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Stacy Lomman: Off to a Great (Kick)Start

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Here’s my favorite photo from gorgeous blogger Stacy Lomman‘s debut fashion show: Stacy taking her end-of-show bow with a TALL runway model.

A star is born! (And, yes, the model is wearing my Cleopatra earrings in silver.)

Stacy financed her show through crowdfunding site Kickstarter. I read about Kickstarter in the spring when four programmers used it to raise funds for Diaspora, a privacy-conscious alternative to Facebook. Their goal was to raise $10,000; they got more than $200,000. That was a memorable factoid, so when Stacy said she wanted to do her own show, I suggested Kickstarter. Her initial fundraising goal was $6,000, and she got nearly $12,000 (every last penny was needed and spent!).

Stacy hard at work on my dining-room table. The table got its own "thank you" in her program.

Among the opportunities available to donors was the chance to sponsor a dress. Here’s the sketch of the WendyB dress.

WendyB sketch and swatches.

Here’s the dress on the runway last night.

WendyB on the runway. Photo by Richard Renda.

Thanks to everyone who supported Stacy and attended the show. Attendees included Stacy‘s fellow bloggers Jennine of The Coveted; Catie of Cuffington; Poochie of Shoe Daydreams; Celine the Shoe Girl and her sister; Tricia and Craig the Intern from Fashion Herald; Alyssa and Vyque of Fasshonaburu; Suzanne of Idee Fixe; Tony of Post.Fashionism; and Amy of Midtown Girl.

Bloggers waiting for the Stacy Lomman show to start.

Coverage of the show:

Model Bree wearing a Stacy Lomman dress and my silver Cleopatra earrings. Click to buy the Cleopatras.

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  7. The dresses were stunning, and I have my eye on a few…. Now I just need to find an excuse to wear them someplace fab to do them justice! Having probs uploading my pics, so I’ll try again later and email.
    XXX
    Suzanne

  18. Great update! It looks like everyone had a great time at Stacy’s show, and I’m sure she’s happy to have such great success.

    It was fascinating to see how the beautifully finished WendyB dress came out after seeing the sketch so many times.

    Fantastic!

  21. You have captured Stacy’s spirit in that photo! What a great time it must have been. Thanks for keeping us posted W. And you got one hot dress.

  22. What a great post! I can’t wait to see you in the “WendyB” dress — HOT!

    Is that REALLY your favorite picture (I look like a dwarf!)?

    xoxo

  23. Agree with the comment above. The dress you got is amazing. All the dresses look great. Looks like a fun and successful show. I can’t believe how well this turned out.

  27. So happy to see your jewelry line sparkling and succeeding! It’s been a long time, but i’m back. Miss your humor!

    MODE ET UTOPIE is back!! Please follow the redesigned: http://modeetutopie.wordpress.com/.
    I’ve missed all of you so much! Please come back and contribute your comments.

  32. WOWOWOWOW

    i stop reading blogs for two seconds and SW has found monique and WendyB is the inspiration behind this fabulosity.

    I love this corner of the fashion world TO DEATH. such a beautiful dress and beautiful collection!