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Local fashion & shopping for 10.29-11.4posted by jahna on Oct. 28, '09 at 8:13 PM |
posted by jahna on Oct. 28, '09 at 8:13 PM
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Get the best in local fashion and shopping every Thursday in Vita.mn. Here's the news that didn't fit in the print edition:  [Bluebird's Edina location]Thursday: The second location of chic Edina shop Bluebird Boutique is opening this weekend in Maple Grove. The shop will carry the same fashions as its original location, plus accessories and handbags. (7-9 p.m. 12177 Elm Creek Blvd., Maple Grove.) Today through Tuesday: Designer handbags will be as much as 80 percent off during the Opitz Outlet purse sale. Brands include Coach, Kooba, Charles David, Cole Haan, Michael Kors and more. (4320 Excelsior Blvd., St. Louis Park. 952-922-2435.) Thursday-Saturday: Take 20 percent off storewide during the annual Grethen House Pumpkin Days Sale on Halloween, or receive 10 percent off on Thursday and Friday. (4930 France Ave. S., Edina. 952-926-8725.) Friday-Sunday: Take 25 percent off storewide at local boutique Cliche, which stocks a mix of local designers and national lines.  [Get vampire fashion inspiration from the fall runways]Saturday: Thanks to True Blood and Twilight, no Halloween costume is bigger right now than vampires, and the Minneapolis Community & Technical College is capitalizing on it. The MCTC Vampire Fashion Show features fashions by MCTC students in a runway fashion show and live photo shoot; show up in your own vampire outfit for the chance to walk the runway yourself and snag a prize. (6:30-10 p.m. $4-8. Whitney Fine Arts Theatre at MCTC, 1424 Yale Pl., Mpls.) Ongoing: Mall of America is giving away four Bare Minerals Get Started Kits, valued at $174, to readers of the MOA Fashion Sense blog.  [A Joynoelle Spring 2010 bridal look / Images by Photogen-Inc.]Ongoing: For $25 enter to win a Joynoelle custom dress and support the groundbreaking of the Minnesota Shubert Center on November 19. Designer Joy Teiken will work personally with the winner to design a custon dress for the opening night gala of the Minnesota Shubert Center. Tickets are $25 each and can be purchased online or by mailing a check to the Minnesota Shubert Center. The winner will be announced after the groundbreaking ceremony. |
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