Carolyn Verdi Boutique Trunk Show April 24, 2013, Wednesday Evening

Time To Party!!

GIRLS’ NIGHT OUT
Trunk Show FEATURING

Anne Enke’s GlamTribale

and more wonders from
MICHELLE CHERRY & SULTANA MARIA

Wednesday, April 24, 2013
5:30 PM-8:00 PM

CAROLYN VERDI BOUTIQUE
918 PINE STREET

PHILADELPHIA, PA
Free street parking on Wednesday night

Dan Eldon & Mom Kathy Eldon Take Us Into The Omo Valley & Heart Of Consciousness

Images of the Omo Valley people by Hans SilvesterWe are off to Africa, Ethiopia specifically in an ongoing series of articles about the Omo Valley people, living in southern Ethiopia near the Lake Turkana basin.

As Benjamin Roussey explains in his series of GlamTribale blog posts about the Omo Valley people, Lake Turkana remains the oldest place on the globe that houses evidence of human habitation. Currently all paleoanthropology roads lead to Lake Turkana and the work of the famous Leakey family, launched by Louis and Mary Leakey and now followed by several Leakey members. 

Each day of my GlamTribale journey is a trip into my own personal history and connections. I arrived at Lake Turkana on my own — with no help from my muse Dan Eldon, the young photographer who was killed in Somalia. Or so I thought.

I was about to write that my heart was pounding a couple months ago when I Googled “Dan Eldon + Leakey” and read on DanEldon.org that Dan and Louis Leakey’s granddaughter Lara were best friends. How incredible that Dan was so close to research about the beginnings of human civilization!

There are parts of my story I will leave untold for the moment, because I want to share them first with Dan’s mother Kathy, who is now a friend of mine. That reality is in itself is a pretty incredible stop on my own journey.

‘Gaugin in Africa’ by Dan Eldon @ http://thegallerystore.net/daneldoncollection/Gauguin-in-Africa/

Being a fastidious fact checker, I just Googled again and this time I uncovered another piece of information in this interconnecting puzzle. Dan Eldon was close to the Leakey family because his mother and my friend Kathy worked with the Leakey family. Reading about Kathy Eldon on MyHero.com, my heart tightened yet again. 

Marilyn Jones writes about the days after Kathy’s divorce from husband Mike Eldon: “Kathy Eldon and her daughter Amy returned to London broke and depressed.” After a period of prayer and reflection, Kathy awoke one morning, announcing “I had a dream I should start a company called Creative Visions.“ 

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Sigrid Agren Poses For Sebastian Kim In Numéro #142 April 2013 'Patchwork'

Spring style places heavy emphasis on texture and Charles Varenne honors the trend in an electic print saturated shoot by Sebastian Kim. Sigrid Agren poses under piles of accessories in volume #142 of Numéro. 

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Coaster Gift Sets, Gift Card Earrings at Building Character, Lancaster Pa

I’m so very delighted to share the first photos of our ‘little GlamTribale shop’ at Building Character in Lancaster, PA. It’s located directly at the entrance into Building C and is one aisle away from our larger space that houses the majority of our GlamTribale jewelry. 

Most of our 4/$25 coaster sets, individual coasters for $8, some planters at $95, gift cards with earring $25-$35 and $15 earrings are in this high traffic spot.

I share two more pictures and also the wonderful news that FINALLY, we’ve loaded our first 4/$25 coaster sets and gift cards with earrings $25-$35 onto the GlamTribale website. These are superb gifts that arrive priority mail in our eco-friendly, Carversville-inspired burlap bag for $4.95 shipping and handling. 

If I do say so myself — the touches of turquoise are smile-worthy. We have places to sit in both shops so that our Building Character friends can explore to their hearts delight. Our retail customers wanting to make a gift of 2 coasters can purchase a smaller burlap bag for $1. Our larger burlap bag with GlamTribale label is available for jewelry purchases for $2. 

Building Character is located at 342 N. Queen Street and is open daily with easy parking on Queen Street or in the back plaza. I’ll be there this week for First Friday festivities. ~ Anne

A Splendid Wang Xiao By Li Qi for Vogue China April 2013 As 'To the East'

Candy Lee styles Wang Xiao in ‘To the East’, a dominant form of global style influence this season. Li Qi is behind the lens for Vogue China’s April issue. The image directly below is one of my favorites of the season. ~ Anne

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Bette Franke By Giampaolo Sgura For Vogue Japan April 2013 This Festival Of Life:

South America has been in play all season with many stylists, models and photographers heading to Brazil. Model Bette Franke leads the April entourage joining the ladies in white for ‘This Festival Of Life’. Anna Dello Russo styles the scene for Vogue Japan’s April issue. Giampaolo Sgura is behind the lens. :

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Kasia Struss Is Peruvian Bohemian By Claudia Knoepfel & Stefan Indlekofer for Vogue Paris April 2013

Folkloric looks are strong this season — not as the predominant story but also much more important than the occasional style addendum. The entire April issue of Vogue Paris appears to be devoted to folkloric style. Veronique Didry styles Kasia Struss in the casual, denim-inspired side of Peruvian-influence fashion. Claudia Knoepfel and Stefan Indlekofer are behind the lens.  

See also Mario Testino’s ‘Inca’ style editorial featuring Isabeli Fontana & Aymeline Valade for the April issue. 

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