Refinery

dress and bow ring- RW & Co, shoes - Spring, bracelet and purse- H & M, 

hair: Cristina at Ponytails + Horseshoes

photos taken by Vickie

Last Saturday I was thrilled to be invited to attend the Refinery Late Night Art Party at the Art Gallery of Alberta, one of the hottest parties of the year in one of the most beautiful venues in Canada. These Refinery parties are becoming extremely popular in Edmonton, with tickets selling out in less than a day! The theme this time was Sewing the Heartland which was inspired by the exhibition Alberta Mistresses of the Modern: 1935-1975. Here are some pictures from that night:

L-R: My friends Harvey, Caroline and Kassandra (who was instagramming!)

Sewing the Heartland honored all the women that came before us including our Grandmothers so it was fitting perogies were served that night. My Grandma used to make blueberry and strawberry-filled perogies and we'd top them off with sugar and whipped cream. They were so good! I also have to mention there was a cotton candy machine on the 3rd floor and I took full advantage of it ; ).

Guests were able to design their own squares for a large-scale quilting project 

 Me, Kassandra and Vickie. photo by Harvey Miedreich for FASHION magazine

Grandmothers : )

Four very talented design teams competed in a Live Fashion Challenge which had them creating an outfit in 3 hours with the material and inspiration given to them. Guests could actually watch them construct their designs through glass rooms! Salgado Fenwick (on the left) took home first place and The D.I.Y. Doll's were the runners-up.

Janis Galloway, marketing coordinator at the AGA (and the lovely lady behind Dress Me Dearly) and Jessica Kennedy, creative director of Sewing the Heartland. Congrats to the both of them for putting on such a fantastic and successful event!

Inside the party

The Alberta Art Gallery. These last two photos were taken by my friend Harvey via instagram. I just had to include them!

News! I wanted to thank FASHION magazine for featuring me as one of Albert'a Top 10 Fashion Bloggers! You can click here to read the post and check out all the other fabulous bloggers that are featured from Alberta. Also, I added a commercial styling post to mariezydek.com yesterday, you can click here to see the pics!

I hope you're having a good week! I've come down with a tnasty cold and am trying to get lots of rest before Western Canada Fashion Week starts tomorrow!