This year’s Fashion with Compassion was an absolute success; with their New York inspired theme and all of the amazing sponsors. It was a fun filled evening that Derks Fine Group of Companies was happy to participate and contribute too. Sorrentinos Compassion House is such an amazing refuge for all the strong women and their families that are going through Breast Cancer.

A special thanks to Mode Models and their fashion styling.

Retail Sponsors Include:

Blu’s, Derks, Alligator Pie, Night Owl Designer Lingerie, Katwalk Shoes, Women with Vision Opticians, the Bay Edmonton Fur Salon and Swimwear Etc.

For the rest of the sponsors visit:

http://www.fashioncompassion.ca/sponsors.html

Photos courtesy of FashionCompassion.ca

Take a look at this behind the scenes video courtesy of Aaron Pedersen:

Fashion with Compassion 2011 from Aaron Pedersen on Vimeo.

The Edmonton Fringe Festival starts today and runs until August 21^st in Old Strathcona. This year marks the 30^th anniversary of the Festival and what better way to celebrate that accomplishment then by giving out free underwear! That’s right; Derks Menswear will be at the Fringe Festival on Saturday August 13 and August 20, giving away Bjorn Borg underwear! Here’s the catch: to receive the underwear you will have to change into the underwear in our portable change rooms and model them for our camera. The pair that you model for us will be yours to keep! For those of you that are too shy to bare all we will also be passing out $10 off coupons for Bjorn Borg Underwear sold at our Southside location. To participate or receive a coupon, look for the models wearing “I Love Bjorn Borg” t-shirts at the festival. See you there….in your underwear!

In addition to getting $10 off Bjorn Borg Underwear, the coupon also entitles you to an extra 10% off all items on sale at the Derks Menswear Southside location! We have some amazing brands on sale including Sand, J - Lindeberg, Stenstrom, and many more. Don’t miss out!

After looking at yesterday’s photos, I’m sure that your anticipation levels are at an all-time high right now, but no need to stress . . . here is Part 2 of yesterday’s blog ‘Wonderfully Lost in Wonderland’. These following photos are more up-close and detailed shots from the shoot . . . enjoy fellow BF Blog readers!

Photographer’s inspiration for the shoot:

“I wanted to do a photo shoot that had a really fun theme, and I started thinking about it and somewhere along the way I decided to do a Disney themed photo shoot. So in total we had 7 themes, originally we had 6 based on the princesses, but since Alice in Wonderland is my favourite, I had to do another photo shoot that had an Alice theme. We were thinking multicoloured and whimsical with a hint of crazy. I wanted this photo-shoot to be more glam oriented, and look a little dramatic. There were a bunch of wedding vendors from over the city that contributed and helped make the photo shoot look perfect!”

Justine Milton

At the age of just 20, Justine Milton is not only a University of Alberta student, she’s been mastering the art of photography for 4 years now. She always tries to have fun while she’s out shooting, and she likes to make sure that everyone involved is having a good time, as she thinks this makes for more natural photographs.

Justine loves photography as an art form and truly capturing the moment . . . polaroids are her favourite! Milton Photography is a company that she started when she was 19, and with it’s current success, she is really excited to see where it can go from here.

She continues to grow as an artist and as she continues to learns new things about photography, she loves applying them to her photos.

Credits for the Shoot:
Photography: Justine Milton from Milton Photography
Flowers: Off Whyte Floral Studio
Cupcakes: Fuss Cupcakes
Makeup: Lydia Yapp from Edmonton Makeup Artists
Hair: Jamie Williams of Dandy Salon Spa
Linens: A Chair to Remember
Décor: Special Event Rentals
Stationary: iBride Invitations
Design & Co-ordination: Jacquelyn Schafer - WPICC Owner/Lead Planner of Hitched Wedding Design
Set-Up: Brianna Miniaci from Cherish Planning
Models: Kevin Saccuci & Ashley Park
Clothing: Kevin’s outfit is compliments of Derks and Ashley is wearing the Isadora Anne by Maggie Sottero

It never ceases to astonish me when a group of amazingly talented and creative people can get together and literally make fairy tales and dreams come to life. Justine Milton from Milton Photography and numerous collaborators [Off Whyte Floral Studio (flowers), Fuss Cupcakes (cupcakes), Jamie Williams from Dandy Salon Spa (hair), Lydia Yapp from Edmonton Makeup Artists (make-up), A Chair to Remember (linens), Special Event Rentals (décor), iBride Invitations (stationary), Jacquelyn Schafer - WPICC Owner/Lead Planner of Hitched Wedding Design (design & co-ordination), and Brianna Miniaci of Cherish Planning (set up)] all got together and with the combination of their talents, resources, and imaginations they put together an Alice in Wonderland themed photo-shoot! And from just looking at the photos she sent me, I can honestly say that the shoot was more than just a success . . . the photos are enchanting!

I know that you are all dying to see the photos now, but because there were so many, we decided that it would be best enjoyed in a two part series . . . so stay tuned for tomorrow’s blog where we’ll be posting the rest of the photos that were sent from the shoot. But for now . . . enjoy these Alice in Wonderland shoot faves:

And that’s the end . . . for now! Make sure to check back tomorrow for more photos from the shoot. We hoped you enjoyed them as much as we did. Well we’ll see you all tomorrow!

Additional Credits:

Models: Kevin Saccuci & Ashley Park

Kevin’s outfit is compliments of Derks and Ashley is wearing the Isadora Anne by Maggie Sottero

Attention!! Brides and Grooms! Derks Formals is the first place for your tuxedo stop shop - especially with this fabulous new TUXEDO offer!! It doesn’t get much better than this - check out the video at the following link to see how you can take advantage of this savings event!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHlcEHiQkcU