Vintage Swimsuit Beauties, Chocolates and a Birthday Girl...I Forgot My Speedo: Nick Verreos Hosts Macy's Valley Fair Swimsuit EventLast Saturday, following my very successful
Macy's Union Square "Sex And The City 2" Shopping Event, I drove down to Santa Clara (about an hour south of San Francisco), to host the
Macy's Valley Fair Swim Event.
My Bodyguard: My driver, Sam from Pacific Heights Limousine ServiceNow, I actually didn't drive but my ever-so-gracious clients outfitted me with a SUPER-DUPER
Hybrid Chevy Tahoe SUV from
Pacific Heights Limousine and my very own driver, a very dapper Sam, who was of Egyptian descent and taught me a few Egyptian-Arabic words and phrases, on my drive down.
Sold Out: The Scene at the Macy's Valley Fair Swimsuit Nick Verreos EventAs the
Macy's "Host With The Most", I was asked to be the Master of Ceremonies of a fun fashion show highlighting all
the new and latest in Swimsuit styles for the ladies (no boys, sorry!) for Spring/Summer 2010.
Macy's Swimsuit Pageant: Nick Verreos and his "bathing beauties", Macy's Valley FairThe entire
Macy's Valley Fair Swim Department was set up with a runway stage, audience chairs, a DJ and even a Snow Cone Table. As I peeked outside the stage's curtains, I was excited to see that the floor was Standing Room Only with over 150 attendees!
Turquoise Beauty: Nick Verreos points out how to wrap a sarong, Macy's Valley FairIn case you want to know
here's the List of What's In For Swimsuits This Summer:
Swimsuits with Ruffle Details, Colors like Canary Yellow and Turquoise, Tankinis will be VERY BIG as well as Animal prints. I was also there to celebrate
Jantzen's 100Th Anniversary in designing and making women look beautiful. To honor this occasion, they have designed their
Heritage Collection, with iconic 1930s, 40s and 50s styles that are fabulous for 2010, which were also shown on the Macy's runway.
Pool Diva: Model featuring stylist's Liz Baca's vintage Jantzen Swimsuit circa 1940sThe entire fashion show was styled by
Liz Baca, who styled a
Macy's Sacramento event I hosted back in March. Besides being a FAB stylist, she also runs the
Gotta Get the Goods site, where she "Treasure Hunts" for Vintage goodies. On that note, she brought a
Vintage Jantzen swimsuit from her own archives, a woolen jersey two-piece number dating back to the 1940s.
And The Winner Is: Nick Verreos picks from the bowl, Macy's Valley FairAfter the fashion show, the event was capped with several giveaways, including a
Shiseido Basket (stocked with many of their sun-protection products) worth over $350 and a pair of
Burberry Sunglasses to perfectly compliment the new swimsuit you were going to get---after seeing my Macy's fashion show!
Among the audience I was so happy to see my cousin
Christopher Verreos (above), who lives in San Francisco, and his lovely wife
Regina, both of whom I haven't seen in years. Regina, who graduated from
Le Cordon Bleu Paris as a Pastry and Chocolate Chef, hand-made the most delicious batch of chocolate bonbons--just for
moi--and brought them as a gift!
Merci Regina!Nick Verreos Fan Club: Nick Verreos poses with Raquel (second from right), the Birthday Girl, and her friends, Macy's Valley FairFinally, I noticed a group of very excited young ladies in the audience and as it turned out, they were "big fans" and wanted photos (which of course I obliged!). In addition, one of them was having a Birthday, so I gave her a special "Uncle Nicky" hug and made the entire audience give her a big
HAPPY BIRTHDAY shout out! I think she really enjoyed that!
And hopefully everyone enjoyed another great Macy's Event!