already have accounts and didn't want to sign up. This will make things easier for everyone to shop. And, our blogging system has changed, too. You can now leave comments or questions for all to see and for us to answer for you. Happy Shopping!
The video from our launch party last March is finally here. I am so excited. We haven't posted it yet because we need to make a few minor changes. I can't wait to share it with all of you!
We will be in the Infield Pavilion on June 15 with a Bcat Threads booth. Here, we will have models showing off some of our designs and be selling our clothing at a fraction of what they retail at. There will be wine tasting close by, along with Hollistic Healing, Palm Reading, and fun, fun, fun! Come by and say hi. If you mention that you've seen this article, we will give you an additional 10% off of your purchases on that day!
We have just added new accessories for your summer wardrobe. We have bright vibrant colors and new trends to get you ready for the sun and fun. We have handbags perfect for the beach, a day shopping, or out at night. There is something for everyone at a great price.
We have added more new designers to our site. Chocolate Cherries is apparel for the fun and flirty. Wearing any of these designs makes you feel like a kid again. Comfortable and cute, how can you go wrong? Gem Designs are absolute must-have handbags. They are unique, durable, and practical for every day use. Check them out!
Bcat Threads was shown in the San Diego Newspapers on April 3, 2008. You can still pick up a copy today. Look for the Beach and Bay Press, Peninsula Beacon News, La Jolla Village News, and The Downtown San Diego News. There is a four page fashion spread with Bcat items all over it. How exciting! You can also view it online if you go to www.sdnews.com, find the Downtown San Diego News and download the PDF. Pages 10-14 include pictures of models wearing clothes from the Brooke Catherine line as well as a 4 paragraph blurb about the boutique.
Bcat has added new designers to their on-line boutique. CG Designs come from a local SanDiego fashion designer who designs everyday wear, both fashion forward and comfortable for any occasion. Mazzy Star designs handcrafted jewelry pieces that complete any outfit. She can custom make any piece to make each individual person look more radiant than ever before.
