NICK APPEARANCES.....Dillard's Scottsdale Arizona In-Store Appearance for NV Nick Verreos, TV Appearances: The Recap!

Last week I flew to Arizona to do my first Dillard's In-Store Appearance for my new NV Nick Verreos dress line. As you may know, I just launched my very affordable contemporary dress line NV Nick Verreos (priced from $108-$168) based on a lot of the Red Carpet dresses worn by many celebs from my high-end more expensive NIKOLAKI collection. The collection is carried at about fifty Dillard's stores across the US and I felt, this was the perfect time to make some in-store appearances to promote the line. My first stop was the Dillard's in Scottsdale Fashion Square.







My event was this past Saturday but I arrived a couple of days before to do some TV appearances to publicize the event. First, I checked in to my hotel--The Saguaro Hotel Scottsdale. My NIKOLAKI and NV Nick Verreos design partner, David Paul and I chose this hotel because we loved the fun colorful design, Palm Springs-like look of it all (they have one in Palm Springs as well, naturally) and the photos of the pool. Boy were we naive to even think that on a business trip we would even get to use the fabulous pool. Needless to say, we did not; our schedule was jam-packed and we barely found time to sleep. But I did find time to take a photo of the great and colorful room:

















































After my Morning TV Show appearance, it was time to get some breakfast, do a quick outfit change and head to the Dillard's Scottsdale Fashion Square and get ready for my In-Store Appearance--here are some pics from that:





































And The Winner Is: After my mini-"NV Nick Verreos" Fashion presentation at Dillard's, I chose one person from the audience who would win a free "NV Nick Verreos" dress PLUS a personal styling session--where I would pick the perfect accessories that would go with the "NV Nick Verreos" dress she would pick.










Green Fab Winner: Constance (the winner) chose this gorgeous draped jersey dress from my "NV Nick Verreos" collection--and I picked this FAB straw bag, pumps plus earrings and necklace that would go with the dress--all free and all part of her prize!



Meet-and-Greet:



After my event, I had the chance to meet-and-greet everyone who came by for my event, all the shoppers plus many Project Runway fans who came by. Of note was the lovely Claire Callahan (left photo, above) who is a BIG Project Runway fan, and her mom bought her my "NV Nick Verreos" turquoise draped dress with jeweled waist embellishment!! (PS: LUV her!)




High School Sweethearts: I was also moved when I saw that one of my old high school classmates--Patty Starling Hayward--from Mills High School Class of (Don't EVEN think about it!)--who lives in Arizona, stopped by with her beautiful daughter (I feel OLD!!) to see me and support me/my appearance. Oh, and by the way, she also bought THE NV Nick Verreos "Heidi" dress!! I owe her a Prom Dance. Like yesterday! Thank you Patty: I love ya!










Click HERE to watch my "Arizona Midday" TV Show KPNX Channel 12 NBC Segment



Click HERE for a great write-up from ScottsdaleFashionista.com