FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: INAUGURATION MEDIA MAVEN PHOTOS NOW AVAILABLE

My closest friends knew I had a photo shoot on the Sunday after Christmas, which is partly why I came home early from visiting my parents.  Let me be clear, I am NOT an early morning person, so when I heard our meet time for hair and makeup was 6AM on Sunday, let’s just say, I wasn’t thrilled.  After my alarm went off at 4:50AM and I cried a bit, but got over it.  After three hours in the chair for hair and makeup and over six hours of shooting and waiting around and shooting and touching up and waiting around, we were all a bit delirious, but thrilled to see what the end results would be.  I am happy to say that it was a total team effort. 

Thank you to Dennis Roche and his staff, the amazing people at the Ritz Carlton Georgetown, Heather Guay at Bloomie’s Chevy Chase, Lacey Kirstein, Aba Kwawu, Keith Lipert and his folks, and most of all, to the talented Zaid Hamid for his meticulous direction.   

December 30, 2008

Contact: Andrea Rodgers

Ask Miss A
Phone: 202-422-2692
Email: missa@askmissa.com

Website: www.askmissa.com

WASHINGTON, DC AREA BUSINESSES SHOWCASE THEIR VISION FOR INAUGURAL FASHION IN A PHOTO PICTORIAL FEATURING DC’S MEDIA MAVENS

(WASHINGTON, DC) – Washington, D.C. area businesses came together to showcase their vision of what will be worn to Inaugural events this year in an artistic photo pictorial by photographer Zaid Hamid which features three local women at the forefront of social media: Andrea Rodgers of www.askmissa.com, Kate Michael of www.kstreetkate.com and Pamela Sorensen of www.pamelaspunch.com. Aba Bonney Kwawu, President of the Aba Agency, a luxury marketing, public relations and special events boutique, styled the shoot with the intent to create images that represent the fresh face of fashion at this year’s Inaugural events, and to highlight each blogger’s personality. “President Barack Obama’s inauguration will not be like inaugurations of old.  As he is ‘The People’s President’, we will see much variety in the types of celebrations.  From the formal State Balls to the hot cocktail parties and after parties, the red carpets will look much more like that of those in Hollywood and beyond,” said Kwawu.

Kwawu selected formal and cocktail dresses from Bloomingdale’s, Chevy Chase with a variety of designers including Chetta B, BCBG, Marc Bouwer, Teri Jon and Diane von Furstenberg. Local designer Lacey Kirstein of LaceyK Shoes provided the footwear, which are available at Saks Jandel as well as online. Keith Lipert chose the jewelry for each look from his collection at Keith Lipert Gallery. “It’s very exciting that the lead taken by the incoming First Lady, Michelle Obama allows us to explore design and style in new ways,” said Keith Lipert.

“The choice in hair, makeup, jewelry, clothing, shoes and our models in the photo shoot were reflective of the newness overwhelming the Nation’s Capital. The Obama Campaign showed us the power of being contemporary and diverse, and their use of the new technologies was unprecedented,” said Dennis Roche, whose Georgetown Roche Salon offered the shoot’s hair and makeup styling.

The photos were taken at the architecturally unique Ritz-Carlton in Georgetown. The hotel’s industrial chic design incorporated the property’s historic incinerator architecture with contemporary luxury to a stunning effect. Images were taken in Executive Chef Quang Duong’s Fahrenheit restaurant, the Ritz-Carlton Suite, and made use of the spectacular height and architecture in the Round Room underneath the former smokestack.

(Pictured from left to right: Kate Michael, Andrea Rodgers, Pamela Sorensen by Zaid Hamid in the Ritz Carlton Georgetown’s smokestack room – to enlarge the image, please click on it directly)

Images from the shoot will be available on December 30, 2008. Please contact Zaid Hamid at info@zaidhamid.com 

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