First Day of Fashion show fittings



Bliss model and Narcissus princess
Stacey Baba on our first day
of fittings!

Today was the first day of many days of fittings for our Fall fashion show! Fittings for over 30 models will happen over the next week even as the last of the Bliss Fall collection continues to roll in.  Stacey Baba, Narcissus princess, who will model this beautiful deep purple one shoulder dress and 3 other members of the Narcissus court will strut their stuff down the runway.  Come to Friday and Saturday's fashion shows and meet the court, they are not only beautiful, they are ALL so sweet and friendly!

Bliss' Private label Fall collection to be featured in Midweek!

(Left to right) Wendy Chang, Kimberly Duong, Kelsey Campbell,

Tia Morales, Lehua Nahina, Nathalie Kim, and YuShing Ting.

Thanks to Yu Shing Ting from Midweek, Bliss will be featured in the Style section of September 7th's issue of Midweek.  On Wednesday August 24, drop dead gorgeous models Kelsey Campbell, Tia Morales, and Lehua Nahina arrived at Salon Cookie Couture starting at 8:30 in the morning to get their hair styled by Kimberly Duong and their make up applied by Nathalie Kim.  Keoki Kim, photographer for Local Hawaii magazine, arrived to shoot some behind the scenes shots at the studio before they all headed to the beautiful Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii (JCCH).  Denise Park, JCCH's PR director, welcomed everyone and within minutes we were off shooting amidst the scenic JCCH backdrop.  Kelsey, Tia, and Lehua are PROS!  Watching them work was really fun!  We were all kept busy the entire time, touching up make up, accessorizing, fixing and changing hair styles, getting their next change of outfit ready, and meeting with Yu Shing.  Yu Shing styled all the shots while her photographer captured the images and I can tell these shots are going to be fantastic!!!  Everyone was moving quickly and efficiently and in a little over an hour, 9 different outfits on 3 models, complete with shoes, feather accessories, and bags had been shot!  Finally, we could all breath a sigh of relief and enjoy our starbucks drink from my starbucks run.  It was a humbling experience working with such professionals.  Be on the lookout during the week of September 7th for our piece.  I can't wait to see the images, it should be nothing short of amazing... :)

On the move towards our fashion show!

We are now moving full speed ahead to our Fall fashion show in September.  Be on the look out for Bliss!  Next week, we will shoot a Midweek style section feature to come out in September 7th's issue.  Bliss will also be featured on KHON on the early morning of Friday September 9. 

This week, I'll be busy with ordering lots and lots of super cute and stylish pieces for the show!  I'm spending my days looking through a dizzying array of tops and dresses.  Have any suggestions for me?  A color, style, fabric?  Leave me a comment below, I'd love to hear it!  Already on the runway are really cute denim shorts and jeans, a dozen new Tosca handbags, and shoes!  yes, shoes!  I'll be bringing in a couple of styles especially for the fashion show and to sell at the expo!!! 

Lastly, thank you to my friend who just discovered a new talent!  Mike Furoyama put on his DJ hat and made me an awesome mix of music for the fashion show.  I owe you, Mike!  Thank you!

Super Sale Event this weekend!

I'm slowly recovering from a pretty tiring but really fun weekend at Hawaii's Super Sale Event held at the Neal Blaisdell Center's Exhibition hall.  I was so touched to see Bliss customers in the booth at 5pm, right at opening on Friday evening, waiting to shop for great deals and get the first pick of new sizes and styles.  As usual, we quickly ran out of size smalls in many of our new styles.  Some styles were gone within the first hour of the expo.

I also had a wonderful time meeting lots of new Bliss customers as well as some of the wonderful vendors located near our booth!  We had an excellent booth, booth #3, which was situated to the immediate right of the main entrance.  Lots of visibility and great foot traffic of the crowds that attended.  Since this was a first time event, there were some kinks in the show and turn out was rather low, but we managed OK, made lots of new friends, and I was pleased with our participation in the event overall.

