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Model Casandra Tressler styled with red sheath dress with black leather hobo bag. Dress: Veronica Beard via Ruth Shaw Boutique
As an event planner it’s important for me to keep a diverse set of clients and partners so I continue to learn, grow and hone my craft. Our current client list includes companies and organizations from the industries of education, composting, law and medicine. I always have a special place in my heart for the industry I started in, which is fashion.
Early on what sparked my interest in fashion was working with Phashion Phest Philadelphia under the tutelage of Sharon Phillips Waxman, one of the most innovative event producers I know. Phashion Phest remains a staple in the Delaware Valley and I was granted the opportunity to assist in two productions of this large-scale event in its very early years. From there I worked up and down the east coast on the production side of fashion-based events, though my experience and clientele became much broader in more recent years.
This fall we took on a new client, BE.Anthony, an online luxury handbag retailer who has an outstanding penchant for featuring some of the most gorgeous, unique designer pieces we’ve seen. The handbags are truly works of art. We worked with BE.Anthony to create a visual marketing campaign that featured a selection of handbags from their product line.
The exemplary creative team we assembled — which included stylist Pascale Lemaire via T.H.E. Artist Agency, makeup artist Dawn Newsome and hairstylist, Jeremiah of Alchemy and photographer Aycee Brown — executed a campaign that highlights this distinctive product line. Check out some featured photos from the shoot, below.
Behind the scenes of such a fun photo shoot. Seen here are Jeremiah of Alchemy Salon (hair), makeup artist Dawn Newsome and model Casandra Tressler.
Green colorblock cocktail dress with structured V handle bag. Dress: Francescas Atelier
Red fan shaped stainless handbag. Jewelry: Mdurvwa, Shoes: Kate Spade NY via The Little Shoe Box
Model Quan Michelle featured in colorblock Mondrian dress with blue bag with metal handle. Dress: Joseph Ribkoff via Jones and Jones Baltimore
Stainless cell phone shoulder bag. Boots: Frye via South Moon Under, Bracelet: Jones and Jones Baltimore
Gorgeous etched stainless clutch. Jewelry: Pronovias via Jones and Jones Baltimore & Francescas Atelier, Shoes: Badgley Mischka via The Little Shoebox
Printed pants with beige jacket and red stainless fan-shaped bag
Model: Casandra Tressler via The Artist Agency, Clothing: Helmut Lang & Cedric Charlier via Ruth Shaw Boutique, Shoes: Vince Camuto via The Little Shoebox
Model wears black leather shrug, beaded blouse, and boyfriend dans with stainless steel handbag with leather shoulder strap.
Event Branding: A Case Study with the Nonprofit Roundtable
Categories: branding, nonprofits
Nonprofit Roundtable Logo
We had the pleasure of working with the Nonprofit Roundtable just last month on a soft launch of their new brand and to produce their annual meeting, which featured compelling speaker, Dan Pallotta. Our suggested strategy for integrating the new organizational brand into a larger event branding strategy was two pronged, featuring, both, perceptible and subliminal branding approaches. The goal was to create an experience and environment that highlighted the brand prominently, but not overwhelmingly. One that was a short term action with long term value. What did that look like?
Perceptible Branding: Integrating graphic representations of the brand and the company/organization’s name in highly visible ways.
Branding in a compact design layout for event signage
Subliminal Branding: Bringing forth elements of the brand and weaving them throughout the event experience.
Branding Suite — signage, cake, macarons upon pedestal, vintage paper straws
Vintage paper straws and on-brand macarons
The central component of the suggested subliminal event branding design was the on-brand macaron display. Much like the membership of the Roundtable, the macarons, already elevated on a pedestal, are strategically positioned in a group to support one another. We also suggested featuring vintage paper straws carrying through the brand colors, along with a celebratory version of the macaron display with mini-sparklers.
On-brand macarons with mini-sparkler
You’ll see the new brand, developed in conjunction with the magnificent team at Neimand Collaborative, rolled out completely over the next few months. We congratulate the Nonprofit Roundtable on their tremendous accomplishments over the past year, an outstanding annual meeting and look forward to seeing more of the superb advocacy and leadership efforts the Roundtable provides to nonprofits throughout the region.
Huge thanks to Erika Layne Photography for capturing the branding details for our client, the Nonprofit Roundtable!