My Fashion Designer soul was singing as I photographed the event for Neiman Marcus Orlando that was in celebration of the Orlando Ballet’s 40th Anniversary Gala! Neiman Marcus Orlando, Harriet Lake, Tricia Earl and Josie NeJame presented this historic fashion and cultural event with an amazing display of Vintage Christian Lacroix Ballet costumes. The costumes are on loan from American Ballet Theater and will also appear at the Orlando Ballet Gala, Exposé on February 8th. Don’t miss the chance to see them! On display in the windows at Neiman Marcus until January 31st. Orlando Ballet Artistic Director: Robert Hill.
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We had the great opportunity to photograph the Tee It Up For Timothy 4th Annual Deans Cup Tournament at Dubsdread in Orlando for Gregory Brewer, Bishop for the Diocese of Central Florida. Loads of fun and great people – here are some of our favorite shots and the sponsors that made it happen:
Tee it up for Timothy 4th Annual Dean’s Cup Golf Tournament
“The purpose of the fund is to underwrite residential theological training for those seeking ordination to the priesthood. It has become clear that local option theological training is inadequate when it comes to providing high quality Anglican theological education. Distinctive Anglican formation is missing from the local options that are available to us.
Plus, there is no adequate substitute for living however briefly, in a residential seminary community. That experience of study, chapel, fellowship and mission with others who share your passion for mission and your passion for Jesus – within an Anglican and Episcopal context – marks you in a way that other forms of seminary education cannot do.”
Greg Brewer
4th Bishop of Central Florida
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We had the great opportunity to photograph the invitation-only seminar by Parisian perfumer Francis Kurkdjian at Neiman Marcus at the Mall of Millenia!
October 10, 2013|By Victor Ocasio, Orlando Sentinel It's not every day that one can attend a master class taught by a perfumer so prominent he's known simply as "The Nose.'' "Every day I have to wear a perfume," said Beatrice Schindler of Orlando, a collector of perfumes. "I know a lot of brands, but for a perfumer to explain the process — it's like an artist about to do a painting. "She and about 30 people attended an invitation-only seminar by Parisian Francis Kurkdjian held at the Neiman Marcus at Orlando's Mall at Millenia.In fact, Kurkdjian's process is like that of many artists. A spark of inspiration soon leads to a product that not only smells good, but more importantly, tells a story, he told the champagne-sipping group. After his lecture, the attendees sniffed individual scents from one of his creations. Kurkdjian, 44, who started his perfuming career when he was 20 years old, is one of the biggest names in the industry. Having created dozens of best-selling fragrances, including a commission to re-create the favorite perfume of Marie Antoinette, his work has earned him numerous awards and an exclusive partnership with Neiman Marcus. "I have a nose like everyone here," Kurkdjian said. "There's only one difference: My head is capable of envisioning smells and scents that don't exist." The master perfumer says that the entire process of creating a new scent takes roughly 18 months from conception to sale and distribution. Kurkdjian rejects the idea that fragrance making is a haphazard process of mixing random scents. "I create a perfume because I have an idea," he said. "There is real thinking that goes into it and without a story, there is no perfume." That comes at a price — signature scents made at the perfumer's Paris-based boutique, Maison Francis Kurkdjian, range anywhere from $150 for off the shelf products to $15,000 for custom-made perfumes. That might be out of most people's price range. But in general, as the U.S. economy has healed, the sales of fragrances have perked up. U.S. sales of personal-fragrance products went from about $2.7 billion in 2008 down to $2.4 billion in 2009, according to market-research company the NDP Group. Industry sales bounced back to $2.9 billion in 2012. "During the recession the fragrance industry took a big hit," said Karen Grant, vice president and Global Beauty Industry Analyst for NDP. "Since the recession, the growth has been very strong. This year we're seeing even more designers coming into the marketplace."
Francis Kurkdjian discribing the three cords that build a great perfume.