I wanted to thank 6 very special people who was instrumental in the success of our booth this weekend.  Shannon Nii, Leah Fukuyama, Angela Choy, Sandi Abdellahad, Chad Kawashima, and Bernice Balete volunteered their very valuable weekend time to join me in the Bliss booth.  Shannon saw the most customers as Friday was by far the busiest!  She worked sooo hard helping so many customers at once.  She managed to try on some cute pieces too during the few breaks we found.  After trying on a super cute black top, a cute girl from two booths down literally ran over to our booth and said she wanted that top.  Unfortunately, it was the last one and although I knew Shannon really wanted it, she selflessly gave up the last remaining top so that our customer could try it on.  Of course, our customer loved it and purchased it, and Shannon was left looking for another top.  Thank you Shannon for putting our customer before yourself and making her SOOO happy!  She wore a dress she bought that night for her shift at the expo on Sunday!

On Saturday, Leah Fukuyama and Angela Choy kept me and our customers entertained with their super funny stories and always friendly personalities.  Leah stayed way past her shift time since she was waiting for her super shopper mom to finish shopping the expo!!!  Leah, who started out as a Bliss customer has turned into such a good friend and super supporter of Bliss.  Thank you Leah for always volunteering to help out and for being soo much fun to hang out with.  My bff from my job at UH, Angela, is so awesome and so crazy.  Angela shows up to volunteer for me AND brings me a starbucks and noodles for lunch!  OMG...both were gone within minutes!  Thanks Angela, you are the sweetest sweetest friend, I'm so lucky to know you!  Sandi came to her shift on Sat evening and was given a free exhibitor's pass to shop the expo, but this serious Bliss shopper was at my booth on Friday at 5pm to make sure she scored one of the 50% off tanks from the facebook promotion!  Thanks Sandi for getting a babysitter just so you could hang out with me on Saturday night!

Sunday was by far the slowest expo day.  My sweet friend, Chad came to support me by volunteering in my booth for a couple of hours.  He was mainly there to attract the women into the booth, (lol) but once they were in, the customers had to inform him what the Bliss sale and promotion was.  Oh well, Chad, just stand there and look good, OK? All kidding aside, Chad was very helpful and was officially my first male volunteer.  Bernice was the last volunteer of the expo!  She was so awesome at running the booth, that I was able to walk around the expo for the first time!  Thanks to Bernice, I was able to meet other vendors and network a bit shortly before closing.  She also looked so stunning in the Bliss tops that she tried on!

The end of the Super Sale event has come.  Next stop:  the Hawaii Woman's Expo!

the Bliss Fall Fashion Show Team

It was a serendipitous event when I met Nathalie Kim of Salon Cookie Couture on the set of the Midweek photo shoot! Not only is Nathalie a phenomenal make up artist and hair stylist, but she is sweet, warm, and super fun! I am so fortunate that she has agreed to collaborate with me on the Bliss Fall fashion shows in September. 

Nathalie has helped me to create an amazing team of volunteers!  After countless hours of chatting and emailing, we have recruited nearly 30 of Hawaii's most beautiful models, 6 super talented make up artists, 2 awesome hair stylists, and 2 amazing photographers for this event.
Fashion assistants Leah Fukuyama, Denise Park, Lori Furoyama, Elsie Watanabe, and Tina Koike have been recruited to help organize the backstage chaos, and Stage Manager Angela Choy will oversee the organized craziness backstage. lol!

We are also looking for fashionable and fun people to help us in the Bliss booth, so let us know if you're available and interested! In addition to having lots of fun, our volunteers always leave blissfully happy with new pieces for their closet...leave a comment on this blog or email me at customerservice@shopblissonline.com for more information on helping in the booth.

Note:  If you ever need a ridiculously talented make up artist, hair stylist, check out Salon Cookie Couture here.

the Bliss Fall 2011 Fashion Show

Bliss is excitedly preparing for our Fall 2011 fashion shows to be held at the Neal Blaisdell Center Exhibition Hall.  Showtimes are Friday, September 9 at 8:00pm, Saturday, September 10 at 3:30pm and Sunday, September 11 at 3:30pm.  Follow us here on the bliss blog to hear about all of the behind the scenes preparations as we countdown to this awesome show.  Mark your calendars, this is a show you won't want to miss! 

Bliss' Private label...coming soon!

Bliss is excited to launch a private label collection on September 9th at the 9th Annual Hawaii Woman's Expo at the Neal Blaisdell Center Exhibition Hall.  Pieces will be simple, stylish, and fun.  Comfortable fabrics, simply chic styles, and easy to put together outfits are all hallmarks of this fantastic collection.  Designs are being selected, so stay tuned so that you can get your hands on a Bliss private label piece this fall!  Pieces will be launched online on September 12.